Best Releases of September
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Tuesday, 3 September
This Is Past – Esoteric Eclipse
€3 EUR
38:33
avant-garde black metal
Greece
Independent
Tracklist (click to display)1. The barren womb of the Moon [14:16]
2. Eternal nothingness [07:28]
3. The castration of the Sun [16:49]
Friday, 6
Aluk Todolo – Lūx
€7 EUR
39:20
blackened krautrock
Paris, France
No Ev Dia
Tracklist (click to display)1. ●●• [03:58]
2. ••●●••••●●•●● [09:36]
3. ●●•●●•• [06:20]
4. ••●●••• [06:18]
5. ●●•●●••••●●•• [06:30]
6. ••● [06:38]
Eccentric Pendulum – Perspectiva invertalis
$6.99 USD
37:43
progressive death metal
Bengaluru, Bharat
Subcontinental
Tracklist (click to display)1. Churning of the blood ocean [04:17]
2. In pretence (Feat. Hannes Grossmann) [04:50]
3. Encaged visions of the unobstructed [04:50]
4. Cyclic Vicissitude [05:20]
5. In exile [06:09]
6. Narcissistic Myopia [05:22]
7. Immersed In reverence [06:55]
Glacier – A Distant, Violent Shudder
$7 USD
46:24
post-metal
Boston, Massachusetts
Post
Tracklist (click to display)1. Grief Rolled in Like a Storm [13:20]
2. “The old timers said they’d never seen nothin’ like that” [09:35]
3. Distant-Violent [09:09]
4. “Sometimes it would be a week before we would see the sun” [02:22]
5. Sand Bitten Lungs [11:58]
Haasta – Gyddanyzc
€5 EUR
57:00
math rock
Gdańsk, Poland
Independent
Tracklist (click to display)1. Maguro [06:13]
2. Gyddanyzc [06:49]
3. Żuk [06:10]
4. Wiosenny [04:27]
5. The Long White Cloud [01:01]
6. Moa [04:55]
7. Dorożka [05:49]
8. Kurki [03:55]
9. Atlantis [04:59]
10. Spaceship [04:56]
11. Jellyfish [07:46]
جو بھی – قلب سليم
£10 GBP
58:52
world fusion
London, UK
Independent
Tracklist (click to display)1. Lahori Blues (Blues For Shorter) [07:26]
2. Chandrakauns [03:58]
3. Wings Of Submission [04:45]
4. Throwdown [05:45]
5. Raga Bairagi Todi [07:04]
6. Mingusderstood (Blues For Mingus) [04:38]
7. Soothing Mercy [06:35]
8. A Sound Heart [05:00]
9. Forgive Me [07:45]
10. Reflections Of God [05:56]
Korkoj – Ⅺ
€6 EUR
42:10
jazz fusion
Ernée, France
Baboon Fish
Tracklist (click to display)1. La Led [02:14]
2. La Rose Et Le Glaire [04:33]
3. Quand Harry Rencontre Barry [04:04]
4. Varice Des Champs [03:47]
5. La Solitude Du Roi [03:14]
6. Camion Benne [03:15]
7. Opercule Poirot [03:32]
8. Korkojazz [06:16]
9. Poirot [01:36]
10. Humphrey Bitume [04:00]
11. La Traversée Du Vide [05:39]
Papangu – Lampião rei
$7 USD
45:03
avant-prog
João Pessoa, Brazil
Independent
Tracklist (click to display)1. Acende a Luz: I. Alquimia [00:52]
2. Acende a Luz: II. O Encandeio – III. Sagüatimbó [06:11]
3. Boitatá (Incidente na pia batismal da Capela de Bom Jesus dos Aflitos) [07:16]
4. Oferenda no Alguidar [04:25]
5. Mulher Rendeira [01:26]
6. Sol Raiar (Caminhando na Manhã Bonita) [02:52]
7. Maracutaia [05:18]
8. Ruínas [08:30]
9. Rito de Coroação [08:13]
Pyrrhon – Exhaust
$9.99 USD
37:58
progressive death metal
New York, New York
Willowtip
Tracklist (click to display)1. Not Going To Mars [04:07]
2. First As Tragedy, Then As Farce [02:13]
