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#140: Lucie Vítková
21 oktober 2023 · 1 uur 14 min
Architectural sound, understandings of freedom, and how do we end? The composer, improviser and performer discusses three important albums. Lees meer
Lucie's picks:
Iannis Xenakis – La Légende d'Eer
Pauline Oliveros – The Tuning Meditation
Christian Wolff – Changing The SystemLucie'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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#139: Ava Rasti
7 oktober 2023 · 26 min
Light in the ocean depths, doors to other worlds, respiratory cycling. The Tehran-based composer discusses three important albums. Lees meer
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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#138: Hyunhye Seo
23 september 2023 · 1 uur 5 min
(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. Lees meer
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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#137: Babe, Terror
9 september 2023 · 1 uur 25 min
The science of baffling unpredictability, nuclear plants leaking beauty, the moments before the apocalypse. The São Paulo-based artist discusses three important albums. Lees meer
Claudio's picks:
KRAAN – Flyday
Hatfield And The North – The Rotters' Club
Guruh Gipsy – Guruh GipsyThe 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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#136: Arnold Dreyblatt
26 augustus 2023 · 48 min
Digging in near the bridge, one old woman, acting like the Rolling Stones. The American media artist and composer discusses three important albums. Lees meer
Arnold's picks:
Tony Conrad With Faust – Outside The Dream Syndicate
Sacred Guitar and Violin Music of the Modern Aztecs (Smithsonian Folkways)
Robert Ashley – Automatic WritingThe new album by Arnold Dreyblatt & The Orchestra of Excited Strings, titled Resolve, is out now on Drag City. Check it out here. Here's Arnold's website and Instagram.
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#135: Taylor Deupree
12 augustus 2023 · 1 uur 8 min
Music for sleep, radical electronics, biospheric amorphous spaces. The sound artist and 12k label founder discusses three important albums. Lees meer
Taylor's picks:
Brian Eno – Thursday Afternoon
Ryoji Ikeda – +/-
Microstoria – Model 3, Step 2Taylor'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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#134: Joni Void
29 juli 2023 · 1 uur 7 min
The joy of UK pirate radio, intoxicating production, Streets Of Rage DJ set. Montréal-based French-British producer Jean Néant discusses three important albums. Lees meer
Jean's picks:
Death Is Not The End – The Letter Tape Series / Bristol Pirates
Yuka Honda – Memories Are My Only Witness / Eucademix
Yuzo Koshiro – Bare Knuckle II OST / Bare Knuckle I OSTThe new Joni Void album, Everyday Is The Song, is out now on Constellation. Check it out here. Joni Void is on Instagram and Twitter.
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#133: Bana Haffar
15 juli 2023 · 1 uur 3 min
Phytoplankton microsound, sketched-out dead ends, perfect warbles. The North Carolina-based electronic music producer discusses three important albums. Lees meer
Bana's picks:
Jana Winderen – The Wanderer
Autechre – Amber
Boards Of Canada – Tomorrow's HarvestBana Haffar's new album, intimaa' إنتماء, is out now on Touch. You can also listen/buy via Bana's bandcamp here. Bana's website is actually a Google sheet, and you check that out here. She's also on Instagram.
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#132: Sabiwa
1 juli 2023 · 52 min
Sunday puppet show routine, childhood anime memories, Brazilian cutlery jams. The electronic producer and performer from Taiwan discusses three important albums. Lees meer
Sabiwa's picks:
Pili Puppet Drama – Soundtrack / Sound Design
Joe Hisaishi – Princess Mononoke OST
Hermeto Pascoal – Zabumbê-bum-áSabiwa's new album, Island no.16 – Memories Of Future Landscapes, is out now on Phantom Limb. Sabiwa is on Instagram.
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#131: Eluvium
19 juni 2023 · 56 min
Scared of the wolf, emotionally-resonant Eno, the 90s Louisville scene. Modern composer Matthew Cooper (aka Eluvium) discusses three important albums. Lees meer
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 BellsThe 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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#130: Rachel Lyn
3 juni 2023 · 1 uur 1 min
Oxfam treasures, panic-stricken falling, wordless stories. The multidisciplinary artist discusses three important albums. Lees meer
Rachel's picks:
The Art Of Noise – In Visible Silence
Delia Derbyshire + Barry Bermange – Inventions For Radio No. 1: The Dreams
Jean-Michel Jarre – EquinoxeRachel's new album, Stories Came to Us, is out now via My Own Imaginary World. Check it out here. Rachel is also on Instagram as @rachellynmademedoit.
