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Friday, 8 January

B L A C K I E… All Caps, with Spaces – Face the Darkness Ⅱ

35:47
experimental hip-hop
Houston
Independent

The 8-Bit Big Band – Backwards Compatible

60:33
jazz fusion, VGM
New York, New York
Independent

Escaping Aghartha – White-Nose Syndrome

30:03
blackened drone metal
North Carolina
Independent

Kari Ikonen – Impressions, Improvisations and Compositions

38:21
free improvisation
Finland
Ozella

Łukasz Ojdana – Kurpian Songs & Meditations

49:05
folk, classical
Poland
Audio Cave

The Mirror Ball Test – The Mirror Ball Test

57:43
nu jazz
Manchester, UK
Independent

Paolo Marchettini – The Months Have Ends

71:56
contemporary classical
New York, New York
New Focus

Patricia Kopatchinskaja, Sol Gabeta, Francesco Coll, and Camerata Bern – Plaisirs illuminés

74:10
contemporary classical
Switzerland
α

Sithu Aye – 先輩Ⅲ

52:58
J-rock, progressive metal
Glasgow, UK
Independent

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Sunday, 10

My Wrist – Late

33:12
free improvisation
West Palm Beach, Florida
Independent

Nadja & Disrotted – Split

34:37
drone metal
Taipei, Taiwan
Bad Moon Rising / Shinseinen

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Wednesday, 13

François Thollot – Happy Lockdown

44:10
avant-prog
Lyon, France
Independent

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Thursday, 14

Jonatan Piña Duluc – Soundtrack, Volume Ⅰ: Secuencia

jazz fusion
Dominican Republic
Independent

Sandy Ewen & Weasel Walter – The Paradox of Tolerance

64:28
free improvisation
New York, New York
Independent

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Friday, 15

Aberration – Aberration

14:43
blackened death metal
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Independent

Alexander Hawkins – Togetherness Music

50:46
avant-garde jazz
Zurich, Switzerland
Intakt

Beach Bunny – Blame Game

13:49
indie pop
Chicago, Illinois
Mom + Pop

Christopher Bailey – Rain Infinity

74:12
contemporary classical
Boston, Massachusetts
New Focus

Colosso – Hateworlds

35:22
progressive death metal
Porto, Portugal
Independent

Eirð – Prelude to Void

81:39
atmospheric doom metal
Germany
Independent

Emma Ruth Rundle & Thou – The Helm of Sorrow

21:33
sludge metal
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Sacred Bones

Exosphere – Nightmares

45:20
sludge metal
Chicago, Illinois
Independent

Foudre ! – Future Sabbath

40:32
drone, post-metal
France
Nahal

Fractal Generator – Macrocosmos

42:17
progressive death metal
Sudbury, Ontario
Everlasting Spew

Frequency Eater – Engulf

55:26
progressive metal
Halen, Belgium
Independent

Gabriel Vicéns – The Way We Are Created

54:11
modern jazz
Manhattan, New York
Independent

Louise Jallu – Piazzolla 2021

59:12
avant-garde jazz, tango
France
Klarthe

Œstre – Humain

19:14
progressive metal
Limoges, France
Independent

Pom Poko – Cheater

32:34
alternative pop
Oslo, Norway
Bella Union

Sinew – Sinew

43:59
nu jazz, experimental jazz
Tivoli, New York
Independent

高瀬アキ, Christian Weber, and Michael Griener – Auge

48:57
avant-garde jazz
Zurich, Switzerland
Intakt

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Upcoming Releases

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Saturday, 16

Michael Larocca – Just a Drummer

avant-garde jazz
Brooklyn, New York
1039

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Thursday, 21

水树 – 北之国

49:15
post-black metal
Beijing, China
Independent

水树 – 北之国二

65:55
post-black metal
Beijing, China
Independent

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Friday, 22

Azmari – Samā’ī

world fusion
Ghent, Belgium
Sdban

Bastian Stein & Hathor Consort – Aries Point

51:07
contemporary classical, avant-garde jazz
Germany
Outnote

Les Chants de Nihl – Le Tyran et l’Esthète

avant-garde black metal
France
Les Acteurs de l’ombre

Crazy Doberman – Two Tales of Lost Witness Marks

37:50
free jazz
Fucking, Austria
Working Man Laydown

Mel Malonga – Wâ

world fusion
Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo
Independent

Mindwork – Cortex

progressive death metal
Prague, Czechia
Independent

Panoramic Project – Nature Is Inside

jazz fusion
Paris, France
Independent

Presentable Corpse – 002

psychedelic rock
New York, New York
Independent

Pulcinella & Maria Mazzotta – Grifone

jazz fusion, folk
Toulouse, France
Independent

https://pulcinellamusic.bandcamp.com/album/grifone-2

Susie Ibarra – Talking Gong

contemporary classical
New York, New York
New Focus

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Tuesday, 26

Bisbâyé – Le Sens de la fin

progressive metal, mathcore
Montréal, Québec
Cuneiform

Kartosoewirjo? – Mandi darah saudara sendiri

mathcore
Jakarta, Indonesia
Independent

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Friday, 29

Anastasia Feruleva & Frank van de Laar – L’Esprit du temps

contemporary classical
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Triptik

