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TRA​И​Ƨ​A by Red Hot Org

"Storied activist and music production non-profit Red Hot presents its latest project, TRAИƧA out November 22nd. With production beginning in 2021, and over 100 artists contributing, TRAИƧA marks one of the most ambitious projects ever undertaken by Red Hot - a spiritual journey across 8 chapters and 46 songs, spotlighting the gifts of many of the most daring, imaginative trans and non-binary artists working today. It softens the edges of the world we know, and invokes powerful dreams of the futures that might one day thunder from its cracks. The album's instantly memorable cover speaks to the tension between nature and constructed environments, and the tension of transness in the western gender binary."

Adrianne Lenker, Ahya Simone, Alan Sparhawk (Low), Allison Russell, Am Taylor, Anajah, André 3000, Ana Roxanne, Anjimile, ANOHNI, Arthur Baker, Asher White, AV Maria, Babehoven, Bartees Strange, Belina Rose, Benét, Beverly Glenn-Copeland, Bill Callahan, Blake Mills, Bloomsday, Calvin Lauber, Caroline Rose, Cassandra Croft, Cassandra Jenkins, Ceyenne Doroshow, Christian Lee Hutson, Claire Rousay, Clairo, CLARITY, Cole Pulice, Devendra Banhart, Dirty Projectors, Eileen Myles, Eli Winter, Elizabeth Glenn-Copeland, Ezra Furman, Faye Webster, Fleet Foxes, Frank Cosmos, Gary Gunn, Gia Margaret, Green-House, Grouper, Hand Habits, Heart Shaped, Helado Negro, Hunter Schafer, Imara Jones, Jamal Shakeri, Jay Dee Daugherty, Jayne County, Jeff Tweedy, Jlin, Joy Guidry, Julianna Barwick, Julie Byrne, Julien Baker, Kara Jackson, Kathi Wilcox, Kb Borins, Kelela, L'rain, Laaraji, Laura Jane Grace, Lauren Auder, Lee Ranaldo, Lightning Bug, Lomelda, Lucy Liyou, Lynn Avery, Lyra Pramuk, Mary Lattimore, Mizu, Mojo Disco, Moor Mother, More Eaze, Moses Sumney, Nico Georis, Nina Keith, Niecy Blues, Nsámbu Za Suékama, Quinn Christopherson, Pepper Mashay, Perfume Genius, Pharoah Sanders, Rachika Nayar, Sade, Sam Smith, Sharon Van Etten, SOAK, Soft Rōnin, SKY, SPARKLE DIVISION (William Basinski), Taryn Blake Miller, Teddy Geiger, Time Wharp, Wendy & Lisa, Yaeji, Yaya Bey

My favourite releases of 2024 not on Blue Tapes!

Various - Transa (Red Hot Org)

Over 100 trans and non-binary artists and allies combined to make this 46-track album that explores trans identity across six thematic chapters. Could be the only time you'll hear Beverly Glenn-Copeland and Sam Smith on the same album.

Nala Sinephro - Endlessness (Warp)

A gentle, inspired sonic voyage that pretty much anyone who loves music could get into. Jazz music that goes far beyond genre. This is only Nala's second album, so excited to see where she arrives at next

Jacken Elswyth - At Fargrounds (Wrong Speed Records)

Jacken's debut solo LP is a joyous collection of traditional folk tunes and improvisations. Very different to her work with GUE for us but still very special. 2024 has truly been the year of Elswyth!

Taylor Deupree - St.II (12k)

Taylor recreated a 2002 glitch LP as a chamber music piece with the help of producer and arranger Joseph Branciforte. Impossibly beautiful and inspiring stuff reminiscent of William Basinski's triumphant live orchestral reworks of The Disintegration Loops.

Colin Stetson - The love it took to leave you (Invada)

"The love it took to leave you is a love letter to self and to solitude and to tall old trees that sway and creak in the wind and rain," Colin says. It's also maybe his beautiful work yet. Just when you think you'd heard it all, he pulls this out.

Amirtha Kidambi's Elder Ones - New Monuments (We Jazz)

Supreme contemporary jazz that draws on a flotilla of influences to achieve something really unique and special. Like Nala Sinephro and Other Light Ensemble, Elder Ones brought electronics into jazz without it feeling like a bolt-on.

Crizin da Z.O. - Acelero (QTV)

Kicking off 2024 with a bang was this absolute thumper of a record, released in early Jan. Stuttering, glitching, machine-heavy carioca funk featuring Sepultura's Iggor Cavalera, as all good records seem to do these days.