The Moderns vol. 2 is now available

The Moderns cover in paintA second volume of The Moderns is now available exclusively from Amazon, in both paperback and e-book versions. The new book features posts from this blog, exclaim.ca and allaboutjazz.com.

Volume 1, released at the beginning of this year, was so warmly received that completing a follow-up was an easy decision. Big thanks to my friends at Exclaim! and All About Jazz, and to all of the artists who’ve submitted music this year.

Here’s a rundown of the artists and titles featured:

  • (PH)AUTHERS – (PH)AUTHERS
  • 1631 RECORDINGS BOX SET
  • 3 HEAD MECHANISM – FULL AUTO STOP
  • AARON MARTIN & MACHINEFABRIEK – SEEKER
  • ABADIR – CLATTERED TELL AND 0N4B – DOTS | AUGSMATIC DIASPORE
  • ADRIAN DZIEWANSKI – THE TRAIL LOOPS BACK
  • ADT – INSECURITIES
  • AFRICAN GHOST VALLEY & BILLY ROISZ – ANGRY AMBIENT ARTISTS VOL​.​3
  • AH! KOSMOS – BEAUTIFUL SWAMP
  • AÏSHA DEVI – DNA FEELINGS
  • ÅKE PARMERUD – GRAINS
  • ALEXANDRA STRÉLISKI – INSCAPE
  • ALVA NOTO + RYUICHI SAKAMOTO – GLASS
  • AMP – ENTANGLED TIME
  • ANA DALL’ARA-MAJEK – NANO-COSMOS
  • ANDERS BRØRBY – TRAUMAS
  • ANDREW CYRILLE/WADADA LEO SMITH/BILL FRISELL – LEBROBA
  • ANDREW RATHBUN – ATWOOD SUITES
  • ANENON – TONGUE
  • ANSWER CODE REQUEST – GENS
  • ARCA – FORCES
  • AROVANE + PORYA HATAMI – ORGANISM_EVOLUTION
  • ARVO PÄRT – THE SYMPHONIES
  • AUDIOKERN – A PERSONAL WAY
  • AUTOMATISME – TRANSIT
  • BALMORHEA – CLEAR LANGUAGE REWORKED
  • BART VAN DONGEN & RICHARD VAN KRUYSDIJK – ONE TWO THREE FOUR FIVE
  • BEN CHATWIN  – STACCATO SIGNALS
  • BENJAMIN FINGER – SCALE OF BLINDNESS
  • BENJAMIN LOUIS BRODY – FAR AWAY MUSIC
  • BENJAMIN LOUIS BRODY – OSCILLATIONS
  • BILL THOMPSON – MOUTHFUL OF SILENCE
  • BLOCKHEAD – THE ART OF THE SAMPLE
  • BOD [包家巷] – LIMPID FEAR [清澈恐惧]
  • BOWLCUT – SEMAPHORE
  • BRADLEY SEAN ALEXANDER – LOWERED EXPECTATIONS
  • BRIAN ENO – MUSIC FOR INSTALLATIONS
  • BRODIE WEST QUINTET – CLIPS
  • BRUNO SANFILIPPO – UNITY
  • BRYAN CHAPMAN – 7 SHADOWS AND IRON LUNGS
  • CARLA BOZULICH – QUIETER
  • CARLO GIUSTINI – LA STANZA DI FRONTE
  • CARLO GIUSTINI – SANT’ANGELO
  • CARLOS SUERO & PEPO GALÁN – COMFORMITY DECLARATION
  • CATHERINE CHRISTER HENNIX – SELECTED EARLY KEYBOARD WORKS
  • CATHERINE SIKORA AND BRIAN CHASE ­– UNTITLED: AFTER
  • CELER – NACREOUS CLOUDS (REMASTERED)
  • CHARLES BARABÉ – DE LA FRAGILITÉ
  • CHARLES EDWARD FAMBRO – DREAM RECOVERY
  • CHRIS CARTER – CHEMISTRY LESSONS VOLUME 1
  • CHRISTOPHER COE – MNTNSOFSLNC
