Crucial Listening #169: Pat Thomas Mad standards, worst planet ever, fire in a pet shop. The improvising pianist discusses three important albums.
Crucial Listening #168: Miguel Prado (Nzʉmbe) Clarity and self-indulgence, the end of history, awakening the ear. The philosopher and artist discusses three important albums.
Crucial Listening #167: Eugene S. Robinson (Buñuel, Oxbow) Nothing but blancmange, beautiful death-adjacency, laughing through the discomfort. The vocalist of Buñuel and the late Oxbow discusses three important albums.
Crucial Listening #166: Miki Yui Small music, the lazy way of listening, the motor of collaboration. The Tokyo-born, Düsseldorf-based musician discusses three important albums.
Crucial Listening #165: Gábor Lázár No kick drum, three sounds and humour, the power of multidirectional expression. The Hungarian electronic producer discusses three important albums.
Crucial Listening #164: Wendy Eisenberg Perfect trumpet voice, music as prayer, Ben Monder's right hand. The improviser and songwriter discusses three important albums.
Crucial Listening #163: Annie Aries Noisy artefact discovery, spilling soft toys at the parade, heartbroken AI minds. The Swiss-Philippine composer and musician discusses three important albums.