Playlists

  • A weekly tally of noteworthy things that got stuck in my ears… Liz Story – Solid Colors (Windham Hill; 1983) Robert Rich – Travelers' Cloth (Soundscape; 2023) Dire Wolves (Just Exactly Perfect Sisters Band) – Easy Portals (Centripetal Force/Cardinal Fuzz/Ramble; 2023) Bob Dylan – Riverside Theater, Milwaukee, WI, Oct. 12, 2023 (ROIO; 2023) Tangerine Dream…

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  • A weekly tally of noteworthy things that got stuck in my ears… Caroline Davis & Alula – Captivity (Ropeadope; 2023) Billy Mohler – Ultraviolet (Contagious Music; 2023) George Crumb – Works for Amplified Piano(s) – Yoshiko Shimuzu (Kairos; 2023) Soft Machine – Seven (Columbia; 1973) La Monte Young/Marian Zazeela – Dream House 78'17" (Shandar/Superior Viaduct;…

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  • A weekly tally of noteworthy things that got stuck in my ears… The Soft Machine – The Soft Machine (Probe/Polydor; 1968/2009) James Romig – Spaces – Tony Oliver (Sawyer Editions; 2023) Navel – im norden (Cosmic Winnetou; 2023) Buck Moon – nous (Cosmic Winnetou; 2023) Zebularin – nachtarchiv (Cosmic Winnetou; 2023) Bob Dylan – Cadillac…

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  • A weekly tally of noteworthy things that got stuck in my ears… Philip Glass – Koyaanisqatsi (Original Motion Picture Score) (Orange Mountain Music; 2009) Rapoon – Not That Far to the Moon (Ultra-Mail Prod.; 2023) Philip Glass – Koyaanisqatsi – Philip Glass Ensemble, Western Wind, New York Philharmonic/Michael Riesman (Orange Mountain Music; 2014) Patrick Shiroishi…

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  • A weekly tally of noteworthy things that got stuck in my ears… Steve Roach – The Desert Winds of Change – Live at Ambient Lounge August 1, 2023 (Steve Roach Exclusive; 2023) Steve Roach – Fade to Fall – September 2023 Exclusive (Steve Roach Exclusive; 2023) Blood Oath – Lost in an Eternal Silence (Caligari;…

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  • A weekly tally of noteworthy things that got stuck in my ears… Miles Davis – Miles in Tokyo (Columbia/Legacy; 1969/2005) Sam Rivers – Fuchsia Swing Song (Blue Note; 1965) David Holland Quartet – Conference of the Birds (ECM; 1975) Sam Rivers – Contrasts (ECM; 1980) Jason Moran – Black Stars (Blue Note; 2001) Sam Rivers…

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  • A weekly tally of noteworthy things that got stuck in my ears… Bob Dylan – Tough Guy Angels: The Larry & Charlie Harmonies, Vol. II (ROIO compilation; 2023) Ivan Vukosavljević – Slow Roads – Tineke Steenbrink, Francesca Ajossa, Jan Hage, Lise Morrison (Elsewhere; 2023) Michael Pisaro-Liu – A room outdoors – Guy Vandromme, Adriaan Severins,…

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  • A weekly tally of noteworthy things that got stuck in my ears… Arooj Aftab/Vijay Iyer/Shahzad Ismaily – Love in Exile (Verve; 2023) Cassandra Miller – Traveller Song/Thanksong (Black Truffle; 2023) Traveller Song – Plus-Minus Ensemble; Thanksong – Juliet Fraser, Quatuor Bozzini Kory Reeder – Texas: Vol. III (self-released; 2023) In the Summer – Kory Reeder,…

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  • A weekly tally of noteworthy things that got stuck in my ears… Tangerine Dream – Electronic Meditation (Ohr/Esoteric; 1970/2012) M. Nageswara Rao – The Pulse of Tanam: Ghana Raga Panchakam (Ragas of South India) (Nonesuch; 1969) Bahauddin Dagar – Ragas Bihag & Ragvardhani – Berlin February 19th 2023 (Sacred Realism; 2023) Tangerine Dream – Alpha…

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  • A weekly tally of noteworthy things that got stuck in my ears… Tarotplane – Murmuration (NPM; 2023) King Crimson – "Jamie, Bill, David & John" (DGMLive; 2023, recorded 1972) Ivo Perelman/Nate Wooley – Polarity 2 (Burning Ambulance; due Oct. 13. 2023) claire rousay – august 26th (Bandcamp subscriber exclusive; 2023) Christoph Schiller & Carlo Costa…

