Crucial Listening (ATTN:Magazine)

Very inviting thumbs, vanilla apologists, Monk's comeback. The Toronto-based experimental musician discusses three important albums.

Mira's picks:

Thelonious Monk Quartet With John Coltrane – At Carnegie Hall
Owen Pallett (released as Final Fantasy) – Has A Good Home
Koboku Senjû – Selektiv Hogst

Mira's new album, Hen's Teeth, is out now on Rat-drifting. It's also on Mira's bandcamp. Her website is here.

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Cannonball of musicians being shot at a staircase, flying across the top of the mosh, sunlight in the white room. The Ireland-based, Australian-born artist discusses three important albums.

Robert's picks:

Naked City – Grand Guignol
Ministry – In Case You Didn't Feel Like Showing Up
Folke Rabe – What??

Robert's brand new three-album set, Beyond Enclosures, is out September 17th and available via Recorded Fields. Tailte Cré-Umha (Bronze Lands) is out now. Robert is also on Bandcamp and Twitter.

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Sulphur and molasses, museums and ice cream, reverence for the beautiful. The avant garde ballard-purveyor discusses three important albums.

Eric's picks:

Betty Carter – Inside Betty Carter
Richard Dawson – The Glass Trunk
Martin Arnold – 'Stain Ballads'

Eric's new album, Say Laura, is out now via Constellation and Murailles Music. Check it out on Bandcamp. Eric's label with Martin Arnold, Rat Drifting, is on Bandcamp too.

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Nostalgia rushes, unhurried solo guitar, Pharoah jumps in. The American trombonist and composer discusses three important albums.

Kalia's picks:

Grouper – Dragging A Dead Deer
Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders & The London Contemporary Orchestra – Promises
Jeff Parker – Forfolks

Kalia Vandever's new album, We Fell In Turn, is out 31st March on AKP Recordings. Kalia has a website here and is on Instagram.

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Damaged format, barcode translations, exploring the Fens. The London-based sound artist talks about three important albums.

Kate's picks:

1) Oval – 94diskont.

2) Ryoji Ikeda – Dataplex

3) Simon Scott – Below Sea Level

You can check out Kate's music over at Bandcamp or find out more on her website.

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Finding the source, German vocoder waltzes, memorising every sprinkle. The musician, author and podcaster discusses three important albums.

Cory's picks:

Alice Coltrane – Journey In Satchidananda
Atom™ – Liedgut
J Dilla – Donuts

Cory's new book is called Now Is The Way: An Unconventional Approach To Modern Mindfulness. You can get it here, where you'll also find links to his music, podcast, binaural beats and more.

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Myspace discoveries, kaleidoscopic sonics, the beam shining through. The Yokohama-born, London-based producer discusses three important albums.

Hinako's picks:

The Knife – Silent Shout
Linda Perhacs – Parallelograms
Beverly Glenn-Copeland – Keyboard Fantasies

Hinako Omori's new album, a journey... is out now on Houndstooth. Check it out on Bandcamp. Hinako's website is here, and her Instagram is here.

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Dried up drones, wounded song, psycho experimentation. The Seattle-based musician discusses three important albums.

Monika's picks:

1) Jocelyn Pook – Flood

2) Swans – The Great Annihilator

3) Igor Wakhevitch – Docteur Faust

Be sure to check out Nordra on Bandcamp or via her official website. Same with Zen Mother – Bandcamp or website.

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Weird symphony, no crazy vibrato, Terry Riley on the discman. The violist and composer discusses three important albums.

Jessica's picks:

Beethoven - André Cluytens, Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra – Symphony No. 9
John Cage, Arditti String Quartet – String Quartet In Four Parts
Terry Riley – You're Nogood

Jessica's new album Clamor is out now via Out Of Your Head Records. Her website is here.

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Unprecedented Oud, the phenomenal character of the Čahārgāh, blending tradition and technology. The Iraqi multi-instrumentalist discusses three important albums.

Khyam's picks:

1) Jamil Bashir – Ud traditionelle en Iraq - évocations modales - Arabesques 4

2) Mohammad Reza Shajarian – Dastan

3) Wendy Carlos – Beauty In The Beast

Keep up to speed with all of Khyam's latest activities over at his official website.

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Luke's picks:

Pet Shop Boys – Discography: The Complete Singles Collection
Napalm Death – Scum
Adam Bohman – Music And Words

The magnificent new Helm record, titled Chemical Flowers, is out now on PAN. Check it out on the official Helm Bandcamp, and find news/upcoming tour dates on Facebook.

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Pigs in shit, breezy French vibes, humorous absurdity. The Australian composer and multi-instrumentalist discusses three important albums.

Oren's picks:

Pat Metheny – Offramp
Annette Peacock – X-Dreams
Godley & Creme – Freeze Frame

Oren's latest solo record, titled Simian Angel, is out now via Editions Mego. His website is over here and you can follow him on Twitter right here.

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Strange chord progressions, the theory of the jar, falling in love in Japan. The Montreal sound artist / minimalist composer shares her three important albums.

France Jobin's picks:

1) Miles Davis – Kind Of Blue

2) Joni Mitchell – Hejira

3) Morelenbaum² + Sakamoto – A Day In New York

Honourable mention:

Atom™ – Hd

France Jobin's current installations:

Inter/sperse: May 27 - June 17 2017 - Museolaboratorio, Ex Manifattura Tabacchi, Città Sant'Angelo, Italy

Entre/temps: June 4 - September 30 2017 - Eremo Celestiniano di Madonna Dell’Altare, Palena (CH) Italy

France Jobin is on SoundCloud and on Bandcamp.

