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Hi all,

Here's what we have going on this week:

On tonight's Inside Track we'll hear Disclosure, the new record from Kassem Mosse (a.k.a. Gunnar Wendel - who has released music under various aliases including Kassem Mosse, Siege of Troy, and Seltene Erden). All of these tracks exist within the realm of deconstructed house. All of the layered noises and the complicated timing signatures feel very sculptural and most of the tracks on this album are slow burners - no track is static but they evolve slowly and subtly. This album is more experimental than KM’s previous, and it's worth hearing in full!

Monday's Outside Track will feature Never Forget Me, the lovely second album of Thai musician Angkanang Kunchai, which was originally released in 1979. It’s mostly in the Phleng Luk Thung style, or “Child of the field” songs, or “Thai Country,” which blends western horns with Thai traditional instruments like the khaen and phin and features poetic, pastoral lyrics. In this style she delivers both traditionally-structured pop ballads and more exploratory numbers where a repetitive rhythm section lays a foundation for Kunchai’s acrobatic and winding vocal melodies. All of it’s self-produced and Kunchai’s backed by her own hand-picked band, a somewhat radical move at the time. However, it meant losing the support of music industry executives, which explains the title: a direct plea to her fans to support her anyways. While it (unfortunately) received minimal distribution and has languished in uber-obscurity since then, stick it to those record executives and listen along as we play this album in full.