Music
10 albums I listened to October 2026
- Actress “Radical Frame” (Ninja Tune, 2026)
- Suzanne Ciani, Metropole Orkest, Simon Dobson “Ciani/Orkest – Live Quadrophonic Performance” (AKP Recordings, 2026)
- Tara Clerkin Trio “Somewhere Good” (World Of Echo, 2026)
- cv313 “Altering Illusions” (echospace [detroit], 2026)
- Erik Hall “Music For 18 Musicians” (Western Vinyl, 2020)
- Celia Hollander “Perfect Conditions” (self-released, 2024)
- Nate Mercereau, Josh Johnson, Carlos Niño “Openness Trio” (Blue Note, 2025)
- Kosuke Mine Quintet “Mine” (Three Blind Mice, repress, 2026)
- Orbital “Glastonbury 1994” (London Records, 2026)
- Ryuichi Sakamoto “Beauty” (UMG, remastered/repress, 2022)
10 albums I listened to January 2022
- Gino Marinacci “Atom Flower’s” (Roman Record Company, 1972/Mono Jazz, 2021)
- Burial “Antidawn” (Hyperdub, 2022)
- Hania Rani “Live from Studio S2” (Gondwana, 2022)
- Mankunku Quartet “Yakhal’ Inkomo” (World Record Co., 1968/Mr. Bongo, 2021)
- Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers “First Flight To Tokyo: The Lost 1961 Recordings” (Blue Note, 2021)
- Gideon Nxumalo “Gideon Plays” (JAS Pride, 1961/Matsuli Music, 2021)
- Trees Speak “Vertigo of Flaws” (Soul Jazz, 2021)
- Little Simz “Sometimes I Might Be Introvert” (Age 101 Music, 2021)
- Cavern Of Anti-Matter “Blood-Drums” (Grautag, 2013)
- Jenny Hval “Blood Bitch” (Su Tissue, 2016)
10 albums I listened to December 2021
- Ryuichi Sakamoto “Playing the Piano 12122020” (KAB, 2021)
- Makaya McCraven “Deciphering The Message” (Blue Note, 2021)
- Jane Birkin & Serge Gainsbourg “Jane Birkin & Serge Gainsbourg” (Fontana, 1969)
- Charles Lloyd & the Marvels “Tone Poem” (Blue Note, 2021)
- Inoyamaland “Swiva” (ExT Recordings, 2020)
- Suzanne Ciani “Voices Of Packaged Souls” (Liquid Sound, 1970/Dead-Cert Home Entertainment, 2012)
- Marta Sánchez Quintet “Partenika” (Fresh Sound, 2015)
- Wilbur Harden “Jazz Way Out” (Savoy, 1958)
- Kadi Yombo “Papé Nziengui” (Awesome Tapes From Africa, 2022)
- Soccer96 “Dopamine” (Moshi Moshi, 2021)
10 albums I listened to November 2021
- Chino Amobi “Paradiso” (Ormolycka, 2017)
- Penelope Trappes “Penelope Three” (Houndstooth, 2021)
- madteo “Head Gone Wrong By Noise” (Honest Jon’s, 2021)
- Kyle Shepherd “After the Night the Day Will Surely Come” (Matsuli Music, 2021)
- Xhosa Cole “Know Them, Know Us” (Stoney Lane Records/Xhosa Cole, 2021)
- Ian Carr “Belladonna” (Mercury, 1972/Mr. Bongo, 2021)
- Okyerema Asante “Drum Message” (Black Fire, 1977/Strut, 2021)
- Mira Calix “absent origin” (Warp, 2021)
- Various Artists (Curated/Mixed by Coldcut & Mixmaster Morris) “@0” (Ahead Of Our Time, 2021)
- Dezron Douglas & Brandee Younger “Force Majeure” (International Anthem, 2021)
10 albums I listened to October 2021
- Cosmic Eye “Dream Sequence” (Regal Zonophone, 1972/The Roundtable, 2019)
- Carla dal Forno “You Know What It’s Like” (Blackest Ever Black, 2016)
- Leo Abrahams/Shazhad Ismaily “Visitations” (Figureight, 2020)
- Carlos Niño & Friends “More Energy Fields, Current” (International Anthem, 2021)
- The Ibrahim Khalil Shihab Quintet feat. Mankunku “Spring” (Atlantic City, 1969/Matsuli Music, 2020)
- Kate Simko & London Electronic Orchestra “Kate Simko & London Electronic Orchestra” (Vinyl Factory, 2016)
- Nkisi “7 Directions” (UIQ, 2019)
- Emma-Jean Thackray “Yellow” (Movementt, 2021)
- Ichiko Aoba “Windswept Adan” (hermine, 2020)
- Aldorande “deux” (Favorite Recordings, 2021)
10 albums I listened to September 2021
- Martina Topley-Bird “Forever I Wait” (self-released, 2021)
- Malcolm McLaren “Duck Rock” (Charisma, 1983)
