A CLOSER LISTEN weekly #57

Montreal events, Cindy Lee, and recent reviews

Dear Listeners, Joseph here, a day late. Always busy, it seems, but I’ve been extra distracted lately helping my partner prepare for an opening this week. Do we have any Montrealers among our listeners? If so, I’ll be DJing tonight at Ateliers Belleville in Montreal for the vernissage. And on 25 April I’ll be talking about Reverberations d’une crise at OBORO from 6-8pm. I have a new composition, “lunar quad flute,” commissioned as part of Charline Dally’s lunar score for 18 musicians, which you can hear in her show This Womb of Things To Be, at galerie Diagonale, Montreal, 2 May – 15 June, with the vernissage on 2 May. And my last bit of self-promotion for now, I’ll also be doing a show on 4 May, with Stefan Christoff and a bunch of other friends to celebrate my birthday.

The latest episode of the Sound Propositions podcast, featuring AGF, has gone up for subscribers, but the post hasn’t gone live on the blog yet, so I’ll hold off on including that in this edition. But please to like / follow / subscribe to the podcast on your platform of choice.

I guess I should say something about the big music discourse of the last week. No, not Grimes mixing meltdown at Coachella. Not those dis tracks either. I’ll stick to enjoying the memes. Rather, the surprise release of Cindy Lee’s Diamond Jubilee, a double (purportedly triple) album released on a Geocities page with a mega.nz link that got a big boost from a stellar Pitchfork review. Purposefully kept off streaming services like Spotify, the only place to stream Diamond Jubilee currently is YouTube. I’ve only had the chance (or inclination) to listen to the entire thing once so far. It’s definitely a good album, and I understand why so many people are so enamored. Still, I’ve found the hype cycle around the release to be even more interesting. It will be probably be hard to seperate those two things for a while. I’d mostly checked out of indie rock by the time Women debuted in 2008. I kept an eye on Jagjaguwar’s roster, and appreciated the lane they carved for themselves, but I can’t say I’d previously listened any of Patrick Flegel’s albums before. On Diamond Jubilee, I find the music many places it’s a bit too self-consciously retro, a bit of the wanky post-world-music.2.0 / khruangbin / glass beams / etc etc guitar I’m not particularly interested in. I keep seeing lo-fi used a descriptor, but that’s not really quite right. But it is in those moments of meandering that elevate Diamond Jubilee, the long run time allowing for unexpected detours and contrasts. As a resident Canadian, I hear more Alberta than Montreal, that’s for sure. I only mention my adopted home city because the only other contributor to Diamond Jubilee besides Flegel is Steven Lind (Freak Heat Waves), recorded at Montreal’s Center of the Universe. But anyway, having gotten through the second “disc,” part of me wonders if this is what the Magnetic Fields would have ended up sounding like if Stephin Merritt didn’t have tinnitus. Maybe MF are on the brain because I just recently relistened to 69 Love Songs on the occasion of its 25th anniversary. 69 Love Songs is a triple record, and Flegel announced Diamond Jubilee as a triple record, even though only two discs are publicly visible at this time. But both records share an interested in songcraft alongside experimentation with genre and tone, all with a queer sensibility. But I think there are some more parallels between these two records that’s worth thinking about, after I’ve had time to absorb Diamond Jubilee a few more times.

RECENT REVIEWS

Reviews are at the heart of ACL. Here are selections from a few of my favorite reviews we posted on the blog in the last few weeks.

Fran & Flora ~ Precious Collection
Precious Collection is a remarkably diverse LP from cellist Francesca Ter-Berg and violinist Flora Curzon, drawing from Klezmer and Yiddish tradition, folk and modern composition, with a smattering of electronics to sweeten the pot.  One is never sure what one will encounter next, especially as the album begins with high-spirited onomatopoeic singing before plunging into a dark string duet.  Fran & Flora operate as tour guides to a collection of mysterious lands, the intrigue conveyed by Lily Buchanan’s unusual cover art.  This certainly isn’t their native London, or is it?  The album sounds like unexplored woods in which Gypsies and wood sprites dance around multicolored fires, setting off musical sparks whose echoes waft through distant windows, reminding villagers that unfamiliar lands may hide scant miles away.  Simon Roth contributes Ukrainian poik and Ursula Russell drum kit, adding to the disorientation.

