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The K&D Sessions (DJ Mix)

Kruder & Dorfmeister ·1998

"My partner put me onto this because she listens to it while she works. Yeah, it's basically just loads of remixes they did kind of like mixed together, kind of like downtempo trip pop kind of vibe. As I get older, I kind of like want music on in the background that's still a little bit interesting. And this does exactly that."

All Life Long

Kali Malone ·2024

"I've only heard All Lifelong for organ on the way back from a trip. I heard it on the radio, one of those kind of evening car drives, and it really kind of stuck with us."

Earthworks

Straw Man Army ·2024

"It's an album called Earthworks by Straw Man Army who are kind of my favorite punk band, kind of contemporary punk band. They have a lot to say about the state of the world at the moment."

Explorations

Bill Evans Trio ·2011

"I think it's my ultimate jazz record of all time. Harmonically, structurally, I think it's just amazing seeing someone so creative with voicing their instrument and the sort of harmonic approach to the whole album as well as the kind of sonic storytelling is pretty up there with the great."

Tristeza on Guitar

Baden Powell ·1966

"It's a Ben Powell record called Tristeza on Guitar. We went to South America last year and went to a great samba night and they played 'Canto de Oana' to finish the night for like a kind of 12 minutes. Just kept coming back in with it and it's a beautiful song."

Biased Advice

Exek ·2021

"Yeah, they're kind of like a dubby kind of post-punk Public Image Limited kind of vibe. I think this one's quite like rough around the edges. I haven't really digged into this one that much, so excited about that."

Uncle John's Band

John Scofield, Vicente Archer & Bill Stewart ·2023

"Yeah, I love John Scofield. I think like his guitar playing is just kind of incredibly inspirational. Um, but I think this, you know, with this album, it seems like there's quite a lot of interesting meshing of the idea of a jazz standard."

Dissolvi

Steve Hauschildt ·2018

"Don't know masses about him, but I've definitely heard a couple very weird sounding Steve Hauschildt records before. Felt like I had to get something from the unusually experimental section. This is it."