Number Five: Cory Wong & Dirty Loops – Turbo VIDEO
Number Four: Valtozash – Boiling Solitude VIDEO Boiling Solitude is an astonishingly solid album from all points of view!
Number Three: Krokofant – Fifth VIDEO Fifth , we get some of the more driving fusion out there, yet the album is filled with atmospheres and instrumental meanderings that mean you never have a second to grow bored!
Number Two: Eishan Ensemble – Project مثنوی VIDEO Project مثنوی —Masnavi—is the band’s 2021 release. Thanks to various traditional instruments and a solid grasp of musical theory—both from Persian tradition and modern jazz harmony—the album is absolutely solid and manages to create a very unique atmosphere.
Number One: Shubh Saran – Inglish VIDEO Hmayra , which is also incredibly satisfying. Inglish will get you grooving, thinking, and dreaming.
Notable Releases Hover over foreign scripts for pronunciation and romanization.
Friday, 8 January Kari Ikonen – Impressions, Improvisations, and Compositions 38:21Finland
Tracklist (click to display)
1. Imprologue [0:01:25]
2. Maqtu’ah on Maqam Rast [0:04:24]
3. Pinocchio [0:03:15]
4. Rausch [0:01:54]
5. Taqsim on Maqam Saba [0:04:44]
6. Blue [0:02:26]
7. Violet [0:01:22]
8. Koto [0:05:00]
9. Oppressive [0:01:31]
10. Three-Chord Blues [0:02:24]
11. Trance Oriental [0:04:47]
12. The Evergreen Earth [0:05:23]
Friday, 22 January አዝማሪ – سماعي 43:34Ghent, Belgium
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Tracklist (click to display) 1. Zegiyitwali [01:59]
2. Cosmic Masadāni [04:12]
3. Kamilari [04:35]
4. Kugler [04:55]
5. Tariq Al Sahara [05:34]
6. Azalaï [05:21]
7. Fat Ari [05:38]
8. Kadiköy [09:03]
9. Doni [02:17]
Thursday, 18 March Mono Neon – Supermane 23:15Memphis, Tennessee
Tracklist (click to display) 1. Just Gettin’ High, Just Gettin’ By [02:16]
2. Invisible [04:07]
3. We Somebody Y’all [03:10]
4. Grandma’s House (feat. Mr. Talkbox) [02:59]
5. The Crop (feat. WAX) [02:06]
6. Done With The B-S (feat. Ledisi) [03:01]
7. Fartin’ All Ova The World [02:31]
8. Supermane (feat. Kirk Whalum) [03:05]
Friday, 9 April Damon Locks & Black Monument Ensemble – Now 30:30Chicago, Illinois
Tracklist (click to display) 1. Now (Forever Momentary Space) [07:05]
2. The People vs The Rest of Us [03:34]
3. Keep Your Mind Free [05:54]
4. Barbara Jones-Hogu and Elizabeth Catlett Discuss Liberation [01:55]
5. Movement And You [01:38]
6. The Body Is Electric [10:24]
Friday, 23 April Cody Carpenter – Memories and Dreams 46:15Los Angeles, California
Tracklist (click to display) 1. Attract Mode [03:36]
2. Kindness of the Goddess [05:34]
3. Daybreak [04:09]
4. Depth [01:24]
5. Sleight of Hand [03:49]
6. Oppression [04:19]
7. Brave the Living Labyrinth [05:24]
8. Null [01:15]
9. Slag of Heart [03:55]
10. Dimensional Crossings [08:18]
11. The Grind [04:32]
Friday, 7 May Eishan Ensemble – Project مثنوی 38:58Sydney, Australia
Tracklist (click to display) 1. Aflak [07:08]
2. Fate is Contradictory [05:40]
3. Lost in Flight [07:53]
4. Shiraz [03:44]
5. En Route to Balkh [03:38]
6. Not Really [06:42]
7. Invisible Tarab [04:13]
Thursday, 3 June The Jac – Walking Spirits 34:41Wellington, New Zealand
Tracklist (click to display) 1. Walking Spirits [08:28]
2. Epoch I – Dawn [08:34]
3. Epoch III – Demise [04:19]
4. Hymn for 51 [04:49]
5. Hero’s Theme [08:31]
Friday, 11 Aman Jagwani – This Place 41:15Mumbai, India
Tracklist (click to display)
1. This Place (feat. Milena Casado) [0:06:04]
2. Elastic Slumber (feat. Jason Palmer) [0:07:13]
3. Palm Tree (feat. Ron Cha & Anurag Naidu) [0:05:14]
4. Rain On My Shelter (feat. Trace Zacur) [0:03:55]
5. Glow (feat. Jonathan Huber & Ron Cha) [0:06:19]
6. Now (feat. Ron Cha & Pritesh Walia) [0:06:42]
7. Breakthrough (feat. Ron Cha) [0:05:58]