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#129: Mira Martin-Gray
20 mei 2023 · 55 min
Very inviting thumbs, vanilla apologists, Monk's comeback. The Toronto-based experimental musician discusses three important albums. Lees meer
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 HogstMira'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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#128: Liturgy
6 mei 2023 · 53 min
In love with a vampire, psychedelic songform subversion, composer visitations. Haela Ravenna Hunt-Hendrix discusses three important albums. Lees meer
Haela's picks:
pageninetynine – Document #8
Robert Wyatt – Rock Bottom
Alice Coltrane – Lord Of LordsLiturgy's new album, 93696, is out now on Thrill Jockey. Check it out on Bandcamp here. Liturgy is on Instagram and Twitter.
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#127: Ibukun Sunday
22 april 2023 · 47 min
Sleepless Lagos, echoes of heaven, beastly synths. The sound artist and violist discusses three important albums. Lees meer
Ibukun's picks:
Black Brunswicker – Wilder Paths
Ryan J Raffa – Ginkgo
KMRU – as it still isIbukun'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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#126: Fire-Toolz
8 april 2023 · 1 uur 5 min
Beauty in djent-adjacency, solo-Jeep-screamo-touring, "bad guy" music. The multi-genre multi-instrumentalist discusses three important albums. Lees meer
Angel's picks:
The Contortionist – Language
Suis La Lune – Heir
Rush – Hold Your FireThe 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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#125: Babak Ahteshamipour
25 maart 2023 · 1 uur 3 min
Fishing the sound, math rock imposter syndrome, maximalist gratitude. The Athens-based sound and visual artist discusses three important albums. Lees meer
Babak's picks:
Black Midi – Schlagenheim
Ryuichi Sakamoto – async
Machine Girl – U-Void SynthesizerBabak's latest album, Mind Flaying Flavored Flails, is out now on Jollies. Check it out here. Go explore the accompanying virtual exhibition over on New Art City. Babak has a website and is on Instagram.
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#124: Kalia Vandever
11 maart 2023 · 52 min
Nostalgia rushes, unhurried solo guitar, Pharoah jumps in. The American trombonist and composer discusses three important albums. Lees meer
Kalia's picks:
Grouper – Dragging A Dead Deer
Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders & The London Contemporary Orchestra – Promises
Jeff Parker – ForfolksKalia 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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#123: Anton Newcombe (The Brian Jonestown Massacre)
25 februari 2023 · 57 min
Uncomfortable DJ sets, sacred ratio songs, the "best band in the UK right now". The primary member of The Brian Jonestown Massacre discusses three important albums. Lees meer
Anton's picks:
The 13th Floor Elevators – The Psychedelic Sounds Of The 13th Floor Elevators
Alice Coltrane – Turiya Sings
The Soundcarriers – EntropicaliaThe latest (and 20th!) BJM album, The Future Is Your Past, is out now. Their website is here. Follow Anton on Instagram and Twitter.
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#122: Sham-e-Ali Nayeem
11 februari 2023 · 1 uur 12 min
Communal grief, tapes from the Halal Meat Shop, time-space departures. The Hyderabadi Muslim American poet, musician, interdisciplinary artist discusses three important albums. Lees meer
Sham-e-Ali's picks:
Alice Coltrane – A Monastic Trio
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan – Live At The Royal Albert Hall
vhvl – myrrhSham-e-Ali's new album, Moti Ka Sheher, is out now. Check it out here. She's got a website and is on Instagram.
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#121: Colin Stetson
28 januari 2023 · 1 uur
Ruinous beauty, hauling a bass sax up the stairs, Hendrix's face, worlds of breath. The saxophonist and composer discusses his important albums. Lees meer
Colin's picks:
Hendrix – Band Of Gypsys
Peter Brötzmann / Bill Laswell – Low Life
Enya – Shepherd Moons
Sam Cooke – Live At The Harlem Square Club, 1963Colin'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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#120: Xhosa Cole
14 januari 2023 · 1 uur 7 min
Intuitive resonance, cataclysmic dualities, bandleader grace. The UK-based saxophonist discusses three important albums. Lees meer
Xhosa's picks:
Sonny Rollins – With The Modern Jazz Quartet
Shirley Horn Trio – Softly
Balimaya Project – Wolo SoXhosa's latest album, Ibeji, is out now on Stoney Lane Records. Listen here. His website is here.
