Jeff Penczak

Like many folks, I enjoy my volunteer work much more than my day job (information analyst and technical writer for online help systems). Hobbies include gigs as an internet DJ and writing reviews/interviews for Foxy Digitalis, the UK music journal Ptolemaic Terrascope and Terrascope Online (for which I had the pleasure of interviewing our illustrious editor-in-chief). John Peel is my hero and mentor, the man who taught me that anything in the Top 40 is probably not worth listening to.

latest reviews by Jeff Penczak....
Jeff's lifetime average review-rating is 7.35
Steve Cropper & Felix Cavaliere "Midnight Flyer" Short & sweet... rated 6/10 (28 July, 2010)
Vaus "The Floating Celebration" Good stuff... rated 7/10 (30 June, 2010)
Various Artists "Psych Bites Volume 2" Better than the previous volume... rated 6/10 (30 June, 2010)
Maple Mars "Galaxyland" Fourth album from this LA band... rated 8/10 (30 June, 2010)
Mathew Carefully "Community Balloon" Some good stuff here... rated 7/10 (24 June, 2010)
Harold Nono and Hidekazu Wakabayashi "Harold Nono / Hidekazu Wakabayashi" Dreamy... rated 7/10 (24 June, 2010)
Various Artists "Speaking In Code " Amy Grill's documentary on techno subculture... rated 8/10 (16 June, 2010)
Lisa o Piu "Behind The Bend" Quite lovely indeed... rated 7/10 (2 June, 2010)
Swamp Baby "All Fours" Righ the fuck on... rated 9/10 (2 June, 2010)
Trembling Bells "Abandoned Love" Sophomore effort on Honest Jon's is a winner... rated 8/10 (2 June, 2010)
The Third Eye "Awakening…" Solid reissue... rated 7/10 (7 April, 2010)
Captain Marryat Solid reissue... rated 7/10 (31 March, 2010)
Sarah June "In Black Robes" Quality release on the Silber label... rated 8/10 (31 March, 2010)
Carta "An Index of Birds " Killer new album on Silber... rated 9/10 (3 March, 2010)
Damin Eih, A.L.K. and Brother Clark "Never Mind" Real nice stuff... rated 8/10 (3 March, 2010)
latest features by Jeff Penczak....
Ananda Shankar Fallout concludes their impeccable reissue series of the rare albums from the late Ananda Shankar..... (14 November, 2007)
Silence Music Silence Music in Sweden has been documenting outsider folk and such from the land of Three Crowns for years. Their latest batch of reissues focuses on the music of Bo Anders Persson (Träd, Gräs och Stenar, International Harvester, etc)... (11 December, 2006)
Sunbeam Records Sunbeam Records is a new UK-based reissue label co-founded by Steven Carr and music journalist Richard Morton Jack. Tremendous music enthusiasts both, they are dedicated to scouring the nooks and crannies of the musical world to reincarnate screamingly rare, criminally underappreciated rock, folk, and psychedelic albums, along with exciting new releases that other labels have overlooked…until now!.. (1 July, 2006)
Strange Attractors Strange Attractors.. (1 July, 2006)
Folklore of the Moon Part 2 An extended look at the three latest volumes on Hand/Eye's impressive and sprawling Folklore of the Moon series of CD-Rs, dedicated to the old names of the full moons. These are some of the year's best... (31 October, 2005)
Delaney Parisienne singer Delaney is somewhat of an anomaly in the world of single-named musicians. Unlike Melanie, Madonna, Sade and others, she prefers to go by her surname. .. (24 October, 2005)
Folklore of the Moon Part 1 An extended look at the first four volumes (and two bonus CD-Rs) on Hand/Eye's impressive and sprawling new Folklore of the Moon series of CD-Rs, dedicated to the old names of the full moons... (18 July, 2005)
sublime frequencies According to their website, Seattle’s Sublime Frequencies “is a collective of explorers dedicated to acquiring and exposing obscure sights and sounds from modern and traditional urban and rural frontiers.. .. (12 June, 2005)
 

28 July, 2010
Mother of Fire Burn your guitars, Mother of Fire is on the move... feature :: by David Perron

TRD W/d Belfast, Maine's premier source of total weirdness... label-spotlight :: by Brad Rose

Phase! Phase! started in 2002 as a CD-R / tape label and fanzine by Panagiotis Spoulos. .. feature :: by Dave Miller

30 June, 2010
Börft Records & Jan Svensson (part 1) Even though I am a bit late in the game with my initiation into the world of Jan Svensson & Börft Records, the guy is already practically a hero to me. .. feature :: by Brad Rose

