In this episode, we collect 10 acts dated December 2022 and January 2023. Let’s see who is inside this time.

1. Arcane Allies – Sunra Oscillations (2022)

🇩🇪 Our firs bird has flown from Berlin and has brought us fresh vibes and grooves. It is gratifying that this project is opening up new horizons through its development. The music is still thoughtful and detached, with many possibilities for perception and interpretation. From time to time, the electronic effects prevail for a while, and at other moments, the guitar returns and transforms the established rhythm with its soft solo. A wonderful release at the intersection of genres and elements.

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Previous masterpiece by Arcane Allies, “Saraswati” (2019)

2. The Stolen Orchestra – Quiet Surrender, Vol. 3 (2022)

🇦🇺 This guy from Melbourne continues to deliver beauty. By the way, that’s all we can read at the project’s page. Obviously, it’s enough as you can feel from the music. The third part of the “Quiet Surrender” series undoubtedly proves this. Just surrender to subtle illumination emanating from the record. Fell free to slow down your thoughts and expectations, close your eyes and move through the green shimmering which is already here around you. Majestic piano and tender backgrounds create these sensations.

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Previous masterpiece by The Stolen Orchestra, “Quiet Surrender, Vol​.​1 (2021)”, in our Chronicles’ Episode ~7

3. Juna – Afsen (2022)

🇷🇺 This short EP depicts evolution of Juna, an indie folk band from Kazan, Russia. Tatar poetry finds its reflection in atmospheric music, which interacts with the words and sophisticated senses behind them. This time, the compositions appears to be even more sensual than before. Sharing the spirit of the nature, they have rich synthetic component as well. That’s a kind of unity of inhuman and human matters, vulnerable balance that can be easily disturbed and ruined.

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Previous masterpiece by Juna, “Amanat” (2020)

4. Sándor Szabó, Balázs Major – Dream Diary (2023)

🇭🇺 The final of 2022 was marked by the release of an amazingly beautiful album authored by a duet of two talented masters. We are already familiar with Sándor Szabó and this time he was accompanied by Balázs Major with his own palette of percussion instruments, including udu, gongs, cymbals and singing bowls. No less interesting is Balázs’ instrumentation, which included esraj, cumbus, guzheng, bandurria and along with other rarities.

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Previous masterpiece by Szabó Sándor & Kobza Vajk, “Rejtek” (2021)

5. William Ryan Fritch – Polarity (2023)

🇺🇸 The collection of soundscape by Oakland’s sound genius William Ryan Fritch is once replenished with the first part of emerging trilogy. It is dedicated to the water crises which dramatically influence certain areas of the world. The author is constantly searching for the new means of expression. He involves electronic devices, such as modified speakers, transducers, various setups of microphones and hydrophones, and so on. The deepness of the sound increases in regard of the efforts.

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Previous masterpiece by William Ryan Fritch, “Built Upon a Fearful Void” (2021), in our Chronicles’ Episode ~12

6. Ukandanz – Kemekem ከ​መ​ከ​ም (2023)

🇪🇹 Listening to Ukandanz is always an amazing experience. The new album is a feast of concentrated passion, unexpected explosions and emotional fluctuations. Once again, you’ll hear instantly recognizable voice of Asnake Gebreyes, the band’s leader, soaring upon sharp rhythms and touching melodies. Sax and keyboards perform their job, adding jazzy and pop flavors into extraordinary progressive rock having no boundaries and restrictions.

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Previous masterpiece by Ukandanz, “Awo” (2016)

7. Numün – Book of Beyond (2023)

🇺🇸 The New York Trio invites us on a new journey into a hazy reality which is gradually unfolding somewhere in the future. There, we will find a flickering light and a scattering of outlandish sounds. The band creates entrancing soundscapes with a help of modern and traditional instruments. This time we will be pleased with the voices of gamelan, violin, mandolin, jumbush, and others. Joined together, they comprise an outstanding ensemble connecting us the listeners with that new reality.

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Previous masterpiece by Numün, “Voyage Au Soleil” (2020)

8. Hammock – Love in the Void (2023)

🇺🇸 Another January work, dealing with rather all four seasons but not the single one. Life-affirming, sparkling with optimism, full of romantic matter but transmitting traces of sadness and feelings of loss and upheaval at the same time. This recording from famous Nashville based duo has become much brighter and more powerful than their previous opuses. Together with the guys we will stare into the sun, recalling both outstanding and quite ordinary events. During this reflection seance, we will be thinking of the past and of the future in one time.

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Previous masterpiece by Hammock, “Elsewhere” (2021), in our Chronicles’ Episode ~11

9. Le Temps du Loup – Leteo (2023)

🇪🇸 The Spaniards once again have not disappointed the connoisseurs of experimentation on the verge of post-rock and post-metal. Soft passages, restrained tremolos and progressively unfolding structures bounce off heavy riffs and loop into spirals. This movement opens up perspective and strength, both powerful and weightless. It’s like being lifted into near-Earth space and brought down by lightning with a thousand sparks. be one of them and get full excitements while listening to this record.

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Previous masterpiece by Le Temps du Loup, “Enthraller” (2022), in our Chronicles’ Episode ~17

10. Byron Metcalf & Shane Morris – Ancestral Resonance (2023)

🇺🇸 Previously, Byron deftly fascinated us with his solo creativity. The time has come for a duo in which two wizards direct the voices of the universe to the audience. From the very first moments of this action, the listeners are going to be rapturously transfixed while experiencing something grandiose. It arrives and becomes a presencing reality that binds all life on our planet and, possibly, beyond it. Go through this magical resonance for yourself, being still and mindful.

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Previous masterpiece by Byron Metcalf, “Adventures in Synaptic Exploration” (2022), in our Chronicles’ Episode ~14.