3. The Greatest City On Earth [03:33]
4. Strange Pains [02:53]
5. Out Of Gas [05:13]
6. Luck Of The Draw [02:59]
7. Concrete Charlie [03:47]
8. Stress Fractures [04:13]
9. Last Gasp [04:43]
10. Hell Medicine [04:17]
Jordan Rudess – Permission to Fly
€10.90 EUR
54:57
progressive metal
New York, New York
Inside Out Music
Tracklist (click to display)1. The Final Threshold [04:06]
2. Into the Lair [09:31]
3. Haunted Reverie [05:14]
4. The Alchemist [08:36]
5. Embers [04:03]
6. Shadow of the Moon [05:29]
7. Eternal [08:53]
8. Footstep in the Snow [04:02]
9. Dreamer [05:03]
Spectrum Orchestrum – Noziroh
€7 EUR
49:29
progressive rock
Lille, France
Independent
Tracklist (click to display)1. Black Math Mazhar [04:24]
2. Ulysses (Sailing the Seventeen Seas) [12:37]
3. Through Walls [05:56]
4. CHerry Analog TexTurE [03:02]
5. Vaginolox [10:12]
6. Horizon à Rebours [13:18]
A Swarm of the Sun – An Empire
Name your price
71:10
post-metal
Sweden
Pelagic
Tracklist (click to display)1. This Will End In Fire [07:25]
2. Heathen [12:12]
3. The Pyre [18:16]
4. An Empire [08:01]
5. The Burning Wall [07:15]
6. Anthem [18:01]
Together to the Stars – The Fragile Silence
€6 EUR
41:50
blackgaze
Stockholm, Sweden
Independent
Tracklist (click to display)1. Mercurius [08:34]
2. Waiting for a Fire [06:28]
3. Gravity Eater [06:20]
4. The Last Glacier [07:15]
5. Earthbound [06:01]
6. The Fragile Silence [07:12]
Friday, 13
Consider the Source – The Stare
$10 USD
42:24
progressive rock
New York, New York
Independent
Tracklist (click to display)1. Trial By Stone [13:13]
2. I Can See My Eyes [06:36]
3. Mouthbreather [09:16]
4. New World Čoček [08:13]
5. Preemptive Vengeance [05:06]
Ecliptic – Ĕrǫ Űgṭhĩƚxiƨƚeƨ Ḳmƀaṗḳǫsħi
$3 USD
44:26
experimental black metal
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Independent
Tracklist (click to display)1. Interstice [02:00]
2. Tj’đwĕẓm: The Miasma of Illness & Decay [12:45]
3. Ęḳƚ’rƀã: The All-Consuming Fire [14:08]
4. Kṗűnq’ħãq’għoqṣk’ẓãkĕ: The Earth’s Insatiable Famine [13:31]
5. Interstice [02:02]
Endemit – Salami Tiger
€7 EUR
35:58
jazz fusion
Prague, Czechia
Ma
Tracklist (click to display)1. Salami Tiger [05:12]
2. Křápanice aka vepřové hlavy [02:41]
3. Ráda mě lakuje [03:55]
4. Unlimited trpělivost [03:31]
5. Elastic [03:45]
6. Tiger Deluxe [01:57]
7. Toy box [04:16]
8. Unlimited trpělivost II [00:37]
9. Asi jdu na pět [10:04]
Etran de l’Aïr – 100% Sahara Guitar
$9 USD
41:05
desert rock
Agadez, Niger
Sahel Sounds
Tracklist (click to display)1. Ighre Massina [06:23]
2. Erkazamane [04:15]
3. Amidinine [04:48]
4. Igrawahi [05:03]
5. Imouha [06:04]
6. Erkimidiwane [05:36]
7. Adounia [04:17]
8. Indode [04:39]
Firtan – Ethos
€8.99 EUR
50:51
atmospheric black metal
Germany
Independent
Tracklist (click to display)1. Hrenga [07:29]
2. Zores [05:39]
3. Contra Vermes [04:27]
4. Arkanum [06:13]
5. Wermut hoch am Firmament [04:17]
6. Moloch [05:19]
7. Ruakh [06:25]
8. Komm herbei, schwarze Nacht [07:32]
9. Wenn sich mir einst alle Ringe schließen [03:30]
القات – ميوت
€9.99 EUR
