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Gorillaz – The Now Now (2018)
There was a time when Gorillaz seemed like the most exciting thing in pop music. Their self-titled debut and Demon Days spawned singles that became ubiquitous while not quite sounding like anything...
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Jazzanova – The Pool (2018)
…So goes the new double LP from German DJ collective Jazzanova. The group have produced their share of beauty over the years, via original recordings and remixes, but their connection to actual jazz...
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Alex Zhang Hungtai – Divine Weight (2018)
In 2014, Alex Zhang Hungtai put his Dirty Beaches project to sleep with an emotionally heavy final chapter, switching from dirty, lo-fi pop to expansive epics heavy on spiritual saxophone and viola. In...
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Kody Nielson – Birthday Suite (2018)
Kody Nielson‘s Birthday Suite consists of a dozen instrumentals named after his family members and written as themes for their respective birthdays. The songs are generally bright, upbeat, and...
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Topdown Dialectic – Topdown Dialectic (2018)
The Topdown Dialectic project lies at the intersection of clarity and obscurity. The clarity part is self-evident: Most of their rustling, swirling ambient techno has come out on clear cassettes...
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B. Fleischmann – Stop Making Fans (2018)
Bernhard Fleischmann‘s solo recordings have ranged from glitchy IDM instrumentals with post-rock guitars to longform electro-acoustic works recorded live in concert with guest musicians. His albums for...
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Coil – ELpH vs Coil: Worship the Glitch (1995, Remastered 2018)
Remastered by engineer Josh Bonati and supervised by Coil’s Drew McDowall. Officially, this is released by ELpH vs. Coil, which only makes sense since ELpH is in fact Coil, the name having been adopted...
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Varg – Nordic Flora Series Pt. 5: Crush (2018)
Gore-Tex City, the third volume of Varg‘s Nordic Flora series, underlined the contradictions of Jönas Ronnberg’s identity. While the Swedish producer was posting pictures of wads of cash and champagne...
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Goldfrapp – Silver Eye [Deluxe Edition] (2018)
Featuring the original album plus remixes of “Anymore” and “Systemagic” alongside two previously unreleased tracks (including a newly recorded version of “Ocean”). Given Goldfrapp’s fondness for...
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Bjørn Torske – Byen (2018)
While one might first think of artists like Lindstrøm, Todd Terje, and Prins Thomas when listing the leaders of Norwegian house and disco, that scene would not be nearly as grand without the work of...
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Suicideyear – Color the Weather (2018)
With Color the Weather, Suicideyear returns with his most mature work yet. The title comes from a children’s colouring competition held in the artist’s native Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The competition,...
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Slowly Rolling Camera – Juniper (2018)
If Slowly Rolling Camera isn’t already working on a film score or two, then some director somewhere is really missing out. The Welsh outfit occupies a beautifully lush spot in the music world at the...
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Ben Chatwin – Staccato Signals (2018)
For as long as there has been electronic music, there have been musicians determined to produce work that’s respected the way classical music is. Some go so far as to employ a proper orchestra, as...
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Gossamer – Imperishable (2018)
Like Gossamer‘s 2015 debut, Automaton, Imperishable is a short album that took several years to create, as the artist gathered sounds from around the world. This time out, however, he largely does...
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Kareem Lotfy – QTT10 (2018)
Kareem Lotfy had a visual art career before Kanye West allegedly stole his music. While exhibiting his work in Italy, Berlin and Los Angeles in the 2010s, he was also providing beats to other crossover...
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Pablo’s Eye – Bardo for Pablo (2018)
Reissue culture is a curious business. For every unnecessary major-label re-release that clogs up pressing plants around Record Store Day, there are artists who went largely unheard in their day who...
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Casino Versus Japan – Suicide By Sun (2018)
The guitar can do many things: unite the world, incite a riot or even melt faces with a good solo. But in the hands of Casino Versus Japan (aka Milwaukee’s Erik Kowalski), it becomes a tool for some of...
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OZMOTIC – Elusive Balance (2018)
This third album from Ozmotic (their first for the impressive Touch label) should have worked better than it does. It’s a high-concept effort built on a genuinely interesting idea. Execution is...
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Erik Wøllo – Threshold Point (2018)
If the emotional temperature seems high on Threshold Point, Norwegian sound artist Erik Wøllo‘s twenty-third album, there’s a good reason for it. Though much of it was composed in Norway, some of the...
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Hilde Marie Holsen – Lazuli (2018)
In May 2015, Norwegian trumpeter / soundscaper Hilde Marie Holsen released her debut recording, Ask, on the Hubro label, to glowing reviews, including an All About Jazz piece that described her as “a...
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