  • CLAUDIO F. BARONI – MOTUM
  • DAISUKE MIYATANI – DIARIO
  • DALOT & SOUND AWAKENER – LITTLE THINGS
  • DANIELA ORVIN – HOME
  • DANIELA ORVIN – UNTITLED (2014-2016)
  • DAVID HARRINGTON, KRONOS QUARTET
  • DAVID MATA – ROUGH GRASSLAND
  • DIAMONT DANCER – SHAPES
  • DIRK SERRIES – EPITAPH
  • DJ BONE – A PIECE OF BEYOND
  • DJ LILY – BROR05
  • DOMINIQUE CHARPENTIER – RÉMINISCENCE
  • DREW MCDOWALL & HIRO KONE – THE GHOST OF GEORGES BATAILLE
  • DRIFTMACHINE – SHUNTER
  • ELLEN DOTY – COME FALL
  • ELSKAVON – SKYLIGHT
  • EMANUELE ERRANTE – THE EVANESCENCE OF A THOUSAND COLORS
  • EMIKA – FALLING IN LOVE WITH SADNESS
  • EMILIE LEVIENAISE-FARROUCH – ÉPOQUES
  • FABIO PERLETTA – 7456. LIVE AT HUMAN RESOURCES, LOS ANGELES
  • FARWARMTH – IMMEASURABLE HEAVEN
  • FÉLIX BLUME – DEATH IN HAITI: FUNERAL BRASS BANDS & SOUNDS FROM PORT AU PRINCE AND KINK GONG – DIAN LONG: SOUNDSCAPE CHINA / DESTRUCTION OF CHINESE POP
  • FLICA – SUB:SIDE
  • FLUXION – RIPPLE EFFECT
  • FOSIL SANGIRAN – KHAYAL KUNO AND PASAR FOSIL
  • FOSSIL AEROSOL MINING PROJECT – AUGUST 53RD
  • FRANCIS HARRIS – TRIVIAL OCCUPATIONS
  • FRANCIS M. GRI – APART
  • FRED EVERYTHING – LONG WAY HOME
  • FURTHERSET – TO ALTER AND AFFECT
  • GENEVA SKEEN – A PARALLEL ARRAY OF HORSES
  • GERMANY GERMANY – JUNEAU
  • GHOST SIGNS – A TEMPORARY LOSS OF TRANSIENCE
  • GIANLUCA PIACENZA – THE ROAD TO HOME
  • GIANT SKELETONS – GUIDE TO THE SUNKEN CITADEL
  • GIDEON – RETURN TO CYBERTRON
  • GOLDMUND – OCCASUS
  • GROENI  – NIHX
  • HACKEDEPICCIOTTO – JOY
  • HAIKU SALUT – THERE IS NO ELSEWHERE
  • HAN – TUNING THE INVISIBLE
  • HELIOS – VERIDITAS
  • HILDE MARIE HOLSEN – LAZULI
  • HOLGER CZUKAY – CINEMA
  • HOTEL NEON – MEANS OF KNOWING AND ANDREW TASSELMYER – PLACES REAL AND IMAGINED
  • IAN WILLIAM CRAIG – THRESHOLDER
  • INGRID LAUBROCK – CONTEMPORARY CHAOS PRACTICES
  • J@K@L – AFTER A FEW DAYS
  • JANA IRMERT – FLOOD
  • JANA WINDEREN – SPRING BLOOM IN THE MARGINAL ICE ZONE
  • JAZZANOVA – THE POOL
  • JEFF SNYDER/FEDERICO UGHI – DUO
  • JESSE WOOLSTON – USTRUCTURE
  • JESSE WOOLSTON – VARIATIONS VOL I
  • JOANA GAMA | LUÍS FERNANDES – AT THE STILL POINT OF THE TURNING WORLD
  • JOBANSHI – SUPERBLOCK
  • JOHN TILBURY/KEITH ROWE/KJELL BJØRGEENGEN – SISSEL
  • JON HASSELL – LISTENING TO PICTURES (PENTIMENTO VOLUME ONE)
  • JON ROSE & CHRIS ABRAHAMS – PEGGY
  • JOSÉ LENCASTRE NAU QUARTET – EUDAIMONIA
  • JULES – ADVENTURES & EXPLORATIONS (VOLUME 1)
  • JULIA KENT & JEAN D.L. – THE GREAT LAKE SWALLOWS