- Galya Bisengalieva “Aralkum” (One Little Indian, 2020)
- Harold McKinney “Voices and Rhythms of the Creative Profile” (Tribe, 1974/Pure Pleasure, 2018)
- Mario Rui Silva “Stories from another time 1982-1988” (Time Capsule, 2021)
- Vis-A-Vis “Obi Agye Me Dofo” (Ambassador, 1977/We Are Busy Bodies, 2021)
- The Arpeggio Jazz Ensemble “Le-Le” (Silk Screen Records, 1987/Jazz Room Records, 2021)
- Dexter Gordon “Go” (Blue Note, 1962/Blue Note, 2021)
- Nancy Sinatra “Boots” (Reprise, 1966/Light In the Attic, 2021)
- Brandee Younger “Somewhere Different” (Impulse, 2021)
10 albums I listened to August 2021
- Lyra Pramuk “Delta” (Bedroom Community, 2021)
- The Future Sound Of London “Archived : Environmental : Views” (fsol digital, 2017)
- Mr. Scruff “Trouser Jazz” (Ninja Tune, 2002)
- Doug Carn “Infant Eyes” (Black Jazz, 19??/Real Gone, 2021)
- Mu “Afro Finger and Gel” (Tigersushi, 2003)
- Denis Mpunga & Paul K. “Criola” (recorded 1980-84/Music From Memory, 2017)
- Beyoncé “Lemonade” (Parkwood Entertainment/Columbia, 2017)
- Liza Minnelli “Results” (Epic, 1989)
- Sugar Minott “Wicked Ago Feel It” (Wackie’s, 1984/Wackie’s, 2002)
- Joni Mitchell “Mingus” (Asylum, 1979)
10 albums I listened to July 2021
- Sedibus “The Heavens” (Orbscure Records, 2021)
- Theo Parrish “Wuddaji” (Sound Signature, 2020)
- Clark “Playground In A Lake” (Deutsche Grammophon, 2021)
- Binker Golding, Steve Noble & John Edwards “Moon Day” (Byrd Out, 2021)
- Hiroshi Suzuki “Cat” (Columbia, 1976/Columbia, 2015)
- Lorde “Solar Power” (Crush Music/Universal, 2021)
- Moritz Von Oswald Trio “Dissent: Chapter 1-10” (Modern Recordings, 2021)
- Leslie Winer “When I Hit You – You’ll Feel It” (Light In The Attic, 2021)
- Cleo Sol “Mother” (Forever Living Originals, 2021)
- Jorja Smith “Be Right Back” (FAMM, 2021)
10 albums I listened to June 2021
- Loraine James “Reflection” (Hyperdub, 2021)
- Ruth Mascelli “A Night At the Baths” (Disciples, 2021)
- Alice Coltrane “Kirtan: Turiya Sings” (Impulse, 2021)
- Mansur “Minotaurus” (Denovali Records, 2021)
- Sons of Kemet “Black To The Future” (Impulse, 2021)
- Sault “Nine” (Forever Living Originals, 2021)
- Roxymore “Face to Phase” (Don’t Be Afraid, 2019)
- The United Jazz & Rock Ensemble “United Live Opus Sechs” (Mood Records, 1984)
- Klein “Lifetime” (Ijn Inc., 2019)
- Thelonious Monk “Les Liaisons Dangereuses 1960” (recorded 1959/Sam Records, 2017)
10 albums I listened to May 2021
- Jaan Kuman “Instrumental Ensemble” (Jazzaggression, 2021)
- Nyssa “Comme au Moulin” (self-released, 1985/Ici Bientôt, 2021)
- Black Dog Productions “Bytes” (Warp, 1993)
- Lizzy Mercier Descloux “Press Color” (Philips, 1979/Light In The Attic, 2016)
- Nicole Mitchell “Liberation Narratives” (Nicole Mitchell, 2017)
- Jaimie Branch “Fly or Die Live” (International Anthem, 2021)
- Trees Speak “Shadow Forms” (Soul Jazz, 2020)
- The Dining Rooms “Numero Deux” (Milano 2000, 2001)
- The Durutti Column “Circuses and Bread” (Factory Benelux, 1986)
- Dr. Octagon “Dr. Octagon” (Mo’ Wax, 1996)
10 albums I listened to April 2021
- Hiro Yanagida “Hiro Yanagida” (Atlantic, 1971/Atlantic, 2020)
- Haruomi Hosono “Vu Jà Dé” (Speedster, 2020)
- Milton Nascimento “Ultimo Trem” (ballet performed, 1981/Far Out, 2020)
- Hailu Mergia & The Walias “Tezeta” (cassette, 1975/Awesome Tapes From Africa, 2021)
- Keith Jarrett “The Budapest Concert” (ECM, 2021)
- Colleen “The Tunnel and the Clearing” (Thrill Jockey, 2021)
- Jayda G “Significant Changes” (Ninja Tune, 2019)
- Rainforest Spiritual Enslavement “Flying Fish Ambience” (Hospital Productions, 2021)
