Alle afleveringen van Crucial Listening – pagina 3 van 4

#90: Byron Westbrook

20 november 2021 · 1 uur 7 min

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

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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#89: BACKXWASH

6 november 2021 · 52 min

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Weird industrial synths, rapping over alarm clocks, Kubrick with 2 bricks. The Zambian-Canadian rapper and producer discusses three important albums. Lees meer

Ashanti's picks:

Janet Jackson – The Velvet Rope
Death Grips – The Money Store
Danny Brown – The Atrocity Exhibition

Check out the BACKXWASH website here. She's also on Twitter and Bandcamp.

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#88: Raven Chacon

23 oktober 2021 · 1 uur 12 min

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Ever-heavier tape trades, music for twenty radio stations, new urgencies. The composer, artist and improviser discusses three important albums. Lees meer

Raven's picks:

Mr Bungle – Disco Volante
José Maceda – Ugnayan
Moor Mother – Fetish Bones

The latest record by Endlings – Raven's band with John Dieterich – is out now on Whited Sepulchre. Head over to Raven's website for more on his current and past projects. Be sure to check out Radio Coyote too, which Raven initiated along with the CCA Wattis Institute.

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#87: Cecilia Lopez

9 oktober 2021 · 59 min

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

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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#86: Domingæ (Föllakzoid)

25 september 2021 · 52 min

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Record warehouse paradise, lullabies finished in hell, destroying synchronicity. The musician and filmmaker discusses three important albums. Lees meer

Domingæ's picks:

Jackson C. Frank – Blues Run The Game
Oneohtrix Point Never – Replica
Ryuichi Sakamoto – async

Domingæ's new album Æ is out now via Sacred Bones. Her Linktree is here and you follow her on Instagram here. Donate to her Transition and Survival Fund over at Gofundme.

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#85: Nyokabi Kariũki

11 september 2021 · 1 uur 2 min

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

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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#84: Robert Curgenven

28 augustus 2021 · 1 uur 17 min

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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. Lees meer

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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#83: crys cole

14 augustus 2021 · 1 uur 8 min

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

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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#82: Lauren Sarah Hayes

31 juli 2021 · 57 min

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

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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#81: Geneva Skeen

17 juli 2021 · 1 uur 8 min

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

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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#80: Jen Kutler

3 juli 2021 · 1 uur 13 min

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

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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#79: Dalibor Cruz

19 juni 2021 · 1 uur 20 min

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Slipping into the bloodstream, navigating hell, addictive polyrhythms. The Honduran-American producer discusses three important albums. Lees meer

Pablo's picks:

Muslimgauze – Hussein Mahmood Jeeb Tehar Gass
Paul Schütze – New Maps Of Hell
Los Roland's – Solo Exitos Vol. 2

The new Dalibor Cruz album, Riddled With Absence, is out now via Natural Sciences – check it out here. Follow Dalibor Cruz on Instagram.

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#78: Kevin Martin (The Bug)

5 juni 2021 · 1 uur 19 min

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

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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#77: Marshall Trammell

22 mei 2021 · 58 min

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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. Lees meer

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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#76: Charmaine Lee

8 mei 2021 · 1 uur 25 min

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Toilets on heads, high frequency feedback devastation, hot pink harsh noise. The New York-based vocalist from Sydney, Australia discusses three important albums. Lees meer

Charmaine's picks:

Derek Bailey / George Lewis / John Zorn – Yankees
Yan Jun + Hsia Yu – 7 Poems And Some Tinnitus
Masonna – Noskl In Ana - Rare Tracks Collection

Charmaine's incredible new record, KNVF, is out now via Erratum Musical and is available on Bandcamp. Her website is here. During the conversation we talk about her article over on Wet Ink Archive, titled Reflections On Building A Personal Language.

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#75: Mathieu Ball (BIG|BRAVE)

24 april 2021 · 52 min

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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. Lees meer

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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#74: Yuko Araki

10 april 2021 · 49 min

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Thrash at the rehearsal room, transcending cheap music, collapsing nature and artifice. The analog noise artist discusses three important albums. Lees meer

Yuko's picks:

Slayer – Reign In Blood
Pink Floyd – The Dark Side Of The Moon
Monolake – Gobi. The Desert

Yuko's new record, End Of Trilogy, is out now on Room40. Follow Yuko on Instagram over here, and Tumblr over here.