43:55
world fusion
Berlin, Germany
Glitterbeat
Tracklist (click to display)1. Tislami Tislami [03:53]
2. La waLa [05:11]
3. Tabl Yamani [00:59]
4. Commodore Lothan [05:10]
5. Almania [06:25]
6. Zafa [04:24]
7. Zafa : Talaatam [03:29]
8. Ward [04:20]
9. DJ Saadia [01:46]
10. Intissar [08:18]
Kweku of Ghana – Don’t Take My Soul
€10 EUR
43:11
Afrobeat
Sheffield, UK
Heavenly Sweetness
Tracklist (click to display)1. Intro [01:47]
2. Don’t Take My Soul [03:44]
3. Live For Today [03:55]
4. K.O.G, Fameye – Damiama [03:24]
5. Cry Your Own [05:28]
6. K.O.G, Pat Thomas – Odo Sronko [04:39]
7. Application (Interlude) [03:21]
8. Nowhere to Pass [04:28]
9. K.O.G, Dizraeli – Noni Onako [04:29]
10. K.O.G, Ogunskele – Foriwah [05:05]
11. Outro [02:51]
Terrace Martin – Nintindo Soul
36:25
R&B
Los Angeles, California
Lowly
New York City Guitar Orchestra – Spectra: New Music for Guitar Orchestra
$20 USD
142:42
contemporary classical
New York, New York
New Focus
Tracklist (click to display)1. Frederic Hand: Chorale [05:26]
2. David Leisner: Medanales Morning [09:35]
3. Dave Hart: Granada [05:39]
4. João Luiz: Three Brazilian Pieces: Jogo de Roda (Capoeira) [02:35]
5. João Luiz: Three Brazilian Pieces: Kirsten (Toada) [04:42]
6. João Luiz: Three Brazilian Pieces: Alfaia e Mare (Maracatu) [05:47]
7. Andrew York: Catwalk [08:05]
8. Joshua Eustis & Alfredo Nogueira: How Slowly, All of a Sudden [05:33]
9. Clarice Assad: Magnetic Trance [05:44]
10. Jonathan Pieslak: Ambienspheres [04:04]
11. Pat Irwin: Unsung Hymn for a Friend [05:29]
12. William Anderson: Folksongs: I. The Wedding Dress [01:22]
13. William Anderson: Folksongs: II. Scherzo—The Counterpoint of Supertonics [01:09]
14. William Anderson: Folksongs: III. The Er-i-e [01:09]
15. William Anderson: Folksongs: IV. Whistle, Daughter, Whistle [01:54]
16. William Anderson: Folksongs: V. The Er-i-e II [01:14]
17. William Anderson: Folksongs: VI. The Farmer is the Man (The Counterpoint of Supertonics) [02:43]
18. Jason Sagebiel: Bachirvanas [06:38]
19. Takuma Tanikawa: Mist [09:01]
20. Gyan Riley: The Landloper [16:05]
21. Marco Oppedisano: Two of a Kind [09:43]
22. David Loeb: Concerto for Four Guitars and Guitar Orchestra: I. Lento [02:59]
23. David Loeb: Concerto for Four Guitars and Guitar Orchestra: II. Grazioso [01:11]
24. David Loeb: Concerto for Four Guitars and Guitar Orchestra: III. Moderato [02:08]
25. David Loeb: Concerto for Four Guitars and Guitar Orchestra: IV. Allegretto [01:18]
26. David Loeb: Concerto for Four Guitars and Guitar Orchestra: V. Adagio [01:36]
27. David Loeb: Concerto for Four Guitars and Guitar Orchestra: VI. Allegro Spiritoso [01:41]
28. Richard Charlton: Inner Voices: I. Misterioso [03:35]
29. Richard Charlton: Inner Voices: II. Allegretto con Moto [02:37]
30. Joseph Parisi: Guitar Brigade: Movement 1 [05:57]
31. Joseph Parisi: Guitar Brigade: Movement 2 [02:43]
32. Joseph Parisi: Guitar Brigade: Movement 3 [03:20]
Saint Sadrill – Frater Crater
€7 EUR
39:40
avant-pop
Lyon, France
Dur & Doux
Tracklist (click to display)1. The Soil From The Hill [07:11]
