Stitched together with a dream team of collaborators – Portico Quartet bandmates drummer Duncan Bellamy and bassist Milo Fitzpatrick, iconoclastic Polish artist Hania Rani, cellist Dobrawa Czocher, and Australian mezzo-soprano Lotte Betts-Dean join Jack Wylie on his first album project under his own name. Eternal Spring catches Wylie in full soft-focus mode. Think ambient, contemporary classical, jazz and post-rock, holding hands in a shimmering, blossoming, heart-tugging daydream. It’s the kind of record that is easy to get lost in. Go and enjoy it now….

Charlotte Jacobs‘ new album, Word Passed the Time, is a sharp reminder of how to keep an album varied, unpredictable, and genuinely engaging without losing the thread; every track shifts shape, yet the whole thing holds together beautifully. The Brooklyn-based, Belgian-born vocalist and composer crafts an enigmatic piece that record label Geographic North describes as “pitch-bent esoterica,” weaving avant-pop sensibilities with experimental electronic textures. Instead of conventional tracks, the album unfolds as a single, free-flowing, vocal-driven arrangement divided into distinct movements, drawing you into its intimate, otherworldly atmosphere. A perfect example of adventurous music that still flows.

Submerge yourself in two hypnotising tracks from Los Angeles-based composer, synthesist and multi-media artist Jeremiah Chiu. Both tracks are taken from his new solo album Edge Conditions, due out on October 9th via International Anthem. Listen to the soulfully abstract drip-drop melodies of ‘In Visibility’ and the shimmering, low-end percussive bump in ‘Plastic Mind/Elastic Machines’ below. Enjoy!

Both Tara Clerkin and Will Yates, aka memotone, have been killing it lately… Their recent albums, Tara with her trio’s ‘Somewhere Good’ and ‘Warm Shadows’ by Yates, both impressed. This collaborative effort takes their talents into a different place and space. It’s not every day you stumble into an improvised clarinet‑and‑pedal session, but that’s exactly what’s on offer here, revealing a more intimate side to both players. The music feels responsive and raw, and searching, unguarded and quietly mesmerising.  An utterly unpredictable and utterly brilliant release.

Drummer and composer Jeremy Cunningham is preparing the release of Passing Fires, his first solo album since 2020’s The Weather Up There. The album finds Cunningham working alongside a tight circle of collaborators including Paul Bryan, Josh Johnson, Jeff Parker, Sen Morimoto, Makaya McCraven, and other luminaries of the current jazz scene that connects Los Angeles and Chicago. Passing Fires arrives on October 2nd via Northern Spy Records. Get a taste of the upcoming album by listening to ‘Some’Days‘ and ‘Windows’ below.