Released in 1970, Desertshore is Nico at her starkest - a bleak, beautiful record of drone, ritual and voice. No band, no polish. Just harmonium, silence and the sound of someone refusing to flinch.
In 1986, Arthur Russell released a record of voice, cello and reverb that feels less like music and more like memory. Intimate, fractured, impossibly beautiful.
Patty Waters’ 1966 debut lures you in with fragile jazz ballads - then tears the room apart with a single, harrowing scream-piece. A cult classic in two acts.
A gentle, precise ambient record made for a Tokyo art museum. Released in 1982, it moves slowly, breathes quietly and leaves space for the listener to disappear.
