music: september 26

Here is my listening journal for September, all tracks on Spotify.

Still

• Album: Eletun Selona – Infinita Series (grainy ambient intro transitioning into dubbier techno, on the calmer and minimalistic side, very atmospheric, at times melancholic; got compared to Prince of Denmark online; fav tracks towards the middle section: Intint, Iimoas)
• Album: Lb Honne – present future / here there (ethereal, introspective ambient house, floating pads, dreamy; also Prince of Denmark vibes with looping vocals over melancholic deep house; very cool release, found it through St. Odes, which put out R.O.W.S. from July; fav tracks: Musium, Sky Funk)
• Album: Finn Streuper – What It's Like to Be a Bat (soft and spacey ambient jazz, totally adjacent to Alice Coltrane and Nala Sinephro; the Thomas Nagel reference alone caught my attention, consciousness is on my mind a lot this year; thanks S.S.)
• Album: Jonny Nash – Eden (I discovered Jonny Nash via his beautiful single Smoke Rings in April and spent some time going through his music; Eden is slow and spacious ambient, a little (too much) new age / fourth world vibe, plus gamelan – very timely listening with Jon Hassell's posthumous album out now; fav tracks: Agape, Police Bribe, Ding Repair)
  • Album: Jonny Nash – Point of Entry (guitar-based ambient, post-rock, layered acoustic and electric guitars with lots of delay and reverb; mellow and bittersweet; probably my fav Jonny Nash so far)
• EP: Number One – Overview (hazy, floating, relaxed ambient-adjacent house; fav tracks: Motion, Overview)
• Album: Le Motel – Pozo de Agua (liquid ambient, meaning lots of water sounds, waves, streams, drops; what sounds like birdsong; peaceful and playful at the same time; fav tracks: Caracol, Mangrove)
• Album: Actress – Radical Frame (ambient IDM + outsider house? surreal, cryptic and weird (in a good way); Live By You is a cool self-destructing track (I've been enjoying bitcrusher and redux effects recently), and the second half is also nice with hazy vocals and keys; fav tracks: Overchord, Withending, Paris, Sheets)

Going

• Track: Leod – Untitled 15 (number 15 in his Untitled series, lots of loops, chunky and bouncy; btw Leod also mastered Gold Panda's TON UP, which makes sense)
• EP: Carré – Citrine ("sexy dubstep", rolling, syncopated, somewhat trancey, somewhat grimey?; fav tracks: Sense of Place, Static)
• EP: Ploy – Glizzy (swinging, sweaty, rolling house, punchy, with sighing voice chops; fav track: Yesterday Now Tomorrow)
• Track: Mike D – Switch Up (glitchy, experimental, breaky hip hop with distorted vocals; I grew up with the Beastie Boys sound, so this was a nice surprise – my fav track from Mike D's new solo album Thank You, sounds like a Beastie Boys record with modern production)
• Track: Doctor Jeep – Dia De Los Muertos (140 dubstep + wild, funky hand drums + dancehall vocals)

Strong

September was difficult, and I'm happy it's over. Since this is basically a friends and family newsletter (at this stage), let me just say here, for you and for posterity: thank you for being there! <3

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