Crucial Listening

Low every night, channelling relaxation, meeting musical geniuses. Takiaya Reed discusses three important albums. Takiaya's picks: Low – HEY WHAT [https://lowtheband.bandcamp.com/album/hey-what] Alina Baraz + Galimatias – Urban Flora [https://www.discogs.com/master/1057758-Alina-Baraz-Galimatias-Urban-Flora] Unknown Mortal Orchestra – Sex & Food [https://www.discogs.com/master/1336766-Unknown-Mortal-Orchestra-Sex-Food] The new Divide & Dissolve album is called Insatiable, and it's out now on Bella Union. Check it out here. [https://divideanddissolve.bandcamp.com/album/insatiable] The Divide And Dissolve website is here, [https://divideanddissolve.com/] and they're also on Instagram. [https://www.instagram.com/divideanddissolve/] Donate to Crucial Listening on Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/cruciallistening [https://ko-fi.com/cruciallistening?ref=attnmagazine.co.uk]

Wine and cigarettes, heart and spirit, the cranky and the problematic. The sound artist and musician from Istanbul discusses three important albums. Hüma's picks: Bohren & Der Club Of Gore – Piano Nights [https://www.discogs.com/master/645267-Bohren-Der-Club-Of-Gore-Piano-Nights] Huun-Huur-Tu – Ancestors Call [https://www.discogs.com/release/3097087-Huun-Huur-Tu-Ancestors-Call] Nine Inch Nails – The Fragile [https://www.nin.wiki/The_Fragile_(halo)] Hüma's latest album is titled Dracones, and it's out now on Editions Mego. Check it out here. [https://humautku.bandcamp.com/album/dracones] Hüma's website is here. [https://humautku.com/] Donate to Crucial Listening on Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/cruciallistening [https://ko-fi.com/cruciallistening?ref=attnmagazine.co.uk]

Shooting a shotgun at a water tower, textural amalgams on the Silk Road, kindness in music. The LA-based musician discusses three important albums. Dustin's picks: Motohiko Hamase – Reminiscence [https://www.discogs.com/master/487929-Motohiko-Hamase-Reminiscence] Steve Shehan – Arrows [https://crammed-discs.bandcamp.com/album/arrows-made-to-measure-vol-26-remastered] goo age – Open Zone [https://orangemilkrecords.bandcamp.com/album/open-zone] Dustin's recent pleasures: Co La – Moody Coup [https://co-la.bandcamp.com/album/moody-coup] Lucy Liyou – Every Video Without Your Face, Every Sound Without Your Name [https://lucyliyou.bandcamp.com/album/every-video-without-your-face-every-sound-without-your-name] Dustin's new album, Gloria, is out now on Hausu Mountain. Check it out on Bandcamp. [https://dustinwong.bandcamp.com/album/gloria] Dustin is on Instagram. [https://www.instagram.com/dustin_clarence_h_wong/] Here's that fabulous track-by-track run-through [https://floodmagazine.com/191930/dustin-wong-gloria-track-by-track/] of Gloria on Flood Magazine. Donate to Crucial Listening on Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/cruciallistening [https://ko-fi.com/cruciallistening?ref=attnmagazine.co.uk]

The flesh and bone of synthesis, all the power in one drum, great songs with shit mixes. The Réunion island-based electronic maloya producer discusses three important albums. Jako's picks: Danyel Waro – Batarsité [https://www.discogs.com/release/9569038-Danyel-Waro-Batarsit%C3%A9] Patrick Manent – Kozmann ker [https://music.apple.com/us/album/kozmann-ker/1476445610] EPROM – Halflife [https://eprom.bandcamp.com/album/halflife] Jako's new album is called Mahavélouz and it's out on Nyege Nyege Tapes. Check it out here. [https://nyegenyegetapes.bandcamp.com/album/mahave-louz] Jako's website is here [https://www.jakomaron.com/english/] and he's also on Instagram. [https://www.instagram.com/jako.maron/] I'd also like to flag the fabulous interview with Jako by Navel Gazers, which was a helpful reference point while preparing for this interview. You can read that here. [https://blog.navelgazers.co.uk/2022/07/the-electro-maloya-experiments-of-jako.html] Donate to Crucial Listening on Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/cruciallistening [https://ko-fi.com/cruciallistening?ref=attnmagazine.co.uk]

One-take to tape, eternal red-lining, escaping the concert hall. The Tiohtià:ke/Montréal-based maker of concrète electronic tape music discusses three important albums. Jeremy's picks: Magnolia Electric Co. – Josephine [https://www.discogs.com/release/1922546-Magnolia-Electric-Co-Josephine] Baby Huey – The Baby Huey Story: The Living Legend [https://www.discogs.com/master/138144-Baby-Huey-The-Baby-Huey-Story-The-Living-Legend] Luc Ferrari – Presque Rien [https://lucferrari.bandcamp.com/album/presque-rien-2] A record Jeremy's been recently enjoying: iPhupho L'ka Biko – Azania [https://iphupholkabikoband.bandcamp.com/album/azania] Jeremy has two new solo records: MASSES on We Here And Now [https://wehereandnow.bandcamp.com/album/masses], and Cablcar on Halocline Trance. [https://jeremyyoung.bandcamp.com/album/cablcar] His Bandcamp is here [https://jeremyyoung.bandcamp.com/], and you can also find him on Cargo Collective. [https://cargocollective.com/jeremyyoung] Donate to Crucial Listening on Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/cruciallistening [https://ko-fi.com/cruciallistening?ref=attnmagazine.co.uk]