Feature: Review of 2023
An utterly non-definitive run-through of my favourite records released in 2023.
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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.
Review: Laurel Halo – Atlas
Intermingled inner worlds for strings, saxophones, keys and sudden voice.
Review: Hearsay – Glossolalia
Chicago improvisatory trio for drums, cello/guitar and turntable engage in hall-of-mirrors time-meddling.
Review: José Orozco Mora – Sucesiones
A set of reduced electronic studies for the 53-EDO microtonal tuning system.
Review: MONTY – Abol Tabol | আবোল তাবোল
Cataclysmic suggestion and fragmentary beats, in the debut EP from the Dhaka, Bangladesh-based experimental act.