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Surgery 373

Separately and together, Tortoise have been a cornerstone in the Chicago music scene for more than three decades and helped to early on define the (sometimes contentious) genre of post-rock. Their first new album as a group in almost ten years, Touch, is soon to be released on International Anthem records. They are this week's spotlight artist.

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Tortoise - The Catastrophist (Thrill Jockey/2016)

Tortoise - Tortoise (Thrill Jockey/1994)

Tortoise - TNT (Thrill Jockey/1998)

Tortoise - Beacons of Ancestorship (Thrill Jockey/2009)

Tortoise - Standards (Thrill Jockey/2001)

Tortoise - Millions Now Living Will Never Die (Thrill Jockey/1996)

Tortoise - It's All Around You (Thrill Jockey/2004)

Tortoise - Touch (International Anthem/2025)

 

Track Listing

 

Tortoise - Yonder Blue [0:00]

Tortoise - Tin Cans & Wire [3:23]

Tortoise - Ten-Day Interval [7:41]

Tortoise - Prepare Your Coffin [12:22]

Tortoise - Firefly [15:56]

Tortoise - Glass Museum [19:49]

Tortoise - Five Too Many [25:10]

Tortoise - Layered Presence [29:34]

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Surgery 372

David Letellier emerged as Kangding Ray at the tail end of the Clicks and Cuts era of experimental techno. Recording extensively for the German Raster-Noton label he explored precision and the inner qualities of micro-detailed digital music. He currently runs his label, ara, and his soundtrack for the film Sirāt was recently released by Invada. He is this week's spotlight artist.

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Kangding Ray - Cory Arcane (Raster Noton/2015)

Kangding Ray - Stabil (Raster Noton/2006)

Kangding Ray - Automne Fold (Raster Noton/2008)

Kangding Ray - Ultrachroma (ara/2022)

Kangding Ray - 61 Mirrors / Music for SKALAR (ara/2020)

Kangding Ray - Solens Arc (Raster Noton/2015)

Kangding Ray - OR (Raster Noton/2011)

 

Track Listing

 

Kangding Ray - Brume [0:00]

Kangding Ray - Status + Light [4:20]

Kangding Ray - Apnée [8:25]

Kangding Ray - Pearls + Lichen [10:50]

Kangding Ray - Cnidaria [14:31]

Kangding Ray - Amber Decay [19:41]

Kangding Ray - Mojave [26:09]

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Surgery 371

Matthew Sage is a self-described "musician, intermedia artist, writer, and gardener" out in the tall grasses of Front Range, Colorado. He plays an interior-reaching brand of Americana that has continued to evolve since the early 2010s. His newest album, Tender / Wading was recently released by RVNG Intl. He is this week's spotlight artist.

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M. Sage - Catch a Blessing (Geographic North/2019)

M. Sage w/ The Spinnaker Ensemble - The Wind of Things (Geographic North/2021)

M. Sage - Camouflage Repertoire (Patient Sounds/2012)

Sage / Martens - Riding Fences (Edições Cn/2022)

M. Sage - No Same River Twice (Scissor Tail/2014)

Shabason, Krgovich, Sage - Shabason, Krgovich, Sage (Idée Fixe/2024)

M. Sage - Lux Collapsing (Patient Sounds/2012)

M. Sage - Music for Interior Shadows (Bandcamp/2011)

M Sage - Rife W/ Typo (Orange Milk Records/2016)

M. Sage - Tender / Wading (RVNG Intl/2025)

 

Track Listing

 

M. Sage - Michigan Turquoise [0:00]

M. Sage w/ The Spinnaker Ensemble - Luffing Adrift [2:54]

M. Sage - Motion Dazzle ii [5:40]

Sage / Mertens - Rodeo Daughters [7:23]

M. Sage - Hibernation Study [9:58]

Shabason, Krgovich, Sage - Old Man Song [13:51]

M. Sage - Sink the Stable [17:33]

M. Sage - Maria Sheets [21:20]

M. Sage - Progress Trap [24:03]

M. Sage - Witch Grass [26:21]

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Surgery 370

Mariska Baars is a Dutch artist whose main body of work has been released under the aka soccer Committe since early in the 00s. She is also a member of various duos and collectives that explore worlds where folk and improvised music and poetry meet. Her new album, Eye, was just recently release by morc records. She is this week's spotlight artist.

