V.A. - Bologna For Palestine (Maple Death Records)
1127 - ض (Nashazphone)
4 years after his groundbreaking debut, 1127 returns with a second LP which departs from the previous abstractions to a distinct variation of new morphs of early twentieth century Egyptian music-2-contemporary electronic music. All composed within their brand of (mostly) computer based, broad sonic productions.
9T Antiope - Horror Vacui (American Dreams)
Nima Aghiani and Sara Bigdeli Shamloo aka 9T Antiope drill into the fears of horror vacui while building a dynamic world that seems to exist outside of the bounds of time and place. “For people like us,” the band says, “living in the in-between of two worlds we’ve lived in, the ongoing search for a relation between the world one used to know and the new world—at times, neither the origin nor the destination exists as a whole. New and old sounds, colors, textures, and spaces overlap.
V.A. - Akashic Bassmatter
This 12 tracks music package is compiled by Bill Laswell. All tracks are from Bassmatter subscription.
Amy Aileen Wood - The Heartening (Colorfield Records)
"Amy Aileen Wood is unaccustomed to the spotlight, which is very much by design. A calming presence in any room and a force behind the drum kit, Wood meshes her astute listening skills with an undeniable ownership of the music at hand, as illustrated in her work on Fiona Apple’s 2020 record
Fetch The Bolt Cutters, which Wood co-produced." Wayne Whittaker
Babak Ahteshamipour - Violent Violins Exposed (Jollies)
Violent Violins Exposed is the third album by Babak Ahteshamipour. It is a twisted turn towards abrasive, anarchistic, lunatic and coarse explosive compositions blended with hidden suave, malleable and tranquil spaces that wrestle to be heard.
Bagus Shidqi - Njondhil Njondhal (Digital Indigenous)
Bagus Shidqi is a composer in his twenties who is inspired by the traditional arts of his region (Java, Indonesia). He actively produces digital music from his home recording studio. In 2019, he created a YouTube channel called
Kamar Studios which presents content about folk music arrangements (Jathilan) created digitally using Virtual Instrument/MIDI technology. Apart from presenting traditional music, he also creatively processes popular music into traditional arrangements digitally. Unexpectedly, what he did actually helped introduce traditional folk arts to national and even international scope.
V.A. - Bologna For Palestine (Maple Death Records)
Bologna for Palestine - Non-Stop Electroacoustic Improv documents a live music relay with 17 musicians based in Bologna in support of the Palestinian population. A three-hour performance condensed into 20 excerpts that showcase the vital experimental scene of the city, from elegiac ambient bliss to pummelling noise, technoid mutations, sinister jazz, spoken word transfigurations, low thump grooves, vocal manipulations, desert guitars, alien IDM and collective chants. Furious, enraged and on point.
Château Flight - La Folie Studio (Versatile Records)
"Playing electronic music, whether alone or not, must be joyous, fun, and make you feel good. The studio is not a sanctuary but a place of life. Technology must not be intimidating. Welcoming friends and new objects in the studio should be an infinite source of inspiration. If nothing happens in the studio, turn off the light and play a percussion record." Château Flight
