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Our Recommendations for You - Last Updated 16/10/2026
// Jazz & Improv //
Martti Vesala:
If Finland were the 51st state, Martti Vesala would by now be a superstar. But maybe it's better this way. Between the crunch of amplified guitars, advanced grooves and the resonant warmth of the horns, his new release looks at jazzrock through the lense of his Helsinki homebase to great effect.
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Jacob Wick:
In 2004, Jacob Wick saw Cecil Taylor and his band disappear into music in the most moving live performance he ever witnessed. Two decades later, his quartet may have achieved something similar. It is an immersive experience that is only possible, he stresses, by bodies sharing the same space.
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Blair / Huber:
Despite classic releases by Rollins & Hall or Burrell & Turrentine, the guitar-saxophone jazz duo is still a relative rarity. Which means that Blair / Huber are tapping into a great lineage while exploring new ground – always in search of the clearest, rawest realisation of an idea.
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// Electronic Music, Hip Hop //
Fernando Catatau:
Emerging from experiments with a Roland MV-8800 workstation, Fernando Catatau's comeback album is both a return and a departure. Electronic sequences and cut-to-the-bone beats trigger razorsharp guitar solos and soulbearing vocals – as with any medicine, it won't help if it doesn't hurt.
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Annie Leeth:
Determined to tell her story, Annie Leeth was afraid her music might make the world a darker place. Far from it: Filled with intricate vocals on top of industrial machinations and droning bass lines, her songs turn insecurities, doubt and confusion into something wondrous and uplifting.
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CHLOÉ:
Are CHLOÉ's new pieces really "repeating the obvious?" Her upcoming album is an epic journey into the hallucinatory, rhythmically flickering chiaroscuro of classic Sheffield-era IDM. And yet, what feels familiar is merely an invitation - to venture further, forever deeper into the unknown.
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// Sound Art, Experimental Music //
EXCISE DEPT:
The New Delhi- and Mumbai-based collective moved away from Hip-Hop for their new album in favour of a free-flowing, improvisation-based experimental symphony composed of folk, drones, noise and soundscapes. The dark, yet rich tapestry is a canvas for personal and political reflections.
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iiisa:
In the work of Isabel Crespo Pardo, the lines between the inner and outer world, so carefully constructed by convention and the rational mind, dissolve. The field recordings woven into her vulnerale songs are not documents - but wormholes for emotional travels to galaxies of mystery and beauty.
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Koen Holtkamp:
After moving from small Brooklyn apartments to a house surrounded by nature, Koen Holtkamp was able to dive deeper into the creative process than ever before. The resulting album takes you there - finding an unuccopied spot between electro-acoustic dreams and spiritual jazz.
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// Rock, Indie, Folk //
Caetano Malta:
There's a light that never goes out: In the sundrenched songs of "Eterna Juventude," Caetano Malta leads listeners to a state of mind where they can access their inner child and start living their life through it. Warm and luxuriously arranged, his songs feel like a warm embrace in cold times.
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Loreena McKennitt:
Everything old is, at some point, new again. This was true when Loreena McKennitt first released The Mask and Mirror and its groundbreaking journeys in time, spirituality and the lands of the soul. It is equally true for its re-release which feels as urgent and contemporary as it did 30 years ago.
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Nive Nielsen:
"Music, film, paintings, books, everything we call art, is often seen as a luxury or something that is not “necessity” for our survival. I don’t know who or what convinced people of that. The arts are a basic necessity - right behind food and water."
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// Classical, Neoclassical, and Contemporary Composition //
Charlotte Greve:
The New-York composer treated her new collection of works like a playground. Weaving shimmering, constantly shifting melodic lines around stable tonal axes and repeated cells, the music takes on a sweet, sensual, drifting quality. And yet, the softer the sound, the more powerful its effect.
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Alan Pierson:
Many people love “Music for 18 Musicians.“ Few love it as much as Alan Pierson. Even in its reduced version – slimmed down from his initial vision of a 24-hour performance – the conductor's massive 3-hour Reich zone is still the most radical and immersive you'll ever hear this classic.
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The Poiesis Quartet:
The first four years of the Poiesis Quartet's career have been a roller coaster ride with very little time for looking back. Their sophomore album now offers a moment to catch up, featuring recent repertoire, personal favourites – as well as the gorgeous piece that brought them together.
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