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soccer Committee - soccer Committee (Bandcamp/2005)

soccer Committee - ❤️ /Lamb (Morc/2023)

Machinefabriek, soccer Committee - Drawn (Digitalis/2008)

FEAN - FEAN (Moving Furniture Records/2018)

Piiptsjilling - In Spoar (Cloud Chamber/2023)

soccer Committee - sC (Bandcamp/2006)

Piiptsjilling - Fiif (Peter Foolen Editions/2017)

soccer Committee - Tell from the Grass (Morc/2021)

soccer Committee - Eye (Morc/2025)

 

Track Listing

 

soccer Committee - Look at You [0:00]

soccer Committee - Aride Afar [2:12]

Machinefabriek, soccer Committee - Very Well Drawn [4:25]

FEAN - Oardesis [6:55]

Piiptsjilling - Blaustimzen [15:16]

soccer Committee - Flock [21:01]

Piiptsjilling - Delstrutsen [23:32]

soccer Committee - Song for Staying [27:00]

soccer Committee - Horseclatter [28:43]

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Surgery 369

This week's spotlight, which is a little shorter than usual, is on Glasgow-based musician, painter and poet Joanne Robertson. She has been releasing music since 2007, both solo in collaboration with artists like Dean Blunt. Her new album Blurrr just came out on AD93.

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Joanne Robertson - The Lighter (Textile Records/2007)

Joanne Robertson - Wildflower (Escho/2016)

Joanne Robertson - Blue Car (AD93/2023)

Joanne Robertson = Black Moon Days (Feeding Tube/2015)

Joanne Robertson - Blurrr (AD93/2025)

 

Track Listing

 

Joanne Roberton - Lit [0:00]

Joanne Roberton - Heven [3:16]

Joanne Roberton - River Shock [7:33]

Joanne Roberton - Black Moon Days [10:42]

Joanne Roberton - Friendly [14:16]

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Surgery 368

Photo by Daniel Aime

Andy Cartwright is an English guitarist who has been playing recording as Seabuckthorn since 2008. His music, which can be found on a number of fine boutique labels, is a brand of uncanny folk that is resonant, at times unsettling or alternatively calming. His new album, A Path Within a Path, is due soon from Laaps. He is this week's spotlight artist.

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Seabuckthorn - The Silence Woke Me (Bookmaker Records/2012)

Seabuckthorn - Through A Vulnerable Occur (IIKKI/2020)

Seabuckthorn - Of No Such Place (Laaps/2022)

Seabuckthorn - A House With Too Much Fire (Bookmaker Records/2018)

Seabuckthorn - In Nightfall (Bookmaker Records/2011)

Seabuckthorn - They Haunted Most Thickly (Bookmaker Records/2015)

Seabuckthorn - This Warm, This Late (Quiet Details/2024)

Seabuckthorn - Turns (Lost Tribe Sound/2017)

Seabuckthorn - A Path Within a Path (Laaps/2025)

 

Track Listing

 

Seabuckthorn - Gathered and Unkept [0:00]

Seabuckthorn - Sunken Room [3:37]

Seabuckthorn - The Furnace and the Stillness [6:12]

Seabuckthorn - What the Shepherds Call Ghosts [10:20]

Seabuckthorn - Burnt Offering [13:36]

Seabuckthorn - They Haunted Most Thickly and Sang [16:09]

Seabuckthorn - Serre Noir [19:11]

Seabuckthorn - The Trail Already in My Mind [22:08]

Seabuckthorn - As Quiet as the Ruined House [26:02]

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Surgery 367

Cover photo by Harald Krichel

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Rebecca Foon has long been a fixture of the Montreal music scene, known as a key figure in and/or founding member of groups like A Silver Mt. Zion and Esmerine. She stepped into a lead role starting with her Saltland project in 2013 and is now about to release another new album called Black Butterflies under her own name in October for Envision Records. She is this week's spotlight artist.

