Klein - Harmattan

Klein - HarmattanAvant garde British composer and multi disciplinary artist Klein presents her first PENTATONE album Harmattan, described by Fred Moten as "a soundtrack of epic revolt against beginnings and ends", which expands our notions of what classical music means today. Harmattan is a personal journey from childhood to now, titled after the West African season. Starting with jazz inspired piano improvisations, the album gradually gains in ambient breadth,

and Stephin Merritt of Magnetic Fields

the band has garnered significant attention

Eventually crowned Queen of the Norfolk Sound

These high quality studio demos consist entirely of unreleased

40 Year Anniversary Edition

This 1973 gem is another one of those obscure '70s soul-funk albums released on a small independent label that has gone on to become a crate-digging favorite and a huge inspiration to modern-day hip hop artists and beyond

But by the end of the 80s

Merle Haggard

stretched into a monthslong project that found the pair digging deeper into their craft than ever before

Newton can be heard on several hit singles from labels like Invictus-Hotwax and Stax

Califone's latest marvels at the edge of the universe spreading into the darkness of infinity

Wrapped in a 2LP set with liner notes by Robert K