A CLOSER LISTEN weekly #63
First Half Highlights: The Top 20, and Ten Tracks That Sound Like Summer
Dear Listeners, We hope you’re enjoying the summer vibes. Joseph here with our bi-weekly newsletter. Speaking of which, I’m considering making ACL weekly actually weekly, which would mean shorter digests. Any thoughts?
So, I’m back in NY unexpectedly, due to a death in the family, and additional strain on my already overburdened finances. Although that does mean I’m able to make it to some NYC summer music events, about which I’ll say more next time. As I mentioned in the podcast post that went out recently, I could use some additional support to help get me through to September, when my next adjunct teaching gig begins. So if you’re in a position to part with some disposable income and would be interested in supporting my work, please consider making a purchase via Bandcamp, or sending a one-time donation of whatever amount via PayPal. But of course no pressure, all my podcasts and other work will remain freely accessible.
Anyway, keeping with the summer vibes we’ve got our most summer-themed newsletter yet. Richard put together his picks for Ten Tracks That Sound Like Summer, while our whole staff voted on our Top 20 records of 2024 so far. You can find those features below, as well as a selection of recent reviews and, as always, our archive of the many great upcoming releases we’re looking forward to. Sound off in the comments with your own summer tracks and top releases of the year so far. Happy Listening.
First Half Highlights: The Top 20
The year is only half over, and we couldn’t wait! We asked our staff to choose their favorite albums from the first half of 2024, and have compiled a top twenty. These are the albums that our writers are still excited about, months after release. Will they make our year-end charts? Stay tuned to find out!
As many as a hundred fresh instrumental and/or experimental albums are submitted to A Closer Listen each week; we estimate that three to four times that number are released worldwide. This means that if we had all the albums released in a week, we could write a review a day for an entire year. The field has never been so active, and it’s our privilege to sort through it all to find the very best of the best!
The Balloonist ~ A Quiet Day (Wayside & Woodland)
Now that summer is here and the days are filled with possibility, many parents will be confronted by children complaining, “There’s nothing to do!” A Quiet Day recalls a classic childhood in which one had to invent one’s own entertainments, and was better off because of it.
C. Lavender ~ Rupture in the Eternal Realm (iDEAL Recordings)
Sound as healing and music as transcendence ~ these are the aims of C. Lavender, who recently starred in a podcast on our site. These expansive drones place one in the realm of the eternal, evaporating concepts of linear time.
Concepción Huerta ~ The Earth Has Memory (Elevator Bath)
If the album sounds claustrophobic, it’s because it was conceived as the score to a journey to the center of the earth. The photographs were taken in an obsidian mine, and the set rings with an immense, layered depth worthy of its subject matter.
Drum & Lace ~ ONDA (Fabrique)
An ode to femininity and the sea, ONDA is a pure summer set, the sound of waves never far from the speakers. Guest appearances by Violeta Vicci, Patrick Shiroishi and more expand the timbres beyond the horizon as the listener gazes peacefully across the ocean.
Euro Herc ~ Sengali (tsss tapes)
The tape brings to mind a classic line from Fox in Socks: “I get all those ticks and clocks, sir, mixed up with the chicks and tocks, sir.” The plastic case houses a toybox of sound, birds and words and tapes in tapes, resulting in an afternoon of fun.
Ezéchiel Pailhès ~ Ventas Rumba (Circus Company)
Groovy, funky, and … piano based? Ventas Rumba invites the synths over for a jam session, and invites all attendees to dance. In the title track, the ivories are played so rapidly that the effect is techno-esque, a fresh breath of Parisian air.
Four Tet ~ Three (Text)
The album so nice they released it twice (be sure to get the version with 12 tracks), Three extends the multi-decade career of Four Tet, who continues to sound fresh and ebullient, especially on the ambient “Gliding Through Everything” and the club worthy “Daydream Repeat.”