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#73: Chris Corsano + Bill Orcutt

27 maart 2021 · 1 uur 5 min

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The opposite of politeness, sucky sucky bloodsuckers, ego destruction on the subway. The two improvisatory collaborators discuss their important albums. Lees meer

Chris' picks:

Caroline Kraabel – Now We Are One Two
Art Ensemble Of Chicago – Chi-Congo

Bill's picks:

Jaynez Cortez And The Firespitters – There It Is
Ronald Shannon Jackson – Pulse

The duo's new album, Made Out Of Sound, is out right now on Bill's own label, Palilalia. Both have their own respective pages on Bandcamp too – here's Chris, and here's Bill (and Bill again).

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#72: Ka Baird

13 maart 2021 · 59 min

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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. Lees meer

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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#71: Sarah Feldman

27 februari 2021 · 1 uur 6 min

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12 seconds of Stockhausen, high-altitude Frank Ocean, the power of SOPHIE. The Vancouver-based composer and music educator discusses three important albums. Lees meer

Sarah's picks:

Karlheinz Stockhausen – Kontakte
Frank Ocean – Blonde
SOPHIE – Oil Of Every Pearl's Un-Insides

Sarah's YouTube channel is called Sounds Good – find that here – while her music is up on Bandcamp. Check out her band Watering too.

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#70: Paul Nataraj

13 februari 2021 · 1 uur 25 min

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Sitting in a room, Hip Hop Connections, looking for a breadfruit tree. The Blackburn-based artist, radio DJ, podcast producer and lecturer discusses three important albums. Lees meer

Paul's picks:

De La Soul – 3 Feet High And Rising
The Congos – Heart Of The Congos
Alvin Lucier – I Am Sitting In A Room

Paul's latest solo record, Cobblestones & Kitchari, is out now on Fractal Meat Cuts. His personal Bandcamp page is here, while Gripe is over here. Check out his radio show Out To Lunch over at Back2BackFM, and be sure to check out the podcasts Hooked On Hope and Kick Down The Barriers too.

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#69: Pisitakun

30 januari 2021 · 55 min

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Releasing your giant, rural music in the city, stealing the cat from the temple. The Bangkok-based artist discusses three important albums. Lees meer

Pisitakun's picks:

Pornsak Songsaeng – สาวจันทร์กั้งโกบ
Jing.com – มันส์ ม่วน คัก
Buddhist chants – Malai chant / Giant chant

Check out Absolute C.O.U.P. on the Chinabot Bandcamp. Hear more Pisitakun over at Soundcloud and follow him on Facebook.

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#68: Senyawa

16 januari 2021 · 45 min

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Invocations for judgement and destruction, sons of nature, reimagining the music of Indonesia. Wukir Suryadi and Rully Shabara discuss three important albums. Lees meer

Senyawa's picks:

Gugus Gema – S/T
Sawung Jabo/Iwan Fals – Dalbo
Church Universal And Triumphant, Inc. Featuring Elizabeth Clare Prophet ‎– The Sounds Of American Doomsday Cults

Alkisah is out next month from 39 record labels around the world. Find a full list of participating labels right here. Special thanks to Phantom Limb for co-ordinating this conversation. Rully also mentions this incredible video of Lab'art Ferrum during our conversation, which is well worth checking out.

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#67: Daniel Menche

2 januari 2021 · 1 uur 59 min

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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. Lees meer

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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#66: Laura Luna Castillo

19 december 2020 · 1 uur 8 min

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

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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#65: Ashley Paul

5 december 2020 · 56 min

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Lockdown dance parties, loosening the Nutcracker's limbs, finding space to breathe. The songwriter and saxophonist discusses three important albums. Lees meer

Ashley's picks:

Jonathan Richman – I, Jonathan
Duke Ellington – The Nutcracker Suite
Joshua Abrams & Natural Information Society – Mandatory Reality

Ashley's excellent new record, Ray, is out now on Slip. Check it out on Bandcamp. A few tracks are previewing on The Wire too.