  • KABAS + LUIS VICENTE + CARLOS GODINHO – LIVE AT SMUP/NEGEN
  • KAMAAL WILLIAMS  – THE RETURN
  • KATERINA – JUST WHEN YOU THOUGHT IT WAS OVER
  • KEDA – LIVE AT COSMOPOLIS
  • KLARA LEWIS & SIMON FISHER TURNER – CARE
  • KODE9 AND BURIAL – FABRICLIVE 100
  • KUTIN | KINDLINGER – DECOMPOSITION IV: VARIATIONS ON BULLETPROOF GLASS
  • LEE YI – DISSIMILAR LAKE PIGMENTS
  • LEENA – DAILY EXPORTS #3_YOU ARE NOT THE KING OF ME (OLE SAINT NICHOLSON) (FEAT. NERVE, DJ KATE BUSHWICK, AND MC BLUD FAHRT)
  • LEILA ABDUL-RAUF – DIMINUTION
  • LENA NATALIA – LONELY SATELLITE
  • LIL JABBA – MIZO
  • LISTENING GROUP – LISTENING GROUP
  • LORE – LORE
  • LUCIDBEAMING – CRITTERS
  • LUCINATE – BIG NOISE
  • GEDDES GENGRAS – LIGHT PIPE
  • MACHINEFABRIEK – ENGEL
  • MANJA RISTIĆ – THE NIGHTFALL
  • MAP 71 – VOID AXIS
  • MASAYA KATO – CONTACT
  • MAST – THELONIOUS SPHERE MONK
  • MATAWAN – WE LINGERED IN THE CHAMBERS OF THE SEA
  • MATTHEW SWIEZYNSKI – THE ONE WHO MODIFIES TIME AND LIGHT
  • MEUKO! MEUKO! – 鬼島 GHOST ISLAND
  • MICHAEL PRICE – DIARY REWORKS
  • MICHAEL PRICE – TENDER SYMMETRY
  • MIDDAY STATIC – DREAMCATCHER
  • MIKAEL LIND – STRINGS AND CLUSTERS
  • MONIQUE JEAN – TROUBLES
  • MUQATA’A – INKANAKUNTU
  • NADIA STRUIWIGH – WHRRU
  • NICK SUTTON – TRANSMISSION ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK
  • NICK SUTTON, MATTHEW FAULKNER – PRELUDES/RENDERS
  • NOONE – HOW DOTH THE LITTLE CROCODILE IMPROVE HIS SHINING TAIL
  • NORTH ATLANTIC DRIFT – DEPARTURES, VOL. 2
  • OBERLIN – HIDDEN THORNS
  • OBERMAN KNOCKS – TRILATE SHIFT
  • OKKYUNG LEE – CHEOL-KKOT-SAE (STEEL.FLOWER.BIRD)
  • OLEKSANDR DEMIANENKO – TAPES RECORDED FOR WATERCOLORS
  • OLIVER COATES – SHELLEY’S ON ZENN-LA
  • OLIVIA BLOCK – 132 RANKS
  • ORCASTRATUM – ORCASTRATUM
  • OZMOTIC – ELUSIVE BALANCE
  • PANOPTIQUE ELECTRICAL – QUIET ECOLOGY
  • PETER BRÖTZMANN & FRED LONBERG-HOLM – OUROBOROS
  • PHILIP JECK – ARCADE
  • POWER THERAPY – WARMTH FOR BAD SKATERS
  • PRAIRIE – AFTER THE FLASH FLOOD
  • PRECOCIOUS MOUSE – VIRGINIA CREEPER
  • PRINS THOMAS – SMALLTOWN SUPERSOUND 25: MOVEMENT OF THE FREE SPIRIT
  • QUIN KIRCHNER – THE OTHER SIDE OF TIME
  • R.A.N. – ŞEB-I YELDA
  • RAVEN BAUER DURHAM – CONVERSATIONS
  • REMPIS/PIET/DAISY – THROW TOMATOES
  • RICHARD LUKE – VOZ
  • RIVERKEEPER – DESIRE PATHS OF THE SUN & MOON
  • ROAM – DEPTHS
  • ROAM – REMNANTS
  • ROBERT LIPPOK – APPLIED AUTONOMY
  • RUTGER ZUYDERVELT WITH ILIA BELORUKOV AND RENÉ AQUARIUS – THE RED SOUL
  • RYAN PLAYGROUND – 16/17
  • RYAN PORTER – THE OPTIMIST