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#119: Yara Asmar
31 december 2022 · 50 min
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. Lees meer
Yara's picks:
Aphex Twin – Drukqs
Colleen – Et Les Boîtes À Musique
Daniel Johnston – Hi, How Are YouYara'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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#118: More Eaze
17 december 2022 · 1 uur 25 min
Visions of hell/paradise, two G's in eggs, bizarre lemonade. The composer/multi-instrumentalist from Austin, Texas discusses three important albums. Lees meer
Mari's picks:
Jim O'Rourke – Eureka
Robert Ashley – Private Parts
SOPHIE – ProductThe 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.
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#117: Phillip Golub
3 december 2022 · 1 uur 2 min
Vocal imitation games, aural cocktails, jazz-adjacent ingenuity. The New York-based composer and pianist discusses three important albums. Lees meer
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, ClaudiaPhillip's debut solo album, Filters, is out now via Greyfade. His website is here and he's on Instagram @phillipgolub.
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#116: Julian Sartorius + Feldermelder
19 november 2022 · 1 uur 1 min
Too-short tracks, dying melodies, birds mimicking electronics, the highest organ note. The musicians and collaborators discuss their important albums. Lees meer
Julian's picks:
J Dilla – Donuts
Jean C. Roché – Birds Of VenezuelaFeldermelder's picks:
Autechre – LP5
Pedro Santos – KrishnandaBonn 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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#115: Elif Yalvaç
5 november 2022 · 1 uur
Tim Hecker beneath the aurora borealis, nerdy icebreakers, blurs and beats. The Turkey-born, UK-based composer and guitarist discusses three important albums. Lees meer
Elif's picks:
Tim Hecker – Haunt Me, Haunt Me Do It Again
Tangerine Dream – Rubycon
Bowery Electric – BeatElif'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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#114: Hatis Noit
22 oktober 2022 · 52 min
Harnessing ugliness, memories of Okinawa, Pärt in the snow. The Japanese vocal performer discusses three important albums. Lees meer
Hatis' picks:
Meredith Monk – Mercy
Yasukatsu Oshima with Geoffrey Keezer – S/T
Arvo Pärt – Tabula RasaHatis Noit's new album, Aura, is out now on Erased Tapes. Check it out on Bandcamp or on the Erased Tapes site.
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#113: Greg Anderson (The Lord, Sunn O))), Goatsnake)
8 oktober 2022 · 1 uur 25 min
Hours of jazz in the city, matching Spiderland tattoos, vertiginous rabbit holes. The guitarist and label curator discusses three important albums. Lees meer
Greg's picks:
Miles Davis – Bitches Brew
Slint – Spiderland
Bernard Herrmann – Vertigo OSTHead 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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#112: Ami Dang
24 september 2022 · 58 min
Sad tween car journeys, dismantled pop, pioneers of Baltimore Club. The South Asian-American vocalist, sitarist, composer and producer discusses three important albums. Lees meer
Ami's picks:
Sardari Begum – OST
Portishead – Third
K-Swift – Club Queen Vol. 3Ami's new album, The Living World's Demands, is out on November 4th via Phantom Limb and Leaving Records. Preview/pre-order on Bandcamp. Follow Ami on Instagram and check out her website.
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#111: Laurie Tompkins
10 september 2022 · 1 uur 9 min
Brazen electronic keys, odes to the rig, ripping everything out. The UK composer and performer discusses three important albums. Lees meer
Laurie's picks:
"Blue" Gene Tyranny – Out Of The Blue
Improved Sound Limited – Road Trax
Mica Levi – Blue AlibiLaurie released three new albums this Spring: Years Went By with Eliza McCarthy via Entr'acte, Fatty via 33-33 and Sharp Love Slow Faint on Hyperdelia. They're all on Laurie's Bandcamp too. His Instagram is here.
