Experimental musicians and sound artists discuss the albums that are important to them. A bi-weekly podcast from ATTN:Magazine.
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Shooting a shotgun at a water tower, textural amalgams on the Silk Road, kindness in music. The LA-based musician discusses three important albums. Dustin's picks: Motohiko Hamase – Reminiscence Steve Shehan – Arrows goo age – Open Zone Dustin's recent pleasures: Co La – Moody Coup Lucy Liyou – Every Video Without Your Face, Every Sound Without You…
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The flesh and bone of synthesis, all the power in one drum, great songs with shit mixes. The Réunion island-based electronic maloya producer discusses three important albums. Jako's picks: Danyel Waro – Batarsité Patrick Manent – Kozmann ker EPROM – Halflife Jako's new album is called Mahavélouz and it's out on Nyege Nyege Tapes. Check it out here…
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One-take to tape, eternal red-lining, escaping the concert hall. The Tiohtià:ke/Montréal-based maker of concrète electronic tape music discusses three important albums. Jeremy's picks: Magnolia Electric Co. – Josephine Baby Huey – The Baby Huey Story: The Living Legend Luc Ferrari – Presque Rien A record Jeremy's been recently enjoying: iPhupho L'k…
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#179: Rich Loren Balling (Pyramids)
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1:09:54Tascam masterpieces, deadly post-show oil slick, the cult of personality. The member of black metal/shoegaze band Pyramids discusses three important albums. Rich's picks: Lifelover – Pulver Elliott Smith – XO Ink & Dagger – The Fine Art Of Original Sin The new Pyramids album is called Pythagoras and it's out now on The Flenser. Check it out on Band…
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Methodical and playful, the Radigue over your shoulder, one riff played well. Sound artist and musician Robbie Judkins discusses three important albums. Robbie's picks: Black To Comm – Alphabet 1968 Èliane Radigue – Jetsun Mila Lungfish – Artificial Horizon Robbie's latest album, Every Movement, is out now on Brachliegen Tapes. Find Robbie on Cargo…
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Sound through helium, medieval flute on a hill, puncturing the tension. The Berlin-based producer and musician discusses three important albums. Tim's picks: Second Woman – S/W Kara-Lis Coverdale – A 480 The Hilliard Ensemble – Perotin Tim's new album, Trill Scan, is out now on Constellation. You can also check it out on Tim's bandcamp. His website…
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Pieces of life, countryside backpack diffusions, noisy-distorted-no-wave-crazy-guitar. The Paris-based guitarist discusses three important albums. Nina's picks: Gastr Del Sol – Upgrade & Afterlife Géométries – Nebuloasa Officine – S/T (2E) Nina's new album, Bye Bye Bird, is out now on Ideologic Organ. Check it out on Bandcamp. Nina is also on Insta…
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Elegant and effusive, timeless eternities, bulky sounds. The Brussels-based sound artist and composer discusses three important albums. Liew's picks: Susan Alcorn – Soledad David Behrman – Leapday Night Portishead – Third Liew's latest album is titled In All Possible Places At Once, released on Chinabot. Check it out here. Liew's website is here. D…
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Hunting for errors, the lesson in Queens, massive dub sound systems, peripheral vibes. Simon Grab and David Meier discuss four important albums. Simon's picks: Dhangsha – Broadcast Signal Intrusion DJ K – PANICO NO SUBMUNDO David's picks: Tyshawn Sorey – that / not Alice Coltrane – Journey In Satchidananda Simon and David's collaborative album is t…
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3am Vegas haze, inappropriate wedding songs, coffee shop intensity vortex. The host of Crucial Listening discusses three important albums. Jack's picks: R.E.M. – Automatic For The People Baby Dee – Love's Small Song JUNKO / SACHIKO – Vasilisa The Beautiful I'll be back with a guest next time. Thank you so much for all your support, I'm grateful! Do…
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Sound as living entity, eating your greens, divinity and dedication. The Berlin-based, Mexican multimedia artist and DJ discusses three important albums. Daniela's picks: Éliane Radigue – Trilogie de la Mort Coil – Musick To Play In The Dark Vol 1 / Vol 2 Alice Coltrane – Eternity Daniela Huerta's solo debut album, Soplo, is out now on Elevator Bat…
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Rothko croissants, records like old trees, cave-age slowcore. The French musician and artist discusses three important albums. Félicia's picks: Morton Feldman – Rothko Chapel | Why Patterns? Robert Ashley – Private Parts Low – I Could Live In Hope Félicia's latest album, Space As An Instrument, is out now on Shelter Press. Check it out here. Her we…
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Socialist pop music, the control of the clock, the beautiful digital. The Hailuoto, Finland-based artist and poemproducer discusses three important albums. Antye's picks: Silly – Mont Klamott BLACK QUANTUM FUTURISM – Waiting Time/Weighting/Wading Time: On Juneteenth, Watch Night, Freedom’s Eve, and Emancipation Day Helena Gough – With What Re…
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Mad standards, worst planet ever, fire in a pet shop. The improvising pianist discusses three important albums. Pat's picks: Ahmed Abdul-Malik – Nights On Saturn The Music Improvisation Company – S/T Sun Ra – The Magic City Pat has a new solo electronics record out now on 577 Records, titled This Is Trick Step. Check that out here. Pat is also on I…
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Clarity and self-indulgence, the end of history, awakening the ear. The philosopher and artist discusses three important albums. Miguel's picks: Nico – Nico's Last Concert "Fata Morgana" Scott Walker – Tilt Maryanne Amacher – Sound Characters (Making The Third Ear) The new Nzʉmbe album, "Ardor or Entropy", is out now on Drowned By Locals. Check it …
