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Bono / Burattini ~ Ora Sono Un Lago I am silver and exact I am not cruel, only truthful I have looked at it so long I think it is a part of my heart…... http://acloserlisten.com/2026/07/22/bono-burattini-ora-sono-un-lago/

BOUNCYDUCK ~ It’s Either Me or My Auntie Across a discography that ranges from politically charged works such as Palestine Is Always War and…... http://acloserlisten.com/2026/07/21/bouncyduck-its-either-me-or-my-auntie/

tellKujira ~ La lucha es un poema colectivo In November 2023, tellKujira found themselves in Paris during a residency at IRCAM while workers at the Centre Georges Pompidou were protesting outside, demanding the protection of their rights.... http://acloserlisten.com/2026/07/20/tellkujira-la-lucha-es-un-poema-colectivo/

Jana Irmert ~ Messengers (Original Soundtrack) Understanding the universe begins with listening rather than seeing. Listening to the stars as much as to our unconscious mind.... http://acloserlisten.com/2026/07/19/jana-irmert-messengers-original-soundtrack/

CLOUDWARMER ~ I Know the World Reasonably Well and Am Right About Everything CLOUDWARMER is Eddie Palmer, also known as the New York half of Fields Ohio.  While he embraces classic timbres such as trip-hop and plunderphonics, his music is astonishingly contemporary, as evidenced by track titles such as "I Am Piloting An Oil Tanker Through The Strait Of Hormuz."  ... http://acloserlisten.com/2026/07/18/cloudwarmer-i-know-the-world-reasonably-well-and-am-right-about-everything/

Jad Atoui – It Will Take Forever This is proving to be a remarkable year for Lebanese experimental music. Between recent releases by Charbel Haber, Dog Plug, Sandy Chamoun, the collaborative albums of Radwan Ghazi Moumneh, and the…... http://acloserlisten.com/2026/07/17/jad-atoui-it-will-take-forever/

Dog Plug [Mazen Kerbaj, Maurice Louca & Tony Elieh] ~ Dog Plug كلاب البطّاريّة Dog Plug feels exactly like its title suggests: a live wire connecting three musicians whose shared history spans decades and still produces sparks.... http://acloserlisten.com/2026/07/16/dog-plug-mazen-kerbaj-maurice-louca-tony-elieh-dog-plug-%d9%83%d9%84%d8%a7%d8%a8-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%a8%d8%b7%d9%91%d8%a7%d8%b1%d9%8a%d9%91%d8%a9/

Androctonyx ~ AXISTE PAS AXISTE PAS feels like the shadow cast by Androctonyx’s debut, Respawning as a Pearl. If that earlier record was concerned with transformation and ecstatic becoming, this new album turns toward absence and the desire to drift beyond reach.... http://acloserlisten.com/2026/07/15/androctonyx-axiste-pas/

Travis or Alice ~ Travis Goes Deep Some lives are difficult to imagine unless one has experienced something similar. Alisa Nedashkovska (Travis or Alice…... http://acloserlisten.com/2026/07/14/travis-or-alice-travis-goes-deep/

ALT ~ Nature’s Engineers Once in a while, we realize we've created a closed loop.  In 2023, when ACL reviewed…... http://acloserlisten.com/2026/07/13/alt-natures-engineers/

Ukrainian Field Notes ~ LVII Summertime, and the living is not so easy, not if you are Ukrainian as Russia has upped its ballistic missiles attacks.... http://acloserlisten.com/2026/07/12/ukrainian-field-notes-lvii/

anthéne ~ Air Signs Inspired by a bird landing on a city windowsill, Air Signs by anthéne looks to the skies for meaning or assurance.... http://acloserlisten.com/2026/07/11/anthene-air-signs/

too_basicc ~ عهد الأصدقاء too_basicc is an digital audio-visual modular synthesis project based in Beirut, Lebanon. Over the months of march-april they released three albums in quick succession with the latest being…... http://acloserlisten.com/2026/07/10/too_basicc-%d8%b9%d9%87%d8%af-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%a3%d8%b5%d8%af%d9%82%d8%a7%d8%a1/

Jonáš Gruska – Juggler / ジャグラ Jonáš Gruska's Juggler / ジャグラ does more than what it says on the tin. Originally assembled from covert recordings made inside an Akihabara pachinko parlour, the album documented a moment of revelation: Gruska discovering that beneath the assaultive barrage of gambling machines lay an accidental drone, a strange and unexpectedly serene harmony emerging from repetition, excess and addiction.... http://acloserlisten.com/2026/07/09/jonas-gruska-juggler-%e3%82%b8%e3%83%a3%e3%82%b0%e3%83%a9/

Omar Cheikh ~ The Garden Deeply rooted in the idea of the garden as a place of refuge and quiet transformation, …... http://acloserlisten.com/2026/07/08/omar-cheikh-the-garden/

Vittorio Guindani ~ la porta bianca There is something fitting about Vittorio Guindani finding a home for these recordings in Vilhelm Hammershøi's…... http://acloserlisten.com/2026/07/07/vittorio-guindani-la-porta-bianca/

Ten Tracks That Sound Like Summer Schools are out, beaches are open, and vacation time is here!  It's time to share our annual list of…... http://acloserlisten.com/2026/07/06/ten-tracks-that-sound-like-summer-7/