Imperial Valley ~ I-IV
ACL is very good at keeping secrets, including the names of artists recording under pseudonyms.  This being said, we did not know that CF Moore, also known as Imperial Valley, was site favorite Richard Skelton until the Big Reveal earlier this month.  Not that Skelton is new to this; he’s recorded under half a dozen monikers, including The Inward Circles, Clouwbeck and Riftmusic; but in these cases, we’ve always known it was him.  And as it turns out, he’s been building a fine array of work, now three hours in length, plus a visual component, around the photography of Dorothea Lange and “imaginal field recordings of Depression-era Imperial Valley, California” over the past four years, and has managed to find an audience despite his anonymity.  This achievement is in itself remarkable ~ but Imperial Valley is a remarkable project, whose chilling final speech, a prophetic time capsule, may send shivers down the spine.

Innode ~ grain
Innode is a super trio comprised of Stefan Németh (Radian), Steven Hess (Pan American, Locrian, Cleared) and Bernhard Breuer (Tumido, Elektro Guzzi).  This is an extremely active season for these agile performers, as Pan American & Kramer’s Reverberations of Non-Stop Traffic on Redding Road and Locrian’s End Terrain were also released in the last month, and Tumido’s Tumido featuring Alex Kranabetter is set to follow in May.  Of these bands, the closest relatives are Radian and Tumido, since Innode steers away from the shoegaze screamo of the modern Locrian and the post-rock ambience of Pan American.  The highlight is precise percussion, both live and electronic, which imitates mathematics without topping into math rock. These tracks build from loops and branch into intricate circuitry.

Josh Johnson ~ Unusual Object
After years of playing with a roster of musicians and band leaders ranging from Makaya McCraven to Jeff Parker to Meshell Ndegeocello (whose most recent Grammy-winning album, The Omnichord Real Book, he produced), musician, composer, and arranger Josh Johnson wrote that he felt it was time to step sideways and explore some of his own compositional ideas. The result of his solo sojourn is Unusual Object, an idiosyncratic album brimming with fresh approaches, relentless curiosity, and – holding everything together like brightly colored thread – the understated virtuosity of his playing. Aside from a few audio samples on the track “Telling You,” Johnson has set himself up as the sole source of every sound on UO. But in listening to the album, its nimble saxophone work, its warm, emotive, melodic changes, its pleasing surprises, it quickly becomes apparent that Johnson is no repressed frontman who’s been toiling in the shadows of others for too long and is thrilled to finally hog the spotlight. On track after track, his saxophone is equitably mixed with his myriad synth sounds, resulting in something unified and organic that speaks to his abilities to listen and collaborate, even with himself. Johnson’s vision is focused on the music, not the artist that the music originates from.

Kiasmos ~ Flown
We love surprises like this.  Last week, after seven years of silence, Kiasmos (Ólafur Arnalds and Janus Rasmussen) suddenly dropped a brand new EP and video.  Even more than past releases, the EP inhabits the middle ground between modern composition and electronic dance, featuring a string quartet, a small orchestra and Arnalds’ majestic ivories.  This blend simultaneously yields a club floor breadth and an intimate warmth. The set begins with a piano and a beat.  Arnalds and Rasmussen both play synthesizers, but Arnalds’ piano is distinct.  As the string quartet enters – subtly at first, then dominant – the beats bow in supplication.  Then everyone plays in tandem, with a wisp of uncredited vocal.  Greg Barnes adds visual expression, starting with a rush of wind not present on the EP.  A modern day Icarus sees the word “Flown” on peeling wood, leaves his house, walks to a cliff and looks to the sky.  Soon he is hard at work.  Amusingly, the first thing he creates is a hanging version of Kiasmos’ logo!  We won’t spoil what happens next (watch the video below), but we love the open-ended interpretation.

Manja Ristić ~ Ma / manja ristić & murmer ~ The Scaffold
Manja Ristić is best known for her hydrophone recordings in and around the island of Korčula, and her resulting concern for the effect of noise pollution on local environments.  In a pair of new albums, she demonstrates expanded horizons; her collaboration with murmer is particularly notable as it unfolds during a time of compression. Ma is a very different sort of recording, with a diverse set of sound sources: some natural (an anthill, a silent lake, a river), some mechanical (ventilation in the men’s toilet of the Museum of Contemporary Art Ljubljana, recorded by Mark Vernon), the electro-magnetic field of a broken socket, “Dad’s boiler”) and some overtly musical (bowing cymbal, violin).  In a way, this release is also collaborative, as Abby Lee Tee makes a contribution and breath and tape recorder hum are extracted from Toru Takemitsu.