Revisit ATTN's interview with France from 2014 right here.

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Ever-ascending love, walls of bass, deep listening on the Northern line. The London-based composer/experimental turntablist discusses three important compositions.

Shiva's picks:

1) James Tenney – For Ann (Rising)

2) Pauline Oliveros – Rattlesnake Mountain Proving Grounds

3) Photek – Ni Ten Ichi Ryu

You can check out Shiva's work on Soundcloud, and keep up to date with her latest happenings on Facebook. Be sure to tune into her excellent New Forms radio show on NTS too.

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Beautiful choreography, explorations of cinematic spaces, cassette collections in the back of the photograph. Sarah Badr discusses three important albums.

Sarah's picks:

Fairuz – Maarifti Feek
Roly Porter – Aftertime
Toumani Diabaté + Ballaké Sissoko – New Ancient Strings

The latest FRKTL album, Excision After Love Collapses, is available over at Bandcamp. You can also check out FRKTL over at Soundcloud and on her website.

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Perfect trumpet voice, music as prayer, Ben Monder's right hand. The improviser and songwriter discusses three important albums.

Wendy's picks:

Mary Lou Williams – Black Christ Of The Andes
Robert Wyatt – Old Rottenhat
Theo Bleckmann And Ben Monder – No Boat

Wendy's new album, Viewfinder, is out now on American Dreams. Check it out on Wendy's Bandcamp. They're also on Instagram and X, and their website is here.

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Perceptual geographies, Dylan's near misses, Coltrane's unresolved places. The LA-based artist and composer discusses three important albums.

Byron's picks:

Maryanne Amacher – Sound Characters (Making The Third Ear)
Bob Dylan – Planet Waves
John Coltrane – Sun Ship

Byron's fabulous new record, Mirror Views, is out now via Ash International. His website is here, and he's on Twitter as @byronwestbrook.

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Raga of the spine, stretched like honey dripping, body-recalibration drones. The Mexico-born, Chicago-based visual and sound artist discusses three important albums.

Rocio's picks:

Weyes Bluhd – Strange Chalices Of Seeing
Carl Stone – Mom's
David First – Privacy Issues (droneworks 1996 – 2009)

Rocio's debut album, Invisible Miracles, is out now on Monastral. Check it out over here. Rocio has a website and is also on Instagram.

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Visions of hell/paradise, two G's in eggs, bizarre lemonade. The composer/multi-instrumentalist from Austin, Texas discusses three important albums.

Mari's picks:

Jim O'Rourke – Eureka
Robert Ashley – Private Parts
SOPHIE – Product

The fabulous Strawberry Season by More Eaze is out now via Leaving Records. Check it out on Bandcamp or Boomkat. Mari is on Instagram and Twitter.

Architectural sound, understandings of freedom, and how do we end? The composer, improviser and performer discusses three important albums.

Lucie's picks:

Iannis Xenakis – La L​é​gende d'Eer
Pauline Oliveros – The Tuning Meditation
Christian Wolff – Changing The System

Lucie's recent solo album, Cave Acoustics, is out now via the labels mappa and Skupina. Lucie's website is here. Follow them on Instagram.

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Resonating glass, the arsehole of Western music, shopping mall avant garde. The nomadic sound maker discusses three important albums.

crys' picks:

Annea Lockwood – The Glass World Of Anna Lockwood
Walter Marchetti – Antibarbarus
Bernhard Günter – Univers Temporel Espoir

crys' contribution to Boomkat's Documenting Sound series is called Other Meetings and it's wonderful. Check that out here. Also great is the new Ora Clementi record, Sylva Sylvarum – out now on Black Truffle. Head over here for crys' website, and follow her on Twitter here.

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Life partner collaborations, Alice Coltrane signature bends, nomadic explorations in tuning. The Los Angeles-based musician discusses three important albums.

Tashi's picks:

Bley-Peacock Synthesizer Show – Revenge: The Bigger The Love The Greater The Hate
Alice Coltrane – Live at the Berkeley Community Theater 1972
Laurie Spiegel – Obsolete Systems

Tashi's new album, What Is Not Strange?, is out now on RVNG Intl. Check it out here. Tashi is also on Instagram and X.

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Cathartic tragedies, dog-eating opera, guitar improviser spirit animals. The vocalist, lyricist and composer from 9T Antiope discusses three important albums.

Sara and Nima's picks:

Scott Walker & Sunn O))) – Soused
Ben Frost – The Wasp Factory
Sidsel Endresen & Stian Westerhus – Bonita

The new 9T Antiope album, Horror Vacui, is out 12th April on American Dreams. Check it out here. 9T Antiope is on Twitter. Sara is on Twitter and Instagram.

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Earth-shifting philosophies, wordless shoegaze treasures, cinematic heartache. The MC and producer discusses three important albums.

Will's picks:

Boogie Down Productions – Criminal Minded / By All Means Necessary
All Natural Lemon & Lime Flavors – Turning Into Small
Tom Petty – Wildflowers

Check out Dälek's new album, Precipice, over on Bandcamp (along with all their other incredible records). Follow Dälek on Facebook and Instagram.

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Wombic alien mechanics, circuit-bent FIFA, worldbuilding soundtrack serendipity. The Syrian-born, Sweden-based artist discusses three important albums.