24 June, 2010
Clang Sayne For their debut release, “Winterlands”, the London-based quartet Clang Sayne assembled a collection of unique songs that melded dreamy folk songcraft with an enlivened improvisational rock and jazz thrust. .. feature :: by David Perron

16 June, 2010
Moon Glyph The Moon Glyph label is quickly positioning itself amongst the leading lights of the burgeoning cassette underground... feature :: by David Perron
15 July, 2010
LAFMS Podcast #1 A selection of tracks from the might Los Angeles Free Music Society.. podcast :: by Andrew Murdock Livingston

3 July, 2010
ALPHACAST A collection of songs from the mighty Colin Ward AKA Alphabets in celebration of the ALPHABOX release... podcast :: by Brad Rose

26 June, 2010
Early Electronics A collection of various electronics from the last half-century... podcast :: by Brad Rose

22 June, 2010
Do Synths Dream of Multicoloured Sheeps? Delicious classic synth excursions from the man behind Throuroof... podcast :: by Antonio Blissland

17 June, 2010
Discriminate Cast #1 First in a series of podcasts from the purveyor of the excellent Discriminate Music... podcast :: by Matt Howe
 
 
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28 July, 2010
Metal Rouge "Trails" LP Metal Rouge's best yet... review :: by Dave Miller

Roedelius "The Diary Of The Unforgotten: Selbstportrait VI" Another great Bureau B reissue... review :: by Travis Bird

Daniel Higgs "Say God" Easily one of the year's best... review :: by Frédérick Galbrun

Wooden Veil New music from a Berlin collective... review :: by Tim Gentles

Ashley Paul "To Much Togethers" Essential listening... review :: by Travis Bird

Celer "Pockets of Wheat" Another stunner from Will & Dani Long... review :: by Eric Braden

Dirac "Phon" Make it big and bring it down... review :: by Zach Zinn

thenumber46 "Bleach and Ammonia" tape Flute vs. electronics in the best way possible... review :: by Mike Pursley

other new reviews....
A Vibrant Struggle Between the Woods and Frozen Lake CD-r
Aluk Todolo Finsternis
Jack Callahan Music From Airports LP
Mireille Capelle Anello / Naga / Sunyata
Castles Castles CD-r
Christy & Emily No Rest
Steve Cropper & Felix Cavaliere Midnight Flyer
Hector Cuvelier & Emile De Potter/Bob Bellerue split 3'' cd-r
D/S/Miller / Hunted Creatures split tape
Ennis Tola Seed
The Family Elan Bow Low Bright Glow
Fear Falls Burning Woes Of The Desolate Mourner
Gape Attack Burn this City 7''
Goatsnake Flower of Disease
Hammock Chasing After Shadows...Living With The Ghosts
Harvey Girls I’ve Been Watching a Lot of Horror Movies Lately
Hotel Gromada Amazonian Rovers
ibreatheFUR Phosphenes
Ignatz Mort Aux Vaches
Jesus Is My Son Je Suis Dieu CD-r
Anna Kashfi A Lonely Place
Killah Priest 3 Day Theory
Kommissar Hjuler & Mama Baer Amerikanische Poesie Und Alkoholismus LP
Kryptonics Rejectionville
Liminal Planes Mineral Rights CD-r
Little Women Throat
Alvin Lucier / Nick Hennies Still and Moving Lines of Silence in Families of Hyperbolas
Mona De Bo Nekavējies, šīs Ir Spēles ar Tevi
Moth Cock Ronnie James Geode tape
M. Mucci Time Lost LP
Narshe / Marlo Eggplant split tape
Opponents I Swarm With a Thousand Bees CD-r
The Owl Service The View From a Hill"
Phantom Band Phantom Band
Pocahaunted Make it Real
Rose, Jack with D. Charles Speer & the Helix Ragged and Right
Jonas Ruchenhever / Peter Stenberg Traumphantasie / Plateau
Irmin Schmidt & The Inner Space Kamasutra: Vollendung der Liebe
Sheldon Siegel Aandacht En Ambiance CD-r
Silvester Anfang II Silvester Anfang
Sparkling Wide Pressure Facing the Nothing World CD-r
Spreaders Friends tape
Starving Weirdos B/P/M Series 1 LP
Swahili Blonde Man Meat
The Terror Pigeon Dance Revolt I Love you! I Love you! I Love you and I’m in Love with you! Have an Awesome Day! Have the Best Day of your Life!
Trike Trike and the Vikings
Various Artists Beyond Berkeley Guitar
Various Artists Regolith Vol. 1
Zero Centigrade I'm Not Like You CD-r