Feature: Review of 2023
An utterly non-definitive run-through of my favourite records released in 2023.
Jack Chuter
Crucial Listening #145: hyacinth.
Slowing everything down, emotionally devastating lines, the snare on Faucet. The Portland-based producer discusses three important albums.
Crucial Listening #144: Fortresses
Mellow ingenuity, drowned in reverb, London at its most gloomy and miserable. London-based multidisciplinary artist Sam Ashton discusses three important albums.
Crucial Listening #143: Jessica Pavone
Weird symphony, no crazy vibrato, Terry Riley on the discman. The violist and composer discusses three important albums.
Review: IEOGM – dolphins in cornwall
An uncanny collaboration between Marie Vermont and the concept horse, melding the domestic and the sub-aquatic.
Review: Vumbi Dekula – Congo Guitar
Joyous solo debut from the veteran Congolese guitarist, after four decades working in collaborative contexts.
Crucial Listening #142: Dorian Wood
High-altitude Bryars, trash on the walls, desperate shamans. The Los Angeles-based multidisciplinary artist discusses three important albums.