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#64: Camila Fuchs

21 november 2020 · 1 uur 10 min

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Consolidations of love, breaking fourth walls, strength with machines. Camila de Laborde and Daniel Hermann-Collini discuss their important albums. Lees meer

Camila Fuchs' picks:

Jenny Berger Myhre – Lint
Leila – Like Weather
Flying Lizards – Fourth Wall
The KLF – The White Room
Spacemen 3 – Recurring

The duo's new record, Kids Talk Sun, is out now via Felte. Check it out on Bandcamp here, and you can follow the band on Twitter or Facebook.

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#63: Forest Management

7 november 2020 · 1 uur 2 min

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Resonances in empty libraries, unseen Mingus vibing, high school post-rock discoveries. John Daniel discusses three important albums. Lees meer

John's picks:

Charles Mingus – Ken Burns Jazz
Do Make Say Think – Goodbye Enemy Airship The Landlord Is Dead
Stars Of The Lid – Avec Laudenum

Check out the Forest Management website here, and head over to the Reserve Matinee Bandcamp to hear that phenomenal Kevin Drumm split. John is on Twitter as @cascadecrash.

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#62: FRKTL

24 oktober 2020 · 1 uur 10 min

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

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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#61: MJ Guider

10 oktober 2020 · 1 uur 1 min

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

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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#60: Tavishi

26 september 2020 · 1 uur 17 min

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The omnipresence of data, Bandcamp soul/sound-searching, goofy classical. The scientist, artist and community organiser discusses three important albums. Lees meer

Sarmistha's picks:

Moor Mother – Analog Fluids Of Sonic Black Holes
R. D. Burman – Padosan OST
Maria Chavez – Plays
Pan Daijing – Lack

Check out Tavishi's music on their Bandcamp or over on the CHINABOT label. Their film H O M E is on YouTube right here.

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#59: Only Now (Kush Arora)

12 september 2020 · 2 uur 5 min

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Dub reggae masterclasses, cacophonous veganism, ambient treasure troves. The musician and producer discusses three important albums (and an honourable mention). Lees meer

Kush's picks:

Skinny Puppy – Too Dark Park
Various – Jah Warrior Showcase
Volahn – Aq'Ab'Al

Honourable mention:

Pete Namlook + Jonah Sharp – Alien Community Part 1 + 2

Find Only Now on Bandcamp, including the brand new EP Black Wind / Merciless Destiny. Kush is on Twitter and Facebook.

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#58: KMRU

29 augustus 2020 · 1 uur 4 min

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Waves of timelessness, electromagnetic chandelier recordings, Minilogue improvisations. The Nairobi-based sound artist discusses three (well, four) important albums. Lees meer

Joseph's picks:

Ana Roxanne – ~~~
Chris Watson – El Tren Fantasma
Rival Consoles – Persona

Honourable mention:
Idrissa Soumaoro – Djitoumou

The new KMRU record Peel is out now on Editions Mego. KMRU is on Bandcamp and has a website over at kmru.info. Also be sure check out Black Bandcamp – a crowd-sourced database of black artists and producers on Bandcamp.

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#57: J. Zunz

13 augustus 2020 · 1 uur 8 min

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Fearless four-track improvisations, spiritual jazz recurrence, manipulations of passing time. Lorena Quintanilla discusses three important albums. Lees meer

Lorena's picks:

Los Llamarada – Gone Gone Cold
Phil Cohran & Legacy – African Skies
Éliane Radigue – Trilogie De La Mort

The new J. Zunz record, Hibiscus, is out 21st August via Rocket Recordings. Check out her music on Bandcamp and follow her on Facebook.

Lorena also put together a list of choice records from the Mexican underground:

Black Forest – Kentu Brixtu (2001 – 2011)
Penetración Cósmica – Penetración Cósmica Vol. 1
XYX – Sistema de Terminación Sexual
White Ninja – Guácala los modernos y su electro
Mamá Burger – Pastillitas y Licor
Ratas del Vaticano – Tiempos de Austeridad
Selma Oxor – Selma Oxor

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#56: Steve Von Till

11 juli 2020 · 1 uur 6 min

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

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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#55: Claire Rousay

27 juni 2020 · 47 min

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Listening to assholes, inner/outer presentations of self, power chords over trap beats. The Texas-based artist discusses three important albums. Lees meer

Claire's picks:

Lil Peep – Come Over When You're Sober Pt. 1
Sun Kil Moon – Among The Leaves
OIivia Block – Karren

Head over to Claire's website for information on her releases, including her incredible records on Already Dead and Anahuac Editions. She's on Twitter as @clairerousay.

