Experimental musicians and sound artists discuss the albums that are important to them. A bi-weekly podcast from ATTN:Magazine.
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🌱 Exploring the world with Activists and Educators Now publishing at Substack - https://janinebandcroft.substack.com With thanks to Todd McHatton for the intro music, Aaron Cadam Samuels and Judy McCoy Carmen for the closing prayer.
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Isolation and electroacoustics, listening and openness, putting rock into the coffin. The artist, musician and theorist discusses three important albums. Mattin's picks: Roberta Settels – Isolation! Meinhof In Memoriam AMM – The Crypt Lou Reed & Metallica – Lulu Mattin's new album, Expanding Concert (Lisboa 2019-2023), is out now. Check it out here…
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Proto-disco black hole disintegration, leaving in the flubs, "Shake Your Hips" at number 3. The American bassist discusses three important albums. Brian's picks: Can – Soon Over Babaluma His Hero Is Gone – Fifteen Counts Of Arson The Rolling Stones – Exile On Main St. The new Sumac album is called The Healer, and it's out now on Thrill Jockey. Chec…
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Life partner collaborations, Alice Coltrane signature bends, nomadic explorations in tuning. The Los Angeles-based musician discusses three important albums. Tashi's picks: Bley-Peacock Synthesizer Show – Revenge: The Bigger The Love The Greater The Hate Alice Coltrane – Live at the Berkeley Community Theater 1972 Laurie Spiegel – Obsolete Systems …
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Making work out of bones, Bach in intergalactic excess, pre-admin ABC karaoke. The composer and improviser discusses three important albums. Jennifer's picks: Meredith Monk – Our Lady Of Late Voyager – The Golden Record ABC – The Lexicon Of Love Jennifer's collaboration with Tony Conrad, In The Merry Month Of May, is out now on Drag City affiliate …
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Fountains of ideas, mind blown in Rap City, candy wrapper responses. The New Brunswick-based trumpet player, improviser and composer discusses three important albums. Nicole's picks: Wayne Shorter – Speak No Evil A Tribe Called Quest – Low End Theory Steve Lacy – Snips: Live at Environ Nicole's album Saudade is out on Ansible Editions. Check it out…
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Dizzy rhythms, slippery transitions, sincerity and playfulness. The Oakland-based composer and performer discusses three important albums. Michelle's picks: Zeena Parkins – Zeena Parkins and The Adorables Duke Ellington – The Best Of Duke Ellington And His Famous Orchestra Caetano Veloso – Transa Michelle's new record, Late Morning, is out now on A…
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Obstetric ambient, sullen atmospheres, episodic engulfment. The classical ambient composer discusses three important albums. Adam's picks: Environments (Irv Teibel) – Environments 2 Talk Talk – Spirit Of Eden Main – Hz Adam's new album, Eleven Fugues For Sodium Pentothal, is out now on Kranky. Check it out on his Bandcamp. Adam's website is here. D…
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Train breakdown Feldman epiphanies, radical flatness in the primeval forest, the Gary Numan barracks theft. The New York-based composer discusses three important albums. Kenneth's picks: Gary Numan – The Pleasure Principle Morton Feldman (Kronos Quartet with Aki Takahashi) – Piano And String Quartet Glenn Gould – Bach: The Goldberg Variations (1955…
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Aggressive pianos, bursting arpeggios, music for the cool kids. The Australian composer and producer discusses three important albums. Madeleine's picks: Philip Glass – Glassworks Dirty Three – Whatever You Love, You Are Tim Hecker – Virgins Madeleine's new album, Bodies, is out now on Room40. Check it out on her Bandcamp. Her website is here and s…
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Black metal for midwest drives, post-apocalyptic collage, ragas for John. The Manchester, UK-based ambient folk artist discusses three important albums. Ethan's picks: Wolves In The Throne Room – Two Hunters Godspeed You! Black Emperor – F# A# ∞ Pelt – Ayahuasca The new Black Brunswicker EP, A Moment Of Clarity, is out April 26th on Nettwerk. You c…
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Cathartic tragedies, dog-eating opera, guitar improviser spirit animals. The vocalist, lyricist and composer from 9T Antiope discusses three important albums. Sara and Nima's picks: Scott Walker & Sunn O))) – Soused Ben Frost – The Wasp Factory Sidsel Endresen & Stian Westerhus – Bonita The new 9T Antiope album, Horror Vacui, is out 12th April on A…
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Voice drips like milk, rays of soprano sunlight, filthy metal bass face. Producer, vocalist and DJ Felicia Chen discusses three important albums. Felicia's picks: Arvo Pärt – Te Deum Portishead – Dummy Goth-Trad – Psionics The collaborative record between Dis Fig and The Body is out now via Thrill Jockey. Check it out here. Dis Fig is on Instagram …