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  • A weekly tally of noteworthy things that got stuck in my ears… Bahauddin Dagar – Ragas Bihag & Ragvardhani – Berlin February 19th 2023 (Sacred Realism; 2023) Bahauddin Dagar – Ahir Bhairav: Marghazi 2019 (Country & Eastern; 2020) l a d y y b i r d d (Gina Izzo) – Tomorrow’s Yesterday (Innova; 2023)…

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  • A weekly tally of noteworthy things that got stuck in my ears… John Zorn – Complete String Quartets – JACK Quartet (Tzadik; due Dec. 2023) Johann Sebastian Bach – The French Suites – Mahan Esfahani (Hyperion; due Oct. 6, 2023) Arovane – Seismograf (Dauw; 2023) Kinan Azmeh & Brooklyn Rider – Starlighter (In a Circle;…

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  • A weekly tally of noteworthy things that got stuck in my ears… Anton Bruckner – Symphony No. 6 in A – Staatskapelle Dresden/Eugen Jochum (Warner Classics; 1981) King Crimson – Ford Auditorium, Detroit, MI, April 26, 1974 (DGMLive; 2023) Cattle Decapitation – Terrasite (Metal Blade; 2023) Immolation – Acts of God (Nuclear Blast; 2022) Sanguisugabogg…

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  • A weekly tally of noteworthy things that got stuck in my ears… Darcy James Argue's Secret Society – Dynamic Maximum Tension (New Amsterdam/Nonesuch; due Sept. 8, 2023) Bob Dylan – L'Amphitheatre, Lyon, France, June 29, 2023 (ROIO; 2023) Tangerine Dream – Botanique Orangerie Session 2022 (Eastgate; 2023) Jlin – Perspective (Planet Mu; due Sept. 29,…

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  • A weekly tally of noteworthy things that got stuck in my ears… Chicago Symphony Orchestra/Riccardo Muti – Contemporary American Composers (CSO Sound; 2023) Jessie Montgomery – Hymn for Everyone; Max Raimi – Three Lisel Mueller Settings – Elizabeth DeShong; Philip Glass – Symphony No. 11 Black Duck (Douglas McCombs, Bill MacKay, Charles Rumback) – Black…

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  • A weekly tally of noteworthy things that got stuck in my ears… Archie Shepp – Blasé (BYG/Charly; 1969/2022) Albert Ayler Quintet – Lost Performances 1966 Revisited (ezz-thetics; 2023) Charles Gayle/William Parker/Rashied Ali – Touchin' on Trane (FMP/Jazzwerkstadt; 1993/2007) Cecil Taylor – Corona (FMP Archive; 2018, recorded 1996) Art Ensemble of Chicago – Urban Bushmen (ECM;…

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  • A weekly tally of noteworthy things that got stuck in my ears… Jason Moran – Valiant Hearts: Coming Home (Original Game Score) (Ubisoft Music; 2023) Kaisa's Machine – Taking Shape (Greenleaf Music; due July 7, 2023) Wil Bolton – Like Floating Leaves (laaps; 2023) Russell Burden & Craig Tattersall – Diagenesis (laaps; 2023) Ned Milligan…

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  • A weekly tally of noteworthy things that got stuck in my ears… Marco Magri – Playing for Keeps (Superpang; 2023) King Crimson – ATSV Halle, Saarbrücken, Germany, Nov. 8, 1973 (DGMLive; 2023) Milford Graves with Arthur Doyle & Hugh Glover – Children of the Forest (Black Editions; 2023, recorded 1976) Peter Brötzmann/Keiji Haino Duo –…

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  • A weekly tally of noteworthy things that got stuck in my ears… Robert Rich – Travelers' Cloth (Soundscape; 2023) Günter Schlienz – Sterne über der Stadt (ΠΑΝΘΕΟΝ/Solid State; 2017/2023) Colin Andrew Sheffield – Images (Elevator Bath; due June 16, 2023) MV & EE – Green Ark (Child of Microtones; 2023) Claire Chase – Density 2036,…

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  • A weekly tally of noteworthy things that got stuck in my ears… Meredith Bates – Tesseract (phonometrograph; due June 2, 2023) King Crimson – Auditorium, West Palm Beach, FL, June 21, 1973 (DGMLive; 2023) Anton Bruckner – Symphony No. 4 in E-flat (1888 version) – ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra/Markus Poschner (Capriccio; due May 5,…

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