Home for a bit, spiraling heavy techno and ethereal Detroit together:
1: Maxime Iko – Acahartade [Bpitch]
2: Pedder Mannerfelt – Black Alert [Voam]
3: Karenn – Raz [Voam]
4: Wata Igarashi – Adrenochrome [The Bunker]
5: Aphelion – Temple 7 [De Stij]
6: Justin Cudmore – Real Shock [The Bunker]
7: Pedder Mannerfelt – A Queen [Voam]
8: Donato Dozzy – Cleo [Eerie]
9: Microworld – Signals [Transmat]
10: Korridor – VI [De Stij B2]
11: Maxime Iko – Timeline’s Wrong [Bpitch]
That feeling when going places catches your breath with wonder, a little.
1: Doris Matte & The Lake Charles Ramblers – Les Traces De Mon Boghei [Swallow]
2: Iry Le June & His Accordion – Donnez Mol Mou Chapeau [Gold Band]
3: Salum Abdallah & Cuban Marimba Band – Beberu [Domino Sound]
4: Rais Haj Omar Wahrouch – Ask Our Brothers The Immigrants [Dust to Digital]
5: Danan Hargeysa – Mama [Ostinato]
6: Salum Abdallah & Cuban Marimba Band – Kutenda Maovu [Domino Sound]
7: Orchestre Poly-Rhythmo de Contonou – Koutome [Analog Africa]
8: Orchestre Poly-Rhythmo de Contonou – Ma Tafou Gnin O [Analog Africa]
9: Angelique Kidjo – Seen and Not Seen [Kravenworks]
Pretty sure the rhythm guitar in this South Brooklyn jazz combo is Jimmy Carter.
Aiming for a clear-eyed twenty sets for the year, starting with this one.
1: Karima Walker – Hands In Our Names [Baby Tooth]
2: Hite – Old Crow [Six Degrees]
3: Sarah Davachi – Perfumes I [West 25th]
4: Tuarrah – Almost Invisible [La Reserve]
5: Julianna Barwick – afternoon [Commend There]
6: Kali Malone – Sacrificlal Code [iDEAL]
7: Carla del Forno – Push On [Kallista]
8: King Princess – 1950 [Zelig]
9: Hannah Epperson – Iodine (Amelia) [Listenrecords]
10: Ana Roxanne – Immortality [Leaving]
11: Immaculate Machine – Blinding Light [Mint]