- Annie Lennox “Lepidoptera” (La Lennoxa, 2019)
- Amanda Whiting “After Dark” (Jazzman, 2021)
10 albums I listened to March 2021
- Gabrielle Roth & The Mirrors “Selected Works 1985-2005” (Time Capsule, 2020)
- Motohiko Hamase “#Notes of Forestry/Technodrome/Anecdote” 3LP Box Set (WRWTFWW, 2020)
- Brama “One Million Eyes” (A Strangely Isolated Place, 2021)
- Various Artists “Artificial Intelligence” (Warp, 1992)
- Bang Bang “Je T’aime Je T’aime” (Yellow Productions, 1998)
- Jackson Conti “Sujinho” (Kindred Spirits, 2008)
- Shamek Farrah & Sonelius Smith “The World of the Children” (Strata-East, 1977/Pure Pleasure, 2021)
- Miles Davis “Dark Magus: Live” (CBS/Sony Japan, 1977/4 Men With Beards, 2011)
- Kelly Lee Owens “Kelly Lee Owens” (Smalltown Supersounds, 2017)
- Yu Su “Yellow River Blue” (Music From Memory, 2021)
10 albums I listened to February 2021
- Madlib “Sound Ancestors” (Madlib Invazion, 2021)
- Pauline Anna Strom “Angel Tears in Sunlight” (RVNG Intl., 2021)
- Angel Bat Dawid & Tha Brothahood “Live” (International Anthem, 2020)
- Photay “Waking Hours” (Mexican Summer, 2020)
- Arlo Parks “Collapsed in Sunbeams” (Transgressive, 2021)
- Laraaji/Merz/Shahzad Ismaily “Dreams of Sleep and Wakes of Sound” (Merz, 2019)
- Robin Guthrie & Harold Budd “Bordeaux” (Robin Guthrie/Harold Budd, 2011)
- Marcos Resende & Index “Marcos Resende & Index” (recorded 1976/Far Out, 2021)
- Scientist “Rids the World of the Evil Curse of the Vampires” (Greensleeves, 1981)
- Laurel Halo “DJ-Kicks” (!K7, 2019)
10 albums I listened to January 2021
- Keith Jarrett “The Köln Concert” (ECM, 1975)
- The Diabolical Liberties “High Protection & The Sportswear Mystics” (On the Corner, 2020)
- The Ensemble Al-Salaam “The Sojourner” (Strata-East, 1974)
- Orchestre Poly-Rythmo de Coton Dahomey “Orchestre Poly-Rythmo de Coton Dahomey” (HMV, 1972/Superfly, 2020)
- Laurent Petitgirard “Suite Epique” (LAlberti, 1972/Superfly, 2020)
- Jacky Moreau “Les Riches Heures de Jacky d’Ambroise” (no label, no year)
- Priscilla Ermel “Origens Da Luz” (Music from Memory, 2020)
- Tyshawn Sorey “Pillars IV” (Firehouse 12, 2018)
- Karlheinz Stockhausen “Hymnen” (Deutsche Grammophon, 1969)
- Francis Hime “Os Seis Em Ponto” (RGE, 1965/Vampi Soul, 2019)
10 albums I listened to December 2020
- ÌFÉ “IIII+IIII” (Discos Ifá, 2017)
- Eraldo Bernocchi & Hoshiko Yamane “Mujo” (Denovali Records, 2020)
- Taylor Swift “evermore” (Republic Records, 2020)
- Jaubi “The Deconstructed Ego” (Astigmatic, 2016)
- Khruangbin “Late Night Tales” (Night Time Stories, 2020)
- Shaolin Afronauts “Flight of the Ancients” (Freestyle Records, 2011)
- Bill Evans “Live in Tokyo” (CBS/Sony Japan 1973/Sony 2020)
- Kellee Patterson “Maiden Voyage” (Black Jazz, 1974/Real Gone, 2020)
- Gadi Sassoon “Multiverse” (A Strangely Isolated Place, 2020)
- Mozaika “Silver Tide” (Public Possession, 2020)
10 albums I listened to November 2020
- Pole “Fading” (Mute, 2020)
- Actress “Karma & Desire” (Ninja Tune, 2020)
- Various Artists “Darker Than Blue – Soul From Jamdown 1973-1980” (PK/Blood and Fire, 2001)
- Oké “Deserto” (Original Cultures + Zero Day, 2020)
- Tenderlonius “Ragas from Lahor: Improvisations with Jaubi” (22a, 2020)
- Pauline Anna Strom “Trans-Millenia Music” (RVNG Intl., 2017)
- Kenny Larkin “Azimuth” (Warp, 1994)
- Jyoti (aka Georgia Anne Muldrow) “Mama, You Can Bet!” (SomeOthaShip, 2020)
- Susan Alcorn Quintet “Pedernal” (Relative Pitch, 2020)
- Nduduzo Makhathini “Modes of Communication: Letters from the Underworlds” (Universal, 2020)
10 albums I listened to October 2020