Friday, 25 June Julian Siegel – Tales from the Jacquard 75:04London, UK
Tracklist (click to display) 1. Tales From The Jacquard (part 1) [07:02]
2. Tales From The Jacquard (part 2) [06:30]
3. Tales from The Jacquard (part 3) [17:46]
4. Blues [07:50]
5. Song [08:47]
6. The Missing Link [10:03]
7. The Goose [10:21]
8. Fantasy in D [06:41]
Thursday, 1 July John McLaughlin – Liberation Time 36:55Monaco
Tracklist (click to display) 1. As the Spirit Sings [05:21]
2. Singing our Secrets [05:05]
3. Lockdown Blues [07:13]
4. Mila Repa [02:28]
5. Right Here, Right Now, Right On [07:22]
6. Shade of Blue [01:37]
7. Liberation Time [07:49]
Monday, 19 Tessitura – Tessitura 33:08Austin, Texas
Tracklist (click to display) 1. Retrogress [04:48]
2. Chimes [04:12]
3. Quarterback Johnny [04:15]
4. Separate Skies [04:10]
5. Drifting Dreams [04:38]
6. Sultry [02:52]
7. Dreary Wednesday [04:25]
8. Goldie’s Farm [03:48]
Friday, 23 July Snazzback – In the Place 54:23Bristol, UK
Tracklist (click to display) 1. Alice ft. China Bowls [06:01]
2. Drunq Choirs [01:45]
3. Ponder ft. Solomon OB [02:19]
4. Reading [10:05]
5. Whirlpools ft. STANLÆY [01:19]
6. Triangle [10:07]
7. Grook ft. China Bowls (Album Version) [02:26]
8. The Hub [02:17]
9. 3 Kings [01:29]
10. YumYum ft. China Bowls (Album Version) [07:14]
11. Snazzual ft. Soss [01:41]
12. BST ft. China Bowls [07:40]
Tuesday, 31 August The Ranch – Together to Get Here to Get Here Together 50:57Malta
Tracklist (click to display) 1. Penguins Of The Caribbean [03:36]
2. Cannonball [04:25]
3. Party Island [04:17]
4. Child [04:41]
5. Molly [04:24]
6. We Are Who We Are [06:15]
7. Mysterious Star [05:05]
8. The Storm [04:27]
9. May Contain Nuts [04:06]
10. Red Sky [05:39]
11. Once Again For The Very First Time [04:02]
Friday, 3 September Cory Wong & Dirty Loops – Turbo 29:05International
Tracklist (click to display) 1. Follow The Light [04:04]
2. Turbo [04:05]
3. Ring Of Saturn [04:00]
4. Hardtop [03:28]
5. Hästråtta [04:06]
6. Thriller [04:50]
7. ZAP [04:36]
Friday, 10 Krokofant – Fifth 39:12Norway
Tracklist (click to display)
1. Watcher Of The Fries [0:07:40]
2. Big Heavy Thing [0:10:33]
3. Five Flat Pennies [0:09:03]
4. Pretty Frypan [0:12:04]
Saturday, 25 September Mehdi Nabti & Prototype – Codes sources : une application musicale de la géomancie 45:33Montréal, Québec
Tracklist (click to display) 1. Anzar [02:43]
2. Barca [04:47]
3. Beneharo [04:06]
4. Chronos [04:57]
5. Dihya [06:18]
6. Gurzil [05:20]
7. Lerna [04:52]
8. Mencey [04:32]
9. Teryel [03:09]
10. Tin Hinan [05:00]
Friday, 8 October Kate Pass’s Kohesia Ensemble – Silver Lining 55:59Perth, Australia
Tracklist (click to display) 1. Black Mountain [04:18]
2. Golden Crown [06:45]
3. Little Black Fish [04:35]
4. Silver Lining [06:46]
5. Follow the Rain [02:08]
6. Edge of Reason [06:25]
7. Listening to Trees [07:44]
8. Shifting Sands [06:39]
9. Nava [05:34]
10. Silver Lining (Radio Edit) [05:05]
Friday, 29 Levitation Orchestra – Illusions & Realities 66:35London, UK
Tracklist (click to display) 1. Life Is Suffering / Send And Receive Love Only [06:30]
2. Listen To Her [12:10]
3. Spiral (Die, Die, Die) [04:14]
4. Delusion [08:41]
5. Child: Part I [03:51]
6. Child: Part II [03:06]
7. Child: Part III [03:44]
8. Child: Part IV [08:03]
9. Between Shadows [06:23]
10. Many In Body, One In Mind [09:53]
Shubh Saran – Inglish 37:22New York, New York
Tracklist (click to display)
1. Enculture [0:05:00]
2. intra [0:05:04]
3. postradition [0:04:08]
4. Ring Hunting [0:04:23]
5. Terai 1911 [0:01:18]
6. the Other [0:03:23]
7. There Across The Ocean [0:03:44]
8. remember to come home soon [0:03:28]
9. MOS [0:02:23]
10. Mother Tongue Influence [0:04:46]
