(s)tnc | Best New Releases playlist

Introducing our first regularly updated playlist - the (s)tnc best new releases list, featuring all of our favorite new tracks coming out of the jazz and improvised music world. Each week we'll add a handful of tracks that move us, with tunes coming from as many diverse scenes as possible. Listen on spotify or apple music.

2024 has proved amazing for new music. The new Otis Sandsjö Y-OTIS TRE record moves their sound forward even further, leaning more into production and electronics than on previous outings, whilst Cornelia Nilsson serves up some of the hardest swinging creative music that's passed our ears in quite some time. The recent Dayna Stephens single Bubbly has got us super excited for the upcoming album (the band playing on this track is incredibly deep), and hearing Reinier Baas debut on banjo on Wild Bill was an unexpected turn but as with all his music, the outcome is full of energy and some downright exhilarating playing. Full reviews for all of these recs coming up this month.

Consider supporting the artists via bandcamp should the music move you. Find the (s)tnc best new releases playlist on spotify or apple music - tracks as follows:

Wild Bill - Reinier Baas

Loomy - Otis Sandsjö

John's Abbey - Cornelia Nilsson

The Tower - Mary Halvorson

CCTV - Joe Webb

Nature's Piano - Earth Flower

Papir Freedom - De Beren Gieren

Children with Pitchforks - Kit Downes

The Solitary Seeker - Melissa Aldana

Prologue - Kamasi Washington

Annular - Elias Stemeseder & Christian Lillinger

Early - Joel Ross

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