Below is a set of albums I’ve been listening to lately – although they vary stylistically, I recommend each for different reasons:

• Fennesz: 17.02.12 [2 x 12″ lp + cd + dvd box]
• Touch: 30 years and counting [5″ cd]
• Savvas Ysatis + Taylor Deupree:  Origin [12″ lp]
• Seaworthy + Taylor Deupree: Wood, Winter, Hollow [5″ cd]
• Oval:  Systemisch [2 x 12″ lp, repress]
• Mark McGuire: Tidings III [digital release]
• John Roberts: Fences [5″ cd]
• Aoki Takamasa: RV8 [12″ lp]
• Daft Punk: Random Access Memories [5″ cd]
• Wild Nothing: Empty Estate EP [5″ cd]
• Queens: End Times [5″ cd]
• William Basinski: Nocturnes [5″ cd]
• Lawrence English:  Lonely Women’s Club [12″ lp]
• Mountains: Live at Bottletree [5″ cd]

Out of the above, I have to highlight the Queens album, which is a special release to me, of sorts.  I saw Scott perform this material back in 2007 when he opened for Panda Bear at the Bowery Ballroom.  It’s an amazing collection of songs – a very memorable concert relived by this formal studio release.

Blast from the past on heavy rotation:

• Kompakt: Pop Ambient 2001 [5″ cd]
• Keith Fullerton Whitman:  Playthroughs [5″ cd]
• Pantha Du Prince: Black Noise [5″ cd]