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Zen Sounds 058: Nuno Canavarro
The enigmatic Portuguese composer has created an early masterpiece of glitchy electronic music
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Zen Sounds 057: Outsider music & natural coffee
Some tunes and albums I've been bingeing on while relishing unwashed beans and the writings of Haruki Murakami
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Zen Sounds 056: Holy Tongue
Deep dub workouts from London's experimental underground
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How I became a long-distance runner
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Zen Sounds 057: Outsider music & natural coffee
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Zen Sounds 049: Hania Rani
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Zen Sounds 035: Year-End Charts 2022
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Zen Sounds 055: McNeal and Niles
Obscure lo-fi jazz-funk from Ohio with a touch of proto-Balearic vibes
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How I became a long-distance runner
Reading these books led me to building a new and healthy habit
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Zen Sounds 054: Penelope Trappes
Gothic vignettes drowned in tape hiss, harmonic distortion and loads of reverb
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Zen Sounds 053: Michael O'Shea
The eccentric Irish busker made music like no other on a zither-like, self-built instrument
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Zen Sounds 052: Rezzett
A surprise album from the experimental electronic duo after five years of almost-silence
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Trying out Notes right now
This might be a hopeful alternative to social media in its current toxic form. Let's give it a shot.
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Zen Sounds 051: Ferkat Al Ard
Re-issue specialists Habibi Funk uncovered a mythical lost album from 1970's Lebanon
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Zen Sounds 050: Jim O'Rourke
Revisiting the experimental godfather's seminal album »I'm Happy, and I'm Singing, and a 1,2,3,4« (2001)
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Zen Sounds 049: Hania Rani
The celebrated Polish pianist wrote her newest album in the snowy Swiss mountains
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