In 1981, Japanese musician Phew made a record with members of Can in a Cologne studio known for birthing sonic oddities. The result is stark, hypnotic and unlike anything else.
In 1972, Annette Peacock fused jazz, electronics and desire into a record that still sounds alien today. It’s raw, seductive and decades ahead of its time.
Holger Czukay - founding member of krautrock legends Can - goes solo and gets weird. Movies (1979) is a surreal collage of tape loops, radio ghosts and dadaist funk.
In 2011, King Creosote & Jon Hopkins released a quiet masterpiece - part folk songbook, part ambient dream. Diamond Mine is a hushed, heartbreaking study in restraint.
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.
