Our Recommendations for You - Last Updated 24/07/2026
// Jazz & Improv //
Bobby Previte:
A half-century into his career, Bobby Previte is still pushing himself: "For the first time my music is coming through the drums rather than around them." On his new album, he channels them into fluent, focused improvisations, each instrument holding its own space, locking tightly into a mystery.
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Kamila Csenge:
Guitarist Kamila Csenge wanted to deal with phenomena and philosophies defying the limits of human comprehension. Paradoxically, the results - somewhere between blissful jazz and progressive fusion – do not take the listener to the borders of the galaxy, but an intimate inner cosmos.
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Vincent Rein:
Bassist Vincent Rein's band haven't been together for very long. That may be precisely why their debut record hits that perfect spot between spontaneity and precision. This is classic jazz with a spotlight on solos, ample space for individuality and lyrical themes that just won't leave your head.
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// Electronic Music, Hip Hop //
Risa Taniguchi:
Techno, by its very nature, is a stripped-down art form. With Risa Taniguchi, what remains, is not a bare bone skeleton, but an organism composed entirely of muscle and sinew. All elements are essential here, all contribute to the sensation of being pushed forward with an irresistible force.
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Chris Maico Schmidt:
One of Germany's original techno pioneers, Chris Maico Schmidt keeps carrying the torch for some of the fundamental values that turned electronic club music from an underground phenomenon into a new philosophy of life – as a DJ, a radio host or, as on his atmospheric new EP, with his music.
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Danalogue:
Drawing from sci-fi and a lifetime of production experience, Danalogue's debut solo LP opens up a portal into a state where forms crumble and the mind opens up to receive sound in its purest, most powerful form. Imagination is a “radical act” here – of creating world we actually want to live in.
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// Sound Art, Experimental Music //
Heli Hartikainen:
On the “Interbody EP,” the sound artist engages with a self-programmed software organism, Hartikainen responding intuitively to unpredictable transformations of her gorgeously recorded sax lines. The machine is a distorted mirror here, leading her to places between chaos and control.
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LUMTZ:
The producer's latest ambient release is a different kind of summer music: soft and warm, gentle and uplifting, and as relaxing as lying at the beach and looking at the blue sky. The loving nature of these sounds is an effort of “caring for the listener”, “part of a search to change the world.”
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Hana Stretton:
Hana Stretton's “tiarn” is a reflective state composed of oceanic field recordings, her voice and a ghostly classical aria spinning in the background. It may be suffused with warm hiss and performed using simple equipment, but it isn't “lofi” – this is the way she hears the world.
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// Rock, Indie, Folk //
Memorial:
By playing more quiet, the British duo are making their audiences listen more closely. On their upcoming new album, songs drift in between folk. ambient and chambermusic, their voices soaring, the microphone picking up every nuance. It is music that paradoxically feels fragile and powerful at once.
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Natacha Atlas:
Borders have never been able to contain the Belgian-Egyptian songwriter's creativity. Together with her congenial partner Samy Bishai, even classical music theory crumbled, as the duo fused Arabic pop with scifi electronica, enriching Western harmonies with a little quarter tone magic.
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Kronstad 23:
It is hard to believe that psych-jazz band Kronstad 23 have so far hardly left the studio. Their record sounds like it was recorded live, their influences are global, their cosmic Grateful-Dead-meets-ECM instrumentals have a rare determination to them – benefiting from being meticulously unprepared.
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// Classical, Neoclassical, and Contemporary Composition //
Sarah Rothenberg:
“Daring” is not a word you hear often in classical music. To pianist Sarah Rothenberg it is pivotal for picking the pieces for her programs: Repertoire too daring for its time, so daring it questions your ideas about music, so daring it still sets your pulse racing 200 years after it was written.
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Francesca Gaza:
The architecture of Francesca Gaza's Crown Shyness is precisely defined. And yet, within it, this music truly contains multitudes, from jazz via baroque counterpoint and post rock to breathtaking exhales – what you're hearing says something profound about who you are as a person and a listener.
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Johanna Summer:
In the studio, Johanna Summers asked three of her pianist colleagues to play her a classical or contemporary composition as a starting point. Her instant responses fall in between continuation, transformation and composition, liquifying the dividing line between original and variation.
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