how are your HALF YEAR album lists looking?

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Adding Gorillaz, Big | Brave and Maria BC to this

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Didn’t know midori was still making music! Saw her and reviewed her for dis nearly 20 years ago

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Oh really? This is the first I’ve heard of her but she seems pretty prolific! The album’s a beauty, haven’t checked out her other stuff yet.

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https://midorih.bandcamp.com/album/otonoma

Nice! I’ll have a read. If anyone’s interested this album, Otonoma, is a mix of piano and electronics. At a couple of points the electronics reminded me of a much more accessible / simpler Autechre, but that’s just an impression I got, don’t go in there expecting Amber with keys or anything. The tracks are quite varied across the lp. It’s quite melancholy. I thought it was a gorgeous thing.

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Suspect you’d also like the Palette Knife album, and the Red Sun album (which is GREAT) if you haven’t heard them

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I’ll check them out , thanks for the recommendation!

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I don’t have time to do this properly, but off the top of my head the top 3 are:

BoC

Odd Beholder

Office Dog

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A rough top 25 in no order

Jill Scott – To Who this May Concern
Nirosta Steel – First Love
Navy Blue – Sir Render
Tara Clerkin Trio – Somewhere Good
Underscores – U
K Wata – Give U Space
Heavensouls – Westside Trapped
Sideshow – Tigray Funk
Twisted Teens – Blame the Clown
Gorillaz – The Mountain
Jaeychino – If You Knew
Debit – Potpurri
Batu & Donato Dozzy – Exhale
Pigeon – Outtanational
Loukeman – SD3
Charif Megarbane, Ali – Mata Api
Yu Su – Foundry
Ear – Rumspringa
Chanel Beads – Your Day Will Come
Genesis Owusu – Redstar Wu & the Worldwide Scourge
Isaiah Rashad – It’s Been Awful
Mandy, Indiana – URGH
MEMORIALS – All Clouds Bring Not Rain
Paperclip Minimiser – II
Starker – LIVING TYPE DANGEROUS Vol. 1

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Tier 1:
Dumama - Towards an Expanse
Akkajee - PölynkerÀÀjÀ
Harrington / Jaffe / Shiroishi - Making Colors
Lee “Scratch” Perry & Mouse On Mars - Spatial, No Problem.
Claire Dickson - Balance
More Eaze - sentence structure in the country
15 15 - Mārara
Cocanha - Flame FolclĂČre
Maddie Ashman - her side EP
Daughn Gibson - Lake Mary Not Mysterious
Hayeminol - Ingen vÄr i Är
Le Grand Sbam - JaNuS
Jungstötter - Sustained
School Fair - Unexpected Violence
Al Doum & The Faryds - Ipnagogico
MEMORIALS - All Clouds Bring Not Rain
Ambrose Akinmusire & Mary Halvorson - Slo-Mo Neon Luminate Hoverings
Helen Svoboda - Headwater
Draamakuu - Toinen vaihe
BIG|BRAVE - in grief or in hope
BIG SPECIAL - O’JOY!
Market - Cleanliness 2: Gorgeous Technologies
loopcinema - My-Lovely-Yellow-Kombi
Cape Crush - Place Memory
Lemoncello - Perfect Place
Jana Horn - Jana Horn
underscores - U
Phillip Golub - Partisan Ship
Anadol & Marie Klock - Manivelles

Tier 2

NanĂĄ Rizzini - Epiblast
Lamisi - Let Us Clap
Momoko Gill - Momoko
Vladislav Delay Quintet - vd5
SHHE - THALASSA
Martyna Basta - Winged in Collapse
Sissi Rada - Nana Butu
Alan & Jan - Take me, I’m yours
Anthony Joseph - The Ark
Your Brother’s Keeper & Gary Bartz - Where Rivers Meet
Voka Gentle - Domestic Bliss
Bill Orcutt & Mabe Fratti - Almost Waking
Seamus Fogarty - Ships
Joshua Burnside - It’s Not Going to Be Okay
Nathan Evans Fox - Heirloom
feeble little horse - bitknot
Anna Ferrer - PA
Somni - The Cost of Living
Sooj - Crusher
Daniel Lanois - Belladonna Nocturne

HM

Hannah Schneider - In This Room
Friday Night Plans - Blue Hour
Bruno Pernadas - unlikely, maybe
Hiding Places - The Secret to Good Living
Hot Glue - Again, Again
The Sei - We Must Be Still Alive?
Spacemoth - Inward Eye
Julinko - Naebula
Mandy, Indiana - URGH
MUNA - Dancing On The Wall
Buzzy Lee - Shoulder to Shoulder
Choker - Heaven Ain’t Sold
Gretel - Squish
Morita Vargas - III

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