Ramon De Marco ~ l’ora senza nome
Enrico Coniglio’s Galaverna imprint is back after a two-year hiatus, returning strong with Ramon De Marco‘s sonic exploration of Venice’s famous lagoon. The title is translated “the nameless hour,” although we’re having some fun with phonetics, as l’ora senza nome might be pronounced Laura sends a gnome in savage English.  Even this may not be too far off the mark, as the recording deals with humanity’s sonic intrusions, the balance and the beauty upset by the brashness. How much of each aspect might different listeners wish to hear?  One resident of Venice may claim that “Venice doesn’t sound like this,” while another might insist that it does.  Not everyone gets to wake up to the sound of squawking seabirds.  One day, it is possible that nobody will.  Distant traffic can be heard in the background of the opening piece, although a person waking up in the heart of Venice might hear the opposite: traffic with distant birds.By making the city a supporting character in his sonic play, De Marco underlines the fact that the lives of Venetians are interwoven with the health of the lagoon.  Those who embark on this sonic journey may gain a new appreciation not only for the expanse of water, but for the importance of its preservation.

sleepmakeswaves ~ It’s Here, But I Have No Names For It
Four years have passed without a new album from sleepmakeswaves, and from the sound of the new set, it seems that the Sydney post-rockers had a lot of pent-up energy to release.  This is the best possible news for long time fans. The press release accurately calls it “a majestic return to the classic hallmarks of the band’s melodic post-rock sound.”  The strings, which vanished on 2017’s Made of Breath Only, have returned.  The vocals, which appeared on 2020’s these are not your dreams, have been excised.  (We still feel guilty about expressing our instrumental preference back then, but as it turns out, we weren’t alone.). The album rocks so hard and consistently that it only has room for one sedate track.  It’s Here, But I Have No Names For It is here, and ironically, that’s the name. Gorgeous multicolored vinyl options seal the deal. Even before spinning the LP, fans are looking at the eight and a half minute title track.  While a long track with a long title is not required of post-rock bands, it’s what makes fans salivate.  Slow and thoughtful, the piece passes through multiple phases, adding layers of guitar before breaking into a segment of light vocals (okay, the band hasn’t completely abandoned them, and they work really well here), then building to a rousing finale with shimmer, strings and drums.  The final acoustic minute is one of the finest passages that sleepmakeswaves has ever produced. The band might not know what to call it, but it’s here, and we do have names for it: a return to form, a crowd pleaser, a triumph

UPCOMING RELEASES

(complete list with Bandcamp links here)

We have finally stumbled across the precipice of spring.  As the birds return from their winter homes, they bear on their backs a brand new crop of music. (Where did you think new music came from?)  What begins as a series of shoots will eventually become a garden symphony. We’re very excited about the new arrivals, as recently highlighted in our Spring Music Preview.  New previews are added to this page daily; we hope that you will find your next favorite album right here!

asher tuil ~ Opus (Room40, 19 April)

Atrás del Cosmos ~ Cold Drinks, Hot Dreams (Blank Forms, 19 April)

Bios Contrast & Nilotpal Das ~ AUTO (19 April)

Byron Asher’s Skrontch Music ~ Lord, when you send the rain (Sinking City, 19 April)

Calum Builder ~ Renewal Manifestation (Dacapo, 19 April)

Erlend Albertsen Basspace ~ Name of the Wind (Dugnad, 19 April)

Infinite River ~ Tabula Rasa (Birdman, 19 April)

Innode ~ grain (Editions Mego, 19 April)

James Diaz & Julia Jung Un Suh ~ [speaking in a foreign language] (New Focus, 19 April)

Kelpe ~ LP10 (Kit Records, 19 April)

Khôra ~ Gestures of Perception (Marionette, 19 April)

Les Cyclades ~ Glika (Hi Scores, 19 April)

Manja Ristić ~ Ma (LINE, 19 April)

Manuel Troller ~ Halcyon Future (Meakusma, 19 April)

Maxime Dangles ~ Le Roman De Carpentier (In Between, 19 April)

Memeshift ~ Echoes (Chinabot, 19 April)

Rasmussen / Sakata / O’Rourke / Sorsana ~ Live at SuperDeluxe – Volume 1 (Trust, 19 April)

Splitter Orchester ~ splitter musik (Hyperdelia, 19 April)

V/A ~ #INTERNETGHETTO 2024 (#internetghetto, 19 April)

V/A ~ Perceptions Vol.5 (Bigo & Twigetti, 19 April)

