Name Anton Newcombe
Current City I live in Berlin and have my studio [there].
Really want to be in I’m one of those people that looks at property listings in Sweden and Norway on the ocean or lakes and thinks, “I could afford this…I don’t need people.”
Excited about I’m excited to finish our tour; Canada, U.S.A., Mexico, then South America. Then I have a three month break before Australia and New Zealand. It is my hope that I bag a new album in my downtime.
My current music collection has a lot of Scratched albums. But truthfully, I have eclectic tastes.
And a little bit of That’s an interesting boomerang being that I have a giant collection that’s all over the map. I guess the little bit would be new releases.
Preferred format I like vinyl, I wish the neighbors felt the same. I like the 20-minute-per-side format. It’s perfect.
5 Albums I Can’t Live Without:
1
Approach to Anima, Maya Ongaku
A friend invited me out to see them here in Berlin, they are from Japan and honestly renewed my faith in music in the way that live music can. Honestly a cross between Kraftwerk, Sigur Rós, Air and maybe a touch of spacey Pink Floyd; very analog, very real. Amazing group.
2
Inspiración, Ara Tokatlian, Enrique Villegas, Guillermo Bordarampé
If you are interested in far-out spiritual jazz like Coltrane and Sanders this record is for you; a most excellent selection from 1975.
3
Brigitte Fontaine Est Folle, Brigitte Fontaine
This is her debut solo album from 1968. I would highly recommend any collector slide down the rabbit hole of her many releases.
4
Pat Garrett & Billy The Kid: Original Soundtrack Recording, Bob Dylan
This is a soundtrack of a movie by the same name, the album includes “Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door” but it’s so much more than that. It’s a mood and it moves at its own pace.
5
Domingo, Gal Costa and Caetano Veloso
This Brazilian record is amazingly beautiful. My copy is from 1967 and for as much as I love it, I don’t know very much about the origins, only that it is a classic and that’s why I bought it in Brazil. Give it a spin, maybe you will enjoy it too.