Imperial Valley ~ Imperial Valley I-IV (Folded Time)
Earlier this year, Richard Skelton revealed that he was the man behind the mystery monikers of CF Moore and Imperial Valley. At the same time, Skelton unveiled the final segment of this quadrilogy, offering the series as a set. Inspired by the Dust Bowl era and the photography of Dorothea Lange, the series tells a story of hardscrabble lives and artistic transcendence.
Kali Malone ~ All Life Long (Ideologic Organ)
A wide-ranging work for (in turn) vocal ensemble, organ and brass, All Life Ling expands the idea of drone into the orchestral realm. The album is patient, elegant and at times even holy, offering the listener an experience beyond that of listening alone.
Lola de la Mata ~ Oceans on Azimuth
This bold treatise on tinnitus is a response to the artist’s diagnosis and a recalibration of the composer’s art. Traveling to New York, de la Mata met with experts who mapped and recorded what she was hearing, enabling the translation from private experience to public presentation.
MONO ~ OATH (Temporary Residence Ltd.)
As this is the only post-rock album on our list, is it fair to call OATH the best post-rock album of the half-year? We believe it is, but there was never any doubt. After a quarter century in the industry, the band continues to experiment and expand, benefitting from full sections of brass and strings.
Moor Mother ~ The Great Bailout (Anti-)
One of the year’s most confrontational and electric albums, The Great Bailout exposes a brutal segment of British history. The artist pulls no punches; the listening experience is harrowing and essential. For more, check out Moor Mother’s dramatic reworking of SUMAC’s World of Light.
Nick Tripi ~ Loud World
Big Fun’s drummer steps out on his own with an album as fun as its playful cover art implies. Polyrhythms meet arcane synth, with an occasionally nostalgic bent. Fans of comic books and classic sci-fi, you’ve found your next soundtrack!
Olivia Belli ~ Intermundia (Sony XXIM)
Romantic and lovely, Intermundia is an album for solo contemplation or for candlelight company. Varying tone and tempo, Belli offers multiple points of entry. The videos hold an intimate allure, while a 124-page book of sheet music, essays and photographs sweetens the overall appeal.
Rafael Toral ~ Spectral Evolution (Drag City)
The album is a continuous track composed for guitar and synth, but these words don’t come close to describing the sound. The aptly named Echo-Feed contributes the birdlike trills that reflect the cover, while a staunch sense of experimentalism pushes the timbres into unexpected territories.
Randal Fisher & Dexter Story ~ Wenge (Constellation Tatsu)
A host of traditional African instruments, including the balafon and ngoni, share space with more conventional organic and electronic instrumentation on this colorful, life-affirming set. Handclaps make frequent appearances on an album well deserving of applause.
Various Artists ~ Blue and Yellow Through Black and Gray (Syrphe)
A unique entry, this compilation combines experimental electronic music with Ukrainian poetry (English translations available). The album offers a variety of takes on life during wartime, while affirming life at every turn.
Various Artists ~ 3EPHO/GRAIN (Klikerklub)
The second of three Ukrainian compilations on our half-year list, 3EPHO casts its net wide with a multitude of vocal and instrumental genres. With 50 new tracks to peruse, it’s an incredible entry point into the breadth of modern Ukrainian experimental music.
Various Artists ~ (Uncertainty) FUTURE (Corridor Audio)
Our 2022 label of the year returns with an expansive compilation of creative Ukrainian electronic artists. The set is littered with IDM, techno, breakbeat and hard trance, a treasure trove of sound for the initiated and uninitiated alike.
Warrington-Runcorn New Town Development Plan ~ Your Community Hub (Castles in Space)
New Community is an ironic title, as the album is an ode to communities that were once new and full of (government) promise. These promises swiftly broke down, leaving behind a crumbling infrastructure and disappointed citizens. Somehow the artist finds beauty in it all, albeit a sad, chastened beauty.
Read the piece and listen to the tracks here.