Obay's picks:

Boards Of Canada – Music Has The Right To Children
C418 – Minecraft: Volume Alpha / Volume Beta
Celer – Discourses Of The Withered

Check out Obay's splendid record Sandbox right here. He's also on Instagram and Facebook.

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Voice drips like milk, rays of soprano sunlight, filthy metal bass face. Producer, vocalist and DJ Felicia Chen discusses three important albums.

Felicia's picks:
 
Arvo Pärt – Te Deum
Portishead – Dummy
Goth-Trad – Psionics

The collaborative record between Dis Fig and The Body is out now via Thrill Jockey. Check it out here. Dis Fig is on Instagram and Soundcloud.

The Body and Dis Fig will debut the collaboration at this year's Supersonic Festival in Birmingham UK, which runs 30th August – 1st September. More info here.

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Coconut hooves, grotesque distorted shapes, the healing force of the universe. The bass player and composer discusses his important albums.

Massimo's picks:

1) Arvo Pärt – Tabula Rasa

2) Coil – Horse Rotorvator

3) Current 93 – Imperium

4) Einstürzende Neubauten – Halber Mensch

Massimo Pupillo is on Facebook, while URUK can be found over at Consouling Sounds. You can keep up to date with Zu on their website or on Facebook.

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Light in the ocean depths, doors to other worlds, respiratory cycling. The Tehran-based composer discusses three important albums.

Ava's picks:

William Basinski – Watermusic
Radiohead – In Rainbows
Harold Budd / Akira Rabelais – As Long As I Can Hold My Breath (By Night)

Ava's new album Ginestra is out now on Flaming Pines. Check it out here. She's also on Instagram and X.

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Vocal imitation games, aural cocktails, jazz-adjacent ingenuity. The New York-based composer and pianist discusses three important albums.

Phillip's picks:

Ensemble Organum & Marcel Peres – Guillaume de Machaut: Messe de Notre-Dame
Ran Blake – Painted Rhythms: The Compleat Ran Blake Volume 1
The Claudia Quintet – I, Claudia

Phillip's debut solo album, Filters, is out now via Greyfade. His website is here and he's on Instagram @phillipgolub.

Nothing but blancmange, beautiful death-adjacency, laughing through the discomfort. The vocalist of Buñuel and the late Oxbow discusses three important albums.

Eugene's picks:

Johnny Hartman – The Voice That Is!
Billie Holiday – Lady In Satin
Arthur Prysock – Compact Jazz

The new Buñuel album, Mansuetude, is out now on Overdrive/Skingraft. Check it out here. Eugene has a Substack, an Instagram and is on X. Buñuel's Instagram is here.

Hunting for errors, the lesson in Queens, massive dub sound systems, peripheral vibes. Simon Grab and David Meier discuss four important albums.

Simon's picks:
Dhangsha – Broadcast Signal Intrusion
DJ K – PANICO NO SUBMUNDO

David's picks:
Tyshawn Sorey – that / not
Alice Coltrane – Journey In Satchidananda

Simon and David's collaborative album is titled Porœs, and it's out now on -OUS. Check out out on Bandcamp. Here's Simon's website, and here's David's website.

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Battling the beast of boredom, choosing the bloodstream over the live stream, being cooler than Santa Claus. The Portland-based abstract sound musician discusses three important albums.

Daniel's picks:

Alvin Lucier – Music On A Long Thin Wire
Die Kreuzen – S/T
Diamanda Galás – Litanies Of Satan

Daniel's wonderful new record The Soaring is available now over on SIGE. Find more of his releases on his own Bandcamp.

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Banning all cymbals, post-hardcore road trips, low frequency earworms. The New Orleans musician discusses three important albums.

Melissa's picks:

Peter Gabriel – 3 (Melt)
Unwound – Fake Train
Björk – Post

The new MJ Guider record, Sour Cherry Bell, is out now via Kranky. Check it out on Bandcamp, and be sure to watch the two beautiful videos for FM Secure and Simulus. Melissa's website is here. Follow her on Twitter and Instagram.

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More mayonnaise, electrified tango, unapologetic folk. The musician, composer and multimedia artist discusses three important albums.

Cecilia's picks:

Charly Garcia – Clics Modernos
Violeta Parra – Composiciones Para Guitarra
Eduardo Rovira – Sonico

The audio documentation of RED(DB) is out now via Relative Pitch Records. Head over to Cecilia's website for the score and performance video too. Follow her on Instagram and Facebook.

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Discovering secret treasure, making 183 of something, songs of gender transition. The percussionist and composer discusses three important albums.

Sarah's picks:

1) Baudouin Oosterlynck – 1975-1978

2) Maher Shalal Hash Baz – Return Visit To Rock Mass

3) Antony And The Johnsons – I Am A Bird Now

Head over to Sarah's website for more info on her releases, shows, scores and film work. She's on Bandcamp too.

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Intuitive resonance, cataclysmic dualities, bandleader grace. The UK-based saxophonist discusses three important albums.

Xhosa's picks:

Sonny Rollins – With The Modern Jazz Quartet
Shirley Horn Trio – Softly
Balimaya Project – Wolo So

Xhosa's latest album, Ibeji, is out now on Stoney Lane Records. Listen here. His website is here.

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Hours of jazz in the city, matching Spiderland tattoos, vertiginous rabbit holes. The guitarist and label curator discusses three important albums.

Greg's picks:

Miles Davis – Bitches Brew
Slint – Spiderland
Bernard Herrmann – Vertigo OST

Head over to The Lord Bandcamp to hear/buy the first album Forest Nocturne, and to preview/preorder the upcoming record Devotional with Petra Haden. Both are released on Southern Lord.