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#110: Rocio Zavala
27 augustus 2022 · 1 uur 10 min
Raga of the spine, stretched like honey dripping, body-recalibration drones. The Mexico-born, Chicago-based visual and sound artist discusses three important albums. Lees meer
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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#109: Jenny Berger Myhre
13 augustus 2022 · 1 uur 4 min
Haunting organs, sitting inside tape loops, endless questions. The Oslo-based multidisciplinary artist discusses three important albums. Lees meer
Jenny's picks:
Henning Christiansen – Op. 50 Requiem Of Art (Aus "Celtic") Fluxorum Organum II
Robert Ashley – Private Parts
Lost Girls – MenneskekollektivetJenny'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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#108: Chloe Alexandra Thompson
30 juli 2022 · 1 uur 15 min
Feedback as praxis, weird fragments, the first true drone show. The Cree, Canadian, interdisciplinary artist and sound designer discusses three important albums. Lees meer
Chloe's picks:
Les Rallizes Denudes – Mizutani
Coil – Backwards (Demos)
Phill Niblock – MusicChloe's new album, They Can Never Burn The Stars, is out now on SIGE. Follow her on Instagram here.
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#107: Cremation Lily
16 juli 2022 · 55 min
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. Lees meer
Zen's picks:
The Appleseed Cast – Low Level Owl, Vol. 1
Welcome The Plague Year – S/T
Everyday Loneliness – AppropriationCremation 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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#106: MC Dälek
2 juli 2022 · 1 uur 33 min
Earth-shifting philosophies, wordless shoegaze treasures, cinematic heartache. The MC and producer discusses three important albums. Lees meer
Will's picks:
Boogie Down Productions – Criminal Minded / By All Means Necessary
All Natural Lemon & Lime Flavors – Turning Into Small
Tom Petty – WildflowersCheck 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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#105: Avola
18 juni 2022 · 56 min
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. Lees meer
Vern's picks:
Yes – Fragile
Pamelia Kurstin – Thinking Out Loud
Harvey Milk – My Love Is Higher Than Your Assessment Of What My Love Could BeGo have your mind whirled by Vern's website. The Avola bandcamp is here, and the Instagram is here.
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#104: Maria Moles
4 juni 2022 · 50 min
A weaving of voices, moments of pure connection, sibling influences. The Narrm/Melbourne-based drummer and composer discusses three important albums. Lees meer
Maria's picks:
The Necks – Open
Alice Coltrane – Journey In Satchidananda
Tyondai Braxton – HIVE1Maria'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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#103: Hinako Omori
21 mei 2022 · 1 uur 1 min
Myspace discoveries, kaleidoscopic sonics, the beam shining through. The Yokohama-born, London-based producer discusses three important albums. Lees meer
Hinako's picks:
The Knife – Silent Shout
Linda Perhacs – Parallelograms
Beverly Glenn-Copeland – Keyboard FantasiesHinako 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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#102: Biliana Voutchkova
7 mei 2022 · 1 uur 13 min
Reaching beyond our world, the thing in all its magnificence, the butterfly on your hand. The violinist, composer, improviser and interdisciplinary artist discusses three important albums. Lees meer
Biliana's picks:
Sofia Gubaidulina – Offertorium
Frances-Marie Uitti – Utopian Spaces
Rhodri Davies, David Sylvian, Mark Wastell – There Is No LoveRead about Biliana’s DUOS series here, and check out the releases on her Bandcamp – including the most recent instalment with Leila Bordreuil. She's also on Instagram.
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Relevant to this episode is this documentation of Uitti and Voutchkova performing at DARA String Festival in 2020.
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#101: Stefano Pilia
23 april 2022 · 1 uur 1 min
Divine possession, accessing a communal psyche, opening quantum windows. The guitar player and electroacoustic composer discusses three important albums. Lees meer
Stefano's picks:
Franco Battiato – La voce del Padrone
Loren Connors – Sails
Bernard Parmegiani – De Natura SonorumStefano'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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#100: Yiorgis Sakellariou
9 april 2022 · 1 uur 3 min
Mum meets the Beatles, live environment failures, waves of transformative energy. The composer of experimental and electroacoustic music discusses three important albums. Lees meer
Yiorgis' picks:
The Beatles – 20 Greatest Hits
Iannis Xenakis – La Légende d'Eer
Swans – The Glowing ManYiorgis' latest album, Fons et Origo, is out now via miclithuania. Check it out here. His website is over here.
