2021 Listening

Ernest Bergez, pagan ecstasies, in Occitan!20 fave listens (new releases)Sourdure – De Mòrt Viva Rita Payés + Elisabeth Roma – COMO LA PIEL Gabriels – Bloodline / Love and Hate in a Different Time Dina Ögon – Dina Ögon Devin Hoff – Voices from the Empty Moor Gisele Pape – Caillou Arooj Aftab – Vulture Prince L’Rain – Fatigue Meril Wubslin – Alors quoi Floating Points + Pharaoh Sanders – Promises Mabe Fratti – Será Que Ahora Podremos Entendernos Lionmilk – I Hope You Are Well Laura Cannell + Kate Ellis – January-December Sounds (12 releases)Wau Wau Collectif – Yaral Sa Doom Jamael Dean – Primordial Waters William Parker – Migration of Silence Into and Out of the Tone World R.A.P. Ferreira – bob’s son / the Light Emitting Diamond Cutter Scriptures Lightman Jarvis Ecstatic Band – Banned Joan As Police Woman / Tony Allen / Dave Okumu – The Solution is Restless Patricia Brennan – Maquishti 20 faves (reissues)Nermin Niazi – Disco Se Aagay Futur Antérieur: Bongo Joe’s 5 Years Anniversary Alice Coltrane – Kirtan: Turiya Sings 4 Mars – Super Somali Sounds from the Gulf of Tadjoura Pastor T.L. Barrett –  I Shall Wear a Crown (5 lps) Jose Mauro – A Viagem das Horas / Obnoxius Zanzibara First Modern Taarab Vibes from Mombasa & Tanga Tassos Chalkias – Divine Reeds Hailu Mergia – Tezeta Die Welttraumforscher – Die Rückkehr der echten Menschheit (1981-1990) Somewhere Between: Mutant Pop, Electronic Minimalism & Shadow Sounds of Japan Willie Dunn – Creation Never Sleeps, Creation Never DiesGrauzone – Grauzone, 40 Years Anniversary EditionLeo Nocentelli – Another Side Fitz Gore + the Talismen – s/t / Soundmagnificat / Soundnitia Don Cherry’s New Researches – Organic Music Theater Stelle Chiweshe – Ambuya! (remastered) Back Up: Mexican Tecno Pop 1980-1989 Francis Bebey – Dibiye Sun Ra – Lanquidity 20 more, oft-spunAltin Gül – Yol Green-House – Music for Living Spaces Nevers – Clueless / Minor Plot TwistTirzah – Colourgrade Nahawa Doumbia – Kanawa Low – HEY WHAT The Vernon Spring – A Plane Over Woods / On the 21st of May Erlend Apneseth + Margit Myhr – Slåttesong / Fragmentarium Tex Crick – Live in…New York City Orchestre Tout Puissant Marcel Duchamp – We’re OK. But We’re Lost Anyway. Derya Yıldırım & Grup Şimşek – Dost 1 The Weather Station –  Ignorance This is Tehran? (v/a)Jaubi – Nafs at Peace Chihei Hatakeyama – Late Spring Teeth Agency – You Don’t Have to Live in Pain Emmanuelle Parrerin / Detlef Weinrich – Jours de grève Mason Lindahl – Kissing Rosy in the Rain Club Coco (v/a, Bongo Joe)Apifera – Overstand