William Fields ~ quube (SØVN, 19 April)

Andrew Heath ~ The Cloud Machine (Whitelabrecs, 20 April)

Hill Collective ~ Tonal Prophecy (20 April)

Jacob Audrey Taves ~ The Remaining Functionality of Abandoned States (Honey Farm, 20 April)

Simon McCorry & Wodwo ~ Every Creeping Thing (Whitelabrecs, 20 April)

Leo Genovese, John Lockwood, Nat Mugavero ~ The Art of Not Playing (577 Records, 21 April)

Mark Vernon ~ The Dramaturgy of Decay (Futura Resistenza, 22 April)

Nika Son ~ Drift (Futura Resistenza, 22 April)

Venusian Motel Guests ~ All Was Carbon (22 April)

God Body Disconnect ~ Dreams to be Buried In (Cryo Chamber, 23 April)

Harvestman ~ Triptych Part One (Neurot, 23 April)

Jos Smolders ~ Textur 2 (Crónica, 23 April)

Jules Archive ~ Platonic Tales (23 April)

Limina ~ Coming Home (Sonic Ritual, 23 April)

Noémi Büchi ~ Does It Still Matter (~OUS, 24 April)

Pollution Opera ~ S/T (Danse Noire, 24 April)

DE MOND ~ Glow (Futura Resistenza, 25 April)

Abul Mogard & Rafael Anton Irisarri ~ Impossibly distant, impossibly close (Black Knoll, 26 April)

Catherine Graindorge ~ Songs for the Dead (Glitterbeat, 26 April)

Dawn Chorus & the Infallible Sea ~ Reveries (Sonic Cathedral, 26 April)

Diamond Gloss ~ Golden Mountain Tales (Fluttery, 26 April)

Gareth Davis & Monica Bugajny ~ Becoming (Moving Furniture, 26 April)

Garth Erasmus ~ Threnody for the KhoiSan (TAL, 26 April)

giant skeletons ~ signals from a ghost fungus (25 April)

Gidge ~ Tundra (Atomnation, 26 April)

Howie Lee ~ At the Drolma Wesel-Ling Monastery (Mais Um, 26 April)

Lorem ~ Time Coils (Krisis Publishing, 26 April)

Lunar Prairie ~ S/T (26 April)

Meat Beat Manifesto & Merzbow ~ Extinct (Cold Spring, 26 April)

Montgomery & Turner ~ Sound Is (Our) Sustenance (Astral Editions, 26 April)

Motion Colors ~ Genesis (26 April)

Nick Dunston ~ COLLA VOCE (Out of Your Head, 26 April)

Otomo De Manuel ~ So Young But So Cold (Ici D’ailleurs, 26 April)

Poppy H ~ Confidence of Crisis (Cruel Nature, 26 April)

Stephanie Pan & Ensemble Klang ~ The Art of Doing Nothing: a feminist manifesto (Ensemble Klang, 26 April)

Steve Hadfield ~ Donald Byrne vs. Bobby Fischer 0-1 – The Game of the Century (1956) (26 April)

Theo Nabicht ~ Circle Line Project 15 London (Moloko Plus, 26 April)

Theo Nabicht ~ Circle Line Project 18 Wien (Moloko Plus, 26 April)

Various Artists ~ GmbH: An Anthology of Music for Fashion Shows 2016-2023 Vol. 1 (studio LABOUR, 26 April)

Wakur Suryadi ~ Siklus dan Doa (Discrepant, 26 April)

When Colors Are Fading ~ The Days Gone By… (26 April)

Yosa Peit ~ Gut Buster (Fire, 26 April)

Galerie Stratique ~ Certaines Esquisses (28 April)

Masaya Ozaki ~ Mizukara (LAAPS, 29 April)

A_A ~ Diskordant (Artificial Owl, 30 April)

STHLM svaga ~ Plays Carter, Plays Mitchell, Plays Shepp (thanatosis, 1 May)

VA x IG ~ Obfuscation (Edelfaul, 2 May)

Aimee Aileen Wood ~ The Heartening (Colorfield, 3 May)

Andrew Hulse ~ Fabric of Light (3 May)

Concussed ~ Hactivist Satellite Transmissions (Somewherecold, 3 May)

CORBEN ~ Peachland (MM Discos, 3 May)

Darius ~ Murmuration (Humus, 3 May)

David Crowell ~ Point/Cloud (Better Company, 3 May)