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Driving in fury, letting the endings be real, slow and lonely. The free improvisation percussionist discusses three important albums. Mark's picks: Don Cherry, Dewey Redman, Charlie Haden, Ed Blackwell – Old And New Dreams (1979) Evan Parker – Monoceros Rebecca Saunders – Fury II As always, Mark has a bunch of upcoming live dates. These include Eva…
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Caught by howling, three people at the 2pm concert, vivid colour changes. The Berlin-based singer and artist discusses three important albums. Rosa's picks: Julia Shortreed – Violet Sun Low – Double Negative Tear Garden – To Be An Angel Blind, The Cripple Soul Divide Rosa's new album Interior is out 23rd February on KLANGBAD. Check out her music on…
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Post-apocalyptic industrial environments, pseudo-music, twisted proto-typicalities. The sound artist and experimental musician discusses three important albums. Francisco's picks: David Lynch + Alan Splet – Eraserhead (OST) Mnemonists – Horde Meshuggah – Chaosphere Francisco's work is available on Bandcamp, including the recent Conveyor Belts [USA]…
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The dirt aesthetic, non-relinquishable frequencies, opening up that filter. The London-based sound artist and "mutant dancehall" practitioner discusses three important albums. Aniruddha's picks: Miles Davies – Dark Magus Robert Hood – Minimal Nation Hallucinator – Landlocked Check out Dhangsha's music on Bandcamp here. His Hard Return EP "Aberrant"…
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Slowing everything down, emotionally devastating lines, the snare on Faucet. The Portland-based producer discusses three important albums. hyacinth.'s picks: DJ Screw – Bigtyme Vol II All Screwed Up Earl Sweatshirt – I Don't Like Shit, I Don't Go Outside MIKE – War In My Pen Check out hyacinth.'s music over on the peradam tapes. label. They're on T…
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Mellow ingenuity, drowned in reverb, London at its most gloomy and miserable. London-based multidisciplinary artist Sam Ashton discusses three important albums. Sam's picks: Explosions In The Sky – The Earth Is Not A Cold Dead Place Grouper – Dragging A Dead Deer Up A Hill Burial – S/T You can check out Sam's music over at the Fortresses Bandcamp o…
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Weird symphony, no crazy vibrato, Terry Riley on the discman. The violist and composer discusses three important albums. Jessica's picks: Beethoven - André Cluytens, Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra – Symphony No. 9 John Cage, Arditti String Quartet – String Quartet In Four Parts Terry Riley – You're Nogood Jessica's new album Clamor is out now via Ou…
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High-altitude Bryars, trash on the walls, desperate shamans. The Los Angeles-based multidisciplinary artist discusses three important albums. Dorian's picks: Gavin Bryars – The Sinking Of The Titanic / Jesus' Blood Never Failed Me Yet Nearly God – S/T George Michael – Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1 Dorian's new album, Excesiva, is out now on Drago…
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Emotional rollercoasters, impossible Neo Tokyo, perfect snares. The London-based Swedish producer/sound designer discusses three important albums. Julia's picks: Esbjörn Svensson Trio – Leucocyte Akira Yamaoka – Silent Hill 2 OST Pinecone Moonshine (label) – [PCMS 2020.1] Vector Space The new aircode album, titled Surface Tension, is out now via …
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Architectural sound, understandings of freedom, and how do we end? The composer, improviser and performer discusses three important albums. Lucie's picks: Iannis Xenakis – La Légende d'Eer Pauline Oliveros – The Tuning Meditation Christian Wolff – Changing The System Lucie's recent solo album, Cave Acoustics, is out now via the labels mappa and S…
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Light in the ocean depths, doors to other worlds, respiratory cycling. The Tehran-based composer discusses three important albums. Ava's picks: William Basinski – Watermusic Radiohead – In Rainbows Harold Budd / Akira Rabelais – As Long As I Can Hold My Breath (By Night) Ava's new album Ginestra is out now on Flaming Pines. Check it out here. She's…
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(Almost) falling into the water, post-dumb-house-party-bike-rides, wildness and mastery. The musician and member of Xiu Xiu discusses three important albums. Hyunhye's picks: Chris Watson – El Tren Fantasma PJ Harvey – To Bring You My Love Cecil Taylor – Solo (1973) Hyunhye's new album, Eel, is out now on Room40. Check out her website and Instagram…