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Esmerine - Dalmak (Constellation/2013)

Set Fire to Flames - Sings Reign Rebuilder (Alien8/2001)

Fifths of Seven - Spry from Bitter Anise Folds (Les Disques Du Soleil Et De L'Acier/2005)

Saltland - A Common Truth (Constellation/2017)

Sarah Neufeld, Richard Reed Parry, Rebecca Foon - First Sounds (Envision/2024)

Rebecca Foon - Waxing Moon (Constellation/2020)

A Silver Mt. Zion - Born Into Trouble as the Sparks Fly Upwards (Constellation/2001)

Rebecca Foon - Black Butterflies (Envision/2025)

 

Track Listing

 

Esmerine - Barn Board Fire [0:00]

Set Fire to Flames - Love Song for 15 Ontario (w/Singing Police Car)... [4:09]

Fifths of Seven - Coeur, Arteries and Veins [7:18]

Saltland - Under My Skin [12:09]

Sarah Neufeld, Richard Reed Parry, Rebecca Foon - Day Three [15:27]

Rebecca Foon - Ocean Song [20:14]

A Silver Mt. Zion - Tho You Are Gone I Still Often Walk w/ You [24:21]

Rebecca Foon - In a Time of Truth [29:04]

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Surgery 366

Mexican electronic artist Fernando Corona has recorded and performed as Murcof since the early 2000s. After making the Leaf label his primary home early on,  he's since branched out in styles, collaborations, and variety of projects, though his focus on the acoustic orchestral and it's combination to electronics has remained. His most recent releases have been under the Twin Color banner for InFiné recordings. He is this week's spotlight artist.

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Erik Truffaz + Murcof - Being Human Being (Mundo/2013)

Murcof + Vanessa Wagner - Statea (InFiné/2016)

Murcof - The Etna Sessions (Facade Electronics/2024)

Murcof - Lost in Time OST (Casino Luxembourg/2014)

Murcof - Remembranza (Leaf/2005}

Murcof - Utopia (Leaf/2004)

Murcof - Twin Color (Extended Play No. 2) (InFiné/2025)

 

Track Listing

 

Erik Truffaz + Murcof - Human Being (edit) [0:00]

Murcof + Vanessa Wagner - Gnossienne n°3 (Erik Satie) [5:27]

Murcof - Valle del Bove [11:18]

Murcof - Chapitre VIII [15:54]

Murcof - Ruido [18:44]

Murcof - Muim (Colleen mix) [20:47]

Murcof - Cosmic Drifter (edit) [25:08]

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Surgery 365

In a short time claire rousay has amassed an incredibly impressive discography of work, both solo and collaborative, that showcases her skill at a variety of styles from concrete sound to ambient electronics to subtle pop that explores very emotional depths. She is this week's spotlight artist.

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claire rousay + more eaze - never stop texting me (Orange Milk Records/2022)

claire rousay - everything perfect is already here (Shelter Press/2022)

claire rousay - a softer focus (American Dreams/2021)

claire rousay - sentiment (Thrill Jockey/2024)

claire rousay + more eaze - an afternoon whine (Ecstatic/2021)

claire rousay + more eaze - no floor (Thrill Jockey/2025)

claire rousay - a little death (Thrill Jockey/2025)

 

Track listing

 

claire rousay + more eaze - arms [0:00]

claire rousay - it feels foolish to care (excerpt) [4:26]

claire rousay - a kind of promise [8:22]

claire rousay - sycamore skylight [11:12]

claire rousay + more eaze - smaller pools [16:13]

claire rousay + more eaze - the applebees outside kalamazoo, mich [21:11]

claire rousay - just (feat. m. sage) [27:02]

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Surgery 364

UK electronics artist Stephen Bishop has been recording an uneasy blend of ambient, noise, and dance music as Basic House since 2012. He is also the founder and operator of Opal Tapes, which is where his most recent release can be found. He is this week's spotlight artist.

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Basic House - I'm Not A Heaven Man (Sores, Sound + Matter/2012)

Basic House - Ambrosias Vol. 1 (Koppklys/2012)

Basic House - Pathetique (Vis/2017)

Basic House - Calm in Bird Form (Digitalis/2014)

Basic House - Non-Canon (Opal/2025)

 

Track Listing

 

Basic House - Soft Cores [0:00]

Basic House - Amateur UFO Films [4:10]

Basic House - Double XP [10:54]

Basic House - Field 0.08 [17:27]

Basic House - Holding a Dead Hand [22:47]

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