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Monolithian matter, melting Arvo Pärt in a pan, finding the hidden trumpets. The Tehran-based composer discusses three important albums.

Siavash's picks:

Keith Jarrett (with Jan Garbarek) – Luminessence
Alfred Schnittke – Requiem
Kevin Drumm – Sheer Hellish Miasma

Keep pace with Siavash's activities on Twitter. His collaboration with Saåad, titled All Lanes Of Lilac Evening, is out now on Opal Tapes.

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Volcanic psychedelia, flanger sweep obsessions, monuments in the mountains. The musician, poet and teacher discusses three important albums.

Steve's picks:

Pink Floyd – Live At Pompeii
African Head Charge – Off The Beaten Track
Jóhann Jóhannsson +  Yair Elazar Glotman + Tilda Swinton – Last And First Men

Head over to Neurot Recordings to pre-order Steve's new solo record, No Wilderness Deep Enough, and Harvestman: 23 Untitled Poems And Collected Lyrics. His website is here.

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No kick drum, three sounds and humour, the power of multidirectional expression. The Hungarian electronic producer discusses three important albums.

Gábor's picks:

Nicron – Transfer Completed (Youtube link)
Errorsmith – 2
AGF – Westernization Completed

Gábor's new album is called Reflex, and it's out now on Raster. Check it out on Bandcamp or over on the Raster site. Gábor's website is here and he's also on Instagram.

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Out-of-time ska, home alone raves, smashing together American music. The live electronics improviser discusses three important albums.

Lauren's picks:

Lunachicks – Jerk Of All Trades
Andy C – Nightlife
Van Dyke Parks – Song Cycle

Give yourself a treat and listen to Lauren's record Embrace, released on SUPERPANG. There's also the equally fabulous Mini Savior Opt. put out via Unsilent Desert Press. Be sure to check out an excellent suite of articles about Lauren's work put out via HCMF. Her website is here, and she's also on Twitter and Instagram.

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Too-short tracks, dying melodies, birds mimicking electronics, the highest organ note. The musicians and collaborators discuss their important albums.

Julian's picks:

J Dilla – Donuts
Jean C. Roché – Birds Of Venezuela

Feldermelder's picks:

Autechre – LP5
Pedro Santos – Krishnanda

Bonn Route is out now via -OUS. Check it out here. Also worth checking are Feldermelder's new solo album, Euphoric Attempts, and Julian Sartorius' recent record Mux.

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Going beyond the bandstand, simultaneous multidimensionality, searching for fire. The music research strategist and insurgent learning workshop co-ordinator discusses three important albums.

Marshall's picks:

Prokofiev – Peter and the Wolf (Disney animated version and accompanying reading)
Earth Wind & Fire – All 'n All
Ornette Coleman – The Shape Of Jazz To Come

Marshall's record as MUSIC RESEARCH STRATEGIES, titled Eleven Postures, is out now on SIGE, who will also be releasing his collaborative album with John Dieterich and Raven Chacon titled White People Killed Them. Follow him on Instagram here.

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Graham's picks:

Milan Knizak – Broken Music
A Guy Called Gerald – Attic Attack [1986 - 1988]
Helena Celle – If I Can't Handle Me At My Best, Then You Don't Deserve You At Your Worst

Graham's new mechanical techno record is called Music For Climbing Walls. Check it out on Bandcamp, and keep pace with the latest happenings on his website.

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Feedback as praxis, weird fragments, the first true drone show. The Cree, Canadian, interdisciplinary artist and sound designer discusses three important albums.

Chloe's picks:

Les Rallizes Denudes – Mizutani
Coil – Backwards (Demos)
Phill Niblock – Music

Chloe's new album, They Can Never Burn The Stars, is out now on SIGE. Follow her on Instagram here.

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Obstetric ambient, sullen atmospheres, episodic engulfment. The classical ambient composer discusses three important albums.

Adam's picks:

Environments (Irv Teibel) – Environments 2
Talk Talk – Spirit Of Eden
Main – Hz

Adam's new album, Eleven Fugues For Sodium Pentothal, is out now on Kranky. Check it out on his Bandcamp. Adam's website is here.

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Small music, the lazy way of listening, the motor of collaboration. The Tokyo-born, Düsseldorf-based musician discusses three important albums.

Miki's picks:

Rolf Julius – Music For A Distance
Eliane Radigue – Vice Versa, etc.
Jean-Yves Bosseur – Musique Vertes

Miki's new album, As If, is out now on Hallow Ground. Check it out on Bandcamp. Miki's website is here and she's also on Instagram.

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Choral jet engines, childhood dictaphones, not giving a fuck. The vocalist, composer and improviser discusses three important albums.

Ingrid's picks:

Ruby – Salt Peter
Roomful Of Teeth – S/T
Tanya Tagaq – Animism

You can check out Ingrid's ongoing project Dulme on her website or over at Bandcamp. Her improvisatory trio with Graham Dunning and Anton Mobin, titled Ancient Lights, is available over at Fort Evil Fruit.

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Sneaking into the galaxy bar, bubbles in the park, 69 occurrences of time. The Brussels-based composer talks about three important albums.

Christina's picks:

1) Laurie Spiegel – The Expanding Universe

2) Vangelis – Opéra Sauvage

3) Hiroshi Yoshimura – Green

Read more about Christina and her music over on her website and on Bandcamp, and keep up to date with her latest happenings on Facebook.