2. Pebble [Take It In Your Hand] [02:58]
3. I Look At The White Balconies [05:02]
4. Best Joke [The First Of April] [04:37]
5. This Morning In The Ring [03:48]
6. Empty Chair Vs Lonely Seat [09:25]
7. Seven Days Minus One Week [06:39]
Le Skeleton Band – Outre-rage
€7 EUR
36:00
post-rock
Montpellier, France
Independent
Tracklist (click to display)1. Après l’orage [03:00]
2. Les oiseaux tombent [07:26]
3. Concrete Lake [04:08]
4. Nos morts [02:17]
5. Aici Jai [07:47]
6. Horde d’émois [05:03]
7. Gravir désastre [06:19]
Colin Stetson – The Love It Took to Leave You
$11 USD
73:06
ambient jazz
Montréal, Québec
Envision
Tracklist (click to display)1. The love it took to leave you [07:45]
2. The Six [06:41]
3. The Augur [03:00]
4. Hollowing [03:19]
5. To think we knew from fear [03:39]
6. Malediction [09:22]
7. Green and grey and fading light [04:23]
8. Strike your forge and grin [21:52]
9. Ember [03:14]
10. So say the soaring bullbats [05:14]
11. Bloodrest [04:37]
Zeitgeber – Fellow Prisoners of the Splendour and Travail of the Earth, Part 1
$12 AUD
41:33
progressive jazz
Sydney, Australia
Art as Catharsis
Tracklist (click to display)1. Innenwelt – perceptions as heuristics [04:24]
2. Innenwelt – semiosphere [05:25]
3. Passage Of Time – overclocking [12:37]
4. Passage Of Time – time dilates after spontaneous blinking [08:50]
5. Signal – exafference [04:35]
6. Signal – reafference [05:42]
Sunday, 15
Ubiquity – The Ascendant Travels among the Stars
€5 EUR
60:08
progressive death metal
Charleroi, Belgium
Independent
Tracklist (click to display)1. Tensegrity [01:53]
2. Tree of Pain [09:50]
3. The Traveler [10:36]
4. Coma [03:51]
5. Red Moon [09:38]
6. Endless Depths [10:19]
7. In a Blink [14:01]
Friday, 20
Virginie B – Astral 2000
$11 CAD
32:23
art pop
Montréal, Québec
Bonsound
Tracklist (click to display)1. Astral 2000 [03:07]
2. Madone [02:55]
3. Lock U up (I don’t want to do this) [02:26]
4. Cinéma [03:05]
5. hana [02:35]
6. Autoportrait [02:31]
7. 3_3_4 [01:20]
8. 0_Space [02:25]
9. Hyperboi [03:44]
10. Rodéo & Caméo [02:23]
11. My Muse [02:57]
12. 9ft tall insect angel steps on you [02:55]
Blighted Eye – Agony’s Bespoke
$7 USD
60:56
progressive death metal
Seattle, Washington
Beyond the Top
Tracklist (click to display)1. Tragoedia [07:21]
2. The Wounding [05:59]
3. In Enmity [07:04]
4. Howls From Beyond the Mist [07:02]
5. A Feast for Worms [06:13]
6. Pallid [08:48]
7. Nightingale [01:05]
8. A Reverent Stillness [06:18]
9. Agony’s Bespoke [11:06]
Caroline Davis – Portals, Volume 2: Returning
$12 USD
48:21
avant-garde jazz
Brooklyn, New York
Intakt
Tracklist (click to display)1. Gate of the Year [05:54]
2. Coming ‘Round [00:55]
3. Back Again [02:06]
4. Olympian Air [07:17]
5. Kites [04:05]
6. Only the Names Are Changed, Part 1 [02:42]
7. Darien [01:47]
8. Only the Names Are Changed, Part 2 [03:06]
9. Everlasting Fire [05:50]
10. City Flora [05:08]
11. Oblivion [01:36]
12. Cover Up [07:55]
Les Doigts de l’homme – Erratic: The Art of Roaming
€20 EUR
101:40
gipsy jazz