- Sun Ra Arkestra “Swirling” (Strut, 2020)
- Shirley Scott “One For Me” (Strata East, 1974/Arc Records, 2020)
- Carlos Niño & Miguel Atwood-Ferguson “Chicago Waves” (International Anthem, 2020)
- Autechre “SIGN” (Warp, 2020)
- Emma-Jean Thackray “Um Yang” (Night Dreamer, 2020)
- Walter Bishop Jr. “Coral Keys” (Black Jazz, 1971/Real Gone, 2020)
- Call Super “Every Mouth Teeth Missing” (Incienso, 2020)
- Skye “Keeping Secrets” (Skyewards Recordings, 2020)
- Mildlife “Automatic” (Heavenly Recordings/PIAS, 2020)
- Ranil “y su Conjunto Tropical” (Analog Africa, 2020)
10 albums I listened to September 2020
- Sault “Untitled (Rise)” (Forever Living Originals, 2020)
- Mosese “Lumingu Puati (Zorro)” (Disques Espérance, 1987/BBE, 2019)
- Nina Simone “Little Girl Blue” (Bethlehem Records, 1959)
- Harry Beckett “Joy Unlimited” (Cadillac Records, 1975/2020)
- Sharhabil Ahmed “The King of Sudanese Jazz” (Habibi Funk/Jakarta Records, 2020)
- Duval Timothy “Help” (Carrying Colour/Vinyl Factory, 2020)
- Sarathy Korwar “More Arriving” (Leaf, 2019)
- Dee Dee Bridgewater “Afro Blue” (Trio Records, 1974)
- Hailu Mergia “Yene Mircha” (Awesome Tapes From Africa, 2020)
- Alice Coltrane “Live At Carnegie Hall, 1971” (Live Broadcast on WQXR-FM, 1971/Alternative Fax, 2020)
10 albums I listened to August 2020
- Jon Hassell “Seeing Through Sound (Pentimento Volume Two)” (Ndeya, 2020)
- Pokus “Pokus” (Pokus Music, 2020)
- Loyle Carner “Yesterday’s Gone” (AMF Records, 2017)
- Venus “Logic System” (Express, 1981/Wewantsounds, 2020)
- Nubya Garcia “Source” (Concord Jazz, 2020)
- Gene Russell “New Direction” (Black Jazz, 1971/Real Gone, 2020)
- Archie Shepp & Horace Parlan “Goin’ Home” (SteepleChase, 1977)
- Siti Muharam “Siti of Unguja (Romance Revolution on Zanzibar)” (On the Corner, 2020)
- Nina Simone “In Concert” (Philips, 1964/2016)
- Cool Breeze “Assimilation” (Dorado, 1995)
10 albums I listened to July 2020
- Juliana Barwick “Healing Is A Miracle” (Ninja Tune, 2020)
- Various Artists “Pyramid Pieces 1 (Modal & Eco-Jazz From Australia 1969-79)” (The Roundtable, 2020)
- Thabang Tabane “Matjale” (Mushroom Hour Half Hour, 2018)
- Cleo Sol “Rose in the Dark” (Forever Living Originals, 2020)
- Thiago Nassif “Mente” (Gearbox Records, 2020)
- Jutta Hipp with Zoot Sims “Jutta Hipp with Zoot Sims” (Blue Note, 1956)
- Biosphere “Dropsonde” (Biophon Records, 2020)
- Piri “Voces Querem Mate?” (Quartin, 1970/Far Out Recordings, 2017)
- Beatrice Dillon “Workaround” (Pan, 2020)
- Lyra Pramuk “Fountain” (Bedroom Community, 2020)
10 albums I listened to June 2020
- Keleketla! & Coldcut “Keleketla!” (Ahead Of Our Time, 2020)
- Makaya McCraven “Universal Beings” (International Anthem, 2018)
- Vibration Black Finger “Can You See What I’m Trying To Say” (Jazzman, 2020)
- Kenny Cox “Clap Clap! The Joyful Noise” (recorded 1974/5, Strata Records/180 Proof Records, 2013)
- Dorothy Donegan “Incredible Dorothy Donegan Trio” (Chiaroscuro Records, 1992)
- Lil Armstrong “Satchmo And Me: Lil Armstrong’s Own Story” (Riverside Records, 1957)
- Little Simz “GREY Area” (Age 101 Music, 2019)
- Vin Gordon “African Shores” (Tradition Disc, 2019)
- Flying Lotus “Flamagra Instrumentals” (Warp Records, 2020)
- Tony Allen “Lagos No Shaking” (Honest Jon’s, 2005)
10 albums I listened to May 2020
- Four Tet “Sixteen Oceans” (Text, 2020)
- Lou Donaldson “Swing and Soul” (Blue Note, 1957)
- Sarah Davachi “Pale Bloom” (W.25th, 2019)
- Thelonius Monk “Thelonius Monk Quartet with John Coltrane at Carnegie Hall” (recorded 1957/Blue Note, 2018)
- Tom Misch & Yussef Dayes “What Kinda Music” (Blue Note, 2020)
