2023

Wire 15 (11)
Slumberland & Sainkho Namtchylak - Lightkeeper (Morphine)
Ryuichi Sakamoto - 12 (Milan / Sony)
Beatriz Ferreyra - Senderos de Luz y Sombras (Ina-GRM)
Satoko Fujii & Otomo Yoshihide - Perpetual Motion (Ayler)
Genesis P-Orridge & The Hafler Trio - Dream Less Suite (Cortizona)
Anchor & Burden - Kozmonautic Pilgrimage (Moonjune) +#471
Uboa - The Origin of My Depression (The Flenser)
Dwight Trible - Ancient Future (Gearbox Records)
Various - Disruptive Frequencies (Nonclassical)
JG Thirlwell / Mivos Quartet - Dystonia (Cantaloupe) +#474
Seven)Suns - One of Us is the Killer (Silent Pendulum)
Éliane Radigue - In Memoriam-Ostinato / Danse des Dakinis (Alga Marghen)
Rozenhall - Dance of the Aberrant (ADAADAT / Firework Edition Records)
Shackleton / Zimpel with Siddhartha Belmannu - In the Cell of Dreams (7K!)
Steve Lehman & Orchestre National de Jazz - Ex Machina (Pi) +#478

record of the year
Ryuichi Sakamoto - 12 (Milan / Sony)

#478

Shackleton / Zimpel with Siddhartha Belmannu - In the Cell of Dreams (7K!)

Three long pieces of overlapping drone form the bulk of the album. Its 21 minute opener “The Ocean Lies Between Us” layers electronics, gong-like sounds and vocal chanting. As vast and deep as its title would suggest, it feels like it could continue forever. — Claire Biddles

#477

Rozenhall - Dance of the Aberrant (ADAADAT / Firework Edition Records)

[Rozenhall’s] music may seem cosmic in scope, but it thrives on turbulence, conveying a sense of impending chaos rather than ethereal tranquillity. — Julian Cowley

#476

Éliane Radigue - In Memoriam-Ostinato / Danse des Dakinis (Alga Marghen)

In Memoriam-Ostinato/Danse Des Dakinis belongs to Radigue’s feedback era – a little-chronicled point in her career when she was working primarily with magnetic tape. — Hannah Pezzack