Monthly listening
Each month I pick an artist or band and listen to as much as I can from their discography. Usually I choose ones whose music is new to me; sometimes I catch up with releases I’d missed; occasionally I just want to listen again to an old favorite. I might start from the very first album and proceed chronologically, or I might select this and that release for a varied sampling. Starting in January 2021, I’ve very much enjoyed having this additional context and structure to music listening. Bonus: I give myself an opportunity to reorganize my MP3 collection and tags, little by little.
Monthly listening 2021
202101 Kraftwerk
202102 Talk Talk
202103 Slowdive
202104 Broadcast
202105 Seefeel
202106 YMO
202107 A Tribe Called Quest
202108 Japan
202109 Kaito
202110 Fennesz
202111 OMD
202112 The Beatles
Monthly listening 2022
202201 The Art of Noise
202202 John Coltrane
202203 Susumu Yokota
202204 Everything but the Girl
202205 Herbie Hancock
202206 Bjørn Torske
202207 China Crisis
202208 Moodymann
202209 Suede
202210 Pet Shop Boys
202211 Mount Kimbie
202212 Felt
Monthly listening 2023
202301 Bibio
202302 Ian O’brien
202303 De La Soul
202304 Eric Dolphy
202305 Keith Jarrett
202306 Avalon Emerson
202307 Isolee
202308 Leftfield
202309 Kruder & Dorfmeister
202310 Call Super
202311 John Tejada
202312 Cocteau Twins
Monthly listening 2024
202401 Joy Orbison
202402 Boddika
202403 Pearson Sound
202404 Noda Yûki
202405 Rei Harakami
202406 Sade
202407 Dan Snaith: Manitoba, Caribou, Daphni
202408 Floating Points
202409 The xx, Jamie xx, Romy, Oliver Sim
202410 Ennio Morricone
202411 Quincy Jones
202412 Shinichi Atobe