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#99: OHYUNG
26 maart 2022 · 46 min
Stretched instruments, drudging through the mud, Kanye on the space highway. The Brooklyn-based Asian American musician and composer discusses three important albums. Lees meer
OHYUNG's picks:
Mica Levi – Under The Skin OST
Dean Blunt – Black Metal
Kanye West – My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasyimagine naked! is out 22nd April on NNA Tapes. Check it out on the OHYUNG Bandcamp.
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#98: Eric Chenaux
12 maart 2022 · 1 uur 9 min
Sulphur and molasses, museums and ice cream, reverence for the beautiful. The avant garde ballard-purveyor discusses three important albums. Lees meer
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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#97: Obay Alsharani
26 februari 2022 · 59 min
Wombic alien mechanics, circuit-bent FIFA, worldbuilding soundtrack serendipity. The Syrian-born, Sweden-based artist discusses three important albums. Lees meer
Obay's picks:
Boards Of Canada – Music Has The Right To Children
C418 – Minecraft: Volume Alpha / Volume Beta
Celer – Discourses Of The WitheredCheck out Obay's splendid record Sandbox right here. He's also on Instagram and Facebook.
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#96: Jack's Important Albums
12 februari 2022 · 30 min
Gargling fire, empty samplers, ruined picture discs. Crucial Listening host Jack Chuter shares his three important albums. Lees meer
Jack's picks:
Meshuggah – Nothing (2002 version)
Jesu – S/T
Sachiko M – Bar SachikoMany thanks for allowing me this bout of self-indulgent podcast host catharsis.
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#95: Victoria Shen (evicshen)
29 januari 2022 · 1 uur
Totality in music, lyrical homicide, destroyed Barbie dolls. The experimental music performer and instrument-maker discusses three important albums. Lees meer
Ramsey Lewis – Mother Nature's Son
T. Rex – Electric Warrior
Violent Onsen Geisha – Excrete Musicevicshen 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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#94: Martin J Thompson
15 januari 2022 · 1 uur 16 min
VHS basslines, definitive ambient, record shopping in Woolworths. The London-based musician and anarchist discusses three important albums. Lees meer
Martin's picks:
LFO – Frequencies
Aphex Twin – Selected Ambient Works 85-92
Pete Namlook – The Definitive Ambient Collection Vol. 1Head 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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#93: Yan Jun
1 januari 2022 · 1 uur 9 min
Everybody against everybody, the left hand of the Qin master, tin can Beatles. The Beijing-based musician and poet talks about three important albums. Lees meer
Yan Jun's picks:
Ævangelist – Enthrall To The Void Of Bliss
Various – Sound Spaces: 9 Sound Installations
The Qin Repertoire Of LIU Shao-ChunCheck out the websites for Yan Jun's own work and Sub Jam. Both are on Bandcamp too (Yan Jun, Sub Jam). We talked about the work twice, produced in collaboration with Zhu Wenbo, which you can check out here.
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#92: Olivia Block
18 december 2021 · 59 min
Liturgical lullaby, canine concrète, a chess game that never ends. The Chicago-based media artist and composer talks about three important albums. Lees meer
Olivia's picks:
Alèmu Aga – Éthiopiques 11: The Harp Of King David
Beatriz Ferreyra – Huellas Entreveradas
Morton Feldman – For Samuel BeckettHonourable mention: Kim Jung Mi – Now
Olivia also mentioned another record in the Éthiopiques series: Piano Solo by Tsegué-Maryam Guèbrou.
Olivia's new album, Innocent Passage In The Territorial Sea, is out now on Room40. Check it out on Bandcamp here. Her website is here.
PLUS: Head over to ATTN for a premiere of the video for "Laika", directed by Deborah Stratman.
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#91: Emma Ruth Rundle
4 december 2021 · 1 uur 6 min
Spontaneous trips to Genoa, bloop speakers, big Tori energy. The LA-based musician and visual artist discusses three important albums. Lees meer
Emma's picks:
Sibylle Baier – Colour Green
Shape Of Despair – Monotony Fields
Tori Amos – Boys For PeleEmma'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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