Ten Tracks That Sound Like Summer
Summer is now in full bloom, a little hotter than usual, a little stormier. We”ve got our beach chairs, our towels, our suits and our coolers, and the only thing we’re missing is summer music. That’s where this article comes in! These ten tracks were released during different seasons, but they all sparkle with the sound of summer. Some of these tracks are found on albums previously covered on this site, while others are brand new. We hope that you’ll enjoy this year’s selection of summer music!
Our cover image is taken from the upcoming Tides (Reworks) from Catching Flies, which includes a remix of one of the tracks below. The album is released July 12 on Indigo Soul.
Dalot ~ Bubbles (Same Difference Music)
We begin this year’s setlist softly, with the sound of a lionfish waking up in an aquarium and going about the day’s routine early so that time can be stored for fun. The track is taken from Aquarium, composed as the score to a children’s dance performance.
xor ~ Everything is in Bloom (Ceremony of Seasons)
There’s far more to this release than meets the eye, as the summer-themed tape May the Forest Outlive Us is paired with a delicious aperitif wine. A beautiful box set can be ordered including both ingredients, an enhancement to any backyard or living room celebration.
Catching Flies ~ Tides (Indigo Soul)
The title track of an album containing songs from many seasons (including the sumptuous “Snow Day”), “Tides” now finds new life in the remix set. We still prefer the original, which includes a sample about never having seen the sea before. May this be the year we all get to the ocean!
SUN ~ Daydream (Alien Transistor)
An artist named SUN is almost certain to exude sunny music, and this is the case throughout the album I Can See Our House from Here. The little voices that loop throughout the piece seem like children wringing every moment from a glorious summer day.
Drum & Lace ~ Nymph (Fabrique)
From the moment we heard it, we knew that a track from ONDA would end up on this list; but which one? In the end, the decision was easy, as “Nymph” is a dance track that incorporates the sound of waves rolling across the shore. We hope that it will be chosen as the next single!
Christian Löffler ~ When Everything Was New (Ki Records)
A Life contains a mixture of instrumental and vocal tracks, the highlight of the former group being this languid, cheerful piece. The track sounds like a wide open vista, a realm of possibilities, a new season just begun and all the hope it exudes.
Kiasmos ~ Burst (Erased Tapes)
The entire album II (July 5) sails on the wings of summer, and is best enjoyed as a continuous set. This being said, “Burst” is the most summer-sounding of the eleven tracks, with a Caribbean vibe and an aura of positivity.
Graffick ~ Momentary (Self-Released)
Rainbows of refraction decorate the album Spectra and its singles, of which “Momentary” is the best. The track continues to develop as it moves along, adding new melodies and breaks, like a summer of discovery, always yielding new surprises to those who seek them.
Four Tet ~ Daydream Repeat (Text Records)
We’d just gotten used to Three (which is Four Tet’s 12th album – don’t ask) when an expanded version was released; be sure to get the one with 12! Either way, “Daydream Repeat” is the highlight, an ebullient melody circling over electronic handclaps and hearty drums.
John Hayes ~ Winged (Nettwerk)
As you can tell by now, we’re in all-out dance mode this year. “Winged” is the highlight of the EP Bloom, which would fit perfectly into a Kiasmos set and sends us off into the rest of summer like seagulls in flight. Enjoy the season, everyone!
Read the piece and listen to the tracks here.
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.
Alex Keller ~ Sleep room
Sleep room is an album for anyone who has ever fallen in love with the noise of electronic equipment and appliances. As someone who misses the sound of dial-up (which made the wait bearable) and enjoys mowing lawns for the sound of the lawnmower, I’m pretty much the target audience. How large is this target audience? Let’s add those who are curious about the electronic sounds normally hidden from human experience, yet audible to other species, and fans of feedback, drone and abrasion. Sleep room may also be considered an odd offshoot of field recording, which often preserves the sounds of endangered species and biophanies. The next generation may only know the hums of vintage vacuum cleaners and modems from historical documents. In a less foreboding fashion, Keller invites listeners to celebrate the sounds of obsolete equipment alongside their current counterparts: a conversation among the inanimate, in which the recording equipment is just another voice.