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Caught by howling, three people at the 2pm concert, vivid colour changes. The Berlin-based singer and artist discusses three important albums.

Rosa's picks:

Julia Shortreed – Violet Sun
Low – Double Negative
Tear Garden – To Be An Angel Blind, The Cripple Soul Divide

Rosa's new album Interior is out 23rd February on KLANGBAD. Check out her music on Bandcamp. Rosa's website is here. She's also on Instagram.

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Emotional rollercoasters, impossible Neo Tokyo, perfect snares. The London-based Swedish producer/sound designer discusses three important albums.

Julia's picks:

Esbjörn Svensson Trio – Leucocyte
Akira Yamaoka – Silent Hill 2 OST
Pinecone Moonshine (label) – [PCMS 2020​.​1] Vector Space

The new aircode album, titled Surface Tension, is out now via Gin&Platonic. Check it out on Bandcamp. Aircode is on Bandcamp and Instagram.

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Jaw on the floor, zoning into spirituality, bastardised reggae basslines. The multidirectional musician and producer discusses three important albums.

Kevin's picks:

Gil Mellé – The Andromeda Strain OST
The Necks – Sex
Public Image Limited – Metal Box

Kevin's soundtrack to Tarkovsky's Solaris comes out June 25th on Phantom Limb. Elsewhere, there's a Bandcamp for his music as Kevin Richard Martin and another for The Bug. Follow him on Twitter and Instagram.

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Matt's picks:

This Heat – Deceit
Mindflayer – Take Your Skin Off
Ultralyd – Chromosome Gun

The excellent new album by Sly & The Family Drone, titled Gentle Persuaders, is out now. Head over to Bandcamp to buy it, and have a peek at what the band are up to on Facebook.

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Noisy artefact discovery, spilling soft toys at the parade, heartbroken AI minds. The Swiss-Philippine composer and musician discusses three important albums.

Annie's picks:

Eliane Radigue – Trilogie de la Mort
Charlemagne Palestine – Jamaica Heinekens In Brooklyn
Holly Herndon – PROTO

Annie's debut solo album, It's Not Quiet In The Void, is out now on Everest Records. Check it out on Bandcamp. Annie's website is here and she's also on Instagram.

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Psychedelic breakfast, compositional commentary, just intonation autopilot. The Montreal-based composer discusses three important albums.

Sarah's picks:

1) Pink Floyd – Atom Heart Mother

2) Alastair Galbraith – Cry

3) Terry Riley – Shri Camel

You can check out Sarah's music/updates via her website, on Facebook and over at Bandcamp.

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Glacial orchestras, floaty head voices, critique among friends. The New York composer discusses three important albums.

Julia's picks:

1) John Luther Adams – Become Ocean

2) Caroline Shaw – Partita For 8 Voices

3) David Lang – Little Match Girl Passion

Keep up to date with Julia Wolfe on her website. Tones, Drones & Arpeggios: The Magic Of Minimalism airs on BBC4 on Friday 2nd March 2018 at 9pm GMT.

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Black metal vs Aphex Twin, sad tape loops, the best screamo of all time. The UK-based artist and multi-instrumentalist discusses three important albums.

Zen's picks:

The Appleseed Cast – Low Level Owl, Vol. 1
Welcome The Plague Year – S/T
Everyday Loneliness – Appropriation

Cremation Lily's new album, Dreams Drenched In Static, is out now on The Flenser. Check it out here. Follow Cremation Lily on Twitter and Instagram. Their Linktree is here.

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Creation in solitude, human connection, rhythms in collision. The Norwegian composer / singer discusses three important albums.

Hanne's picks:

1) Moses Sumney – Aromanticism

2) Kelela – Take Me Apart

3) Espen Reinertsen – Nattsyntese

Hanne is currently on tour for her new album Trust, which you can buy over at Musicglue. Check out her website here, her tour dates on Songkick here, and stream tracks from the new album via SoundCloud right here.

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Faith's picks:

Swans – Soundtracks For The Blind
Einstürzende Neubauten – Zeichnungen Des Patienten O.T.
Earth – Hibernaculum

Head over the Faith's blog for updates on her work, along with links to her various projects (all of them great). Mamiffer and Barnett+Coloccia both have a Bandcamp, as does SIGE. Her collaboration with Jon Mueller and Aidan Baker, titled See Through, is out now on Gizeh.

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Raw character, true divas, emergency dentistry. The Berlin-based producer and DJ discusses three important albums.

Ziúr's picks:

1) Still – I

2) Grace Jones – Nightclubbing

3) TV On The Radio – Young Liars

Keep up with Ziúr on Facebook, Bandcamp, Twitter, Soundcloud and Instagram.

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Lobster spaceships, unleashing the beast, flying capos. Ben Chasny talks about three albums that informed his Hexadic System.

Ben's picks:

1) Khanate – Things Viral

2) Fushitsusha – The Caution Appears

3) Morton Feldman – Triadic Memories

For more on Six Organs On Admittance, head over to the official website or the Six Organs Bandcamp. Be sure to dive deep into the Hexadic section on his site too.

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Synth jams in the coal shed, collective escape, drum machine rebellion. The Sheffield-based artist discusses three important albums.

Mark's picks:

1) African Head Charge – Off The Beaten Track

2) Alternative TV – Vibing Up The Senile Man (Part One)

3) Unique 3 – Jus' Unique

Keep up to speed with Mark's exhibitions and performances over at his website.

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VHS basslines, definitive ambient, record shopping in Woolworths. The London-based musician and anarchist discusses three important albums.

