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Spectres of the Spectrum: Damaged by Ghost Dubs is our Album of the Week

Haunted by the ruins of industry, pounding with low-end sonics, Michael Fiedler’s latest is heavy with subterranean grooves and chthonic sonics, finds Jon Buckland

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Physical Media: Max Ax by Sculpture

The latest from Dan Hayhurst and Reuben Sutherland is simultaneously high art concept piece and a tremendous bit of fun, finds Antonio Poscic

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Magic Carpet Ride: Žaltys by Raphael Rogiński is Our Album of the Week

The latest from the Polish improviser-composer-researcher sees folk music shedding its skin and carving out spaces of opposition to the tyranny of the present, finds Bernie Brooks

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Golden Seams: Mahōgakkō by Hakushi Hasegawa is our Album of the Week

The new album from Brainfeeder Records’ latest signing is as dizzying, complex and contradictory as life itself, finds Claire Biddles

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Coming Up For Air: Sylphine Soporifera by Antonina Nowacka

The Polish sound artist's latest album evokes strange hypnagogic states formed from zithers, ocarinas, bamboo flutes, and whistles

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The Dot Connector: Anemones By Xylitol Is Our Album of the Week

Catherine Backhouse is equal parts scientist and artist on her joyous DIY record of ‘gutter kosmische’ for Planet Mu, writes Skye Butchard

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A Music of Shadows: Sheida Gharachedaghi Soundtrack to The Chess of the Wind

Cursed at the time of its released, Mohammad Reza Aslani's film The Chess of the Wind is now recognised as one of great Iranian films of the 1970s. Its soundtrack may be even better

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Utopia of the Suburbs: Stífluhringurinn by Guðmundur Steinn Gunnarsson

Major new work by the Icelandic composer and Slátur co-founder is inspired by an old hydro-electric dam that became a haven for birds and other wildlife

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Occupy Pop! Your Guide To Revolution by Mary Ocher

Berliner takes radical politics and 12th-century Persian poetry and sets them to an infectious disco beat, finds Ilia Rogatchevski

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Dig Deep – And See Where It Leads: What Is Not Strange by Tashi Wada

Working with Julia Holter, Corey Fogel, Ezra Buchla, Devin Hoff and a tuning system pinched off Jean-Philippe Rameau, LA-based composer Tashi Wada pushes song form into wild new directions

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Raw Power in Contemplation: Gnod’s Spot Land Reviewed

Gnod's new album is reminiscent of anything from Popol Vuh to Coil but, says Luke Turner, this isn't a contrary change in direction, but a sumptuous re-examination of what makes them so great

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Chthonic Resonator: At Fargrounds by Jacken Elswyth

The Shovel Dance Collective member, banjo player and instrument maker draws rich histories from deep in the wood, finds Tom Bolton

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Album of the Week: Beth Gibbons’ Lives Outgrown

Beth Gibbons gives us the understanding of our mortality that we all need on her most revealing work, finds Puja Nandi

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Il Gatto A Diciannove Canzoni: Nell’ Ora Blu By Uncle Acid & The Deadbeats

Cambridgeshire rockers go full Giallo – with a little help from genre stars Franco Nero and Edwige Fenech. Photo by Karin Hunt

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New Play For A New Day: Kamasi Washington’s Fearless Movement

The Californian saxophonist finds political and musical inspiration in the ludic intensity of childhood games, finds Lottie Brazier

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Long Nows: Ghosted II By Oren Ambarchi, Johan Berthling & Andreas Werliin

A second album from the improvising guitar-bass-drums trio will change your concept of time, finda Daryl Worthington

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Put A Konk On It: Spectra Volume 2 By ||ALA|MEDA||

Polish experiementalists (Stara Rzeka, Innercity Ensemble, and Alameda 5) team up with South African trio Phelimuncasi in a burst of bubbling notes and sheer elation, finds Antonio Poscic

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A Mighty Wind: Shabaka Hutchings’ Perceive Its Beauty, Acknowledge Its Grace

From Sons of Kemet and The Comet is Coming, Shabaka Hutchings pivots to jazz flute with beguiling results

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The Universe Is Wrong: Love In Constant Spectacle By Jane Weaver

Drawing on her broadest sonic palette yet, Love In Constant Spectacle finds Jane Weaver at her most compelling and her most personal, finds Amanda Farah

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Dancer In The Dark: Pattern Damage By Bianca Scout

The Newcastle-born, south London-based producer draws on her background in contemporary dance for an album of chopped loops and murmured voices

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Written On Skin: Julia Holter’s Something in the Room She Moves

The latest album from Julia Holter, full of twinkling synths and muted brass, is an exercise in being fully present, finds Laura Cannell