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#54: Lea Bertucci

15 juni 2020 · 52 min

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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. Lees meer

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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#53: Okkyung Lee

30 mei 2020 · 1 uur 15 min

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The case for BTS, a complicated relationship to jazz, drunken birthday improvisations. The cellist, composer and improviser discusses three important albums. Lees meer

Okkyung's picks:

Kim Hyun Chul – Vol. 1
Duke Jordan Trio – Flight To Denmark
Pieter Wispelwey – Ligeti's Sonata For Violoncello Solo

Okkyung's latest album Yeo-Neun is out now on Shelter Press. Her website is here and she's on Twitter as @okkyunglee.

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#52: J.J. Anselmi

16 mei 2020 · 1 uur 4 min

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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. Lees meer

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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#51: Aho Ssan

25 april 2020 · 57 min

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Lost and hopeless, Gaspar Noé colour palettes, ghosts in the city. The Paris-based musician discusses three important albums. Lees meer

Désiré's picks:

Earl Sweatshirt – I Don't Like Shit, I Don't Go Outside
Roly Porter – The Third Law
Burial – Untrue

Stream/download Aho Ssan's Simulacrum over on Bandcamp. He's also on Facebook and Twitter.

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#50: Ingrid Plum

28 maart 2020 · 1 uur 4 min

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

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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#49: Siavash Amini

23 februari 2020 · 1 uur 16 min

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

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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#48: Cory Allen

14 december 2019 · 1 uur 20 min

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

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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#47: Jessica Ekomane

21 november 2019 · 1 uur 11 min

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Reaching for trance states, peer-to-peer discoveries, the myth of technological neutrality. The Berlin-based artist discusses three important albums. Lees meer

Jessica's picks:

György Ligeti / Pierre-Laurent Aimard – Works For Piano
Missy Elliott – Miss E...So Addictive
Alva Noto – Xerrox Vol. 2

Jessica's album Multivocal is out on Important Records. Check out her news and tour dates over at her website or listen to her music on SoundCloud. Tickets for her show at London's IKLEKTIK on November 28th are available here.

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#46: Kyoka

23 september 2019 · 1 uur 1 min

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Vocal frequency doppelgängers, selling souls to the devil, kick roll anthems. The Berlin-based producer discusses three important albums. Lees meer

Kyoka's picks:

Frank Bretschneider – EXP
Tricky – Maxinquaye
Eomac – Bedouin Trax

Listen to the fabulous new Lena Andersson record over at the Raster Bandcamp, where you can also find solo releases by Kyoka. The official Kyoka website is here. For the pictorally inclined, her Instagram is @kyoka.sound.

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#45: Pharmakon

9 september 2019 · 1 uur 15 min

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The Stooges – Fun House
SPK – Auto Da Fe
Whitehouse – Bird Seed

The new Pharmakon album is titled Devour. Head over to Sacred Bones or the Pharmakon Bandcamp to check it out.

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#44: Emil Amos (Holy Sons, Grails, Om)

26 augustus 2019 · 1 uur 33 min

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Joni Mitchell – Court And Spark
Bread – The Best Of Bread
Pavement – Watery, Domestic

Check out the Holy Sons website and Bandcamp to keep in the know on Emil's various happenings, and dive into the Drifter's Sympathy podcast here (start from the beginning!).

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#43: Oren Ambarchi

12 augustus 2019 · 1 uur

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

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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#42: Derek Piotr

29 juli 2019 · 1 uur 3 min

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St Vincent – Actor
Björk – Medúlla
AGF – Head Slash Bauch

Derek Piotr's new album, titled Avia, is released on August 2nd. Find out more information on his website or over at Bandcamp.

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#41: Sly & The Family Drone

15 juli 2019 · 1 uur 19 min

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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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