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#129: Mira Martin-Gray

Crucial Listening - May 20, 2023 06:00 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 27 ratings
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 – Se...

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#128: Liturgy

Crucial Listening - May 06, 2023 06:00 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 27 ratings
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 ...

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#127: Ibukun Sunday

Crucial Listening - April 22, 2023 06:00 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 27 ratings
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 – c...

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#126: Fire-Toolz

Crucial Listening - April 08, 2023 06:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 27 ratings
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 some...

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#125: Babak Ahteshamipour

Crucial Listening - March 25, 2023 06:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 27 ratings
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 Flav...

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#124: Kalia Vandever

Crucial Listening - March 11, 2023 06:00 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 27 ratings
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...

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#123: Anton Newcombe (The Brian Jonestown Massacre)

Crucial Listening - February 25, 2023 06:00 - 57 minutes ★★★★★ - 27 ratings
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 Sin...

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#122: Sham-e-Ali Nayeem

Crucial Listening - February 11, 2023 06:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 27 ratings
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 v...

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#121: Colin Stetson

Crucial Listening - January 28, 2023 06:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 27 ratings
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 Squar...

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#120: Xhosa Cole

Crucial Listening - January 14, 2023 06:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 27 ratings
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...

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#119: Yara Asmar

Crucial Listening - December 31, 2022 06:00 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 27 ratings
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...

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#118: More Eaze

Crucial Listening - December 17, 2022 06:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 27 ratings
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 n...

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#117: Phillip Golub

Crucial Listening - December 03, 2022 06:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 27 ratings
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 V...

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#116: Julian Sartorius + Feldermelder

Crucial Listening - November 19, 2022 06:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 27 ratings
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 ...

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#115: Elif Yalvaç

Crucial Listening - November 05, 2022 06:00 - 59 minutes ★★★★★ - 27 ratings
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,...

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#114: Hatis Noit

Crucial Listening - October 22, 2022 06:00 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 27 ratings
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....

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#113: Greg Anderson (The Lord, Sunn O))), Goatsnake)

Crucial Listening - October 08, 2022 06:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 27 ratings
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 th...

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#112: Ami Dang

Crucial Listening - September 24, 2022 06:00 - 57 minutes ★★★★★ - 27 ratings
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'...

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#111: Laurie Tompkins

Crucial Listening - September 10, 2022 06:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 27 ratings
Brazen 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 Sprin...

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#110: Rocio Zavala

Crucial Listening - August 27, 2022 06:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 27 ratings
Raga 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 199...

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#109: Jenny Berger Myhre

Crucial Listening - August 13, 2022 06:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 27 ratings
Haunting organs, sitting inside tape loops, endless questions. The Oslo-based multidisciplinary artist discusses three important albums. Jenny's picks: Henning Christiansen –  Op. 50 Requiem Of Art (Aus "Celtic") Fluxorum Organum II Robert Ashley – Private Parts Lost Girls –  Mennesk...

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#108: Chloe Alexandra Thompson

Crucial Listening - July 30, 2022 06:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 27 ratings
Feedback as praxis, weird fragments, the first true drone show. The Cree, Canadian, interdisciplinary artist and sound designer discusses three important albums. Chloe's picks: Les Rallizes Denudes – Mizutani Coil – Backwards (Demos) Phill Niblock – Music Chloe's new album, They Can...

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#107: Cremation Lily

Crucial Listening - July 16, 2022 06:00 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 27 ratings
Black metal vs Aphex Twin, sad tape loops, the best screamo of all time. The UK-based artist and multi-instrumentalist discusses three important albums. Zen's picks: The Appleseed Cast – Low Level Owl, Vol. 1 Welcome The Plague Year – S/T Everyday Loneliness – Appropriation Cremation...

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#106: MC Dälek

Crucial Listening - July 02, 2022 06:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 27 ratings
Earth-shifting philosophies, wordless shoegaze treasures, cinematic heartache. The MC and producer discusses three important albums. Will's picks: Boogie Down Productions – Criminal Minded / By All Means Necessary All Natural Lemon & Lime Flavors – Turning Into Small Tom Petty – Wildf...

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#105: Avola

Crucial Listening - June 18, 2022 06:00 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 27 ratings
Septic-tank-prog roadtrips, poop jokes written backwards, a literal anvil. The Oregon-based composer, multimedia artist, instructor and champion of friendship discusses three important albums. Vern's picks: Yes – Fragile Pamelia Kurstin – Thinking Out Loud Harvey Milk – My Love Is Hig...

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#104: Maria Moles

Crucial Listening - June 04, 2022 06:00 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 27 ratings
A weaving of voices, moments of pure connection, sibling influences. The Narrm/Melbourne-based drummer and composer discusses three important albums. Maria's picks: The Necks – Open Alice Coltrane – Journey In Satchidananda Tyondai Braxton – HIVE1 Maria's new album For Leolanda is ou...

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#103: Hinako Omori

Crucial Listening - May 21, 2022 06:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 27 ratings
Myspace discoveries, kaleidoscopic sonics, the beam shining through. The Yokohama-born, London-based producer discusses three important albums. Hinako's picks: The Knife – Silent Shout Linda Perhacs – Parallelograms Beverly Glenn-Copeland – Keyboard Fantasies Hinako Omori's new album...

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#102: Biliana Voutchkova

Crucial Listening - May 07, 2022 06:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 27 ratings
Reaching beyond our world, the thing in all its magnificence, the butterfly on your hand. The violinist, composer, improviser and interdisciplinary artist discusses three important albums. Biliana's picks: Sofia Gubaidulina – Offertorium Frances-Marie Uitti – Utopian Spaces Rhodri Dav...

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#101: Stefano Pilia

Crucial Listening - April 23, 2022 06:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 27 ratings
Divine possession, accessing a communal psyche, opening quantum windows. The guitar player and electroacoustic composer discusses three important albums. Stefano's picks: Franco Battiato – La voce del Padrone Loren Connors – Sails Bernard Parmegiani – De Natura Sonorum Stefano's new ...

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#100: Yiorgis Sakellariou

Crucial Listening - April 09, 2022 06:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 27 ratings
Mum meets the Beatles, live environment failures, waves of transformative energy. The composer of experimental and electroacoustic music discusses three important albums. Yiorgis' picks: The Beatles – 20 Greatest Hits Iannis Xenakis – La Légende d'Eer Swans – The Glowing Man Yiorgis'...

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