The Feeling of Everything ~ An Interview With Aho Ssan

Aho Ssan is a key player of French experimental music, and has garnered wide international attention for his felt, yet richly philosophical approach to sound assemblage. His last album, Rhizomes, was among our favorite albums of 2023. We talked to

ACL 2023 ~ The Top 20 Albums of the Year

This year’s Top 20 list is noteworthy for its variety, a reflection of the wealth of music on the market.  For every 200 albums submitted to ACL, only one makes our final list.  This makes it all the more remarkable

ACL 2023 ~ Top Ten Electronic

This year’s top ten electronic albums run the gamut from quirky and fun to industrial and dark.  These albums cross boundaries, incorporating drone, pop, hip-hop, and modern composition, while the themes include death and vulnerability, gender roles and climate change.

Aho Ssan ~ Rhizomes

This is the sound of music’s future: collaborative, cross-cultural and genre-fluid.  On Rhizomes, Aho Ssan (Niamké Désiré) touches upon six of our seven genre categories (leaving out only field recordings), while sounding wholly original.  The set spins like a whirlwind, constantly moving