Since 2015, Unheard Records have brought together an international mix of Indigenous, POC, and queer artists who they think should be heard. Every 2 years they release a special compilation album, so here is a new, wonderful collection, released November 2021, ranging from vernacular audiovisual landscapes in cyberspace and gentle quivers of voices to vast washes of noise and subtle ambiance of soundscapes. The format is a nice surprise: the image you see here is printed on a “Vinyl Postcard”, a curiosity from the past when people sent each other musical postcards from their holiday resorts! You can put the card on your record player, although my very simple player at home switches off before it reaches the first groove.. but surely that can be solved and depends on the type of player. In any case the QR code on the card allows you to play it on a virtual record player I think. The card comes with a 12 page booklet with details of all the artists, and a download card. All in all a brilliant and nicely designed hybrid of a release, in top-class printwork. Design by PingPingPress.

“In the continuous search of the new norm(al), we tap into areas of boundless imagination, experimentation, and people’s inclination to link the unknowable, unthinkable and hence, invite the spirits of the unheard. We invite you to a playground of exchange and summoning of the Ghost Sounds that haunt and immerse us.”

Tracks:
1. Aimée Theriot-Ramos & Gus Loxbo – isolation #2 05:33
2. S. Wurm – One hundred one (feat.Jil Welbers) 07:05
3. Patrick Behnke – Frozen Dragon Returns To Motion 04:37
4. THLTTLDBB – Joan 04:22
5. Andrew Lee – Untitled 03:26
6. Postmistress G & AFMjia – Donny from Grandma 04:24
7. Hassaan Ashraf – Djinn Bhoot 05:43
8. Elizaveta Kuzyakova, Sáof – Ex Nihilo 03:27
9. Heejin Jang – Reunion with it 05:05
10. Gabby Wen – Vaporize 07:38
11. James Caird – Return to Grytviken’s graveyard 07:34
12. Ibukun Sunday – Outposts 02:05
13. Anton Filatov – Noise Under my Pillow 02:47
14. w.realrider – Out South (36°17’25.4″N 96°49’03.2″W) 07:26
15. Ji Youn Kang – Whistlers 06:19
16. Mani “Scalez” Mazinani – Saws Hands Microphone Times 04:30
17. nobuka – The City 03:08
18. Tough Sell – Cacophony 04:56
19. Volksamt! – Insalubrious Crepitating Bitrot (Act II) 02:21
20. special devivery – best of radio 02:14
21. fatal oscillation – leave 07:54
22. Toni-Leah C. Yake – Otiyaner (Good Pathmaker) 11:03
23. klof – Breath 06:50
24. AFALFL – yueiigost8 03:02
25. JamAlexan – this silent storm // unseen, but Felt. 05:23
26. Lam Lai – Not over here 08:13
27. Yulii kafka – Rosemary Warp Drive 05:39
28. Vshpag – Time Waits Near the Grey River 04:00
29. Abigail Toll – Flute Rings 05:42
30. Cedrik Fermont – A journey from one place to another 05:04
31. Escupemetralla – Mononoke kikyo no koto 06:28
32. Xuan Ye – Telematic Allergies 06:47
33. Vitamina – A story flows by melody (feat.Yuri’s grandpa) 04:02

released November 18, 2021

Produced by Mint Park and Kite from the Tulsa Artist Collective.

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