Wine and cigarettes, heart and spirit, the cranky and the problematic. The sound artist and musician from Istanbul discusses three important albums.

Hüma's picks:

Bohren & Der Club Of Gore – Piano Nights
Huun-Huur-Tu – Ancestors Call
Nine Inch Nails – The Fragile

Hüma's latest album is titled Dracones, and it's out now on Editions Mego. Check it out here. Hüma's website is here.

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Shooting a shotgun at a water tower, textural amalgams on the Silk Road, kindness in music. The LA-based musician discusses three important albums.

Dustin's picks:

Motohiko Hamase – Reminiscence
Steve Shehan – Arrows
goo age – Open Zone

Dustin's recent pleasures:

Co La – Moody Coup
Lucy Liyou – Every Video Without Your Face, Every Sound Without Your Name

Dustin's new album, Gloria, is out now on Hausu Mountain. Check it out on Bandcamp. Dustin is on Instagram.

Here's that fabulous track-by-track run-through of Gloria on Flood Magazine.

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The flesh and bone of synthesis, all the power in one drum, great songs with shit mixes. The Réunion island-based electronic maloya producer discusses three important albums.

Jako's picks:

Danyel Waro – Batarsité
Patrick Manent – Kozmann ker
EPROM – Halflife

Jako's new album is called Mahavélouz and it's out on Nyege Nyege Tapes. Check it out here. Jako's website is here and he's also on Instagram.

I'd also like to flag the fabulous interview with Jako by Navel Gazers, which was a helpful reference point while preparing for this interview. You can read that here.

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