In anticipation of the official launch of this newsletter, and to give a sense of my personal aesthetic taste for those considering a subscription and for those who already know and remain curious, I offer this list of 21 albums released in 2021 that I spent time with and found highly impactful, luminous, and magical.
12 Comp (ZIM) 2017 by Anthony Braxton
KNVF by Charmaine Lee
SINNER GET READY by LINGUA IGNOTA
Instrumental Modal Pop of 1970's Egypt by Baligh Hamdi
Gas Lit (expanded edition) by Divide and Dissolve
Lucy & Aaron by Aaron Dilloway & Lucrecia Dalt
I LIE HERE BURIED WITH MY RINGS AND MY DRESSES by Backxwash
LYCOXERA by DJ Lycox
Music for Living Spaces by Green-House
im hole by aya
Internment Failure by Koma
Hidemi by Patrick Shiroishi
Ookii Gekkou by Vanishing Twin
Sound Ancestors by Madlib
Deep England by Gazelle Twin & NYX
With Drums by Machinefabriek
Luminol by Midwife
Sclupperbep by Skeeter Shelton & Hamid Drake
Bury Me Beneath This Rotting Earth by Body Void
Transmission by DJINN
Primordial Arcana by WOLVES IN THE THRONE ROOM