Desiderii Margini ~ Bathe in Black Light (Cyclic Law, 3 May)

de type inconnu ~ onze.correspondances (Elli, 3 May)

Driftmachine & Ammer ~ Sonic Behavior (Umor Rex, 3 May)

Dun-Dun Band ~ Pita Parka, Pt. I: Xam Egdub (Ansible Editions, 3 May)

floating shrine ~ Connecting (Decaying Spheres, 3 May)

Guentner | Spieth ~ Overlay Reworks | Pt. I (Affin, 3 May)

Hands Holding the Void ~ In the Absence of Light: Music for Electronics & Console (3 May)

Jason Stein, Marilyn Crispell, Damon Smith, Adam Shead ~ spiraling horn (Irritable Mystic, 3 May)

Jharis Yokley ~ Sometimes, Late at Night (Rainbow Blonde, 3 May)

Kee Avil ~ Spine (Constellation, 3 May)

Kivig_Gniben ~ Shelter (Vicious-cph, 3 May)

LATRALA ~ S/T (Otherly Love, 3 May)

Matt Mitchell ~ Illimitable (Obliquity, 3 May)

Michael Lane ~ Leeloo (Polari, 3 May)

Modern Silent Cinema ~ The Cabinet of Modern Silent Cinema (Bad Channels, 3 May)

Monday ~ Ascending Primes (Pyroclastic, 3 May)

Orme & Wreaths ~ Convocation Upon the Ruins (Trepanation, 3 May)

Phase4our ~ Language Barrier (Machine, 3 May)

Plethora X ~ What U Mean (OOH-sounds, 3 May)

Saapato ~ On Fire Island (sound as language, 3 May)

Samuel Reinhard ~ For Piano and Shō (Elsewhere, 3 May)

Shakali ~ Rihmastossa (Not Not Fun, 3 May)

Shall Remain Nameless ~ Kensington, Philadelphia Soundtrack (3 May)

Steph Richards ~ Power Vibe (Northern Spy, 3 May)

SticklerPhonics ~ Technicolor Ghost Parade (Jealous Butcher, 3 May)

Trem 77 ~ Topography EP (3 May)

ULVTHARM ~ 7 Uthras (Cyclic Law, 3 May)

Napalm Jazz ~ Live @ Lyon (3 May)

Jessica Pavone ~ Reverse Bloom (Astral Spirits, 5 May)

Andreas Trobollowitsch ~ TRUBA (Futura Resistenza, 7 May)

nespit & Comfortless ~ Warcrime (Tripaliuum, 7 May)

Lola de la Mata ~ Oceans on Azmuth (8 May)

Derek Piotr ~ Divine Supplication (10 May)

Du.0 ~ Thoughts from the Future (Gold Bolus, 10 May)

El Jardin de las Mathematicas ~ S/T (Penultimate Press, 10 May)

France Jobin ~ Infinite Probabilities (Room40, 10 May)

Francisco Mela featuring Leo Genovese & William Parker ~ Music Frees Our Souls, Vol. 3 (577 Records, 10 May)

GALATI ~ Cold as a February Sky (Glacial Movements, 10 May)

Gelsey Bell & Erin Rogers ~ Skylighght (Chaikin, 10 May)

Gordan ~ S/T (Glitterbeat, 10 May)

Hior Chronik ~ Crave for More (Ki, 10 May)

Jeremy Gignoux ~ Odd Stillness (10 May)

J.G. Biberkopf ~ The Seed, The Sinkhole, The Flower and the Flare (Subtext, 10 May)

Jim White & Marisa Anderson ~ Swallowtail (Thrill Jockey, 10 May)

Koshun Nakao ~ Vessel 1 (Bigo & Twigetti, 10 May)

Leo Okagawa ~ Density (Dissipatio, 10 May)

Limpe Fuchs ~ Amor (play loud productions, 10 May)

Luka Aron ~ XV XXVII III XXI IX: Variations & Coda (Warm Winters Ltd., 10 May)

Marewrew ~ Ukouk: Round Singing Voices of the Ainu 2012-2024 (Pingipung, 10 May)

Mary Lattimore and Walt McClements ~ Rain on the Road (Thrill Jockey, 10 May)

REKK&KUTOBOY ~ S/T (Attention Management, 10 May)

Shane Parish ~ Repertoire (Palilalia, 10 May)

Sisso & Maiko ~ Singeli Ya Maajabu (Nyege Nyege Tapes, 10 May)

SPECIO ~ S/T (Prohibited, 10 May)

