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2018: What A Year It鈥檚 Been

The music has been outstanding. Stuart looks at the standout experimental releases of 2018. Middle Eastern Psych comes into fashion and two big names in electronica return to form.

The music has been outstanding. Stuart looks at the standout experimental releases of 2018. Middle eastern psych comes into fashion through bands like Khruangbin; there鈥檚 been exceptional debut releases from Icelandic singer and theremin player Hekla and the teenage duo subverting pop music Let鈥檚 Eat Grandma. Plus two big names in electronic music return to form with groundbreaking new albums from Low and Chris Carter.

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Sun 30 Dec 2018 20:00
麻豆社 Radio 6 Music

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Music Played

  • Here Lies Man

    Fighting

    • You Will Know Nothing.
    • RidingEasy Records.

  • Hekla

    A Way

    • 脕.
    • Phantom Limb.

  • Needlepoint

    On The Floor

    • The Diary Of Robert Reverie.
    • BJK Music.

  • Kadhja Bonet

    Delphine

    • Childqueen.
    • Fat Possum Records.

  • Oneohtrix Point Never

    Toys 2

    • Age Of.
    • Warp.

  • District Five

    Maths

    • Decoy.
    • Intakt Records.

  • Sons of Kemet

    My Queen Is Albertina Sisulu

    • Your Queen Is A Reptile.
    • Impulse!.

  • Let鈥檚 Eat Grandma

    Cool & Collected

    • I'm All Ears.
    • Transgressive Records.

  • The Residents

    Bobbie's Burning Blues

    • Intruders.
    • Cherry Red.

  • Low

    Always Up

    • Double Negative.
    • Sub Pop.

  • Saloli

    The Deep End

    • The Deep End.
    • Kranky.

  • Oliver Coates

    Charlev

    • Shelley's On Zenn-la.
    • Rvng Intl..

  • Kiran Leonard

    Unreflective Life

    • Western Culture.
    • Moshi Moshi Records.

  • Sandro Perri

    Everybody's Paris

    • In Another Life.
    • Constellation.

  • Khruangbin

    Evan Finds the Third Room

    • Con Todo El Mundo.
    • Night Time Stories Ltd..

  • Hawthonn

    In Mighty Revelation

    • Red Goddess (Of This Men Shall Know Nothing).
    • Ba Da Bing!.

  • Hen Ogledd

    First Date

    • Mogic.
    • Weird World Recording Co.

  • Chris Carter

    Corvus

    • CCCL Volume One.
    • Mute.

  • Blawan

    Kalosi

    • Wet Will Always Dry.
    • Ternesc.

Broadcast

  • Sun 30 Dec 2018 20:00
    麻豆社 Radio 6 Music