Crucial Listening

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Glacial orchestras, floaty head voices, critique among friends. The New York composer discusses three important albums.

Laughing coats, booing the Blockheads, roller-skate disco. The New York guitarist discusses three important albums.

Post-rave drives, bunk bed fevers, making a happening. The LA-based sound artist discusses three important albums.

Stolen travel, beautiful noise, trips to Planet Autechre. The Warsaw-based artist discusses three important albums.

Computer matrimony, floating outside of time, lounge music for fluorescent light tubes. The Los Angeles-based artist talks about three important albums.

High vibration resonance, nostalgia in dub, ecstatic dancing. The Oakland-based composer discusses three important albums.

Ever-ascending love, walls of bass, deep listening on the Northern line. The London-based composer/experimental turntablist discusses three important compositions.

Blockhead rainbow afghan, improvisational philosophy, biological instruments. The Berlin-based improviser talks about three important albums.

Creation in solitude, human connection, rhythms in collision. The Norwegian composer / singer discusses three important albums.

Unrecognised chaos, underwater grunge, deceptive ambient movements. The Berlin-based musician discusses three important albums.

Playing with earthlings, disrupting linear time, the St Anger challenge. The Washington-based musician discusses three important albums.