Viking's Choice goes back to the future

Published: Jan. 2, 2024, 8 a.m.

b'Our resident Viking, Lars Gotrich, connects epic Japanese storytelling, soul-sampling powerviolence, ambient rap and beautiful noise through thematic webs of history and memory.

Featured Artists and Albums:

\\u2022 Matmos: "Music or Noise?" from Return to Archive
\\u2022 PoiL Ueda: "Kok\\xf4 part 2" from Yoshitsune
\\u2022 Mayssa Jallad: "Baynana" from Marjaa: The Battle of the Hotels
\\u2022 Ruth Anderson & Annea Lockwood: "For Ruth" from T\\u200b\\xea\\u200bte\\u200b-\\u200b\\xe0\\u200b-\\u200bt\\u200b\\xea\\u200bte
\\u2022 Zulu: "Lyfe Az a Shorty Shun B So Ruff" from A New Tomorrow
\\u2022 Yungwebster: "Stay FOCUSSSS [fast+reg]" from Yungwebster
\\u2022 Liis Ring: "after-image I: nothing stands still" from Homing
\\u2022 Chuquimamani-Condori: "Breathing" from DJ E
\\u2022 Sunwatchers: "World People" from Music Is Victory over Time

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