The Body – I’ve Seen All I Need to See

experimental sludge metal
Portland, Oregon
Thrill Jockey

Eximperituserqethhzebibšiptugakkathšulweliarzaxułum – Šahrartu

brutal death metal
Minsk, Belarus
Willowtip

Gaspard – Vertiges

post-rock
Montréal, Québec
Independent

Helen Svoboda – Dormant, I Lay

avant-garde jazz
Melbourne, Australia
Independent

Immortal Guardian – Psychosomatic

progressive power metal
Austin, Texas
M-Theory Audio

Institutrice – Cohortes

experimental folk
France
Un Je-ne-sais-quoi

John Pope Quintet – Mixed with Glass

avant-garde jazz
Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK
New Jazz and Improvised Music

John Zorn – Gnosis: The Inner Light

avant-garde jazz
New York, New York
צ

Label page

Lilly Legit – Rubicon

indie rock
Osnabrück, Germany
Independent

Massacre – Massacre

drone, noise
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Utech

Meer – Playing House

progressive rock
Norway
Karisma & Dark Essence

Needlepoint – Walking Up That Valley

progressive rock
Oslo, Norway
Stickman

Null Entropy – Cyber Sulphur

black metal
Nantes, France
Independent

Portrayal of Guilt – We Are Always Alone

post-hardcore
Texas
Closed Casket Activities

Trillionaire – Romulus

progressive rock
United States
Nefarious Industries

Void – The Hollow Man

avant-garde black metal
UK
Duplicate

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Вовод – Ярость и прощение

post-metal
Saint Petersburg, Russia
Church Road

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Saturday, 30

Human Serpent – Heirlooms Eternal

black metal
Lamia, Greece
Independent

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Sunday, 31 January

Aylwin – The Arch Holder

30:28
atmospheric black metal
California
Pacific Threnodies

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Monday, 1 February

Depths of Hatred – Inheritance

deathcore
Montréal, Québec
Prosthetic

Mogwai – As the Love Continues

post-rock
Scotland, UK
Temporary Residence Ltd.

Tim Daisy & 森郁恵 – Light and Shade

43:30
free jazz
Chicago, Illinois
Relay

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Tuesday, 2

Cara Neir – Phase Out

blackened post-hardcore, chiptune
Dallas
Independent

Jean Derome – Souffles

free improvisation
Montréal, Québec
Ambiances Magnétiques

Chorale Joker – Les Lucioles

contemporary classical
Montréal, Québec
Ambiances Magnétiques

Klaxon Gueule – Entièrement Unanimes

experimental rock
Montréal, Québec
Ambiances Magnétiques

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Thursday, 4

The Pneumatic Transit – Nimoy

progressive rock
Chicago, Illinois
Independent

Sun Seeker – Means to an End

technical death metal
Bristol, Connecticut
Independent

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Friday, 5

Alkerdeel – Slonk

black metal
Belgium
Consouling Sounds

Blurr Thrower – Les Voûtes

atmospheric black metal
France
Les Acteurs de l’ombre

Breath – Primeval Transmissions

stoner doom metal
Portland, Oregon
Desert

Cult of Luna – The Raging River

post-metal
Umeå, Sweden
Red Creek

Femi Kuti & Made Kuti – Legacy +

Afrobeat
Lagos, Nigeria
Partisan

Jeremiah Cymerman & Charlie Looker – A Horizon Made of Canvas

experimental jazz
Los Angeles, California
Astral Spirits

Keys of Orthanc – Of the Lineage of Kings

atmospheric black metal
Montréal, Québec
Independent

Neorhythm – Язы

progressive metal
Saint Petersburg, Russia
Independent

Nubiyan Twist – Freedom Fables

Afrobeat, jazz fusion
London, UK
Strut

Psykup – Hello Karma

44:13
mathcore
France
Regarts

Sarin – You Can’t Go Back

post-metal
Toronto, Ontario
Prosthetic

Transatlantic – The Absolute Universe

progressive rock
Los Angeles, California
Inside Out

Wolf King – The Path of Wrath

blackened hardcore
California
Prosthetic

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Friday, 12

Abiotic – 生き甲斐

technical death metal
Miami, Florida
The Artisan Era

Ad nauseam – Imperative Imperceptible Impulse

technical death metal
Italy
Avantgarde Music

Dominique Fils-Aimé – Three Little Words

soul, R&B
Montréal, Québec
Independent

Emptiness – Vide

post-rock
Brussels, Belgium
Season of Mist

Humanity’s Last Breath – Välde

blackened death metal
Sweden
Unique Leader

Senyawa – Alkisah

avant-garde doom metal
Indonesia
Burning Ambulance Music

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Sunday, 14

Joshua Icban & Cellista – Apparition

jazz fusion, classical
San Jose, California
Cellista

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Monday, 15

Kjeld – Ôfstân

black metal
The Netherlands
Heidens Hart

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Tuesday, 16

¡Fiasco! – Post-Truth

modern jazz
Washington, DC
Independent

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Friday, 19

Calle Neumann, Ketil Gutvik, Ingebrigt Håker Flaten, and Paal Nilssen-Love – New Dance

