Diving in at the deep end after a summer hiatus, Dónal Dineen presents a guide to the most essential new music and re-issues from around the world.

He strikes gold twice upon encounters with the enchanting song-world of Japanese artist Hatis Noit and the glorious amalgamation of sounds that comprises the compelling solo work of Californian violinist and vocalist Brittney Denis Parks who records as Sudan Archives.

There’s dispatches from the wild sonic frontier in the shape of the explosive vocalisations of They Hate Change from Florida as well as an example of why the high energy sound of Nigerian-born Obongjayar has been such a hit on the most discerning dance floors in 2022.

Further evidence of how fertile the American underground is right now comes in the shape of the meticulous electronic compositions of Altrice from Arizona and the strangely beguiling atmospherics of Baltimore’s Infinity Knives.

There’s time to hail a modern choral classic from the Emilia region of Italy by Silvia Tarozzi and Deborah Walker as well as pay homage to two lost classics from South African keyboard pioneer Rex Rabanye and Ukranian violinist and sonic innovator Valentina Goncharova.

Support the music-makers on Bandcamp:

Sudan Archives

https://sudanarchives.bandcamp.com/track/wake-up

Altrice

https://altrice.bandcamp.com/track/places-faces

They Hate Change

https://theyhatechange.bandcamp.com/track/x-ray-spex

Obongjayar

https://obongjayar.bandcamp.com/track/message-in-a-hammer

Drymbago

https://mrscruff.bandcamp.com/track/chupacabra

Rax Rabanye