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Nothing but blancmange, beautiful death-adjacency, laughing through the discomfort. The vocalist of Buñuel and the late Oxbow discusses three important albums. Eugene's picks: Johnny Hartman – The Voice That Is! Billie Holiday – Lady In Satin Arthur Prysock – Compact Jazz The new Buñuel album, Mansuetude, is out now on Overdrive/Skingraft. Check it…
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Small music, the lazy way of listening, the motor of collaboration. The Tokyo-born, Düsseldorf-based musician discusses three important albums. Miki's picks: Rolf Julius – Music For A Distance Eliane Radigue – Vice Versa, etc. Jean-Yves Bosseur – Musique Vertes Miki's new album, As If, is out now on Hallow Ground. Check it out on Bandcamp. Miki's w…
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No kick drum, three sounds and humour, the power of multidirectional expression. The Hungarian electronic producer discusses three important albums. Gábor's picks: Nicron – Transfer Completed (Youtube link) Errorsmith – 2 AGF – Westernization Completed Gábor's new album is called Reflex, and it's out now on Raster. Check it out on Bandcamp or over …
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Perfect trumpet voice, music as prayer, Ben Monder's right hand. The improviser and songwriter discusses three important albums. Wendy's picks: Mary Lou Williams – Black Christ Of The Andes Robert Wyatt – Old Rottenhat Theo Bleckmann And Ben Monder – No Boat Wendy's new album, Viewfinder, is out now on American Dreams. Check it out on Wendy's Bandc…
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Noisy artefact discovery, spilling soft toys at the parade, heartbroken AI minds. The Swiss-Philippine composer and musician discusses three important albums. Annie's picks: Eliane Radigue – Trilogie de la Mort Charlemagne Palestine – Jamaica Heinekens In Brooklyn Holly Herndon – PROTO Annie's debut solo album, It's Not Quiet In The Void, is out no…
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IBM 7090 hypnosis, black jeans on the beach, music for crying and driving. The Venezuelan experimental musician and writer discusses three important albums. Carlos' picks: Horacio Vaggione – La Maquina De Cantar Pita – Get Out Low – Double Negative Carlos' new album, Dream Walker, is out now on Ideologic Organ. Check it out on the Ideologic website…
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Isolation and electroacoustics, listening and openness, putting rock into the coffin. The artist, musician and theorist discusses three important albums. Mattin's picks: Roberta Settels – Isolation! Meinhof In Memoriam AMM – The Crypt Lou Reed & Metallica – Lulu Mattin's new album, Expanding Concert (Lisboa 2019-2023), is out now. Check it out here…
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#160: Brian Cook (Sumac, Russian Circles, Botch)
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1:34:45Proto-disco black hole disintegration, leaving in the flubs, "Shake Your Hips" at number 3. The American bassist discusses three important albums. Brian's picks: Can – Soon Over Babaluma His Hero Is Gone – Fifteen Counts Of Arson The Rolling Stones – Exile On Main St. The new Sumac album is called The Healer, and it's out now on Thrill Jockey. Chec…
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Life 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 …
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Making 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 …
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Fountains 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…
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Dizzy 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 A…
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Obstetric 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. D…
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Train 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…
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Aggressive 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 s…
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Black 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 c…
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#151: Sara Bigdeli Shamloo (9T Antiope)
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1:07:23Cathartic 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 A…
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Voice 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 …
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Driving 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 Eva…
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Caught 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…
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Post-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]…
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The 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"…
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Slowing 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 T…
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Mellow 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 o…
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Weird 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 Ou…
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High-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 Drago…
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Emotional 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 …
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Architectural 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 S…
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Light 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…
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(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…
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The 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 o…
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Digging 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 …
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Music 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…
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The 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 T…
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Phytoplankton 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…
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