Alva Noto ~ HYbr:ID III
HYbr:ID I and II were both commissioned works for American choreographer Richard Siegal, and HYbr:ID III sees Noto continuing the collaboration with Siegal for a new dance, Ballet of (Dis)Obedience. In the case of HYbr:ID III, his inspiration comes from the Japanese art of Noh – roughly speaking, the highly stylized branch of theater that features carved wooden masks, actors performing in slow, concentrated movements and gestures, and morality tales that incorporate the presence of gods and ghosts. Nearly every track is composed of or buttressed by vast, elongated pads, and part of Noto’s wizardry lies in the myriad ways he builds and treats those pads. Some of them thrum and swell and aspirate with profound symphonic depths (“Collective Open”), some roll out like dense fog that carries hidden cargo (“Script Solitude”), some flirt with the edges of feedback while they rise and harmonize with themselves (“Script Sacre Drone”). Though not essential, headphones are strongly recommended to fully appreciate the dimensionality of Noto’s creations. Is HYbr:ID III a breakthrough album for Noto? A radical leap in an entirely new direction? Certainly not. But it is a brilliant and beautiful new work and that, in and of itself, is worthy of investigation for fans and the uninitiated.
Fields Ohio ~ Some Melodies Are Memories You Never Really Leave Behind Vol. 2
The second volume of Fields Ohio‘s Some Melodies Are Memories You Never Really Leave Behind flows even better than the first, released four months prior. This is the sound of Christine Annarino and Eddie Palmer having fun, poring over a decade’s worth of unreleased tracks and choosing the very best. The tracks are connected by a unifying theme of “world mythologies,” visiting characters from around the globe, some more famous than others. The last installment included the Djinn and Holowaka; the new set includes some more universally recognized names, especially in “Hey Mr. Sandman Bring Me to Sleep,” whose title references the 1958 Chordettes hit and whose timbre is one of many to recall shoegaze, albeit with a Buddha Bar bent. There are even some cross-volume connections, as Vol. 1‘s “Kinnara Makes Waves” is met by “Adaro Breaks Waves” on Vol. 2. The latter contains a surf vibe, spot-on for early summer, led by a New Order-like bass. “Asteria Guards the Midsummer Stars,” another seasonally perfect piece, honors the nobility of the Titaness while skirting the insanity of her life story. The guitar work references The Cure, while the wordless vocal is gentle and lulling.
Jordina Millà & Barry Guy ~ Live in Munich
There’s a saying about certain modes of improvisatory music: they’re more fun to play than they are to listen to. Pianist Jordina Millà and bassist Barry Guy’s Live in Munich, released on the legendary ECM label, gleefully and thrillingly proves that old chestnut wrong. Attempting to establish highlights, however, is beside the point. Live in Munich is a spiky, exhilarating live-action portrait of two artists pushing limits: their own and their listeners. Take them up on the challenge.
Kiasmos ~ II
This April, Kiasmos (Ólafur Arnalds and Janus Rasmussen) surprise-dropped a new EP and video, prompting us to write, we only wish it were longer. And now it is! The entire Flown EP now exists as tracks 8-10 of II and is joined by eight more slices of sonic bliss. By capturing the vibe of summer, Kiasmos has produced an LP that is perfect for its time and can be played in virtually any place: a success story a decade in the making.
Memory Drawings ~ Deathbed Requests
Deathbed Requests is a welcome return for Memory Drawings and friends, and represents a shift in the direction of post-rock ~ although some of the bonus disc’s remixers pull the music toward ambience. The ability of the band to slide between genres is a sign of its versatility; different guests hear different things in these grooves, and act accordingly. Deathbed Requests is less an album of pain than of a healthy reaction to pain: the music helps to make sense of the world, and one’s place in it. No matter how one listens, the encouragement is inescapable.