- Chris Abrahams “Fluid To The Influence” (Room 40, 2016)
- Hania Rani “Esja” (Gondwana Records, 2019)
- Sault “Untitled (Black Is)” (Forever Living Originals, 2020)
- Groupe RTD “The Dancing Devils Of Djibouti” (Ostinato Records, 2020)
- Carla dal Forno “Look up Sharp” (Kallista Records, 2020)
10 albums I listened to April 2020
- Theo Parrish “American Intelligence” (Sound Signature, 2014)
- Various Artists “Kankyō Ongaku: Japanese Ambient, Environmental & New Age Music 1980-1990” (Light In The Attic, 2019)
- Supertramp “Breakfast in America” (A&M Records, 1979)
- Julianna Barwick “The Magic Place” (Asthmatic Kitty Records, 2011)
- Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith “The Kid” (Western Vinyl, 2017)
- Mary Lattimore “Hundreds of Days” (Ghostly International, 2018)
- Oasis “Definitely Maybe” (Creation Records, 1994)
- Caterina Barbieri “Patterns of Consciousness” (Important Records, 2017)
- Tony Allen “A Tribute to Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers” (Blue Note, 2017)
- Kraftwerk “Computer World” Remastered Edition (EMI/Mute, 2009)
10 albums I listened to March 2020
- The Orb “The Orb’s Adventures Beyond The Ultraworld” (Wau! Mr. Modo/Island Records, 1991)
- Carl Craig & Moritz von Oswald “Re: Composed” (Deutsche Grammophon, 2008)
- K Frimpong & Super Complex Sounds “Ahyewa Special” (Ofo Bros, 1975/Hot Casa Records, 2020)
- Two Lone Swordsmen “The Fifth Mission (Return To The Flightpath Estate)” (Emissions Audio Output, 1996)
- Pedro Ruy-Blas “Cyber Dolores” (Jazzaggression, 2019)
- Le Super Biton National de Ségou “Le Super Biton National de Ségou” (Mali Kunkan, 1977)
- Gilberto Gil “Louvação” (Philips, 1967/Universal Sound, 2013)
- Nat Birchall meets Al Breadwinner “Sounds Almighty” (Tradition Disc, 2018)
- Up, Bustle and Out “The Breeze Was Mellow” (Ninja Tune, 1994)
- Sourakata Koite “en Hollande” (Plexus, 1995/Awesome Tapes From Africa, 2019)
10 albums I listened to February 2020
- Porya Hatami & Arovane “Kaziwa” (Time Released Sound, 2016/n5MD, 2018)
- Novi Singers “Vocal Jazz From Poland 1965-75” (JCR, 1999)
- Taylor Deupree & Marcus Fischer “Lowlands” (llKKl, 2017)
- Primal Scream (remixed by Adrian Sherwood) “Echo Dek” (Creation, 1997)
- Jon Hassell “Power Spot” (ECM, 1986)
- Ofege “Try And Love” (His Master’s Voice, 1973/Academy LPs, 2009)
- N’Kouri “Percussions” (self-released 1980/Superfly, 2017)
- Sir Waziri Oshomah and His Traditional Sound Makers “Vol. 3” (Shanu Olu Records, 1980/Superfly, 2016)
- Kraftwerk “Autobahn” Remastered Edition (EMI/Mute, 2009)
- Mezare Israel Yekabtzenu “The Jazz Workshop” (Isradisc, 1973/Fortuna Records, 2014)
10 albums I listened to January 2020
- Wildflower “Season 2” (Ill Considered Music, 2019)
- Jay Richford & Gary Stevan (aka Stefano Torossi) “Feelings” (Carosello, 1974/Schema, 2016)
- Inoyama Land “Commissions: 1977-2000; Music for Slime Molds, Sensory Museum and Egyptology” (Empire of Signs, 2019)
- Okumu Herbert Skinner “Undone: Live at the Crypt” (The Vinyl Factory, 2019)
- Paz Paz Paz “Paz Are Back” (Spotlite, 1982/BBE, 2017)
- Marlena Shaw “Anthology” (Soul Brother Records, 2000)
- Wojciech Karolak “Easy!” (Polskie Nagrania Muza, 1975)
- Sounds of Liberation “Unreleased”
(recorded 1973/Dogtown, 2019)
- Various Artists “Son Cubano NYC: Cuban Roots New York Spices 1972-82” (Honest Jon’s, 2004)
- Pharoah Sanders “Africa” (Timeless Records, 1987/Tidal Waves, 2019)
10 albums I listened to December 2019
- Maki Asakawa “Maki Asakawa” (Honest Jon’s, 2015)
- Franck Valmont et Syncro Rhytmic Language “Franck Valmont et Syncro Rhytmic Language” (Moshé Naïm, 1976/Sommor, 2019)