Valence, France
Lamastrock
Tracklist (click to display)1. Etoiles Filantes [04:17]
2. The Spark [03:48]
3. Nazim’s Groovy Dance [03:25]
4. Dreaming Of My Brother [04:08]
5. Come For Supper [03:34]
6. Ton Sourire [03:26]
7. Californian Sunshine [03:42]
8. Nimépaliwok [04:23]
9. Things Go To South [03:49]
10. The Art Of Roaming [05:01]
11. Taïga [06:20]
12. Erratic [03:52]
13. Experiment [04:55]
14. Kintsugi [06:17]
15. Going Straight [06:00]
16. Barely Awake [03:37]
17. The Thinker [05:54]
18. Coffee #12 [04:41]
19. Des Hommes Intègres [04:17]
20. Born In Space [05:38]
21. La Ligne Rouge [03:42]
22. Day 19 [03:44]
23. Le Coeur De Djazz [03:10]
Nubya Garcia – Odyssey
$12 USD
52:48
nu jazz
London, UK
Concord Jazz
Tracklist (click to display)1. Dawn ft. Esperanza Spalding [04:52]
2. Odyssey [07:23]
3. Solstice [04:49]
4. Set It Free ft. Richie [04:05]
5. The Seer [05:02]
6. Odyssey (Outerlude) [00:47]
7. We Walk In Gold ft. Georgia Anne Muldrow [03:54]
8. Water’s Path [04:01]
9. Clarity [06:15]
10. In Other Words, Living [04:07]
11. Clarity (Outerlude) [01:37]
12. Triumphance [05:54]
Glacial Tomb – Lightless Expanse
$10 USD
36:00
progressive sludge metal
Denver, Colorado
Prosthetic
Tracklist (click to display)1. Stygian Abattoir [03:48]
2. Voidwomb [03:42]
3. Enshrined in Concrete [04:21]
4. Abyssal Host [04:18]
5. Sanctuary [04:18]
6. Seraphic Mutilation [04:12]
7. Worldsflesh [03:36]
8. Wound of Existence [03:35]
9. The Lightless Expanse [04:10]
Tobias Hoffmann Jazz Orchestra – Innuendo
77:33
big band jazz
Vienna, Austria
Mons
Lice – Third Time at the Beach
£10 GBP
36:24
post-punk
Bristol, UK
AD 93
Tracklist (click to display)1. Unscrewed [04:54]
2. White Tubes [03:01]
3. Red Fibres [05:06]
4. To the Basket [03:36]
5. Wrapped in a Sheet [02:45]
6. Scenes from the Desert [03:05]
7. Mown in Circles [02:35]
8. Fatigued, Confused [05:03]
9. Third Time at the Beach [03:21]
10. The Dance [02:58]
Space Camp – How Could I Not Be Your Girl?
Name your price
27:55
experimental hardcore
South Windsor, Connecticut
Independent
Tracklist (click to display)1. INCITING INCIDENT [02:29]
2. POINT OF CONTENTION [03:15]
3. YOU SWING YOUR AXE AT THE TREE [03:43]
4. THE FIRE CATCHES AND LOGS BEGIN TO BURN [03:12]
5. DAY-SHAPES [02:28]
6. DEADNAME ME ALL NIGHT [03:02]
7. TOUCAN PLAY AT THAT GAME [05:05]
8. IMPASSE [04:41]
Wednesday, 25
Band-Maid – Epic Narratives
47:06
J-rock
Japan
ポニーキャニオン
Friday, 27
Ascend the Helix – Anamnesis
$10 USD
66:39
progressive metalcore
San Diego, California
Independent
Tracklist (click to display)1. Awakened in Darkness [08:08]
2. Rebirth [06:52]
3. The World Ahead [06:00]
4. Turning to Stone [05:22]
5. Relinquish [05:53]
6. Coalescence [01:56]
7. A Passenger [06:50]
8. Anachronism [06:05]
9. Anamnesis [05:20]
10. Light Under a Dying Star [01:57]
11. Radial Point [06:13]
12. The Reckoning [06:03]
Ezra Collective – Dance, No One’s Watching
$10 USD
57:44
Afrobeat
London, UK
Partisan
Tracklist (click to display)1. Intro [01:22]
2. The Herald [03:45]
3. Palm Wine [05:13]
