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06 EDITIONS / NEWEST FIRST
Fine — Jazz dreamsThe Olivia Tremor Control — The Same PlaceWilliam Basinski — Passing the Cup of SorrowsTroutflies — Wild Troutflies
Fresh BloodNO. 06
LATEST WEEK / OCTOBER 23, 2026 / TUESDAY EDITION

Fresh Blood.

The weekend settled. The strange ones stayed strange.

Fine-grained pop, bruised soul, miniature techno, heavy weather and a deeper bench of records whose first signals sharpened after release day.

85 records12 shelves79 new releases
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Includes 6 returning / live releases. Researched October 27.

The Avalanches — No Bad MemoriesBibio & Dorian Concept — AnswersFontaines D.C. — Dopamine ChamberNao — Autumn
Strange HarvestNO. 05
FROM THE CRATE / OCTOBER 16, 2026 / RETROSPECTIVE SAMPLE

Strange Harvest.

Old signals. New doors. A stranger crop.

Advertising ghosts from The Avalanches, a Bibio–Dorian Concept meeting, moonlight wired into synthesizers, and folk songs with teeth. A wide October stack with a taste for the unexpected.

51 records11 shelves44 new releases
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Includes 7 returning / live releases. Researched October 26.

The Tallest Man on Earth — Just Beyond Endless MountainDawn Richard — Creole CultureTroye Sivan — She's the BestRemi Wolf — Mud
Night BloomNO. 04
FROM THE CRATE / OCTOBER 9, 2026 / RETROSPECTIVE SAMPLE

Night Bloom.

After-hours voices. Restless circuitry. Songs opening in the dark.

Troye Sivan and Remi Wolf follow the party inward, Dawn Richard celebrates New Orleans, and The Tallest Man on Earth returns to rural roots. Around them: jazz trios, haunted ambient rooms and music made from a program reading itself.

41 records11 shelves37 new releases
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Includes 4 returning / live releases. Researched October 26.

Quadeca — Life 1Victoria Monét — Frequency of LoveSusanne Sundfør & Kit Downes — Revelations of Divine LoveGreg Freeman — All Set The Bone
Ghost FrequencyNO. 03
FROM THE CRATE / OCTOBER 2, 2026 / RETROSPECTIVE SAMPLE

Ghost Frequency.

Distant signals. Familiar voices. New interference.

Fifty records tune between Quadeca’s electronic pop, Victoria Monét’s soul, Susanne Sundfør’s church collaboration and Greg Freeman’s unsettled Americana. Cosmic programs, modular synths and a pair of hurdy-gurdies broadcast from the edges.

50 records11 shelves45 new releases
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Includes 5 returning / live releases. Researched October 26.

Protomartyr — Hotel UsonaJulia Jacklin — The GemM83 — I Wrote You A LetterBullion — Nearly
Inside / OutsideNO. 02
FROM THE CRATE / SEPTEMBER 25, 2026 / RETROSPECTIVE SAMPLE

Inside / Outside.

Rooms for refuge. Wires for unrest.

50 releases move between shelter and disturbance: Julia Jacklin above a Melbourne pub, Bullion at close range, Protomartyr inside a haunted nation, and Jules Reidy turning strings into windows of light. Soul, jazz and ambient widen the view.

50 records11 shelves44 new releases
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Includes 6 returning / live releases. Researched October 26.

Beck — Ride LonesomeCarly Rae Jepsen — Day and NightActress — Radical FrameEmpress Of — Dream House
Double ExposureNO. 01
FROM THE CRATE / SEPTEMBER 18, 2026 / RETROSPECTIVE SAMPLE

Double Exposure.

Daylight, night moves, and the shape of a new beginning.

49 records in two kinds of light: Beck’s acoustic return, Carly Rae Jepsen’s day-and-night double, Actress’s broken frames and Empress Of’s rebuilt home. Soul ensembles, spiritual jazz and five quiet ambient doors lead toward heavier shadows and unusual combinations.

49 records11 shelves45 new releases
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Includes 4 returning / live releases. Researched October 26.

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