A 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 53^RD
• 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

Kevin Press