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I'm the One
June 6, 2025 in Jazz

I'm the One

In 1972, Annette Peacock fused jazz, electronics and desire into a record that still sounds alien today. It’s raw, seductive and decades ahead of its time.

Movies
June 5, 2025 in Avant-Garde

Movies

Holger Czukay - founding member of krautrock legends Can - goes solo and gets weird. Movies (1979) is a surreal collage of tape loops, radio ghosts and dadaist funk.

Diamond Mine
June 4, 2025 in Folk

Diamond Mine

In 2011, King Creosote & Jon Hopkins released a quiet masterpiece - part folk songbook, part ambient dream. Diamond Mine is a hushed, heartbreaking study in restraint.

Desertshore
June 3, 2025 in Avant-Folk

Desertshore

Released in 1970, Desertshore is Nico at her starkest - a bleak, beautiful record of drone, ritual and voice. No band, no polish. Just harmonium, silence and the sound of someone refusing to flinch.

Either/Or
June 2, 2025 in Indie Folk

Either/Or

Released in 1997, Elliott Smith’s Either/Or is a hushed masterpiece - lo-fi, melodic and quietly shattering.

World of Echo
June 1, 2025 in Experimental

World of Echo

In 1986, Arthur Russell released a record of voice, cello and reverb that feels less like music and more like memory. Intimate, fractured, impossibly beautiful.