Shropshire Number Stations ~ Shropshire & Mid Wales
Many people have never come across a numbers station, but those who are familiar with them often fall in love. Numbers stations are shortwave radio stations that broadcast sets of numbers including encrypted information which can only be translated when one has possession of the key, or “one-time pad.” The practice was extremely popular during the Cold War, and has inspired a few books, a TV movie (“The Game”), and now an impressionistic album from Plenty Wenlock founder E.L. Heath. The appeal of this project is the idea that such activities are more interesting than we can imagine. In contrast to Mulder, we don’t want to know the truth; if the translations turned out to be mundane, we’d be greatly disappointed. Better to listen, to decipher, and to dream.
Various Artists ~ Raw Øblations 1-6
Errorgrid’s Raw Øblations series kicked off last fall and has been resurrected in early summer, with the sixth edition just hitting the airwaves. The series has now reached twelve tracks, clocks in at over an hour and works as a compilation, joining the twin flagships Darker Sounds of a Present Future and Quantized Realities. When played in order, the set also makes internal sense, launching in dark, beatless ambience and progressing to percussion-heavy industrialism. The label continues to go from strength to strength, having established a name through hard work and a steady output: 47 releases in only four years.
UPCOMING RELEASES
(complete list with Bandcamp links here)
We’ve waited all year for summer, and now it’s finally here! Schools are out, beaches are open, vacations are in full swing, and we’re looking for the perfect music to accompany our adventures. Whether we’re curling up with a good book, walking in the park or cruising down the highway, there’s nothing quite like a great summer soundtrack in the earbuds or in the car. There’s always something new on the horizon; our ACL playlist stretches all the way to September. New previews are added to this page daily; we hope you’ll find your next favorite album right here!
Blue Mantra Rhymes ~ Written on the Horizon (Shimmering Moods, 11 July)
Filalete ~ Bakuradze (Shimmering Moods, 11 July)
The Green Kingdom ~ Horizons (The Slow Music Movement Label, 11 July)
Knivtid ~ Beneath the Sea/Time Flowed Past Indifferently Above Us (Shimmering Moods, 11 July)
Project Vainiolla ~ Undulate (Shimmering Moods, 11 July)
Tim Six ~ Rain Portal (Shimmering Moods, 11 July)
Trigger Object ~ Ghost Bros OST (EMS, 11 July)
appian ~ fragments vol. 2 (sound as language, 12 July)
ARK ZEAD ~ Niptaktuk (Glacial Movements, 12 July)
Christopher Lock ~ Ephemerist (Protomaterial, 12 July)
Colin Fisher ~ Suns of the Heart (We Are Busy Bodies, 12 July)
David Kaplan ~ New Dances of the League of David (New Focus, 12 July)
Demonic Devices ~ From a Great and Loving Distance (12 July)
Eyal Mayoz and Eugene Chadbourne ~ The Coincidence Masters (Infrequent Seams, 12 July)
Jiem ~ Laying Down a Path in Walking (Earshift Music, 12 July)
Karen Power ~ … we return to ground … (Other Minds, 12 July)