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The science of baffling unpredictability, nuclear plants leaking beauty, the moments before the apocalypse. The São Paulo-based artist discusses three important albums. Claudio's picks: KRAAN – Flyday Hatfield And The North – The Rotters' Club Guruh Gipsy – Guruh Gipsy The new Babe, Terror album is titled Teghnojoyg and it's out now. Check it out o…
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Digging in near the bridge, one old woman, acting like the Rolling Stones. The American media artist and composer discusses three important albums. Arnold's picks: Tony Conrad With Faust – Outside The Dream Syndicate Sacred Guitar and Violin Music of the Modern Aztecs (Smithsonian Folkways) Robert Ashley – Automatic Writing The new album by Arnold …
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Music for sleep, radical electronics, biospheric amorphous spaces. The sound artist and 12k label founder discusses three important albums. Taylor's picks: Brian Eno – Thursday Afternoon Ryoji Ikeda – +/- Microstoria – Model 3, Step 2 Taylor's new EP, Eev, is out August 18th via Nettwerk. Preorder and preview it on Taylor's Bandcamp. Taylor is also…
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The joy of UK pirate radio, intoxicating production, Streets Of Rage DJ set. Montréal-based French-British producer Jean Néant discusses three important albums. Jean's picks: Death Is Not The End – The Letter Tape Series / Bristol Pirates Yuka Honda – Memories Are My Only Witness / Eucademix Yuzo Koshiro – Bare Knuckle II OST / Bare Knuckle I OST T…
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Phytoplankton microsound, sketched-out dead ends, perfect warbles. The North Carolina-based electronic music producer discusses three important albums. Bana's picks: Jana Winderen – The Wanderer Autechre – Amber Boards Of Canada – Tomorrow's Harvest Bana Haffar's new album, intimaa' إنتماء, is out now on Touch. You can also listen/buy via Bana…
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Sunday puppet show routine, childhood anime memories, Brazilian cutlery jams. The electronic producer and performer from Taiwan discusses three important albums. Sabiwa's picks: Pili Puppet Drama – Soundtrack / Sound Design Joe Hisaishi – Princess Mononoke OST Hermeto Pascoal – Zabumbê-bum-á Sabiwa's new album, Island no.16 – Memories Of Future Lan…
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Oxfam treasures, panic-stricken falling, wordless stories. The multidisciplinary artist discusses three important albums. Rachel's picks: The Art Of Noise – In Visible Silence Delia Derbyshire + Barry Bermange – Inventions For Radio No. 1: The Dreams Jean-Michel Jarre – Equinoxe Rachel's new album, Stories Came to Us, is out now via My Own Imaginar…
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Very inviting thumbs, vanilla apologists, Monk's comeback. The Toronto-based experimental musician discusses three important albums. Mira's picks: Thelonious Monk Quartet With John Coltrane – At Carnegie Hall Owen Pallett (released as Final Fantasy) – Has A Good Home Koboku Senjû – Selektiv Hogst Mira's new album, Hen's Teeth, is out now on Rat-dri…
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In love with a vampire, psychedelic songform subversion, composer visitations. Haela Ravenna Hunt-Hendrix discusses three important albums. Haela's picks: pageninetynine – Document #8 Robert Wyatt – Rock Bottom Alice Coltrane – Lord Of Lords Liturgy's new album, 93696, is out now on Thrill Jockey. Check it out on Bandcamp here. Liturgy is on Instag…
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Sleepless Lagos, echoes of heaven, beastly synths. The sound artist and violist discusses three important albums. Ibukun's picks: Black Brunswicker – Wilder Paths Ryan J Raffa – Ginkgo KMRU – as it still is Ibukun's new album Mantra is out via Phantom Limb's "Spirituals" imprint – check it out here. Head over to Ibukun's personal Bandcamp for more.…
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Beauty in djent-adjacency, solo-Jeep-screamo-touring, "bad guy" music. The multi-genre multi-instrumentalist discusses three important albums. Angel's picks: The Contortionist – Language Suis La Lune – Heir Rush – Hold Your Fire The new Fire-Toolz album, I am upset because I see something that is not there., is out now on Hausu Mountain. Check it o…
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Fishing the sound, math rock imposter syndrome, maximalist gratitude. The Athens-based sound and visual artist discusses three important albums. Babak's picks: Black Midi – Schlagenheim Ryuichi Sakamoto – async Machine Girl – U-Void Synthesizer Babak's latest album, Mind Flaying Flavored Flails, is out now on Jollies. Check it out here. Go explore …
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Nostalgia rushes, unhurried solo guitar, Pharoah jumps in. The American trombonist and composer discusses three important albums. Kalia's picks: Grouper – Dragging A Dead Deer Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders & The London Contemporary Orchestra – Promises Jeff Parker – Forfolks Kalia Vandever's new album, We Fell In Turn, is out 31st March on AKP R…