  • RYUICHI SAKAMOTO – ASYNC REMODELS
  • SANN GUSMÃO – EMARANHADO
  • SARAH DAVACHI – LET NIGHT COME BELLS END THE DAY
  • SCANNER – MASS OBSERVATION (EXPANDED)
  • SEAN KHAN – PALMARES FANTASY
  • SETH CHRISMAN & NATHAN MCLAUGHLIN – EARTH TONES AT THE METAL SHOW
  • SHANNA SORDAHL – RADIATE DON’T FEAR THE QUIETUS
  • SHUTTLE358 – FIELD
  • SIMON MCCORRY – SONG LINES
  • SIMONE FORTI – AL DI LÀ
  • SINJIN HAWKE AND ZORA JONES  – VICIOUS CIRCLES
  • SKRIMA – TAPES
  • SLOW CLINIC – DISCARDED THINGS ONCE LOVED
  • SNORRI HALLGRÍMSSON – ORBIT
  • SOFHESO – ARCHIVE
  • SONAE – I STARTED WEARING BLACK
  • SONAE – WEARING BLACK REMIXES
  • SPIRIT RADIO – A LIGHT IS RUNNING ALONG THE ROPES
  • STEFON HARRIS & BLACKOUT – SONIC CREED
  • STEPHANIE RICHARDS – FULLMOON
  • STRAFE F.R. – THE BIRD WAS STOLEN
  • SUPERALMA PROJECT – DYSTOPIAN CHILDREN
  • TANIA CHEN WITH THURSTON MOORE, DAVID TOOP, AND JON LEIDECKER – ELECTRONIC MUSIC FOR PIANO
  • TEAMS + NOAH + REPEAT PATTERN  – KWAIDAN
  • TENDERLONIOUS – THE SHAKEDOWN FEATURING THE 22ARCHESTRA
  • TENSAL – GRAPHICAL
  • TESS PARKS & ANTON NEWCOMBE – TESS PARKS & ANTON NEWCOMBE
  • THE ART ENSEMBLE OF CHICAGO AND ASSOCIATED ENSEMBLES
  • THE BLACK DOG – POST-TRUTH
  • THE EYE OF TIME – MYTH II: A NEED TO SURVIVE
  • THE FALL
  • THE ILLUSION OF SILENCE – THE WHITE SUMMER
  • THE PARLOR – KIKU
  • THE PITCH & SPLITTER ORCHESTER – FROZEN ORCHESTRA
  • THEMBI SODDELL – LOVE SONGS
  • THOMAS BEY WILLIAM BAILEY – LA PRODUCTION INTERDITE
  • TIM LINGHAUS – MEMORY SKETCHES
  • TONUS – INTERMEDIATE OBSCURITIES I-IV/TEXTURE POINT/CAGEAN MORPHOLOGY
  • TOSHIMARU NAKAMURA – RE-VERBED (NO-INPUT MIXING BOARD 9)
  • TRESQUE – VAI E VEM
  • TREVOR RANSOM – SPRING
  • URUK – MYSTERIUM CONIUNCTIONIS
  • VARIOUS ARTISTS – 1+1=X
  • VARIOUS ARTISTS – 4 YEARS OF NAVIAR HAIKU
  • VARIOUS ARTISTS – CENTENNIAL
  • VARIOUS ARTISTS – EMERGENCE
  • VARIOUS ARTISTS – HH100
  • VARIOUS ARTISTS – INFINITE LOOP VOLUME 01
  • VARIOUS ARTISTS – PIANO CLOUD SERIES VOLUME 4
  • VARIOUS ARTISTS – REBUILDING L’ALT EMPORDÀ
  • VARIOUS ARTISTS – SPECTRAL 139
  • VARIOUS ARTISTS – WHITE GARDENIA VOL. 1
  • VVOLK – SE (IN) DE BOS
  • WÆLDER – NON PLACES
  • WIM DEHAEN – 12 ELEGIES FOR PIERRE BOULEZ / ÚSTÍ OST
  • XENOFOX & JOKE LANZ – ALARM
  • YAKAMOTO KOTZUGA – SLOWLY FADING
  • YARN/WIRE – IMAGES OF DURATION (IN HOMAGE TO ELLSWORTH KELLY)
  • ZENJUNGLE – FRAGMENTED LIVES
  • ZOLLER – CES EXPÉRIENCES

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