Kessoncoda ~ Outerstate (Gondwana, 12 July)
Matthew Bourne ~ This Is Not for You (Leaf, 12 July)
Nite Fleit, Unklevon ~ Algorhythm Anxiety (Atomic Alert, 12 July)
Patrick Higgins ~ Versus (Other People, 12 July)
Rhombus Index + f5point6 ~ Mutual Expression (See Blue Audio, 12 July)
Skyminds ~ Echoes on the Shore (Inner Islands, 12 July)
Spyros Polychronopoulos and Jannis Anastasakis ~ Nyfida (Room40, 12 July)
Wild Up & Christopher Rountree ~ 3 BPM (Grassland, 12 July)
XTCLVR ~ INVERSE (Standard Deviation, 12 July)
Henrik Meierkord ~ Visitors to Erinnerungen (Audiobulb, 13 July)
Hikari Sakashita ~ Sounds in Casual Days 2 (Viscm, 15 July)
Henrique Vaz ~ De Silenti Natura (mappa, 16 July)
Luke Elliott ~ Every Somewhere (AKP Recordings, 17 July)
Dark Sky Burial ~ Solve Et Coagula (Extrinsic, 18 July)
JakoJako ~ Segments (Mute, 18 July)
Volodja Brodsky ~ Whispering Ln. (Hidden Harmony Recordings, 18 July)
Alberto Boccardi ~ Apnea (Room40, 19 July)
Droneroom ~ as long as the sun (Decaying Spheres, 19 July)
Elori Saxl ~ Drifts and Surfaces (Western Vinyl, 19 July)
estle ~ It’s Always Been You (Orange Milk, 19 July)
Garrett Wingfield ~ Water Futures (Deadland, 19 July)
Joep Beving & Maarten Vos ~ vision of contentment (LEITER, 19 July)
Jon Rose ~ Aeolian Tendency (Room40, 19 July)
Lilacs & Champagne ~ Fantasy World (Temporary Residence Ltd., 19 July)
Olivier Cong ~ Tropical Church (Room40, 19 July)
Scree ~ Live at the Owl Vol. 2 (Ruination, 19 July)
Sergei Demin ~ Digi-Tongue Twister (esc.rec., 19 July)
UNKNOWN ME ~ Bitokagaku (Not Not Fun, 19 July)
Willows8ng ~ Ambient Island (Imaginary North, 19 July)
Circa Alto ~ Faint Structures (Whitelabrecs, 20 July)
Daou ~ Bluebird (Whitelabrecs, 20 July)
Demetrio Cecchitelli ~ Jump (Dronarivm, 20 July)
Glåsbird ~ A Sonic Expedition (Whitelabrecs, 20 July)
Green Plum Ensemble ~ The Heavenly Music (Sweet Wreath, 21 July)
Harvestman ~ Triptych Part Two (Neurot, 21 July)
Jacek Sienkiewicz ~ Directions: Meaning and Truth (recognition, 22 July)
Expugnantis ~ Return to Madadeni (enmossed, 24 July)
Jake Muir ~ enmixed (enmossed, 24 July)
Playback Head ~ Body of Water (Hotham Sound, 25 July)
Vastness Vastness ~ The Temple | Jack Woodbury | Alter Natural (25 July)
Ayumi Ishito ~ Wondercut Club (577 Records, 26 July)
Devin Maxwell ~ Timebending (Infrequent Seams, 26 July)
Isabell Gustafsson-ny ~ Rosenhagtorn (Warm Winters Ltd., 26 July)
James Ilgenfritz ~ Proprioceptions III: Inasmuch And Insofar (Infrequent Seams, 26 July)
Matthew Ottignon ~ Volant (Earshift Music, 26 July)
Øresund Space Collective ~ Orgone Unicorn (Laser’s Edge, 26 July)
Passepartout Duo & Inoyama Land ~ Radio Yugawara (Tonal Unison, 26 July)
Raphael Rogiński ~ Žaltys (Unsound, 26 July)
Stef Mendesidis ~ Decima (Klockworks, 26 July)
Yann Novak ~ The Voices of Theseus (Room40, 26 July)
Andrew Wasylyk & Tommy Perman ~ Ash Grey and the Gull Glides On (Clay Pipe Music, 30 July)
David Pedrick ~ Arta (1 August)
kelly bray & caleb duval ~ BRAY/DUVAL (F.I.M., 1 August)
luke rovinsky & caleb duval ~ DIGNITY DUOS (F.I.M., 1 August)
Boris Hauf ~ CLARK# – from the edges tongues grow (shameless, 2 August)