Martin's picks:

LFO – Frequencies
Aphex Twin – Selected Ambient Works 85-92
Pete Namlook – The Definitive Ambient Collection Vol. 1

Head over to sm-ll.com and partner label Tapes For Mates. For mastering/support for the electronic music community, check out causeandcondition.com.

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Scared of the wolf, emotionally-resonant Eno, the 90s Louisville scene. Modern composer Matthew Cooper (aka Eluvium) discusses three important albums.

Matthew's picks:

Prokofiev (New Philharmonia Orchestra) – Peter And The Wolf (narrated by Richard Baker)
Eno – Another Green World / Brian Eno – Discreet Music
Rachel's – Music For Egon Schiele / Rachel's – The Sea And The Bells

The new Eluvium album, (Whirring Marvels In) Consensus Reality, is available now. Eluvium also has a website and a Bandcamp. Matthew is on Instagram and Twitter.

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Drumsticks into sawdust, ripping off Harvey Milk, going crazy for the Blind Owl. The BIG|BRAVE guitarist discusses three important albums.

Mathieu's picks:

Rockets Red Glare – S/T
Harvey Milk – A Small Turn Of Human Kindness
Blind Owl Wilson – S/T

The latest BIG|BRAVE album, Vital is out now on Southern Lord. Check it out on Bandcamp here. BIG|BRAVE are on Facebook over here.

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Divine possession, accessing a communal psyche, opening quantum windows. The guitar player and electroacoustic composer discusses three important albums.

Stefano's picks:

Franco Battiato – La voce del Padrone
Loren Connors – Sails
Bernard Parmegiani – De Natura Sonorum

Stefano's new album is out now on Die Schachtel, complete with some seriously gorgeous artwork. Get the vinyl/CD here, or digital via Stefano's own Bandcamp.

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Septic-tank-prog roadtrips, poop jokes written backwards, a literal anvil. The Oregon-based composer, multimedia artist, instructor and champion of friendship discusses three important albums.

Vern's picks:

Yes – Fragile
Pamelia Kurstin – Thinking Out Loud
Harvey Milk – My Love Is Higher Than Your Assessment Of What My Love Could Be

Go have your mind whirled by Vern's website. The Avola bandcamp is here, and the Instagram is here.

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Gargling fire, empty samplers, ruined picture discs. Crucial Listening host Jack Chuter shares his three important albums.

Jack's picks:
Meshuggah – Nothing (2002 version)
Jesu – S/T
Sachiko M – Bar Sachiko

Many thanks for allowing me this bout of self-indulgent podcast host catharsis.

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Bodily listening, manipulated time and the voice of David Toop. The Australian sound artist / Room40 label-founder shares his three most important albums.

Lawrence English's picks:

1) Swans – Filth

2) David Toop – Black Chamber

3) The Necks – Aether

You can check out Lawrence English online and over at Bandcamp. The Room40 website is here.

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Slowing everything down, emotionally devastating lines, the snare on Faucet. The Portland-based producer discusses three important albums.

hyacinth.'s picks:

DJ Screw – Bigtyme Vol II All Screwed Up
Earl Sweatshirt – I Don't Like Shit, I Don't Go Outside
MIKE – War In My Pen

Check out hyacinth.'s music over on the peradam tapes. label. They're on Twitter – @hyacinthindecay.

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Excursions into outer jazz, marbles against metal, empty Tokyo streets. The New York composer, performer and sound designer discusses three important albums.

Lea's picks:

Charles Mingus – The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady
Bernard Parmegiani – De Natura Sonorum
Keiji Haino – Black Blues

Lea's latest album Acoustic Shadows is out now on SA Recordings. Check out her website here and follow her on Instagram at @lilbertucci.

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Stretched instruments, drudging through the mud, Kanye on the space highway. The Brooklyn-based Asian American musician and composer discusses three important albums.

OHYUNG's picks:

Mica Levi – Under The Skin OST
Dean Blunt – Black Metal
Kanye West – My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy

imagine naked! is out 22nd April on NNA Tapes. Check it out on the OHYUNG Bandcamp.

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Stolen travel, beautiful noise, trips to Planet Autechre. The Warsaw-based artist discusses three important albums.

Aleksandra's picks:

1) Alva Noto – Xerrox Vol. 1

2) Autechre – Tri Repetae

3) Thomas Köner – La Barca

You can check out We Will Fail on her website and over on SoundCloud. The Refined Productions website is over here.

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Black Sabbath backseat boombox, clearing the room with Melvins, 100 miles of Neurosis. The author of Doomed To Fail: The Incredibly Loud History Of Doom, Sludge And Post-Metal discusses three important albums.

J.J.'s picks:

Black Sabbath – S/T
Melvins – Gluey Porch Treatments
Neurosis – Through Silver In Blood

J.J.'s website is over here, and you can follow him on Twitter @JJ_Anselmi. Doomed To Fail is out now on Rare Bird.

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Totality in music, lyrical homicide, destroyed Barbie dolls. The experimental music performer and instrument-maker discusses three important albums.

Ramsey Lewis – Mother Nature's Son
T. Rex – Electric Warrior
Violent Onsen Geisha – Excrete Music

evicshen tours the US with Machine Girl in February 2022 – check out the dates here. She'll also be playing to mark the end of here Audium residency in San Francisco – details here. Check out her Linktree and Bandcamp.

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Aggressive pianos, bursting arpeggios, music for the cool kids. The Australian composer and producer discusses three important albums.

