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Semuta Music
Aug 21, 20202 min read
The Sonic Realms of SomaFM
Listener-supported internet radio... I realized I haven't blogged about SomaFM on the new site here, so let me take a moment to highly...


Semuta Music
Aug 11, 20201 min read
Giallo Disco - Apocalypse Domani
A killer compilation from a killer record label... Giallo Disco Records has always been worth keeping an eye on. Not only is it the home...


Semuta Music
Aug 7, 20205 min read
Tool - Fear Inoculum
An album for life during interesting times... It's been nearly a year since the band Tool released their fifth full-length album, but...


Semuta Music
Aug 4, 20203 min read
Music Video Mastery: Wild Boys
Russell Mulcahy's captivating 1984 Duran Duran video... Australian director Russell Mulcahy has always been a man with vision. I still...


Semuta Music
Jul 28, 20202 min read
The Egyptian Lover - On the Nile
Let the Nile King rock your feet... I've been digging the late John Singleton's FX crime drama Snowfall of late, which does a fabulous...


Semuta Music
Jul 16, 20209 min read
Waxfactor - Sci-Fu
The terrific 2006 sci-fi hip-hop album from Pete Sasqwax Waxfactor was a moniker of the artist now known as Pete Sasqwax, who remains...


Semuta Music
Jul 3, 20203 min read
Gil Scott-Heron - Pieces of a Man
'You will not be able to stay home, brother..." I took a break from the music blog here the last month or so. There's been a lot going...


Semuta Music
May 29, 20203 min read
STBYM Summer Reading 2013-2019
A mostly complete list from the Stuff to Blow Your Mind episodes The listeners of Stuff to Blow Your Mind requested a list of past Summer...


Semuta Music
May 28, 20204 min read
Star Wars Music: Four Favorites
Some mixes and mashups from a galaxy far, far away... Ours is a Star Wars household. We just finished watching all the movies with the...


Semuta Music
May 22, 20202 min read
Killer Album Art: Peter Gabriel - Scratch
Perhaps the greatest cover for an album I don't really care for all that much... I always thought Peter Gabriel's 1978 solo album had an...


Semuta Music
May 19, 20203 min read
Biosphere - The Petrified Forest
A most perfect album inspired by the 1936 film classic Geir Jenssen's work as Biosphere is legendary within the realm of ambient...


Semuta Music
May 18, 20204 min read
13 Classic Essential Mixes of Note
A look back at some of my favorite DJ mixes... BBC Radio 1's Essential Mix has been a mainstay of electronic dance music for nearly 30...


Semuta Music
May 14, 20203 min read
Semuta in Frank Herbert's 'DUNE'
It's the namesake of the site, so let me explain... It's far from the most important space drug in Frank Herbert's sci-fi masterpiece...


Semuta Music
May 13, 20202 min read
Ghosts of Roky Erickson
From Texan psycho rock to Swedish Satanic Pop, or Vice Versa... We open our musical portals each at our own pace. As such, I have to...


Semuta Music
May 9, 20202 min read
Electro Futurus: Djedjotronic, Linea Aspera
Music has the power to open gateways -- to other worlds, inner realities to variant futures. Various electronic artists -- particularly...


Semuta Music
May 7, 20202 min read
Killer Album Art: Satanika - Inquisitor
Album art is essential. These are the covers by which we initially judge our musical books, and while great music can rise above bad...


Semuta Music
May 5, 20202 min read
Acid Vatican - Never Forget How to Bear
The mere concept of Acid Vatican promises a darkly psychedelic world of inversion -- a place where an inhuman pontiff lords over a...
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