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Uncomfortable DJ sets, sacred ratio songs, the "best band in the UK right now". The primary member of The Brian Jonestown Massacre discusses three important albums. Anton's picks: The 13th Floor Elevators – The Psychedelic Sounds Of The 13th Floor Elevators Alice Coltrane – Turiya Sings The Soundcarriers – Entropicalia The latest (and 20th!) BJM al…
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Communal grief, tapes from the Halal Meat Shop, time-space departures. The Hyderabadi Muslim American poet, musician, interdisciplinary artist discusses three important albums. Sham-e-Ali's picks: Alice Coltrane – A Monastic Trio Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan – Live At The Royal Albert Hall vhvl – myrrh Sham-e-Ali's new album, Moti Ka Sheher, is out now. C…
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Ruinous beauty, hauling a bass sax up the stairs, Hendrix's face, worlds of breath. The saxophonist and composer discusses his important albums. Colin's picks: Hendrix – Band Of Gypsys Peter Brötzmann / Bill Laswell – Low Life Enya – Shepherd Moons Sam Cooke – Live At The Harlem Square Club, 1963 Colin's new album Chimæra I is out now via ROOM40. Y…
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Intuitive resonance, cataclysmic dualities, bandleader grace. The UK-based saxophonist discusses three important albums. Xhosa's picks: Sonny Rollins – With The Modern Jazz Quartet Shirley Horn Trio – Softly Balimaya Project – Wolo So Xhosa's latest album, Ibeji, is out now on Stoney Lane Records. Listen here. His website is here. Donate to Crucial…
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Heart wrung like a towel, Skullcandy bass, the magic of music boxes. The Beirut-based multi-instrumentalist, video artist and puppeteer discusses three important albums. Yara's picks: Aphex Twin – Drukqs Colleen – Et Les Boîtes À Musique Daniel Johnston – Hi, How Are You Yara's debut album, Home Recordings 2018 - 2021, is out now via Hive Mind Reco…
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Visions of hell/paradise, two G's in eggs, bizarre lemonade. The composer/multi-instrumentalist from Austin, Texas discusses three important albums. Mari's picks: Jim O'Rourke – Eureka Robert Ashley – Private Parts SOPHIE – Product The fabulous Strawberry Season by More Eaze is out now via Leaving Records. Check it out on Bandcamp or Boomkat. Mari …
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Vocal imitation games, aural cocktails, jazz-adjacent ingenuity. The New York-based composer and pianist discusses three important albums. Phillip's picks: Ensemble Organum & Marcel Peres – Guillaume de Machaut: Messe de Notre-Dame Ran Blake – Painted Rhythms: The Compleat Ran Blake Volume 1 The Claudia Quintet – I, Claudia Phillip's debut solo alb…
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Too-short tracks, dying melodies, birds mimicking electronics, the highest organ note. The musicians and collaborators discuss their important albums. Julian's picks: J Dilla – Donuts Jean C. Roché – Birds Of Venezuela Feldermelder's picks: Autechre – LP5 Pedro Santos – Krishnanda Bonn Route is out now via -OUS. Check it out here. Also worth checki…
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Tim Hecker beneath the aurora borealis, nerdy icebreakers, blurs and beats. The Turkey-born, UK-based composer and guitarist discusses three important albums. Elif's picks: Tim Hecker – Haunt Me, Haunt Me Do It Again Tangerine Dream – Rubycon Bowery Electric – Beat Elif's new album, Green Drift, is out now on Expert Sleepers. Her website is over he…
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Harnessing ugliness, memories of Okinawa, Pärt in the snow. The Japanese vocal performer discusses three important albums. Hatis' picks: Meredith Monk – Mercy Yasukatsu Oshima with Geoffrey Keezer – S/T Arvo Pärt – Tabula Rasa Hatis Noit's new album, Aura, is out now on Erased Tapes. Check it out on Bandcamp or on the Erased Tapes site. Donate to C…
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Hours of jazz in the city, matching Spiderland tattoos, vertiginous rabbit holes. The guitarist and label curator discusses three important albums. Greg's picks: Miles Davis – Bitches Brew Slint – Spiderland Bernard Herrmann – Vertigo OST Head over to The Lord Bandcamp to hear/buy the first album Forest Nocturne, and to preview/preorder the upcomin…
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Sad tween car journeys, dismantled pop, pioneers of Baltimore Club. The South Asian-American vocalist, sitarist, composer and producer discusses three important albums. Ami's picks: Sardari Begum – OST Portishead – Third K-Swift – Club Queen Vol. 3 Ami's new album, The Living World's Demands, is out on November 4th via Phantom Limb and Leaving Reco…
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