To help you both soundtrack and escape from these unprecedented times, we are asking some of our favourite musicians for the albums they would recommend for deep or solo listeningÂ

Hurry Up, Weâre Dreaming by M83 â selected by Mattis Andersson (Echo Ladies)
âThe music really cuts into you and makes everything feel so fragile. Itâs on the verge of being complete euphoria and utter sadness at the same timeâ ...
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Monument Valley II by Todd Baker â selected by Paula GarcĂa (Sobrenadar)
âIâve been a video game fan since forever and always attached to soundtracks. In this case, for me, two enjoyments come togetherâ ...
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In Her Gentle Jaws by The Depreciation Guild â selected by IvĂĄn GonzĂĄlez (Linda Guilala)
âBeyond the production, which makes a difference, and all the aesthetic elements that envelop the album, this is simply a great collection of sublime pop songsâ ...
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The Disintegration Loops I by William Basinski â selected by Daniel Avery
âThe most perfect of mantras. The loop becomes a part of you, every scratch and imperfection only adding to the overall swell of beautiful noise. An important life lesson if ever there was oneâ ...
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The Pearl by Harold Budd/Brian Eno with Daniel Lanois â selected by Mark Peters
âMany of the tracks have a âquestioningâ quality and the title is perfect⊠searching for something precious in a sea of nothingnessâ ...
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Ambient 4: On Land by Brian Eno â selected by Robert Hampson (Loop)
âThis isnât really a music album at all. It may evoke a sense of music at times, but it really is one of the first and very best examples of true sound designâ ...
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Get Up With It by Miles Davis â selected by Emil Nikolaisen (Serena-Maneesh)
âItâs 3D musical 5G. Itâs up, down, speed and heroin. Itâs bottomless grief and volcanic joy. Radical studio tricks, interruptions and manually switched hard-panning. Itâs all in hereâ ...
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Dream Theory In Malaya by Jon Hassell â selected by Grasshopper (Mercury Rev)
âThe repetition, the drones, the tones, the other-world feel of these songs, these pieces, always takes me to that place I need to be. A place of walking in-between worldsâ ...
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Crumbling The Antiseptic Beauty by Felt â selected by Phil King
âIt is not just what is there, but what isnât. No multi-tracked guitars, percussion, backing vocals. There is so much space to get lost in â and to just let your imagination run wildâ ...
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Epic Jammers And Fortunate Little Ditties by Bitchin Bajas and Bonnie âPrinceâ Billy â selected by Alberto GonzĂĄlez (Lorelle Meets The Obsolete)
âIf this album at least gives you a moment to heal and to think about walking towards a new beginning, then we will be able to overthrow the rotting system that got us into thisâ ...
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Morton Feldman Piano by Philip Thomas â selected by Jack Cooper (Modern Nature)
âThe perfect use of abundant time and an insight into time itself. The weight of each note can feel overwhelming and a whole universe resides in its decayâ ...
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Pure Phase by Spiritualized â selected by Maria LindĂ©n (I Break Horses)
âTo me, this is one of the best Spiritualized records, where Jason Pierce not only secures his Spaceman nickname, but also itâs an album where he is not letting the listener off lightlyâ ...
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Salon De Musique by Su Tissue â selected by Brian Case (FACS)
âItâs total dream time music, deeply textural and constantly being pushed forward by the addition and subtraction of elements that seemingly rise and fall without reason, but never overtake the repetitive, not looped, piano figureâ ...
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The Moon And The Melodies by Harold Budd / Elizabeth Fraser / Robin Guthrie / Simon Raymonde â selected by Simon Scott (Slowdive)
âWhen I put the vinyl on, the audio instantly becomes a sonic perfume, and I can deeply breathe in the musical environment these songs create, as itâs so spatial. It is occasionally dynamic, tooâ ...
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The Return Of The Durutti Column by The Durutti Column â selected by Emma Anderson
âI fell in love with this record. It was hypnotic, immersive and transported me to European beaches drenched in blazing sun â although it was recorded and mixed in rainy Stockportâ ...
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Cirque by Biosphere â selected by Olga Wojciechowska
âIts repetitiveness makes you fall into a trance until the very end, when something very primal awakes inside. Maybe itâs freedom, a feeling of being part of something bigger than society. Maybe itâs fearâ ...
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Bitches Brew by Miles Davis â selected by Simon Raymonde
âInside this impenetrable shell lies a world so colourful and rich, itâs almost unbelievable. It is like awakening from a Technicolor dream and reliving it in the waking worldâ ...
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Descending Moonshine Dervishes by Terry Riley â selected by Cheval Sombre
âOnce started, a slowing down, happens. The chattering â the incessant chattering with which we are all inundated â is quieted, and if you will allow it, something radiant is introduced, insteadâ ...
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Selected Ambient Works Volume II by Aphex Twin â selected by Jordan Smith (bdrmm)
âDevoid of narrative, the record is insular and thatâs probably why I enjoy it so much. After a while you see yourself within the music; slumped and sedated without a notion of structureâ ...
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Sonic Narcotic by Transient Waves â selected by James Chapman (Maps)
âEverything on this record feels sedated. Itâs a haze of feelings and emotions and half-forgotten memories... The kind of music you would hear as you drifted to another planet, rather than drifting off to sleepâ ...
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Prelude by Brian Lopez â selected by Lars Andersson (MOLLY)
âThis album is the perfect quarantine soundtrack. Itâs music for the individual, not for the masses. Itâs overflowing with utterly beautiful melodies and genius songwriting and it really brings you backâ ...
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Dusty In Memphis by Dusty Springfield â selected by Dot Allison
âAndrew Weatherall introduced me to Dusty In Memphis. He introduced me to loads of amazing music before and during the recording of the One Dove album and this album was part of thatâ ...
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Trilogie De La Mort by Ăliane Radigue â selected by Lorena Quintanilla (Lorelle Meets The Obsolete)
âThe perception of time is transforming â and I would suggest we embrace it. This three-hour masterpiece has been my soundtrack during lockdown and it has turned my physical space into a sacred templeâ ...
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Ruins by Grouper â selected by Adrian Dutt (Spectres)
âI donât know if this record will give you a spring in your step during the lockdown, but if there was ever a time for reflection, it is now, and this is the perfect soundtrackâ ...
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United States Live by Laurie Anderson â selected by Sonic Boom
âThere is an unusual German word, gesamtkunstwerk, meaning âcontaining all artsâ, and this record might be one of the deepest in that rare multi-media categoryâ ...
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