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Natalia Beylis
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Raphael Rogiński
Talán

Polish guitarist seeks inspiration along the Black Sea’s coastlines for his latest set of haunted blues meditations

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In The Cell Of Dreams

A collaboration between the Polish musician, Lancastrian producer and Kanadiga vocalist proves a balm for Julian Marszalek

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Alabaster DePlume
Come With Fierce Grace

Backed by a gand featuring Falle Nioke, Ruth Goller and Sarathy Korwar, the latest from the lynchpin of the Total Refreshment Centre scene is heavy on the percussion, high on exuberance, finds Amanda Farah

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Qow
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An album of cut-up samples of one of Egypt's most popular pop singers reveals a wealth of hidden pathos for Jon Buckland

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Mad Myth Science
Mad Myth Science

Debut release from the group of Ben Zucker, Wilson Tanner Smith, Julian Otis and Molly Jones offers a tantalising glimpse of the next generation of Chicago jazz, finds Antonio Poscic

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Natasha Barrett
Reconfiguring the Landscape

Tom Bolton has his ears re-wired by an album of carefully composed field recordings on Persistence of Sound

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Slowdive
Everything Is Alive

On their second post-reunion album, the Reading shoegaze stalwarts reach out to the supernatural

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Paul Dunmall New Quartet
World Without

The eighth release this year for the veteran British saxophonist tempers moments of unbridled free jazz with with a lyrical sense of melody, finds Antonio Poscic

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Maija Sofia
True Love

The Irish singer-songwriter’s follow up to *Bath Time* proves a knotty tangle of irresistible earworms for Tom Bolton

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Khalab
Layers

Raffaele Costantino glitches the spiritual sound of sacred jazz to a new hyper-galactic dimension, finds Jon Buckland

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Ki Oni
A Leisurely Swim To Everlasting Life

LA’s Chuck Soo-Hoo makes environmental music with a sense of wonder, finds Vanessa Ague

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Lawrence English & Lea Bertucci
Chthonic

Room 40 label boss proves a generous listener in new collaboration with NY-based sound artist, finds Antonio Poscic

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Babe, Terror
Teghnojoyg

Brazilian producer Claudio Katz Szynkier veils social commentary with hazy retrospection

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Genesis Owusu
STRUGGLER

A multi-faceted follow-up to the much-touted *Smiling with No Teeth* proves a record of thrilling contrasts, for Zara Hedderman

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Maeda Yasuyuki & Li Song
28th Dec, Arakawa

Two artists jamming on their laptops in a Tokyo park, recorded live on a single ambient microphone, the sounds of the city, the park, the world mixing with the digital tones

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Cameron Graham
Becoming a Beach Angel

On his debut album, the UK drummer and electronic artist offers a digital ode to joy, finds Skye Butchard

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Mute Frequencies
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Ilia Rogatchevski and Laura Rogatchevskaia create soundtracks for lost films exploring northern climes

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DJs Di Guetto
DJs Di Guetto

A seminal Príncipe compilation that captures the pioneering years of the development of “the Lisbon sound”

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Daniel O’Sullivan
Rosarium

Renaissance man makes huge compositional leap with third solo album

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El Kontessa
Nos Habet Caramel

The latest from Cairo’s El Kontessa fizzes with mahraganat deconstructions and Egyptian bass, finds Jaša Bužinel

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Neo Seven

From Blank Forms, the latest from US musician Neo Gibson provides a perfect point of access into their unique and wide-ranging oeuvre, finds Antonio Poscic

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Jordy
The Love Ting

Love is a brilliant thing and Essex by-way-of Tottenham rapper, Jordy, encapsulates all of its peaks and troughs with his latest EP, The Love Ting

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The Breedling
IRUKANDJI

Chris Spalton need not worry, says JR Moores, his debut stab at industrial sound-art meets the mark

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Belbury Poly
The Path

Ghost Box stalwarts Belbury Poly return with a seventh album that has Will Salmon under its spell

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Where Were You – Independent Music From Leeds (1978–1989)
Various Artists

A new compilation of tracks by The Mekons, The Mission, Scritti Politti and The Wedding Present squarely cements the place of Leeds on the UK’s musical map, finds Hayley Scott

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Saint Abdullah & Eomac
A Vow Not To Read

A new collaborative record from Iranian brothers Mohammad and Mehdi Mehraban with the Irish DJ/producer leaves Jaša Bužinel wanting more

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Flaer
Preludes

The instrumental first release on the Leaf Label’s new cartographically-inclined offshoot label is as evocative as it is tender, finds Tom Bolton

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Georgia
Euphoric

Bolstered by a new collaborator, Georgia's follow-up to the Mercury-nominated *Seeking Thrills* shows new vulnerability, still backed by a thrilling set of beats, finds Zara Hedderman

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Jessy Lanza
Love Hallucination

Club music may have caught up with Jessy Lanza, but she's still pushing forward, finds Skye Butchard

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Guided By Voices
Welshpool Frillies

The stakhanovite productivity of Robert Pollard shows few signs of letting up. Long may it continue, says Jon Buckland

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The Clientele
I Am Not There Anymore

Thirty years and ten albums in, The Clientele have "bought a computer" – and may have just produced their best album yet, finds Tom Bolto9n

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Natalia Beylis
Mermaids

Raphael Rogiński
Talán

Shackleton & Wacław Zimpel ft. Siddartha Belmannu
In The Cell Of Dreams

Alabaster DePlume
Come With Fierce Grace

Qow
El Mosameh Sherine

Mad Myth Science
Mad Myth Science

Natasha Barrett
Reconfiguring the Landscape

Slowdive
Everything Is Alive

Paul Dunmall New Quartet
World Without

Maija Sofia
True Love

Khalab
Layers

Ki Oni
A Leisurely Swim To Everlasting Life

Lawrence English & Lea Bertucci
Chthonic

Babe, Terror
Teghnojoyg

Genesis Owusu
STRUGGLER

Maeda Yasuyuki & Li Song
28th Dec, Arakawa

Cameron Graham
Becoming a Beach Angel

Mute Frequencies
Svalbard Soundtracks

DJs Di Guetto
DJs Di Guetto

Daniel O’Sullivan
Rosarium

El Kontessa
Nos Habet Caramel

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Neo Seven

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The Breedling
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Belbury Poly
The Path

Where Were You – Independent Music From Leeds (1978–1989)
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Georgia
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Guided By Voices
Welshpool Frillies

The Clientele
I Am Not There Anymore

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