5 tracks selected by Marylou - "ancestral vs future"

"At the begining there was drums. There’s not a single set I don’t play acoustic drums, even in my “ambient”(hate the term) ones, and Hamid Drake is my all time favorite. Joe Mcphee is also a legendary blower but appears just in sparks in that one, leaving all the space for the grounding yet elevating, raw but so subtle, there’re never enough words i can use to describe what his music does to me."

"Deep, Romantic, lofi uk poetry at it s best. Grainy, hazy textures and his magnificent voice and politically loaded prose, sounding like preach from the outerworld, goes straight to your heart. Birthmark is a figure in the Bristol scene, which i, soundwise, feel very connected to."

"Badawi, finally back last year after years of hiatus, I first heard of this incredible musician through the skull disko compilations back in the days and been a fan of his sensual drums and hunted textures forever. Ultimate frame drum master!"

"Rani Jambak, composer, instrument maker, vocalist, and Minangkabau (indonesia) descendant, embarks us in a hollistic journey that dwelves into the interconnected dimensions of life. Field recordings, fragments of her cultural heritage, intricate drums and her voice, are through her magic wand a manifestation of life’s ancestral resonnance itself."

"Properly heavy, soundsystem heavy business from Natsumi Hirota, turning abstract vocals and jazz textures into propulsive, rig-testing masterclass that lands with the monolithic weight you expect from a record mastered by Demdike Stare’ s Mike Whittaker."