Concentration Music Posts

Cicada Waves
Ben Seretan
piano in the rainstorm

Convex
Nym
eco-chill

Outerstate
Kessoncoda
garden shed post-jazz

Atlas of Green
Dialect
A delightful shot of meta-nostalgia

Uninvisible
Medeski Martin & Wood
getting kinda medeski in here

Man Made Object
GoGo Penguin
three is a magic number

Ballroom Ghosts
Jim Copperthwaite
a wonderfully single-minded project

Planet Shhh!
Human Pyramids
Bliss on a Bandcamp budget

Morning Trials
Francisco Sonur
a lovely breath of fresh air

Zephyr
Toechter
dark ambient classical

Hologram Plaza
Disconscious
mallchillvibewavecoresoft

Yawn Zen
Mndsgn
maybe too zen?

Tahoe
Dedekind Cut
the dedekindest cut

Distorted Rooms
Radian
trip-hoppy sound sculpture

To Will A Space Into Being
Josh Semans
ondes martenot? more like ondes martenYES, AMIRITE

The Branches
Long Arm
the algorithm gets one right

Matter
noemi buchi
a shining mess

Chill Out
The KLF
regret to inform, KLF is not gonna rock you in this instance.

Ask The Ages
Sonny Sharrock
Sharrock's Magnum Opus

Machinarium Soundtrack
Tomáš Dvořák
a delightful soundtrack to a fun game

Ultraviolet
Kelly Moran
ambient prepared piano

Documerica
Ethel
pictures at an exhibition

Onda
Jambinai
curb-stomping post-rock goodness

Black Origami
Jlin
a dancefloor breakthrough

11th Orbit
Emancipator & Lapa
chilled and trance-inducing

Excavation
Haxan Cloak
metal-AF ambient doom

Wild Light
65daysofstatic
a post rock tour de force

Happy Child
Carmen Jaci
whimsical electronic

Virgins
Tim Hecker
Dense, creepy, and gorgeous

Positano Songs
Will Ackerman
mellow with a lower-case m

In For A Penny, In For A Pound
Henry Threadgill & Zooid
Pulitzer-winning compositional chamber jazz

Safe In The Steep Cliffs
Emancipator
an explosion of calm and lucidity in my brain

Permutation
Amon Tobin
an all time favorite electronic record

Natura
Drum & Lace
an elegant soundtrack to your imagination

The year in Concentration 2022
Music to get stuff done

The Bad Plus
The Bad Plus
A new beginning for an older group

Dark Matter
Moses Boyd
a modern jazz instant classic

I Survived, It's Over
Rich Ruth
chill, elegant, and engrossing

Aura
Hatis Noit
A mind-bending, mind-mending journey

Chalice Hymnal
Grails
doomy, gloomy, roomy, and boomy

Forward / Return
The Album Leaf
v. chill but interesting on a deep listen

The Last Dawn
MONO
pretty post rock

Engravings
Forest Swords
a moody instrumental jam

New Bodies
Tangents
new directions in sound

Very Neon Pet
Peter Scherer
peak 90s IDM / Euro-jazz

Alive
Hiromi
an under-recognized genius

Ainavihantaa
Malady
Finnish prog-tinged nu-jazz

From This Place
Pat Metheny
yet another Metheny masterpiece with a fantastic band