Crucial Listening
159 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 4 hours ago - ★★★★★ - 27 ratingsExperimental musicians and sound artists discuss the albums that are important to them. A bi-weekly podcast from ATTN:Magazine.
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#159: Tashi Wada
July 13, 2024 06:00 - 1 hour - 143 MBLife 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 Tashi's new album, What Is Not Strange?, is out now on RVNG Intl. Check it out here. Tashi is also on Instagram and X. Donate to Cru...
#158: Jennifer Walshe
June 29, 2024 06:00 - 57 minutes - 133 MBMaking 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 label Blue Chopsticks. Check it out on Bandcamp. Jennifer's website is here and she's on X as @JenniferWalshe. Donate to Crucial List...
#157: Nicole Rampersaud
June 15, 2024 06:00 - 49 minutes - 114 MBFountains 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 on Bandcamp. Find all of Nicole's other links (socials, website) right here. Donate to Crucial Listening on Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com...
#156: Michelle Moeller
June 01, 2024 06:00 - 1 hour - 148 MBDizzy 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 AKP Recordings. Check it out on Bandcamp. Her website is here and she's also on Instagram. Donate to Crucial Listening on Ko-fi: http...
#155: Adam Wiltzie
May 18, 2024 06:00 - 1 hour - 159 MBObstetric 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. Donate to Crucial Listening on Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/cruciallistening
#154: Kenneth Kirschner
May 04, 2024 06:00 - 1 hour - 179 MBTrain 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) Kenneth's new album, Three Cellos, is the first instalment in Greyfade's FOLIO series: a hardcover book and a high resolution downlo...
#153: Madeleine Cocolas
April 20, 2024 06:00 - 1 hour - 180 MBAggressive 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 she's also Instagram. Donate to Crucial Listening on Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/cruciallistening
#152: Black Brunswicker
April 06, 2024 06:00 - 58 minutes - 135 MBBlack 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 can hear several tracks over on the Black Brunswicker bandcamp, and also see a couple of official videos over on Youtube. Ethan is also...
#151: Sara Bigdeli Shamloo (9T Antiope)
March 23, 2024 06:00 - 1 hour - 154 MBCathartic 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 American Dreams. Check it out here. 9T Antiope is on Twitter. Sara is on Twitter and Instagram. Donate to Crucial Listening on Ko-fi:...
#150: Dis Fig
March 09, 2024 06:00 - 1 hour - 162 MBVoice 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 and Soundcloud. The Body and Dis Fig will debut the collaboration at this year's Supersonic Festival in Birmingham UK, which runs 30...
#149: Mark Sanders
February 24, 2024 06:00 - 1 hour - 138 MBDriving 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 Evan Parker's 80th birthday residency at Cafe Oto, for which Mark has prepared a four-part percussion group. Mark's website is here. Don...
#148: Rosa Anschütz
February 10, 2024 06:00 - 1 hour - 179 MBCaught 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 Bandcamp. Rosa's website is here. She's also on Instagram. Donate to Crucial Listening on Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/cruciallistening...
#147: francisco lópez
January 27, 2024 06:00 - 1 hour - 172 MBPost-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]. His website is here. Donate to Crucial Listening on Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/cruciallistening
#146: Dhangsha
January 13, 2024 06:00 - 1 hour - 183 MBThe 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" is over here. Dhangsha plays London's Cafe Oto on 24th January, and Electric Spring festival in Huddersfield on 17th February. Donat...
#145: hyacinth.
December 30, 2023 06:00 - 1 hour - 155 MBSlowing 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 Twitter – @hyacinthindecay. Donate to Crucial Listening on Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/cruciallistening
#144: Fortresses
December 16, 2023 06:00 - 1 hour - 138 MBMellow 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 or over at Dragon's Eye Recordings. He's also on Instagram. Donate to Crucial Listening on Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/cruciallistening ...
#143: Jessica Pavone
December 02, 2023 06:00 - 52 minutes - 120 MBWeird 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 Out Of Your Head Records. Her website is here. Donate to Crucial Listening on Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/cruciallistening
#142: Dorian Wood
November 18, 2023 06:00 - 1 hour - 167 MBHigh-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 Dragon's Eye Recordings. Check it out on Bandcamp. Dorian's website is here. Donate to Crucial Listening on Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/cruci...
