20 faves (Archival & Reissues)The Clouds – The CloudsKristen Nogues – Marc’h GouezEmahoy Tsege Mariam Gebru – JerusalemAlan Hovhaness – Orbits, Mountains, Moons & FlowersHako Yamasaki – TobimasuYanti Bersaudara – Yanti Bersaudarav/a – Prends le temps d’ecouter: Tape music, sound experiments…v/a – Searchlight MoonbeamByard Lancaster – It’s Not Up to UsAselefech Ashine & Getenesh Kebret – ሸ​ገ​ኔ​ዎ​ች (Beauties)X-Cetra – StardustJeanne Loriod – Music for Ondes Martenotv/a – A moi la liberté: Early electronic raïPharoah – Pharoah SandersLes Abranis – Amazigh Freedom Rock 1973-1983Dorothy Carter – Waillee WailleeMiles Davis – Turnaround (On the Corner Sessions)Masumi Hara – Imagination Exchangev/a – The NID Tapes: Electronic Music from India 1969-1972Arthur Russell – Picture of Bunny Rabbit25 faves (LA artists / producers)

So much of what I hear generates from the city I live in, and much lands in the theater of which I’m the caretaker. It’s a world city at what feels like peak creativity, and a great many of the artists here were both in our speakers and on our stages in the past year.

André 3000 – New Blue SunArt Feynman – Be Good the Crazy Boysbilly woods, Kenny Segal – MapsCarlos Niño & Friends – (I’m just) Chillin’ on FireCelia Hollander – 2nd DraftClear Thing – Everywhere I GoDecisive Pink – Ticket to FameEddie Chacón – SundownFabiano do Nascimento – LendasGabriel do Rosa – É o que a casa ofereceGenevieve Artadi – Forever ForeverJeremiah Chiu – In Electric TimeJessika Kenney & Eyvind Kang – AzureJohn Krausbauer + Patrick Shiroishi – High LifeLionmilk + Club Diego – In FloatLisel – Patterns for Auto-tuned Voices and DelayLouis Cole – Some Unused SongsMega Bog – End of EverythingMiguel Atwood-Ferguson – Les Jardins Mystiques vol 1Monde UFO – Vandalized Statue to be Replaced by ShrineSalami Rose Joe Louis – AkousmatikousShana Cleveland – ManzanitaSlauson Malone I – EXCELSIORThandi Ntuli / Carlos Niño – Rainbow RevisitedWild Up – Julius Eastman Vol. 3: If You’re So Smart, Why Aren’t You Rich?Faves from elsewhere

Thirty or so from outside Los Angeles, including a couple who came through 2220 Arts. The rest a global wishlist for a festival in some Elysium.

Alasdair Roberts – Grief in the Kitchen and Mirth in the HallAngel Bat Dawid – Requiem for JazzArmand Hammer – We Buy Diabetic Test StripsThe Bug Club – Rare Birds: Hour of SongCassandra Miller – Traveller Song / ThanksongDudu Tassa, Johnny Greenwood – Jarak QaribakFuensanta – Principio del FuegoHenry Threadgill – The Other OneInsólito UniVerso – Ese puerto existeJantra – Synthesized SudanJohn Roseboro – Johnny / Four CantosL’Rain – I Killed Your DogMayssa Jallad – Marjaa: the Battle of the HotelsNamian Sidibé – Namian SidibéNoname – SundialNourished by Time – Erotic Probiotic 2Ora Cogan – FormlessPiotr Kurek – SmartwoodsPJ Harvey – I Inside the Old Year Dying Raja Kirik – Phantasmagoria of JathilanSeaming To – Dust GatherersSourdurent – L’Herbe de D​é​tourneSpencer Cullum’s Coin Collection – s/t 2Svitlana Nianio + Tom James Scott – Eye of the SeaTitanic, I la Catolica, Mabe Fratti – VidriaTiti Bakorda – MolendeV/Z, Valentina Magaletti, Zongamin – Suono AssenteY La Bamba – Lucha