I am quite addicted to music that somehow resembles jazz, but is not quite the traditional thing. One band to have accompanied my listening aberrations for some time now is Dictaphone, comprised of a multi-instrumentalist from Brussels & a Dutch clarinent & saxophone player. Together they have created two brilliant albums, M. = addiction and Vertigo II and one ep, Nacht. Despite being a blend of jazz, glitchy electronica, klezmer-ish sadness and spooky field recordings, there is something in the atmosphere that I recorgnize from album to album. Something accessible, yet elusive, something familiar, yet different from everything else. While evoking cinematic images in the same way as Angelo Badalamenti and Murcof, their music has a warmth to it that separates it from these artists. It is nowhere near post-rock, nor does it have that much in common with the wide stream of idm&glitch acts - their accessibility exceeds and contradicts the loung-ey sound that many bands appeal to and re-invents (nor does it share in the minimalist reverence that is popular in some musical circles). But nor does it have the rustic feel of Need more sources. --- Tired as it may sound, the music of Dictaphone defies definitions. Go listen for yourself. Last.fm.
If you enjoy Dictaphone, you might also like Triosk, whose jazzy sound is quite similar to Dictaphone. And if Triosk is you're thing, then there's Bohren & der club of gore.
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