#141: aircode
November 04, 2023 06:00 - 55 minutes - 127 MBEmotional 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 Gin&Platonic. Check it out on Bandcamp. Aircode is on Bandcamp and Instagram. Donate to Crucial Listening on Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com...
#140: Lucie Vítková
October 21, 2023 06:00 - 1 hour - 170 MBArchitectural 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 Skupina. Lucie's website is here. Follow them on Instagram. Donate to Crucial Listening on Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/cruciallistening ...
#139: Ava Rasti
October 07, 2023 06:00 - 26 minutes - 24.2 MBLight 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 also on Instagram and X. Donate to Crucial Listening on Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/cruciallistening
#138: Hyunhye Seo
September 23, 2023 06:00 - 1 hour - 149 MB(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. Donate to Crucial Listening on Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/cruciallistening
#137: Babe, Terror
September 09, 2023 06:00 - 1 hour - 194 MBThe 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 on the Babe, Terror Bandcamp. Head over to the Babe, Terror Youtube to see videos for each track on the new record. Check out the Babe...
#136: Arnold Dreyblatt
August 26, 2023 06:00 - 47 minutes - 110 MBDigging 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 Dreyblatt & The Orchestra of Excited Strings, titled Resolve, is out now on Drag City. Check it out here. Here's Arnold's website and ...
#135: Taylor Deupree
August 12, 2023 06:00 - 1 hour - 156 MBMusic 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 on Instagram and X. Donate to Crucial Listening on Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/cruciallistening
#134: Joni Void
July 29, 2023 06:00 - 1 hour - 92.3 MBThe 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 The new Joni Void album, Everyday Is The Song, is out now on Constellation. Check it out here. Joni Void is on Instagram and Twitter. ...
#133: Bana Haffar
July 15, 2023 06:00 - 1 hour - 144 MBPhytoplankton 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's bandcamp here. Bana's website is actually a Google sheet, and you check that out here. She's also on Instagram. Donate to Crucial...
#132: Sabiwa
July 01, 2023 06:00 - 51 minutes - 118 MBSunday 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 Landscapes, is out now on Phantom Limb. Sabiwa is on Instagram. Donate to Crucial Listening on Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/cruciallistenin...
#131: Eluvium
June 19, 2023 06:46 - 55 minutes - 127 MBScared of the wolf, emotionally-resonant Eno, the 90s Louisville scene. Modern composer Matthew Cooper (aka Eluvium) discusses three important albums. Matthew's picks: Prokofiev (New Philharmonia Orchestra) – Peter And The Wolf (narrated by Richard Baker) Eno – Another Green World / Brian Eno – Discreet Music Rachel's – Music For Egon Schiele / Rachel's – The Sea And The Bells The new Eluvium album, (Whirring Marvels In) Consensus Reality, is available now. Eluvium also has a web...
#130: Rachel Lyn
June 03, 2023 06:00 - 1 hour - 139 MBOxfam 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 Imaginary World. Check it out here. Rachel is also on Instagram as @rachellynmademedoit. Donate to Crucial Listening on Ko-fi: https://ko-fi....
#129: Mira Martin-Gray
May 20, 2023 06:00 - 54 minutes - 126 MBVery 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-drifting. It's also on Mira's bandcamp. Her website is here. Donate to Crucial Listening on Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/cruciallistening ...
#128: Liturgy
May 06, 2023 06:00 - 52 minutes - 120 MBIn 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 Instagram and Twitter. Donate to Crucial Listening on Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/cruciallistening
#127: Ibukun Sunday
April 22, 2023 06:00 - 47 minutes - 108 MBSleepless 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. He's also on Instagram and Twitter. Donate to Crucial Listening on Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/cruciallistening
#126: Fire-Toolz
April 08, 2023 06:00 - 1 hour - 149 MBBeauty 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 out on Bandcamp. Fire-Toolz had a website and is also on Instagram and Twitter. Oh, and check this out – a video for "Above All Else I ...
