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Tracklist:

MKWAJU Ensemble – Hot Air – from “KI-Motion” (Better Days) (1981) Andrew Pekler – Cumbia Para Los Grillos – from “New Environments & Rhythm Studies” (faitiche) (2025) Hiroshi Yoshimura – Kasumi – from “Flora” (Temporal Drift) (2025) Bitchin Bajas – Skylarking – from “Inland See” (Drag City) (2025) Qasim Naqvi – Plastic Glacier – from “Endling” (Erased Tapes) (2025) Lesley Mok – It wants – from “The Living Collection” (American Dreams) (2023) Sarah Hennies & Tristan Kasten-Krause – Axo – from “The Quiet Sun” (Dinzu Artefacts) (2025) Tatsuya Nakatani – Side A – from “NAKATANI GONG ORCHESTRA” (Taiga) (2012) ENSEMBLE NIST-NAH – Ghosty Klang – from “Spilla” (Black Truffle) (2025) Irene Schweizer – Han Bennink – Verzweigelt – from “Irene Schweizer – Han Bennink” (Intakt) (1995) Myra Melford’s Fire and Wind Quintet – Insertion Four – from “HEAR THE LIGHT SINGING” (RogueArt) (2023) Peter Brotzmann, Milford Graves, William Parker – Side C – from “Historic Music Past Tense Future” (Black Editions) (2022) ** Field Recording at Matador Beach **
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