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 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