- Masahiro Sugaya “Horizon Vol. 1” (Empire of Signs, 2019)
- Nelson Angelo E Joyce “Nelson Angelo E Joyce” (Odeon, 1972/Polysom, 2019)
- Olga Wojciechowska “Infinite Distances” (A Strangely Isolated Place, 2019)
- Various Artists “Space Funk: Afro Futurist Electro Funk in Space 1976-84” (Soul Jazz Records, 2019)
- Sault “7” (Forever Living Originals, 2019)
- The Secret Waltz Band “The Secret Waltz Club” (Red Egyptian Records, 2001)
- Ingrid Chavez “May 19, 1992” (Paisley Park, 1992)
- Kolida Babo “Kolida Babo” (MIC Records, 2019)
10 albums I listened to November 2019
- Underworld “DRIFT Series 1, Sampler Edition” (underworldlive.com, 2019)
- Lapalux “Amnioverse” (Brain Feeder, 2019)
- Angel Bat Dawid “The Oracle” (International Anthem, 2019)
- FKA twigs “Magdalene” (Young Turks, 2019)
- Amabano “Amabano” (Мелодия, 1987/Afro7 Records, 2019)
- Michael Kiwanuka “Kiwanuka” (Polydor, 2019)
- Sade “Stronger Than Pride” (Epic, 1988)
- Antoinette Konan “Antoinette Konan” (Antoinette Konan, 1986/Awesome Tapes From Africa, 2019)
- John Coltrane “Blue World” (Impulse, 2019 – recorded 1964)
- Matthew Halsall “Oneness” (Gondwana Records, 2019 – recorded 2008)
10 albums I listened to October 2019
- Ayizan “Dilijans” (AYZ Inc., 1984/Superfly Records, 2019)
- Yaseen & Party “Yaseen & Party” (Afro7 Records, 2019)
- Tenorio Jr. “Embalo” (RGE, 1964/Mr. Bongo, 2017)
- Hiroshi Sato “Orient” (Kitty Records, 1979/WeWantSounds, 2018)
- Nahuel Jazz Quartet “Nahuel Jazz Quartet” (Ediciones L. R. Ortiz 1963/2019)
- Dengue Dengue Dengue “Zenit & Nadir” (Enchufada, 2019)
- Don Rendell Quintet “Space Walk” (Columbia, 1972/2018)
- Bob Ohiri & His Uhuru Sounds “Uhuru Aiye” (Ashiko, 1977/Superfly Records, 2019)
- Sault “5” (Forever Living Originals, 2019)
- Dead Can Dance “Dionysus” ([PIAS], 2019)
10 albums I listened to September 2019
- Ralph Thomas “Eastern Standard Time” (Zebra Jazz, 1980/BBE, 2018)
- Patrice Rushen “Prelusion” (Prestige, 1974)
- Phrydderichs Phaelda “Bruchstücke” (self released, not on label, 1981/Notes On A Journey, 2019)
- Guy Warren of Ghana “Afro-Jazz” (Columbia, 1969/Return to Analog, 2019)
- Stanley Cowell “Musa – Ancestral Streams” (Strata-East, 1974/Everland Jazz, 2018)
- Lloyd McNeill/Marshall Hawkins “Tanner Suite” (ASHA Recording Co. Inc., 1969/Universal Sound, 2015)
- The John Danser Octet “The Danser Revolution” (Grapevine, 1977/Everland Jazz, 2017)
- Pat Patrick & The Baritone Saxophone Retinue “Sound Advice” (El Saturn Records, 1977/Art Yard, 2015)
- Jürg Lenggenhager Trio “Rencontres” (self released, not on label, 1966)
- Al Chem “Weird Fiction” (Art Yard, 2017)
10 albums I listened to August 2019
- Art Blakey “Holiday for Skins Vol. 2” (Blue Note, 1958)
- The Amorphous Androgynous “The Isness (The Abbey Road Version)” (EBV, 2018)
- Jello “Voile” (Peacefrog, 2002)
- The Phonometrician “Mnemosyne” (Lost Tribe Sound, 2019)
- Lloyd McNeill “Treasures” (Baobab, 1976/Soul Jazz, 2019)
- Jan Jelinek “Loop-Finding-Jazz-Records” (~scape, 2001/Fatiche, 2017)
- Various Artists “Outro Tempo (Electronic and Contemporary Music from Brazil 1978-1992)” (Music From Memory, 2017)
- Nina Kraviz “DJ-Kicks” (!K7, 2015)
- Maria “Carminho” (Maria Music, 2018)
- Mary Lattimore & Mac McCaughan “New Rain Duets” (Three Lobed Recordings, 2019)
10 albums I listened to July 2019
- Various Artists “Desert Blues – Ambiances du Sahara” (Network, 2017)
- Four Tet “Dialogue” (Output, 1999)
- Ethnic Heritage Ensemble “Be Known: Ancient/Future/Music” (Spirit Muse Records, 2019)
