RIYL Reviews

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Karima Walker - Waking the Dreaming Body (Keeled Scales/Orindal)
RIYL: earthly wonders, heavenly discourse, reconstellating what moves you to the core. @_karimawalker @OrindalRecords @KeeledScales

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Green-House - Music for Living Spaces (Leaving Records)
RIYL: impeccable restraint, a chorus of monstera deliciosa and dieffenbachia, post-post-Postal Service minimalist sunshower melodies. @LEAVINGRECORDS

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Ian Hawgood, Stijn Hüwels, James Murray - Day Falls (Home Normal)
RIYL: influentials conspiring, the glassy surface of a still lake, a shard of broken glass reflecting light at the bottom of that lake. @stijnhuwels #ianhawgood #jamesmurray #homenormal

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Federico Durand - La Niña Junco (12K)
RIYL: profound subtlety, the Gaussian blur of summer into autumn, a curious folktale in a foreign language that transports you to the most beautiful moments of childhood. @federicodurand @12k_label

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Sam Gendel - SUPERSTORE (Leaving Records)
RIYL: sentient saxophoning, watching 70s gameshows on LSD, The Jetsons > The Flintstones. @LEAVINGRECORDS #samgendel

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Chihei Hatakeyama and Pjusk - Svaberg (Fnugg Fonogram)
RIYL: obscured sources, the audio equivalent of the James Webb Space Telescope images, relaxing in a warm bath of liquid gallium. @Jostein @Chi_hatakeyama_

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Andy Shauf - The Neon Skyline (Anti- / Arts&Crafts)
RIYL: clarinets more than computers, quiet nights in romanticizing about quiet nights out, searching for little white rabbits on the label of an olde style pilsner. @andyshauf @artsandcrafts @AntiRecords

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Between - …prelude (00:00) (Longform Editions)
RIYL: minimalism compounding, a beautiful old haunted mansion slowly revealing all of its secrets, inspired and inspiring cohorts and collaborations like Radiophonic Workshop, Jikken Kōbō, Bones Brigade, Goonies, and the 12K roster

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Nala Sinephro - Space 1.8 (Warp)
RIYL: outer space, personal space, the spiritual bliss of Alice Coltrane filtered through modular synths and the lens of London in the Age of Aquarius. @WarpRecords

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Claire Rousay - everything perfect is already here (Shelter Press)
RIYL: intangible beauty, the poetry of an awkward pause, gently pulling on the loose threads at the frayed edge of your memory. @clairerousay @shelter_press

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Low - HEY WHAT (Sub Pop)
RIYL: matrimonial harmony, digital disruption, a caring and loving god detuning a harp and plucking it with bolts of thunder. @lowtheband @subpop

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Taylor Deupree - Harbor (laaps)
RIYL: intercepted transmissions, eloquent decay, the soft hum of Mark Hollis’ 1998 self-titled masterpiece playing quietly in another room. @taylordeupree #laaps