Madeleine's picks:

Philip Glass – Glassworks
Dirty Three – Whatever You Love, You Are
Tim Hecker – Virgins

Madeleine's new album, Bodies, is out now on Room40. Check it out on her Bandcamp. Her website is here and she's also Instagram.

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Lost souls in a fishbowl, lushness and harmony, sanza psychedelia. The Kenyan composer and performer discusses three important albums.

Nyokabi's picks:

Pink Floyd – Wish You Were Here
Kelsey Lu – Blood
Francis Bebey – Psychedelic Sanza 1982-1984

Nyokabi's new single, Galu, is out now via SA Recordings. It's part of a forthcoming EP project called peace places: kenyan memories, also due on SA. Her website is here and here Instagram is here.

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Spontaneous trips to Genoa, bloop speakers, big Tori energy. The LA-based musician and visual artist discusses three important albums.

Emma's picks:

Sibylle Baier – Colour Green
Shape Of Despair – Monotony Fields
Tori Amos – Boys For Pele

Emma's new album Engine Of Hell is out now via Sargent House. Head over to her site for three beautiful music videos, merch and links to buy the record. It's on Bandcamp too.

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A weaving of voices, moments of pure connection, sibling influences. The Narrm/Melbourne-based drummer and composer discusses three important albums.

Maria's picks:

The Necks – Open
Alice Coltrane – Journey In Satchidananda
Tyondai Braxton – HIVE1

Maria's new album For Leolanda is out now on ROOM40. Check it out here, along with her other works. Maria's website is over here.

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Ruinous beauty, hauling a bass sax up the stairs, Hendrix's face, worlds of breath. The saxophonist and composer discusses his important albums.

Colin's picks:

Hendrix – Band Of Gypsys
Peter Brötzmann / Bill Laswell – Low Life
Enya – Shepherd Moons
Sam Cooke – Live At The Harlem Square Club, 1963

Colin's new album Chimæra I is out now via ROOM40. You can also grab it on Colin's Bandcamp. Colin's website is here.

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Sleepless Lagos, echoes of heaven, beastly synths. The sound artist and violist discusses three important albums.

Ibukun's picks:

Black Brunswicker – Wilder Paths
Ryan J Raffa – Ginkgo
KMRU – as it still is

Ibukun's new album Mantra is out via Phantom Limb's "Spirituals" imprint – check it out here. Head over to Ibukun's personal Bandcamp for more. He's also on Instagram and Twitter.

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Post-punk hurled at a wall, intellectual slapstick, the loops of life. The Brooklyn-based composer and author discusses three important albums.

David's picks:

1) Circle X – EP

2) Tony Conrad – Ten Years Alive On The Infinite Plain

3) Luc Ferrari – Presque Rien No. 1 'Le Lever du jour au bord de la mer'

You can find David over at Drag City and on Bandcamp. Also, be sure to go here to check out David and others sporting an array of Tony Conrad's wonderful jackets.

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Ethereal spatiality, appropriated memories of home, millennial mythos. The multimedia artist from Mexico discusses three important albums.

Laura's picks:

Golden Living Room – Welcome Home
Core Of The Coalman – Mystery Odes
Bath Consolidated –  Narryer Gneiss Terrane

Laura's latest record, Tuberose, is out now on Whited Sepulchre. Listen/buy on Bandcamp. Check out the Remembrance Species 2020 compilation here.

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Music for sleep, radical electronics, biospheric amorphous spaces. The sound artist and 12k label founder discusses three important albums.

Taylor's picks:

Brian Eno – Thursday Afternoon
Ryoji Ikeda – +/-
Microstoria – Model 3, Step 2

Taylor's new EP, Eev, is out August 18th via Nettwerk. Preorder and preview it on Taylor's Bandcamp. Taylor is also on Instagram and X.

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Sound as living entity, eating your greens, divinity and dedication. The Berlin-based, Mexican multimedia artist and DJ discusses three important albums.

Daniela's picks:

Éliane Radigue – Trilogie de la Mort
Coil – Musick To Play In The Dark Vol 1 / Vol 2
Alice Coltrane – Eternity

Daniela Huerta's solo debut album, Soplo, is out now on Elevator Bath. Check it out here. Her website is here and she's also on Instagram.

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Rothko croissants, records like old trees, cave-age slowcore. The French musician and artist discusses three important albums.

Félicia's picks:

Morton Feldman – Rothko Chapel  | Why Patterns?
Robert Ashley – Private Parts
Low – I Could Live In Hope

Félicia's latest album, Space As An Instrument, is out now on Shelter Press. Check it out here. Her website is here and she's also on Instagram.

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Haunting organs, sitting inside tape loops, endless questions. The Oslo-based multidisciplinary artist discusses three important albums.

Jenny's picks:

Henning Christiansen –  Op. 50 Requiem Of Art (Aus "Celtic") Fluxorum Organum II
Robert Ashley – Private Parts
Lost Girls –  Menneskekollektivet

Jenny's new album, Here Is Always Somewhere Else, is out now via Breton Cassette. Check it out on Bandcamp. Jenny's website is here, and she's also on Instagram.

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(Almost) falling into the water, post-dumb-house-party-bike-rides, wildness and mastery. The musician and member of Xiu Xiu discusses three important albums.

Hyunhye's picks:

Chris Watson – El Tren Fantasma
PJ Harvey – To Bring You My Love
Cecil Taylor – Solo (1973)

Hyunhye's new album, Eel, is out now on Room40. Check out her website and Instagram.

