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Encrypted pianos and half-forgotten archives

Jennifer Lucy Allan is our guide through the outer thickets of adventurous listening, uncovering obscure cult records from Japan and sonic explorations of identity.

Jennifer Lucy Allan is our guide through the outer thickets of adventurous listening, uncovering a half-forgotten archive of music from Japan¡¯s cult label DD. Records and Singaporean sound artist Bani Haykal¡¯s abandoned pianos, which have since been retrofitted to send encrypted messages. Plus, Mongolian singer Enji reflects on the in-betweenness of migration, while Lebanese artist Nour Sokhon and Montreal-based media-maker Stefan Christoff collaborate on a sonic exploration of identity and displacement.

Produced by Gabriel Francis
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1 hour, 29 minutes

Music Played

  • Young Hormones

    Egg

    • Disk Musik: A DD Records Compilation.
    • SUNLANG 7LP.
  • Peter Br?tzmann Trio

    ì«·çÈýºÅ Hurricane NO.3

    • ì«·ç Hurricane.
    • Old Heaven Books.
  • Tom Z¨¦

    Toc (instrumental)

    • Samba.
    • Mr Bongo.
  • Bani Haykal

    txttwo

    • dispatches from 286/0LR.
  • Dan Johnson & Maggie Nicols

    Contact - clip 3

    • Contact.
  • Emptyset

    Dissever

    • Dissever.
    • Thrill Jockey US.
  • Grubby Mitts

    MOUNTAIN & I (FOR MIRA)

    • Valediction EP.
    • Vibe/Anti-Vibe.
  • Mira Calix

    like Jenga (only it reaches all the way to the sky and it's made of knives)

    • a?b?s?e?n?t? origin.
    • Warp Records.
  • Dale Cornish

    Breadcrumb Trail

    • Altruism.
  • Valentina Goncharova

    Hut In The Mountains

    • Campanelli.
    • Hidden Harmony US.
  • A.K. Gabrielyan & A.P. Dolukhanyan

    Tziran Tzar (Apricot Tree)

    • Apricot Tree: Soviet?-?Armenian Music From 78rpm Discs.
    • Canary Records.
  • Miaux

    22h44

    • The Pels organ and Hemony carillon of St. Catherine¡¯s Church in Hoogstraten. Rec.
    • Edi??es CN.
  • Br¨¬ghde Chaimbeul

    Bog an Lochan

    • Bog an Lochan.
  • Felipe Orjuela

    A los golpes como las personas naturales

    • A los golpes como las personas naturales.
    • In-Correcto.
  • Nour Sokhon and Stefan Christoff

    Open channels

    • Beyond All Borderlines.
    • RUPTURED.
  • Andrew Chalk

    Lonely House

    • Dioramas.
    • An Archives France.
  • Enji

    Eejiinhee Hairaar

    • Sonor.
    • Squama.
  • Bill Orcutt Guitar Quartet

    At A Distance

    • HausLive 4.
    • Hausu Mountain.
  • Mamehy

    Je mitsiko ro mokotse

    • Tsapiky! Modern Music From Southwest Madagascar.
    • Sublime Frequencies US.
  • Keith Hudson

    No Commitment

    • Nah Skin Up Dub.
    • Week End Records.

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