- The Voices of Bulgaria with Lisa Gerrard “BooCheeMish” (Prophecy, 2019)
- Prince “Sign O’ The Times” (Paisley Park, 1987)
- Charles Rouse “Two Is One” (Strata-East, 1974/Everland Jazz, 2018)
- Roscoe Mitchell “Solo Concert” (Sackville Recordings, 1974/Tizona, 2011)
- Delia Derbyshire “The Dreams” (Fantome Phonographique, 2019)
- Thom Yorke “Anima” (XL Recordings, 2019)
- Nicolas Gaunin “Noa Noa Noa” (Hive Mind Records, 2019)
10 albums I listened to June 2019
- Brian Eno “Discreet Music – Mastered at Abbey Road Studios – Half Speed Mastering” (Virgin EMI, 2018)
- Ebo Taylor, Pat Thomas & Uhuru Yenzu “Hitsville Revisited” (Essiebons, 1982/Mr. Bongo, 2019)
- Earl Zinger “Speaker Stack Commandments” (!K7, 2004)
- The Kenny Clarke-Francy Boland Big Band “Sax No End” (SABA, 1967)
- Perel “Hermetica” (DFA, 2018)
- Moses Taiwa Molelekwa “Genes and Spirits” (M.E.L.T. 2000, 1998/Matsuli Music, 2018)
- Dennis Young “Primitive Substance” (Athens Of The North, 2019)
- Mombasa “Ode To Kalahari” (Intercord/Spiegelei, 1979)
- Bea Benjamin with Dollar Brand “African Songbird” (The Sun, 1976/Matsuli Music, 2013)
- Guido Spannocchi “Terms & Conditions” (Audioguido Records, 2018)
10 albums I listened to May 2019
- Global Communication “76:14” (Dedicated, 1994)
- Midori Takada & Lafawndah “Le Renard Bleu” (!K7, 2018)
- Catch Up “Catch Up 1” (Calig, 1975/Crippled, 2002)
- The Overton Berry Ensemble “T.O.B.E.” (C E Records, 1972/Light In The Attic, 2011)
- Dani Siciliano “Likes” (Accidental, 2004)
- Fort Lauderdale “Time Is Of The Essence” (Memphis Industries, 2001)
- Roger Eno “Voices” (Editions EG, 1985)
- Horace Tapscott with the Pan-Afrikan Peoples Orchestra “Live at I.U.C.C” (Nimbus West, 1979/Outer National, 2019)
- Pedro Santos “Krishnanda” (CBS, 1968/Mr. Bongo, 2016)
- Haruomi Hosono “Hochono House” (Victor, 2019)
10 albums I listened to April 2019
- Urban Tribe “The Collapse of Modern Culture” (Mo’ Wax)
- Natural Calamity “Peach Head” (Ideal)
- Tamba Trio “Tempo” (Philips/Universal Sound)
- Abdullah Sami “Peace of Time” (Spiritmuse Records)
- Sun Ra “Monorails & Satellites Vols. 1 to 3 – Works for Solo Piano” (Saturn/Cosmic Myth)
- Elis Regina “Elis Regina in London” (Universal Sound)
- Dungen & Prins Thomas “Häxan (Versions by Prins Thomas)” (Smalltown Supersound)
- Fémina “Perlas & Conchas” (self-released, not on label)
- Suso Saiz “Nothing is Objective” (Music from Memory)
- Suzanne Menzel “Goodbyes and Beginnings” (Frederiksberg Records)
10 albums I listened to March 2019
- The Comet is Coming “Trust In The Lifeforce Of The Deep Mystery” (Impulse)
- Cinematic Orchestra “To Believe” (Ninja Tune)
- mu-ZIQ “Somerset Avenue Tracks (1992-1995)” (Planet Mu)
- Various Artists “Hi-Fidelity Dub Sessions – Chapter One” (Guidance)
- Sade “Stronger Than Pride” (Epic)
- Cocteau Twins “Victorialand” (4AD)
- Beth Gibbons, The Polish National Radio Symphony & Krzysztof Penderecki “Henryk Górecki: Symphony No. 3” (Domino)
- Luke Abbott “Music from the Edge of an Island” (Float)
- Nils Frahm “Spaces” (Erased Tapes)
- Agnes Obel “Aventine” (Play It Again Sam)
10 albums I listened to February 2019
- SEED Ensemble “Driftglass” (Jazz: Refreshed)
- Sarah Tandy “Infection In The Sentence” (Jazz: Refreshed)
- Carl Stone “Music from the Seventies and Eighties” (Unseen Worlds)
- Carl Stone “Music from the Eighties and Nineties” (Unseen Worlds)
- Theon Cross “Fyah” (Gearbox)
- MADMADMAD “madmadmad” (self-released, not on label)
- Johnny Nash & Suzanne Kraft “Passive Aggressive” (Melody As Truth)
- log(m) & Laraaji “The Onrush of Eternity” (Invisible Inc.)