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High-altitude Bryars, trash on the walls, desperate shamans. The Los Angeles-based multidisciplinary artist discusses three important albums.

Dorian's picks:

Gavin Bryars – The Sinking Of The Titanic / Jesus' Blood Never Failed Me Yet
Nearly God – S/T
George Michael – Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1

Dorian's new album, Excesiva, is out now on Dragon's Eye Recordings. Check it out on Bandcamp. Dorian's website is here.

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Running up stairs, understated drumming, pushing beyond the boundaries of metal music. The Norwegian noise musician / fervent collaborator / record producer discusses three important albums.

Lasse's picks:

1) Pink Floyd – Meddle

2) Ground Zero – Revolutionary Pekinese Orchestra Ver.1.28

3) Tony Conrad With Faust – Outside The Dream Syndicate

You can check out Lasse online or over at BandCamp (or, as per Lasse's wishes, go listen to Tony Conrad instead).

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Heart wrung like a towel, Skullcandy bass, the magic of music boxes. The Beirut-based multi-instrumentalist, video artist and puppeteer discusses three important albums.

Yara's picks:

Aphex Twin – Drukqs
Colleen – Et Les Boîtes À Musique
Daniel Johnston – Hi, How Are You

Yara's debut album, Home Recordings 2018 - 2021, is out now via Hive Mind Records – check it out here. She's on Instagram – @microwave.blues.

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XXX alcohol, forgone resolutions, avalanches of brutality. The multidisciplinary artist and performer discusses three important albums.

Jen's picks:

Joseph Spence – Good Morning Mr. Walker
Stephen Layton – Whitacre: Cloudburst And Other Choral Works
Opeth – Blackwater Park

Go spend a bunch of time on Jen's website and Instagram. Sonified Physiological Indicators Of Empathy is out on Cacophonous Revival Recordings.

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Beauty in djent-adjacency, solo-Jeep-screamo-touring, "bad guy" music. The multi-genre multi-instrumentalist discusses three important albums.

Angel's picks:

The Contortionist – Language
Suis La Lune – Heir
Rush – Hold Your Fire

The new Fire-Toolz album, I am upset because I see something that is not there., is out now on Hausu Mountain. Check it out on Bandcamp. Fire-Toolz had a website and is also on Instagram and Twitter. Oh, and check this out – a video for "Above All Else I Want To See" by the guest of last episode, Babak Ahteshamipour.

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Top string of the harp, transcendent worldbuilding, catharsis in composing. The LA-based artist and composer discusses three important albums.

Geneva's picks:

Ursula K. Le Guin + Todd Barton – Music And Poetry Of The Kesh
Grouper + Roy Montgomery – Split
Swans – The Great Annihilator

Geneva's new longform work, Turning Of The Day, is out now on LINE – check it out here. Her website is here and her Bandcamp is here. She's also on Twitter and Instagram.

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Driving in fury, letting the endings be real, slow and lonely. The free improvisation percussionist discusses three important albums.

Mark's picks:

Don Cherry, Dewey Redman, Charlie Haden, Ed Blackwell – Old And New Dreams (1979)
Evan Parker – Monoceros
Rebecca Saunders – Fury II

As always, Mark has a bunch of upcoming live dates. These include Evan Parker's 80th birthday residency at Cafe Oto, for which Mark has prepared a four-part percussion group. Mark's website is here.

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Electroacoustic viscera, recurrent symbolism, crying through synthesis. The Manchester-based artist discusses three important albums.

Kelly's picks:

1) Tigran Mansuryan – The Color Of Pomegranates OST

2) Luciano Berio + Cathy Berberian – Visage

3) Arca – S/T

Check out the dates for Kelly's collaboration with Matana Roberts over at Outlands, and keep up to date with her other happenings over on her website.

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Mellow ingenuity, drowned in reverb, London at its most gloomy and miserable. London-based multidisciplinary artist Sam Ashton discusses three important albums.

Sam's picks:

Explosions In The Sky – The Earth Is Not A Cold Dead Place
Grouper – Dragging A Dead Deer Up A Hill
Burial – S/T

You can check out Sam's music over at the Fortresses Bandcamp or over at Dragon's Eye Recordings. He's also on Instagram.

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Snot-caked pants, wild banshee shit, the cadence and emphasis of Robert Ashley. The New York-based composer and multi-instrumentalist discusses three important albums.

Ka's picks:

Love – Forever Changes
Sonny Sharrock – Black Woman
Eliane Radigue – Songs Of Milarepa

Ka's new album, Vivification Exercises I, is out now on RVNG Intl. Check out Ka's website here.

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The science of baffling unpredictability, nuclear plants leaking beauty, the moments before the apocalypse. The São Paulo-based artist discusses three important albums.

Claudio's picks:

KRAAN – Flyday
Hatfield And The North – The Rotters' Club
Guruh Gipsy – Guruh Gipsy

The new Babe, Terror album is titled Teghnojoyg and it's out now. Check it out on the Babe, Terror Bandcamp. Head over to the Babe, Terror Youtube to see videos for each track on the new record. Check out the Babe, Terror Tumblr and also the Patreon.

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Tim Hecker beneath the aurora borealis, nerdy icebreakers, blurs and beats. The Turkey-born, UK-based composer and guitarist discusses three important albums.

Elif's picks:

Tim Hecker – Haunt Me, Haunt Me Do It Again
Tangerine Dream – Rubycon
Bowery Electric – Beat

Elif's new album, Green Drift, is out now on Expert Sleepers. Her website is over here and she's also on Instagram.

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