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Building Back Better: New Monuments By Amirtha Kidambi’s Elder Ones

Kidambi’s third album with the NYC-based collective was forged in the crucible of the 2020 Black Lives Matters protests, making for the group's most overtly political record yet

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Staying With The Trouble: The Collective by Kim Gordon

The hip hop-adjacent second solo album from the ex-Sonic Youth linchpin perfectly captures modernity’s constant buzz of anxiety, finds Arusa Qureshi

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Deeper And Deeper: Ministry of Tall Tales By Sote

On the latest album of digital wizardry from Tehran-based electronic producer Sote, nothing is quite what it seems, finds Oliver Cookson

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To Hear Hearing: Spectral Evolution By Rafael Toral Is Our Album Of The Week

Drawing together the threads of three decades’ patient exploration, the Portuguese experimental composer invites you into a teeming world of sound

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Beach Boy: Springs Eternal By William Doyle

Doyle's latest may be his most immediate and most earnest yet, finds Alexander Leissle

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Parklife! Chapultepec By NAAFI Founder Lao Is Our Album Of The Week

This nineteen-track collection of dance cuts was made in tribute to Mexico City’s largest park. It’s an ideal introduction to Lao’s adventurous club music, writes Skye Butchard

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One Foot In The Grave: Celestial Devastation By Cower

Featuring members of Pet Brick, The Ghost of a Thousand and Silent Front, the new Cower is giving goth for grown-ups, finds JR Moores

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Whirling In Space: The Cosmic Harmony Of Loula Yorke’s Volta

In the new album of electronic music by Loula Yorke, Laura Cannell hears synth lines extending like roots across the forest floor

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Only Becoming: Ulyap Songs Re-Imagined By Minami Deutsch, Zongamin & More

The latest mix of archival and re-interpreted musics from the Flee Project, Ulyap Songs: Beyond Circassian Tradition, captures the music of the Northern Caucasus without isolating it from the convivial atmosphere it stems from

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The Extreme South: Último Sosiego By Benjamín Vergara & Amanda Irarrázabal

An album of improvised music for trumpet and double bass draws on the emotional resonances of Chile’s southern tip

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Songs From Under The Floorboards: Inner Winter By Gentle Stranger

With distant sleigh bells and creaking field recordings, Gentle Stranger bring a seasonal mood to a suite of stark, intimate songs, finds Patrick Clarke

Spectres of the Spectrum: Damaged by Ghost Dubs is our Album of the Week

Physical Media: Max Ax by Sculpture

Magic Carpet Ride: Žaltys by Raphael Rogiński is Our Album of the Week

Golden Seams: Mahōgakkō by Hakushi Hasegawa is our Album of the Week

Coming Up For Air: Sylphine Soporifera by Antonina Nowacka

The Dot Connector: Anemones By Xylitol Is Our Album of the Week

A Music of Shadows: Sheida Gharachedaghi Soundtrack to The Chess of the Wind

Utopia of the Suburbs: Stífluhringurinn by Guðmundur Steinn Gunnarsson

Occupy Pop! Your Guide To Revolution by Mary Ocher

Dig Deep – And See Where It Leads: What Is Not Strange by Tashi Wada

Raw Power in Contemplation: Gnod’s Spot Land Reviewed

Chthonic Resonator: At Fargrounds by Jacken Elswyth

Album of the Week: Beth Gibbons’ Lives Outgrown

Il Gatto A Diciannove Canzoni: Nell’ Ora Blu By Uncle Acid & The Deadbeats

New Play For A New Day: Kamasi Washington’s Fearless Movement

Long Nows: Ghosted II By Oren Ambarchi, Johan Berthling & Andreas Werliin

Put A Konk On It: Spectra Volume 2 By ||ALA|MEDA||

A Mighty Wind: Shabaka Hutchings’ Perceive Its Beauty, Acknowledge Its Grace

The Universe Is Wrong: Love In Constant Spectacle By Jane Weaver

Dancer In The Dark: Pattern Damage By Bianca Scout

Written On Skin: Julia Holter’s Something in the Room She Moves

Building Back Better: New Monuments By Amirtha Kidambi’s Elder Ones

Staying With The Trouble: The Collective by Kim Gordon

Deeper And Deeper: Ministry of Tall Tales By Sote

To Hear Hearing: Spectral Evolution By Rafael Toral Is Our Album Of The Week

Beach Boy: Springs Eternal By William Doyle

Parklife! Chapultepec By NAAFI Founder Lao Is Our Album Of The Week

One Foot In The Grave: Celestial Devastation By Cower

Whirling In Space: The Cosmic Harmony Of Loula Yorke’s Volta

Only Becoming: Ulyap Songs Re-Imagined By Minami Deutsch, Zongamin & More

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