4. cloakroom link up. (Act 1) [00:24]
5. God Gave Me Feet For Dancing (feat. Yazmin Lacey) [03:59]
6. Ajala [04:14]
7. The Traveller [01:13]
8. in the dance. (Act 2) [00:42]
9. N29 [03:22]
10. No One’s Watching Me (feat. Olivia Dean) [04:22]
11. our element. (Act 3) [00:38]
12. Hear My Cry [03:31]
13. Shaking Body [03:12]
14. Expensive [06:11]
15. Streets is Calling (feat. M.anifest & Moonchild Sanelly) [02:33]
16. lights on. (Act 4) [00:39]
17. Why I Smile [05:10]
18. Have Patience [02:00]
19. Everybody [05:14]
Floscule – Ї
€8 EUR
49:34
atmospheric black metal
Mykolaiv, Ukraine
Independent
Tracklist (click to display)1. Fire Breathers [05:36]
2. Cosmic Infinity [05:26]
3. A Tree Of Life [05:09]
4. Eclipse [06:50]
5. Shimmer of Light [06:04]
6. Endless Youth [04:32]
7. Burn [04:03]
8. At The Edge [05:09]
9. Rain Keeps Falling [06:45]
Ingurgitating Oblivion – Ontology of Nought
$9.99 USD
73:12
progressive death metal
Berlin, Germany
Willowtip
Tracklist (click to display)1. Uncreation’s whirring loom you ply with crippled fingers [14:38]
2. To weave the tapestry of nought [18:47]
3. The blossoms of your tomorrow shall unfold in my heart [11:05]
4. Lest I should perish with travel, effete and weary, as my knees refuse to bear me thither [10:24]
5. The barren earth oozes blood, and shakes and moans, to drink her children’s gore [18:18]
Lilac Stranger – Dreaming in Lilac
$7 USD
26:48
post-hardcore
Puerto Rico
Independent
Tracklist (click to display)1. Antigravity Overture [00:42]
2. Hypergravity Genesis [02:46]
3. Tick Tock Clock [03:37]
4. Shooting Star Summit [02:21]
5. Welcome to… [00:49]
6. Perplex City [02:51]
7. Emergency Exit [02:21]
8. The Dreamer’s Tale (ft. Andrés) [04:19]
9. Surface Tension [03:57]
10. Milky Way Wishes [02:23]
11. Stellar Rewind [00:42]
Ben Monder – Planetarium
$19 USD
172:00
jazz fusion
New York, New York
Sunnyside
Tracklist (click to display)1. Ouroboros II [09:49]
2. The Mentaculus [23:07]
3. 1973 [06:22]
4. Li Po [06:41]
5. Planetarium [10:51]
6. Globestructures: Option II [15:00]
7. Ataraxia [22:59]
8. Onsulian Spring [09:29]
9. Where or When [09:42]
10. 3PSC [21:36]
11. Urobo [00:59]
12. Ouroboros I [10:03]
13. Noctivagant [10:12]
14. Collinsport [14:01]
15. Wayfaring Stranger [01:09]
Obsidian Mantra – As We All Will
$5 USD
30:30
progressive death metal
Greater Poland Voivodeship, Poland
Independent
Tracklist (click to display)1. What Is Not, Is Not [04:09]
2. Cult of Depression [03:51]
3. Slave Without a Master [03:02]
4. Who Will Become a Murderer [04:21]
5. Condemned to Oppression [02:55]
6. Chaos Will Consume Us All [03:41]
7. Sowers of Discord [04:35]
8. Weavers of Misery [03:56]
Sungazer – Against the Fall of Night
$7 USD
42:15
progressive jazz
Brooklyn, New York
Independent
Tracklist (click to display)1. Against the Fall of Night [03:59]
2. Whalefall [05:46]
3. Skrontch [04:54]
4. Hot Saturn (ft. Button Masher) [03:24]
5. Whisky and Mes [05:18]
6. Oeteldonk [05:15]
7. Cool 7 [04:31]
8. Paydushko Horo [05:16]
9. Clock of the Long Now [03:52]
All Releases of September