#125: Babak Ahteshamipour
March 25, 2023 06:00 - 1 hour - 144 MBFishing 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 the accompanying virtual exhibition over on New Art City. Babak has a website and is on Instagram. Donate to Crucial Listening on ko-...
#124: Kalia Vandever
March 11, 2023 06:00 - 52 minutes - 120 MBNostalgia 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 Recordings. Kalia has a website here and is on Instagram. Donate to Crucial Listening on ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/cruciallistening ...
#123: Anton Newcombe (The Brian Jonestown Massacre)
February 25, 2023 06:00 - 57 minutes - 132 MBUncomfortable 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 album, The Future Is Your Past, is out now. Their website is here. Follow Anton on Instagram and Twitter. Donate to Crucial Listening o...
#122: Sham-e-Ali Nayeem
February 11, 2023 06:00 - 1 hour - 165 MBCommunal 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. Check it out here. She's got a website and is on Instagram. Donate to Crucial Listening on ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/cruciallistening ...
#121: Colin Stetson
January 28, 2023 06:00 - 1 hour - 138 MBRuinous 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. You can also grab it on Colin's Bandcamp. Colin's website is here. Donate to Crucial Listening on ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/cruciallist...
#120: Xhosa Cole
January 14, 2023 06:00 - 1 hour - 153 MBIntuitive 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 Listening on ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/cruciallistening
#119: Yara Asmar
December 31, 2022 06:00 - 50 minutes - 115 MBHeart 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 Records – check it out here. She's on Instagram – @microwave.blues. Donate to Crucial Listening on ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/cruciallisten...
#118: More Eaze
December 17, 2022 06:00 - 1 hour - 194 MBVisions 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 is on Instagram and Twitter.
#117: Phillip Golub
December 03, 2022 06:00 - 1 hour - 142 MBVocal 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 album, Filters, is out now via Greyfade. His website is here and he's on Instagram @phillipgolub.
#116: Julian Sartorius + Feldermelder
November 19, 2022 06:00 - 1 hour - 139 MBToo-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 checking are Feldermelder's new solo album, Euphoric Attempts, and Julian Sartorius' recent record Mux. Donate to Crucial Listening on k...
#115: Elif Yalvaç
November 05, 2022 06:00 - 59 minutes - 137 MBTim 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 here and she's also on Instagram. Donate to Crucial Listening on ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/cruciallistening
#114: Hatis Noit
October 22, 2022 06:00 - 51 minutes - 119 MBHarnessing 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 Crucial Listening on ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/cruciallistening
#113: Greg Anderson (The Lord, Sunn O))), Goatsnake)
October 08, 2022 06:00 - 1 hour - 195 MBHours 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 upcoming record Devotional with Petra Haden. Both are released on Southern Lord. Donate to Crucial Listening on ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/cru...
#112: Ami Dang
September 24, 2022 06:00 - 57 minutes - 132 MBSad 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 Records. Preview/pre-order on Bandcamp. Follow Ami on Instagram and check out her website. Donate to Crucial Listening on ko-fi: https:/...
#111: Laurie Tompkins
September 10, 2022 06:00 - 1 hour - 159 MBBrazen electronic keys, odes to the rig, ripping everything out. The UK composer and performer discusses three important albums. Laurie's picks: "Blue" Gene Tyranny – Out Of The Blue Improved Sound Limited – Road Trax Mica Levi – Blue Alibi Laurie released three new albums this Spring: Years Went By with Eliza McCarthy via Entr'acte, Fatty via 33-33 and Sharp Love Slow Faint on Hyperdelia. They're all on Laurie's Bandcamp too. His Instagram is here. Donate to Crucial Listening o...
#110: Rocio Zavala
August 27, 2022 06:00 - 1 hour - 160 MBRaga of the spine, stretched like honey dripping, body-recalibration drones. The Mexico-born, Chicago-based visual and sound artist discusses three important albums. Rocio's picks: Weyes Bluhd – Strange Chalices Of Seeing Carl Stone – Mom's David First – Privacy Issues (droneworks 1996 – 2009) Rocio's debut album, Invisible Miracles, is out now on Monastral. Check it out over here. Rocio has a website and is also on Instagram. Donate to Crucial Listening on ko-fi: https://ko-fi....