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Crucial Listening #88: Raven Chacon

Crucial Listening #88: Raven Chacon

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

Review: Paula Schopf – Espacios en Soledad

Review: Paula Schopf – Espacios en Soledad

KARAOKE KALK. These 16 minutes were assembled from sound walks captured in Schopf’s birthplace of Santiago de Chile, from which she has twice departed: firstly in a flight of exile during the 70s, and again to move to Berlin in the 90s. Returning home is often complicated. Schopf makes

Crucial Listening #87: Cecilia Lopez

Crucial Listening #87: Cecilia Lopez

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

Review: Stephen Vitiello With Brendan Canty – S/T

Review: Stephen Vitiello With Brendan Canty – S/T

PLAYNEUTRAL. These five pieces by Stephen Vitiello (guitar, modular synth, piano) and Brendan Canty (drums) are constantly toying with the notion of synchronicity. From a superficial perspective, Vitiello is seldom aligned with the repetitious clarity of Canty’s grooves: on “Piano 1” he rains haphazardly upon the beat like shards

Crucial Listening #86: Domingæ

Crucial Listening #86: Domingæ

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

Review: Jamaica!! Meets Sly & The Family Drone – Celebrating The End Together In The Good Time Swamp

Review: Jamaica!! Meets Sly & The Family Drone – Celebrating The End Together In The Good Time Swamp

BANDCAMP. All proceeds go the The Gate. Porosity is the key. On gig night, Sly & The Family Drone might rock up as a group of three players or maybe nine, splaying themselves among the audience so that everyone in the room is essentially swept into honorary membership. Jamaica!! have

Crucial Listening #85: Nyokabi Kariũki

Crucial Listening #85: Nyokabi Kariũki

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