- 36 “Fade to Grey” (A Strangely Isolated Place)
- Makaya McCraven “Where We Come From (CHICAGOxLONDON Mixtape)” (International Anthem)
10 albums I listened to January 2019
- Ultramarine “Signals into Space” (Les Disques du Crepuscule)
- B12 “Time Tourist” (Warp)
- Nick Walters “Awakening” (22a)
- Romare “Projections” (Ninja Tune)
- Haruomi Hosono “Cochin Moon” (Light In The Attic)
- Rosie Turton “Rosie’s 5ive” (Jazz: Refreshed)
- Jon Hassell “Vernal Equinox” (Lovely Music Ltd.)
- Emilio Santiago “Emilio Santiago” (Far Out Recordings)
- Maria Teresa Luciani “Sounds of the City” (Finders Keepers)
- Polo & Pan “Caravelle” (Hamburger Records)
10 albums I listened to December 2018
- the Good, the Bad & the Queen “Merrie Land” (Studio 13)
- Dopplereffekt “Cellular Automata” (Leisure System)
- Almunia “New Moon” (Claremont 56)
- Anne Dudley “Anne Dudley Plays the Art of Noise” (Island)
- Helena Hauff “Qualm” (Ninja Tune)
- Marie Davidson “Working Class Woman” (Ninja Tune)
- Ka Baird “Sapropelic Pycnic” (Drag City)
- Don Cherry & Ed Blackwell “El Corazón” (ECM)
- Andrew Cyrille “Ledroba” (ECM)
- Midori Takada “Through The Looking Glass” (WRWTFWW)
10 albums I listened to November 2018
- Don Rendell Ian Carr Quintet “The Complete Lansdowne Recordings 1965-69” (Jazzman)
- Makaya McCraven “Universal Beings” (International Anthem)
- The Black Dog “Department of Dogma (Live in Toronto 1997)” (Dust Science)
- Orchestre Abass “De Bassari Togo” (Analog Africa)
- Various Artists “Full Circle” (A Strangely Isolated Place)
- Cosmo Sheldrake “The Much Much How How and I” (Tardigrade Records)
- Acid Pauli “BLD” (Ouïe)
- Mansur Brown “Shiroi” (Black Focus)
- Suzanne Kraft “Talk from Home” (Melody As Truth)
- Moontribe “Moontribe” (Fortuna Records)
10 albums I listened to October 2018
- Ill Considered “Live at the Total Refreshment Centre” (Ill Considered Music)
- Asnakech Worku “Asnakech” (Awesome Tapes From Africa)
- Sourakata Koité “en Hollande” (Plexus)
- HIA & Biosphere “Polar Sequences” (Biophon Records)
- Anne Dudley “Anne Dudley Plays the Art of Noise” (Island)
- Joki Freund Sextet “Yogi Jazz” (L+R Records)
- Beverly Glenn-Copeland “Beverly Glenn-Copeland” (Super-Sonic Jazz Records)
- Thom Yorke “Suspiria” (Music for the Luca Guadagnino Film) (XL Recordings)
- Grupo Controle Digital “A Festa É Nossa” (Soundway)
- Thomas Leer & Robert Rental “The Bridge” (Celluloid)
10 albums I listened to September 2018
- Manu Delago “Parasol Peak (Live in the Alps)” (One Little Indian)
- Thomas Fehlmann “Los Lagos” (Kompakt)
- Prince “Piano & a Microphone 1983” (NPG Records)
- The Bird Curtis Quintet “Bird Curtis Quintet” (Jazz Aggression)
- Various Artists “Two Niles to Sing a Melody: The Violins & Synths of Sudan” (Ostinato)
- Brandon Coleman “Resistance” (Brainfeeder)
- Jonah Sirota “Strong Sad” (National Sawdust)
- Yasmine Hamdan “Al Jamilat” (Crammed Discs)
- Various Artists “Girih: Iranian Sound Artists Volumes I-IV” (Zabte Sote)
- Planet Battagon “Battagon Symphony (Rough Guide to Neptunia pt. 1)” (On the Corner)
