Best of 2022 from Linus Booth (Seance Centre)
This is the last of the year end lists and its from my friend Linus. I have known him since 1992 or 1993...my memory gets a bit foggy. For like 15 years i spoke to him regularly on the phone but its only been in the past few years via social media that i know what he looks like! now it’s the reverse…no phone calls and all text. He was one of the salespeople at distribution company on the West Coast called Silent/Pulsesoniq. They were the distribution arm of Silent records who did lots of groundbreaking ambient music. you can read more about them below
http://silentrecords.us/html/history.html
Linus then opened his own record shop in Ottawa Canada called Organized Sound and record distribution company called Phonics. He currently works as Sales/P.R. at one of the great Canadian labels Seance Centre along with owner Brandon Hocura. It’s a well rounded list from someone who knows. Linus also gave us a bonus list of reissues. I hope you enjoy it and find a few new things for yourself.
Mali Obomsawin - Sweet Tooth (Out Of Your Head Records)
Turbo Sonidero - Lowrider Kumbias (Discos Rolas)
Nala Sinephro - Space 1.8 (Warp Records)
Omar-S - Can't Change (FXHE Records)
Brannten Schnüre - Das Glück Vermeiden (Quirlschlängle)
CS + Kreme - Orange (The Trilogy Tapes)
Al.Divino x Estee Nack - Triple Black Diamonds 2 (Tuff Kong Records)
Various - KWALK (Wah Wah Wino)
Loraine James - Building Something Beautiful For Me (Phantom Limb)
Joe Rainey - Niineta (37d03d)
Caterina Barbieri - Spirit Exit (light-years)
MIKE - Beware of the Monkey (10k Projects)
Christina Vantzou, Michael Harrison and John Also Bennett – S/T (Séance Centre)
Bennie Maupin, Adam Rudolph - Symphonic Tone Poem For Brother Yusef (Strut)
14 new archival releases I had on repeat in 2022 (in no order)
Derek Bailey - Domestic Jungle (Scatter)
Slauson Malone – A Quiet Farwell, 2016–2018 / Vergangenheitsbewältigung (Crater Speak)
Hydroplane - Hydroplane (Efficient Space)
Stevia - Fruits Of The Room (Glossy Mistakes)
Death Is Not The End - Pure Wicked Tune: Rare Groove Blues Dances & House Parties, 1985-1992 (Death Is Not The End)
Bahtiyar Taş - Acaip (Zel Zele Records)
Broadcast - Mother Is The Milky Way (Warp Records)
Alternative - If They Treat You Like Shit - Act Like Manure (Sealed Records)
Hector Zazou, Jeanne Folly, VXZ 375, J.L. Hennig, Bazooka – La Perversita (Sofa Records)
Theo Parrish - DJ-Kicks Detroit Forward (!K7 Records)
Brian WIlson - The Trinidad Tape (YouTube)
Pat Thomas - New Jazz Jungle: Remembering (Feedback Moves)
Khan Jamal's Creative Arts Ensemble - Drum Dance To The Motherland (Aguirre Records)
Time Is Away - Ballads (A Colourful Storm)