free jazz
Oslo, Norway
PNL

In tormentata quiete – Krononota

progressive metal
Bologna, Italy
Independent

The Lylat Continuum – Ephemeral

progressive death metal
Denver, Colorado
Independent

Roscoe Mitchell & Mike Reed – The Ritual and the Dance

avant-garde jazz
Chicago, Illinois
Astral Spirits

Suffering Hour – The Cyclic Reckoning

blackened death metal
Forest Lake, Minnesota
Profound Lore

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Sunday, 21

Alex Eddington – A Present from a Small Distant World

contemporary classical
Vancouver, British Columbia
Redshift Music

كدرة كدرة – Vexillology

experimental electro
Casablanca, Morocco
On the Corner

Senyawa – القصه

avant-garde doom metal
Indonesia
Phantom Limb

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Friday, 26

Five the Hierophant – Through Aureate Void

avant-garde doom metal
London, UK
Karisma & Dark Essence

Karmanjakah – A Book about Itself

progressive metal, nu prog
Stockholm, Sweden
Independent

Moop – Ostara

jazzcore
Poitiers, France
Independent

Signals of Bedlam – Liar’s Intuition

progressive rock
New York, New York
Independent

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Scheduled for February

John Zorn – Heaven and Earth Magick

avant-garde jazz
New York, New York
[צ (Tzadik)]

Label page

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Wednesday, 3 March

Emanative & Liz Elensky – The Volume of the Light

nu jazz
UK
Independent

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Friday, 5

Alban Darche & le Gros Cube #2 – Le Gros Cube #2

jazz fusion, big band
Nantes, France
Yolk

Arctic Sleep – By the Horns

doomgaze
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Independent

Bonecarver – Evil

brutal death metal
Spain
Unique Leader

Cyclone Trio – The Clear Revolution

avant-garde jazz
Brooklyn, New York
577

Exanimis – Marionnettiste

progressive death metal
France
Independent

Kuzu – The Glass Delusion

free jazz
Chicago, Illinois
Astral Spirits

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Friday, 12

Myopic & At the Graves – A Cold Sweat of Quiet Dread

post-metal
Baltimore, Maryland
Grimoire

Stortregn – Impermanence

technical death metal
Switzerland
The Artisan Era

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Thursday, 18

Kali Trio – Loom

jazz fusion
Switzerland
Iapetus

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Friday, 19

Deaf Kids & Gum Takes Tooth – Split

noise rock
UK
God Unknown

Sana Nagano – Smashing Humans

avant-garde jazz
Brooklyn, New York
577

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Friday, 26

See Through 4 – Permanent Moving Parts

modern jazz
Toronto, Ontario
See Through Music

Wheel – Resident Human

progressive metal
Helsinki, Finland
Inside Out

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Friday, 9 April

The Lion’s Daughter – Skin Show

sludge metal
St Louis, Missouri
Season of Mist

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Scheduled for 2021

Amaguk – Resilient Forest

jazz fusion
Netherlands
Independent

Arkaik – To Be Announced

technical death metal
Riverside, California
The Artisan Era

The Beast of Nod – Near-Earth Monitoring Organization

progressive death metal
Boston, Massachusetts
Independent

Chaoh Reiccuk – Le Rivage des défunts

experimental jazz
France
Independent

Echoes and Signals – Mercuria

post-rock
Tula, Russia
Independent

To End It All – お休み

experimental doom metal, harsh noise
Seattle, Washington
Independent

https://toenditall.bandcamp.com/album/oyasumi

Gdańsk Necropolitan Orchestra – Gdańska jesień yassową

dark jazz, free jazz
Gdańsk, Poland
Eastrings

Gralaghorr – The Divine Spectacle of Rebirth

atmospheric black metal
Somerville, Massachusetts
Independent

Гралица – To Be Announced

avant-garde jazz, experimental electro
Kostroma, Russia
Independent

Guillaume Tremblay – Dead End

modern jazz
Québec
Independent

Johari – Yūrei

atmospheric djent
Louisville, Kentucky
Independent

Liquid Tension Experiment – 3

progressive metal
USA
Inside Out

لون – لون

jazz fusion, world fusion
Paris, France
Le Coolabel

Luke Holland – Miss Fortune

drum and bass
Arizona
Independent

Mind’s Horizon – The Void

progressive metal
Lake County, Indiana
Independent

Neonblack – Reborn

progressive deathcore
USA
Independent

https://neonblackmetal.bandcamp.com/album/reborn-preview-2

Shevils – Miracle of the Sun

hardcore
Oslo, Norway
Independent

Stuff – Cumulus

nu jazz
Ghent, Belgium
Sdban

Worm Hero – Nurses Whispering Verses

mathcore
Stoke On Trent, UK
Independent

https://nwvnwvnwv.bandcamp.com/album/failed-replicant-kaine

Zhea Erose – Witchcraft

drum and bass, ambient electro
Portland, Oregon
Independent