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Are you ready for winter yet? Even if you’re still adjusting to falling leaves and migrating flocks, Talon uneen vaipuen (Falling Into Winter’s Sleep) may put you in the mood. Why let…| a closer listen
City Livin’ is a tribute to the era of lo-fi beats, recorded on vintage 90s equipment, which gives it the slightly abraded feel of a well-loved cassette. The tape hum in the background is an…| a closer listen
Here’s a concept album this really works, packaged in a neat little box set housing two tapes and showcasing incredible art from Djoïna Amrani. We’re not sure just how strong the box i…| a closer listen
We always want life to make sense, yet despite our best efforts, it does not. This is the starting point for Asymmetry, which distills a lifetime of thoughts and emotions into 88 keys. Alex Kozob…| a closer listen
Unfolding is dedicated to “a free Palestine in our lifetime,” and builds to the first single and powerful finale, “until all are free.” According to Jessica Moss, her solo …| a closer listen
In this unusual album, Helen Anahita Wilson not only produces sonic tributes to the members of the Solanaceae plant family; she provides them with a voice. Biodata from member plants is used to tr…| a closer listen
This collection is so good that it may make prompt a move to the wetlands. The double album is the result of a SoundLapse project which united composers and field recording artists from Valdivia (…| a closer listen
To whom does land belong? This simple question lies at the root of many of the world’s problems: border disputes, genocide, war. When one orders a physical copy of this cassette, one receiv…| a closer listen
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Without wishing to generalise, reviewers prefer covering debut albums. Introducing a fresh artist’s music to a new group of potential followers provides a mild fillip for the writer who can say tha…| a closer listen
Exactly one year ago today, Hurricane Helene hit an unsuspecting Asheville, North Carolina and a swath of surrounding areas, causing momentous flooding and devastation. To mark the one-year annive…| a closer listen
We have covered releases by both William Tyler (as recently as 23rd April this year) and Kieran Hebden (as Four Tet), but even so, this is a surprising collaboration that originally appeared on the…| a closer listen
What’s black and white and red all over? The entire history of the webuildmachines label up to this point, which makes the new color palette of Personas all the more striking. Ryan Miller i…| a closer listen
When your musical identity changes, are you still you? This is the question faced by Erol Sarp and Lukas Vogel, whose first ten years of recording as Grandbrothers were marked by a singular approa…| a closer listen
Today is the first day of fall, which means the air should be growing slowly colder in the Northern Hemisphere. And yet, year to year, the air is growing swiftly warmer around the world. This is …| a closer listen
And we’re back after the Summer break with another packed episode from the four corners of Ukraine. We start off in Kyiv (via Baku) addressing anxiety with äsc3ea a common feeling for many Uk…| a closer listen
In standard verbiage, light tends to glow, to shine, to radiate. In summoning an image of light as something that might flow, London-based cellist and curator Clare O’Connell evokes a subtle tensio…| a closer listen
Approximately 4000 instrumental albums were submitted for review this year, nearly half of them ambient. To reach the summit is like climbing up the hill on the cover of Hollie Kenniff’s For…| a closer listen
The tone is ambient, the timbre electronic; Loula Yorke’s modular synthesizer compositions create a trancelike state that is eminently relaxing, especially now that the occasional drums of Fl…| a closer listen
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The music is calm, the cover is calm, the effect is calm. After releasing four singles over the course of spring, Harbors (Hollie Kenniff & Goldmund) is releasing When We Are Free in the heart …| a closer listen
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Whatever the Weather II’s opening track, “1°C,” samples a voice that observes, “Bit chilly, innit? […] Can’t wait for it to be summer.” It’s the voice of the artist, Loraine James, or Whateve…| a closer listen
Autumnal weather reminds us of the nordic concept of hygge, which is not completely translatable but refers to a certain mood of comfort, coziness, and togetherness. Hygge, which became an internat…| a closer listen
Many cultures associate felinity with femininity. That is, people tend to think of cats as feminine, as opposed to dogs which are associated with more masculine traits. Cats are reserved, mysteriou…| a closer listen
Coumarin is a sweet, fragrant compound that many plants release when their leaves or flowers begin to wilt. The opening track of Tristan De Liege and NoKillShelter’s EP is, like its namesake, delic…| a closer listen
In June, we listed “In Re Budd,” the first single off of Rain Before Seven, in our article Ten Tracks that Sound Like Summer. When Penguin Cafe released the full album, it became clear that the ear…| a closer listen
Malaysia has significant populations of Malay, Indian, Chinese, and indigenous peoples, and as such the country embodies a diverse mix of cultures. Complicated by race, religion, and politics, the …| a closer listen
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Less than a year after Rival Consoles’ last release comes his newest album Now Is, which marks the artist’s third LP since 2020. The prior two (Articulation and Overflow) were released at pandemic …| a closer listen
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Changsha, China post-rockers Summer Fades Away released their first album in 2011 and their second in 2012, with an expansive sound that was often compared to that of MONO. But just as the quintet…| a closer listen
Nao Kuroda’s debut EP is a reminder of the soft spaces to which one might retreat to find restoration and rest. Stillness is a series of vignettes, separated by silent intervals, which allow…| a closer listen
The Erosion/Disappearance EP tells a true life tale in abbreviated form, tracing the slow disappearance of land in Atafona on the north coast of Rio de Janeiro. Over the last sixty years, 500 build…| a closer listen
Tament is a personal translation, an audio diary of sounds created and heard. Glinca calls it “the audio of the everyday.” The timbre is warm and welcoming: the tenderness of thumb pi…| a closer listen
Given the fact that Matteo Pagamici and Michael Künstle have already composed for TV and film, it’s no surprise that their debut album is cinematic. The bonus is a 92-piece orchestra, which …| a closer listen
Time is a Succession of Such Shapes, declares Loula Yorke. But what shapes? The answers can be found within this double disc, which includes a hard copy of June’s exquisite The Book of Comm…| a closer listen
One feels compelled to read the news in order to stay informed, but the news can be overwhelming. The North Yorkshire coast offers a different kind of news: time and tide, bird and brood, beach an…| a closer listen
Early summer is filled with anticipation, while late summer is graced by a sense of melancholy. We’re in mid-summer now, caught between the two extremes. These dog days are characterized by…| a closer listen
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tedzi تدزي’s Mn Dehab may begin and end in drone, but there’s a lot of anger in-between. The Lebanese artist, now located in Berlin, uses the liner notes to express what is not explici…| a closer listen
Yoichi Kamimura must have had a sinking feeling when local elders informed him that despite all his hard work and years of field recording, he had failed to capture the true sound of Ryūhyō-Nari (d…| a closer listen
Lots of in depth interviews this month mostly recorded back in May in Ukraine which you can both listen to and read. In Dnipro, I reconnect with old friends Roman Slavka, Eugene Gordeev and Igor Ya…| a closer listen
Start with mid-period Sigur Rós, blend it with early Morr Music and múm, add a touch of Where the Wild Things Are and you’ve got Disiniblud, the brand new duo of Rachika Nayar and Nina Keith.…| a closer listen
Rival Consoles (aka Ryan Lee West) is a prolific artist, typically releasing consecutive full-length albums with less than a year’s time in between. Landscape from Memory comes after somewhat of a …| a closer listen
Imagine you are on an island: an imaginary island comprised of pieces of all the islands you’ve visited and dreamt of visiting. This is the vision created by Impressões de Várias Ilhas, the …| a closer listen