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Khaled Kurbeh
Likulli Fadāin Eqāéh [To Each Space Its Own Rhythm]

The Syrian composer's solo debut sees fragments of jangling bells, cracking seeds and FM synthesis combine to make a cohesive tapestry with a rich emotional resonance, finds Jon Buckland

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Tidiani Kone et T.P. Orchestre Poly-Rythmo
Tidiani Kone et T.P. Orchestre Poly-Rythmo

Welcome first re-release for a prized Benin-Mali collaboration

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Nadeem Din-Gabisi
Offshore

Big choruses and big energy elevate approaching themes of themes of Black identity, cultural displacement, and spiritual resilience with a refined sense of composition and arrangement, finds Mary Chiney

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MC Yallah & Debmaster
Gaudencia

A second full-length with French producer Debmaster, sees MC Yallah stretches out into new realms of possibility

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Pharaoh Overlord
Louhi

Go loud or go home – the blistering Finnish rock band are back. Get ready for some weaponised phlegm and stoner-kosmische

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Forth Wanderers
The Longer This Goes On

After seven years, the New Jersey quintet return older, wiser but just as rough and ready, finds Archie Forde

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Who Waters The Wilting Giving Tree Once The Leaves Dry Up And Fruits No Longer Bear?

A concept album inspired by Shel Silverstein’s children’s book, The Giving Tree, proves the former Divine Council rapper still has plenty to say

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Various Artists
For Gaza With Love Vol. 1

Benefit compilation for the PalMed Academy in Gaza features new music from Rich Dawson, Belle and Sebastian, and others

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Xeeland
Master Builder

Jason Stoll, of Sex Swing and Bonnacons Of Doom, makes an apt soundtrack for the quaking concrete of brutalist buildings

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Wevie Stonder
Sure Beats Living

Fifteen years after their last record, the plunderphonic Skam Records still have the capacity to surprise and delight, finds Jon Buckland

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Sofie Birch & Antonina Nowacka
Hiraeth

Largely improvised to tape in the small Polish village of Sokołowsko, the duo's second album feels exploratory and experimental in the truest sense, finds Jakub Knera

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Gina Birch
Trouble

On her second solo album, the defiant polymath plays her bass even louder

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Qur’an Shaheed
Pulse

The Pasadena artists pulls and stretches r'n'b into strange and psychedelic new shapes

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Jessica Winter
My First Album

Debut from former Pregoblin presents a magpie's nest of musical references

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Various Artists
Habibi Funk 031: A Selection Of Music From Libyan Tapes

Habibi Funk’s latest is a surprising compilation of genre-defying Libyan disco, synthpop, funk, and reggae that needs to be shared, says Bernie Brooks

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Siavash Amini
Caligo

Working with some of the earliest piano recordings made in Iran, Siavash Amini shatters these archival sounds, recomposing them into a startling new electronic tapestry

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Amina Hocine
ātamōn

Recorded in an abandoned mineshaft with a jerry-built foghorn organ, ātamōn is far from your run-of-the-mill drone record

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University
McCartney, It’ll be OK

Noisy youths make thrilling racket, charting a unique and rather startling course through the choppy waters of post-punk, post-hardcore and math-rock

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Gwenno
Utopia

The fourth album from the Mercury-nominated artist forges new paths in psychedelic haze and whispered wizardry, finds Lina Adams

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Darragh Morgan
For Violin and Electronics II

The Irish performer’s follow-up to 2017’s For Violin and Electronics showcases the breadth of possibilities for combining strings and wires, via works by Mira Calix, Donnacha Dennehy, Shiva Feshareki and others

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Primitive Percussion Youth Orchestra
Places We Have Never Been

An album of experimental music made by Todmorden school children evokes The Necks, Godspeed You! Black Emperor and a series of exotic locale. The kids are all right, says JR Moores

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Plume Girl
Unnameable Glory

On her second full-length album, Texas-based composer Sowmya Somanath let the music speak

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The Lijadu Sisters
Danger

Sunshine cynicism from mid-70s Nigeria, The Lijadu Sisters deliver sharp political commentary in a soulful voice

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Me Lost Me
This Material Moment

Backed by clarinets, bass and drums (the latter courtesy of Ewan Mackenzie or Pigsx7), Jayne Dent's latest channels random processes into her most personal material to date

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Richard Skelton
The Second Chamber

Marking twenty years of his Sustain-Release label, Richard Skelton's new album feels like a summation of two decades of work in atmospheric experimental music

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Ensemble Nist-Nah
Spilla

Australian musician Will Guthrie's gamelan-inspired ensemble pushes improvised percussion music to rich and experimental new heights, finds Levi Dayan

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Osmium
Osmium

Members of Senyawa and Emptyset join forces with Sam Slater and Oscar-winning composer Hildur Guðnadóttir for an exploration of machine learning that sounds thrillingly alien

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Mark Van Hoen
The Eternal Present

Whether covering Slowdive or summoning Squarepusher, Croydon's Mark Van Hoen inhabits a timeline all of his own

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Stephen O’Malley
But Remember What You Have Had

The SUNN O))) member’s minimalism leaves JR Moores wanting more

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Phil Langero
Practical Dancing (For The Modern Man)

Moundabout man gets lost in the rural murk, clanging away in a darkened basement, covering Beyoncé…

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Caspar Brötzmann Massaker
It’s a Love Song

Recorded live earlier earlier this year in Dresden and Vienna, the first album from Brötzmann's power trio in decades is heavy in more ways than one

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Hampus Lindwall
Brace for Impact

An album of contemporary composition for the organ, drawing influence from everything from Xenakis to metal to rave

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Gelli Haha
Switcheroo

Enter the Gelliverse for an album of such effervescence it is practically a geyser. The debut from Angel Abaya's spirited new persona is freewheeling and bags of fun, finds Claire Biddles

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University McCartney, It’ll be OK

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Khaled Kurbeh
Likulli Fadāin Eqāéh [To Each Space Its Own Rhythm]

Tidiani Kone et T.P. Orchestre Poly-Rythmo
Tidiani Kone et T.P. Orchestre Poly-Rythmo

Nadeem Din-Gabisi
Offshore

MC Yallah & Debmaster
Gaudencia

Pharaoh Overlord
Louhi

Forth Wanderers
The Longer This Goes On

$ilkMoney
Who Waters The Wilting Giving Tree Once The Leaves Dry Up And Fruits No Longer Bear?

Various Artists
For Gaza With Love Vol. 1

Xeeland
Master Builder

Wevie Stonder
Sure Beats Living

Sofie Birch & Antonina Nowacka
Hiraeth

Gina Birch
Trouble

Qur’an Shaheed
Pulse

Jessica Winter
My First Album

Various Artists
Habibi Funk 031: A Selection Of Music From Libyan Tapes

Siavash Amini
Caligo

Amina Hocine
ātamōn

University
McCartney, It’ll be OK

Gwenno
Utopia

Darragh Morgan
For Violin and Electronics II

Primitive Percussion Youth Orchestra
Places We Have Never Been

Plume Girl
Unnameable Glory

The Lijadu Sisters
Danger

Me Lost Me
This Material Moment

Richard Skelton
The Second Chamber

Ensemble Nist-Nah
Spilla

Osmium
Osmium

Mark Van Hoen
The Eternal Present

Stephen O’Malley
But Remember What You Have Had

Phil Langero
Practical Dancing (For The Modern Man)

Caspar Brötzmann Massaker
It’s a Love Song

Hampus Lindwall
Brace for Impact

Gelli Haha
Switcheroo