Willow Skye-Biggs ~ Dreams in Suspension (Inner Islands, 10 May)

W. Realrider & Kole Galbraith ~ S/T (Obscure & Terrible / Peyote Tapes, 11 May)

Jason Robinson ~ Ancestral Numbers I (Playscape, 14 May)

marucoporoporo ~ Conceive the Sea (flau, 15 May)

Acid Mothers Reynols ~ Vol. 3 (VHF, 17 May)

Alan Braufman ~ Infinite Love Infinite Tears (The Control Group / Valley of Search, 17 May)

Andy Clausen ~ Few III Words: Solo Trombone at the TANK, Vol. 1 (17 May)

Church Andrews & Matt Davies ~ Yucca (Odda Recordings, 17 May)

Ezéchiel Pailhès ~ Ventas Rumba (Circus Company, 17 May)

James Ilgenfritz ~ Stay Logged In On This Trusted Device (Infrequent Seams, 17 May)

Keith Freund ~ Trash Can Lamb (Students of Decay, 17 May)

Ludwig Berger ~ Garden of Ediacara (~OUS, 17 May)

M Wagner ~ We Could Stay (Extremely Pure, 17 May)

Panoram ~ Great Times (Balmat, 17 May)

Sophia Jani ~ Six Pieces for Solo Violin (Squama, 17 May)

Taylor Deupree ~ Sti.ll (Nettwerk/Greyfade/12k, 17 May)

Various Artists ~ Kuboraum Sound Residency (Kuboraum, 17 May)

Wolfgang Seidel ~ Friendly Electrons (Karlrecords, 17 May)

YRLNG ~ Rbia Harsha Cinta (Antibody, 17 May)

OdNu ~ Ronroco Rococo Memories (Audiobulb, 18 May)

Frédéric D. Oberland / Grégory Dargent / Tony Elieh / Wassim Halal ~ SIHR (Sub Rosa, 24 May)

John Ken Nuzzo, HAIOKA ~ East Wind (DL Emerald & Doreen, 24 May)

Mazz Swift ~ Mazz Swift – The 10000 Things: PRAISE SONGS for the iRiligious (New Amsterdam, 24 May)

Natalia Beylis ~ Lost – For Annie (Outside Time, 24 May)

Romain Azzaro & Jeanne Briand ~ Gear(s) (fluxus temporis, 24 May)

Room 31 ~ Crazy Town (Positive Elevation/577 Records, 24 May)

Sebastian Mullaert & Henrik Frendin ~ Hind (Lamour, 24 May)

Tinkerhell ~ Gatekeeper (Intrepid Hell, 24 May)

Yuni Wa ~ You’ve Come So Far (Doom Trip, 24 May)

UMAN ~ âme soeur (27 May)

Bag of Bones ~ No One Gets Saved (577 Records, 31 May)

Basile3 ~ 43°C (InFiné, 31 May)

Benny Bleu ~ Banjo Meditations (31 May)

Ezra Feinberg ~ Soft Power (Tonal Union, 31 May)

FIN ~ Cleats (Hausu Mountain, 31 May)

FINAL ~ What We Don’t See (Room40, 31 May)

Lorenzo Montanà ~ VION (n5MD, 31 May)

Tobias Wilden ~ A Path to Open Air II (Kitchen, 31 May)

Pablo’s Eye ~ The light was sharp, our eyes were open (STROOM.tv, 4 June)

Peder Simonsen & Jo David Meyer Lisne ~ Spektralmaskin (SOFA, 31 May)

Reunion Island ~ Night Words (Tall Corn Music, 4 June)

Toada ~ Alta Onda 01 (6 June)

A Journey of Giraffes ~ Retro Porter (Somewherecold, 7 June)

Akio Suzuki ~ Stone (Room40, 7 June)

David Cordero ~ Important Small Details (Home Normal, 7 June)

The Nausea ~ Requiem (Absurd Exposition/Buried in Slag and Debris, 7 June)

Tashi Wada ~ What Is Not Strange? (RVNG Intl., 7 June)

Hess & Harrison ~ Rogue Signal (BlackCat, 14 June)

V/A ~ 10:10 Kasra V presents 10 years on NTS radio (V-sion, 14 June)

Braille ~ Triple Transit (Hotflush, 20 June)

Black Decelerant ~ Reflections Vol. 2 (RVNG Intl., 21 June)

Terence Fixmer ~ The Paradox in Me (Mute, 21 June)

SUSS ~ Birds & Beasts (Northern Spy, 28 June)