Crucial Listening

Damaged format, barcode translations, exploring the Fens. The London-based sound artist talks about three important albums.

Kate's picks:

1) Oval – 94diskont.

2) Ryoji Ikeda – Dataplex

3) Simon Scott – Below Sea Level

You can check out Kate's music over at Bandcamp or find out more on her website.

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Pre-hispanic traditions, classical guitar genius, major label rebellion. The Argentinean musician discusses three important albums.

Alan's picks:

1) V/A – Musica de los Aborigenes (music by Native Indegenous Tribes from Argentina)

2) Agustín Barrios– The Complete Guitar Recordings

3) Luis Alberto Spinetta – Spinettalandia y sus amigos

You can check out Alan's new Buchla Gtr record on Firework Edition, while the Reynols boxset is available via Pica Disk.

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Energetic phenomena, Romanian spectral music, hidden pulsations. The Icelandic composer talks about three important albums.

Bjarni's picks:

1) Seefeel – Succour

2) Ana-Maria Avram + Iancu Dumitrescu ‎– Soleil Explosant

3) Helena Gough – Mikroklimata

Bjarni's official website is here. Lueur is out now on Tartaruga.

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Sneaking into the galaxy bar, bubbles in the park, 69 occurrences of time. The Brussels-based composer talks about three important albums.

Christina's picks:

1) Laurie Spiegel – The Expanding Universe

2) Vangelis – Opéra Sauvage

3) Hiroshi Yoshimura – Green

Read more about Christina and her music over on her website and on Bandcamp, and keep up to date with her latest happenings on Facebook.

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Raw character, true divas, emergency dentistry. The Berlin-based producer and DJ discusses three important albums.

Ziúr's picks:

1) Still – I

2) Grace Jones – Nightclubbing

3) TV On The Radio – Young Liars

Keep up with Ziúr on Facebook, Bandcamp, Twitter, Soundcloud and Instagram.

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Electroacoustic viscera, recurrent symbolism, crying through synthesis. The Manchester-based artist discusses three important albums.

Kelly's picks:

1) Tigran Mansuryan – The Color Of Pomegranates OST

2) Luciano Berio + Cathy Berberian – Visage

3) Arca – S/T

Check out the dates for Kelly's collaboration with Matana Roberts over at Outlands, and keep up to date with her other happenings over on her website.

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Vitamins for the brain, learning from the masters, hypersensitive curiosity. The composer and saxophonist discusses three important albums.

Matana's picks:

1) Hannah Marcus – Desert Farmers

2) Karlheinz Stockhausen – Momente

3) Derek Bailey + Joëlle Léandre - No Waiting

Find out more about the Outlands tour over here, and keep up to date with Matana over on her website.

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Coconut hooves, grotesque distorted shapes, the healing force of the universe. The bass player and composer discusses his important albums.

Massimo's picks:

1) Arvo Pärt – Tabula Rasa

2) Coil – Horse Rotorvator

3) Current 93 – Imperium

4) Einstürzende Neubauten – Halber Mensch

Massimo Pupillo is on Facebook, while URUK can be found over at Consouling Sounds. You can keep up to date with Zu on their website or on Facebook.

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Lobster spaceships, unleashing the beast, flying capos. Ben Chasny talks about three albums that informed his Hexadic System.

Ben's picks:

1) Khanate – Things Viral

2) Fushitsusha – The Caution Appears

3) Morton Feldman – Triadic Memories

For more on Six Organs On Admittance, head over to the official website or the Six Organs Bandcamp. Be sure to dive deep into the Hexadic section on his site too.

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Synth jams in the coal shed, collective escape, drum machine rebellion. The Sheffield-based artist discusses three important albums.

Mark's picks:

1) African Head Charge – Off The Beaten Track

2) Alternative TV – Vibing Up The Senile Man (Part One)

3) Unique 3 – Jus' Unique

Keep up to speed with Mark's exhibitions and performances over at his website.

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