Friday, 12 November Irreversible Entanglements – Open the Gates 73:40Chicago, Illinois
Tracklist (click to display) 1. Open the Gates [02:39]
2. Keys to Creation [13:41]
3. Lágrimas Del Mar [08:03]
4. Storm Came Twice [07:20]
5. Water Meditation [20:39]
6. Six Sounds [10:30]
7. The Port Remembers [10:48]
Milton Man Gogh – The Great Reset 24:32Brisbane, Australia
Tracklist (click to display) 1. 3 Action Formula [04:45]
2. Youth Is Wasted On The Young [05:07]
3. See You Round The Traps [04:34]
4. The Great Reset (Part 1) [03:08]
5. The Great Reset (Part 2) [06:58]
Valtozash – Boiling Solitude 38:11Brisbane City, Australia
Tracklist (click to display) 1. Stefulj [08:17]
2. Boiling Solitude [07:37]
3. Too Many Eggs, Too Many Baskets [05:30]
4. Children of Fuel [00:35]
5. Witness Me [06:47]
6. Pedalling E [09:25]
Sunday, 14 Młyn – Folwark 39:46Wrocław, Poland
Tracklist (click to display) 1. Jaz [07:30]
2. Tajfun [06:09]
3. Półpasiec [05:16]
4. Folwark [06:28]
5. Księciunio [05:01]
6. Szklarz [09:22]
Friday, 19 Ghost Rhythms – Spectral Music 73:56France
Tracklist (click to display) 1. Parapente • Paraglider [03:39]
2. Thoughtography • Thoughtography [06:12]
3. Odradek • Odradek [06:40]
4. Le Mont Marsal • Mount Marsal [09:52]
5. À Distance • A Distance [01:36]
6. Spectral Music, 1 • Spectral Music, 1 [10:38]
7. Vie de Wyatt Hopper • The Life of Wyatt Hopper [01:39]
8. Spectral Music, 2 • Spectral Music, 2 [07:55]
9. L’Autre Versant • The Other Side [09:25]
10. Uchimizu • Uchimizu [07:56]
11. Tumulte Opaque • Opaque Uproar [08:24]
Malstrom – Klaus-Dieter 39:29Osnabrück, Germany
Tracklist (click to display) 1. Flerminger [05:55]
2. Tinder: Zu Vino sag ich nie no. Achso und übrigens: Ich reise gerne. [03:31]
3. Klaus Dieter ist verwirrt [02:01]
4. Schnee im Sommer. Oder: Musik ist auch immer Ausdruck meines Konsumverhaltens. [05:22]
5. Die Maskenpflicht-Verweigerer-Inzidenz-Befürworter-Lockdown-AHA-Glauben-Zweifel-Strategie [04:32]
6. Matthiasbrücke [01:20]
7. Somnambulismus ist die neue Work-Life-Balance [04:57]
8. Pumpen mit Klumpen [01:16]
9. Klaus Dieter geht baden [03:51]
10. Smurfbrett [06:44]
Red Kite – Apophenian Bliss 49:33Norway
Tracklist (click to display) 1. Astrology (The One True Science) [03:37]
2. This Immortal Coil [08:24]
3. Apophenia [08:45]
4. Red Kite Flight [05:53]
5. Morrasol [11:07]
6. Sleep Tight [05:59]
7. Feet Don’t Fail Me Now (Bonus Track) [05:48]
Wednesday, 24 Giuseppe Malinconico – Up for Play! 34:55Vicenza, Italy
Tracklist (click to display) 1. Prelude – Get In! [01:04]
2. Am I a Bitch? [04:21]
3. Interlude – All I Can Do [00:47]
4. Polychrome [06:38]
5. The Tramp [07:19]
6. Interlude – What’s the Problem? [01:19]
7. Fortitude [05:57]
8. Interlude – Get to the Bottom [00:50]
9. Moody Games [06:40]
Friday, 26 November Ivo Neame – Glimpses of Truth 40:12London, UK
Tracklist (click to display) 1. The Rise of the Lizard People [06:18]
2. Strega [05:03]
3. Broken Brains [05:04]
4. Phasing Song [08:07]
5. Persevere Part 1 [05:56]
6. Persevere Part 2 [05:36]
7. Ghostly Figure [04:08]
Friday, 3 December The Physics House Band – Incident on 3rd 53:32England, UK
Tracklist (click to display) 1. Drifter [04:54]
2. Incident On 3rd [03:10]
3. Melting Through Midtown [06:31]
4. Sounding Of The Dawn [05:50]
5. Drug Store [05:28]
6. Big Six [05:56]
7. Swansong [04:30]
8. La Croix Electrique [07:07]
9. Club Quarters [04:37]
10. Inner City Rumination [05:29]
Friday, 10 December שַׁי חַזָּן – Reclusive Rituals 24:24Tel Aviv Yafo, Israel
Tracklist (click to display) 1. Deloop [02:54]
2. Pink Collar [03:04]
3. 123 Birds [03:41]
4. Basquiat [03:17]
5. Guimbri Retreat [02:36]
6. Bob Dealer [02:40]
7. Afrobeatz [03:37]
8. Remove the Talk [02:35]
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