#470

Satoko Fujii & Otomo Yoshihide - Perpetual Motion (Ayler)

Even when he’s bashing the guitar like it’s a drum, Otomo is matching Fujii’s gestures, not undermining them. — Bill Meyer

#469

Beatriz Ferreyra - Senderos de Luz y Sombras (Ina-GRM)

Layers of sustained musique concrète continuously fold over and into each other, opening into the reverberance of an outer space littered with thermal atmospheric tides that percussively torque passing planets and stars off their synchronous orbits. — Jo Hutton

#468

Ryuichi Sakamoto - 12 (Milan / Sony)

Though created with minimal means, the resulting music has a palpable sense of open space – each note is like a petal dropped into an infinity pool, the ripples from its impact expanding gently forever. — Claire Biddles

#467

Slumberland & Sainkho Namtchylak - Lightkeeper (Morphine)

[I]f you’re looking to go all the way, try Slumberland and Namtchylak to get an idea of just how far this combination can be pushed in the hands of a mercurial instrumentalist and an impossible vocalist. — Rosie Esther Solomon