11/10/2023 0 Comments Monster malistThere’s so much more we could talk about: Pupil Slicer’s unbridled energies, Bríi’s experimentation with black metal and electronic music, Dvne, Malist, and Guedra Guedra infections groove. It’s magnificent and massive in different ways but ends up channeling a lot of the same mystic and spiritual vibes that Promises also handles. Funnily enough, most of those adjectives also fit Mare Cognitum’s sprawling opus, Solar Paroxysm. Its leitmotif, the saxophone, the few but effective vocals passages, the mystical way in which it all unfolds, all make this album a masterpiece. Scott dives into this release more eloquently than I can here, but suffice it to say that Promises drove me to tears several times this month. I won’t write too much here about The Beast of Nod, since I spend four paragraphs doing so below, but you can bet that I’m going to be talking about the amazing three-way collaboration between Floating Points, Pharaoh Sanders, and The London Symphony Orchestra. But that’s really the only way to describe them, seeing as each is a unique, incredible entry to the genre. The top picks are, as always, very varied but they have all the distinguished honor of being fucking mind-blowing, pardon my French. While there’s some discussion to be had about the quantity of releases in March 2021 (a slowdown in relation to Jan/Feb can definitely be observed, though April looks like it will be buck that trend), I think there’s zero argument to be had about the quality of releases. This is honestly one of the strongest Editors’ Picks I can remember.
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