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#170: AGF Dec 14, 2024

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Socialist pop music, the control of the clock, the beautiful digital. The Hailuoto, Finland-based artist and poemproducer discusses three important albums.

Antye's picks:

Silly – Mont Klamott
BLACK QUANTUM FUTURISM – Waiting Time/Weighting/Wading Time: On Juneteenth, Watch Night, Freedom’s Eve, and Emancipation Day
Helena Gough – With What Remains

Here's a trove of links through which to explore AGF's work and more:

Curation: https://rec-on.org
Organum: https://hailuotoorganum.tumblr.com/
Music: https://agf-poemproducer.bandcamp.com
Works: https://antyegreie.com/
Locality: https://haiart.org/
Gigs: https://poemproducer.com/dates.php
Mstdn: https://systerserver.town/@poemproducer

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#169: Pat Thomas Nov 30, 2024

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Mad standards, worst planet ever, fire in a pet shop. The improvising pianist discusses three important albums.

Pat's picks:

Ahmed Abdul-Malik – Nights On Saturn
The Music Improvisation Company – S/T
Sun Ra – The Magic City

Pat has a new solo electronics record out now on 577 Records, titled This Is Trick Step. Check that out here. Pat is also on Instagram, and his page on 557 Records is here.

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#168: Miguel Prado (Nzʉmbe) Nov 16, 2024

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Clarity and self-indulgence, the end of history, awakening the ear. The philosopher and artist discusses three important albums.

Miguel's picks:

Nico – Nico's Last Concert "Fata Morgana"
Scott Walker – Tilt
Maryanne Amacher – Sound Characters (Making The Third Ear)

The new Nzʉmbe album, "Ardor or Entropy", is out now on Drowned By Locals. Check it out here. Miguel is on Instagram here.

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#167: Eugene S. Robinson (Buñuel, Oxbow) Nov 02, 2024

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Nothing but blancmange, beautiful death-adjacency, laughing through the discomfort. The vocalist of Buñuel and the late Oxbow discusses three important albums.

Eugene's picks:

Johnny Hartman – The Voice That Is!
Billie Holiday – Lady In Satin
Arthur Prysock – Compact Jazz

The new Buñuel album, Mansuetude, is out now on Overdrive/Skingraft. Check it out here. Eugene has a Substack, an Instagram and is on X. Buñuel's Instagram is here.

#166: Miki Yui Oct 19, 2024

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Small music, the lazy way of listening, the motor of collaboration. The Tokyo-born, Düsseldorf-based musician discusses three important albums.

Miki's picks:

Rolf Julius – Music For A Distance
Eliane Radigue – Vice Versa, etc.
Jean-Yves Bosseur – Musique Vertes

Miki's new album, As If, is out now on Hallow Ground. Check it out on Bandcamp. Miki's website is here and she's also on Instagram.

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#165: Gábor Lázár Oct 05, 2024

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No kick drum, three sounds and humour, the power of multidirectional expression. The Hungarian electronic producer discusses three important albums.

Gábor's picks:

Nicron – Transfer Completed (Youtube link)
Errorsmith – 2
AGF – Westernization Completed

Gábor's new album is called Reflex, and it's out now on Raster. Check it out on Bandcamp or over on the Raster site. Gábor's website is here and he's also on Instagram.

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#164: Wendy Eisenberg Sep 21, 2024

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Perfect trumpet voice, music as prayer, Ben Monder's right hand. The improviser and songwriter discusses three important albums.

Wendy's picks:

Mary Lou Williams – Black Christ Of The Andes
Robert Wyatt – Old Rottenhat
Theo Bleckmann And Ben Monder – No Boat

Wendy's new album, Viewfinder, is out now on American Dreams. Check it out on Wendy's Bandcamp. They're also on Instagram and X, and their website is here.

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#163: Annie Aries Sep 07, 2024

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Noisy artefact discovery, spilling soft toys at the parade, heartbroken AI minds. The Swiss-Philippine composer and musician discusses three important albums.

Annie's picks:

Eliane Radigue – Trilogie de la Mort
Charlemagne Palestine – Jamaica Heinekens In Brooklyn
Holly Herndon – PROTO

Annie's debut solo album, It's Not Quiet In The Void, is out now on Everest Records. Check it out on Bandcamp. Annie's website is here and she's also on Instagram.

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#162: Carlos Giffoni Aug 24, 2024

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IBM 7090 hypnosis, black jeans on the beach, music for crying and driving. The Venezuelan experimental musician and writer discusses three important albums.

Carlos' picks:

Horacio Vaggione – La Maquina De Cantar
Pita – Get Out
Low – Double Negative

Carlos' new album, Dream Walker, is out now on Ideologic Organ. Check it out on the Ideologic website or on Bandcamp. Carlos is on Instagram, where you can also find his upcoming European tour dates (September - October 2024).

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#161: Mattin Aug 10, 2024

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Isolation and electroacoustics, listening and openness, putting rock into the coffin. The artist, musician and theorist discusses three important albums.

Mattin's picks:

Roberta Settels – Isolation! Meinhof In Memoriam
AMM – The Crypt
Lou Reed & Metallica – Lulu

Mattin's new album, Expanding Concert (Lisboa 2019-2023), is out now. Check it out here. Mattin's website is here and he's also on Instagram.

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