When your musical aperture starts closing 📻 + Holy Mountain remembered

Holy Mountain Records' John Whitson passed in July, and I just found out this week.

Dave Siegel wrote this beautiful piece about the label that made me realize two things: First, Holy Mountain was one of those aspirational labels for me - Om, Six Organs, Wooden Shjips, that incredible Zomes record from 2008 I played to death. Unexpectedly this made me reflect on the fact that I've stopped listening to so much of the music I once loved. My aperture keeps narrowing. The Zomes record? Haven't heard it in years. All those Emeralds tapes I treasured? Gone from rotation.

It's making me go back through my old collection, stuff that's only on my server, not even on streaming. Every five seconds I'm like "fuck, I love this record." How did I let all this slip away?

Speaking of not letting things slip I preview the upcoming slate, Singulars is still there waiting for you. Enter Ear (Ian Hawk with Greg Fox and Mike Meanstreetz) drops any day. Spiritual Exit (Aaron from Acre's new expansive project) is gorgeous. The Noise Witch YIELD record is unlike anything I've done - funky samples, Caribou-meets-Junior Boys energy. Plus that Andrew Weathers Ensemble 10-year reissue is coming.

How do you keep your old loves alive while finding new ones?

Cheers,
Sam