Keiji Haino ~ Black Blues (Room40, 2 August)
Moiii ~ S/T (Someoddpilot, 2 August)
Pat Thomas & BleySchool ~ Bleyschool: Where (577 Records, 2 August)
REOSC ~ Presented (Distrakt, 2 August)
Veins Full of Static ~ A House Wrapped in Sleep (Machine, 2 August)
Zack Clarke ~ Plunge (Orenda, 2 August)
Vaux Flores ~ Dawn Chorales (Audiobulb, 3 August)
sorbitol drops ~ Remízek Music (Gin&Platonic, 4 August)
Braille ~ Triple Transit (Hotflush, 8 August)
Shall Remain Nameless ~ A Bleeping Mess (8 August)
Belong ~ Realistic IX (kranky, 9 August)
Bosque Vacío ~ Cantera Oriente (Flaming Pines, 9 August)
Connor D’Netto x Yvette Ofa Agapow ~ Material (Room40, 9 August)
galen tipton & Holly Waxwing ~ kepsakeFM (Orange Milk, 9 August)
Gwennaëlle Roulleau & Reinhold Freidl ~ strata & spheres (Room40, 9 August)
Various Artists ~ Sound on the Fringe (Megastructure, 9 August)
BBSitters Club ~ Joel’s Picks Vol. 2 (Hausu Mountain, 16 August)
Etelin ~ Patio User Manual (Beacon Sound, 16 August)
Gerard Cleaver ~ The Process (577 Records, 16 August)
Jessica Ackerley ~ All of the Colours Are Singing (16 August)
K. Yoshimatsu ~ Fossil Coccon: The Music of K. Yoshimatsu (Phantom Limb, 16 August)
Melinda Sullivan & Larry Goldings ~ Big Foot (Colorfield, 16 August)
Daniel Curington ~ Composer REACTS / After These Messages (Difficult Art & Music, 21 August)
Federico Balducci & fourthousandblackbirds ~ Succulent Succubus (Difficult Art & Music, 21 August)
John Blum Quartet feat. Marshall Allen ~ Deep Space (Astral Spirits, 21 August)
Brian Gibson ~ Thrasher (Thrill Jockey, 23 August)
The Mercury Impulse ~ Records of Human Behavior (23 August)
Philip Weberndoerfer ~ Tides (Shifting Paradigm, 23 August)
Umberto ~ Black Bile (Thrill Jockey, 23 August)
Yui Onodera ~ 1982 (Room40, 23 August)
Daniel Vickers & Sergio Mariani_MRN ~ New Dawn (Audiobulb, 24 August)
Lia Kohl ~ Normal Sounds (Moon Glyph, 30 August)
Loren Connors & David Grubbs ~ Evening Air (Room40, 30 August)
Quintelium ~ Dream and Reality (Somewherecold, 30 August)
SVIN ~ Folklórica (momeatdad, 30 August)
TAU ~ Chants (Fun in the Church, 30 August)
Yuko Araki ~ Zenjitsutan 前日譚 (Room40, 30 August)
Eventless Plot | Yorgos Dimitriadis ~ Entanglements (INNOVO Editions, 1 September)
Daniel Carter, Leo Genovese, William Parker, Francisco Mela ~ Shine Hear, Vol. 2 (577 Records, 6 September)
Francesco Leali ~ Let Us Descend (UNTIL RIOTS, 6 September)
Heli Hartikainen ~ CHRONOVARIATIONS (6 September)
Masayoshi Fujita ~ Migratory (Erased Tapes, 6 September)
Ocoeur ~ Breath (n5MD, 6 September)
CZIGO ~ Actant Theory (Machine, 7 September)
Aiden Baker & Dead Neanderthals ~ Cast Down and Hunted (Moving Furniture, 13 September)
Jos Smolders ~ Testur 1 (Moving Furniture, 13 September)
Michael Serian ~ Life at Cliff Bell’s (Shifting Paradigm, 13 September)
Transatlantic Trance Map ~ Marconi’s Drift (False Walls, 13 September)
Zeno van der Broek, HIIIT, Gagi Petrovic & Machines ~ Relatum (Moving Furniture, 13 September)
Alan Licht ~ Havens (VDSQ, 20 September)
Otay.onii ~ True Faith Ain’t Blind (No-Gold, 20 September)
Twin Talk ~ Twin Talk Live (Shifting Paradigm, 27 September)