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\"\"<\/a>Meteorological fall begins today, bringing with it a plethora of emotions. \u00a0Whether one dreads the end of summer or yearns for the launch of fall, the season will yield an incredible crop of music. \u00a0Hundreds of instrumental and experimental albums have already been announced, while some are still under embargo. Over the course of the week, we\u2019ll share as much as we are allowed; in time, the complete harvest will be brought to market. \u00a0In many regions, the leaves are still green and the beaches are still open; in others, the nights are already cold. \u00a0Wherever you may live, we hope that this year\u2019s preview raises your anticipation for the new season and gives you something to look forward to. \u00a0Happy meteorological fall to all of our readers!<\/p>\n

Our cover image is taken from Rosie Turton & Miryam Solomon<\/strong>\u2018s maar, covered below.<\/em><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Room40<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0is not just ambient and drone, but we\u2019re listing all of the early fall releases here to keep things tidy. \u00a0September starts with Celer<\/strong>\u2018s\u00a0Gems V<\/em>, relaying the sound and feel of long passageways and chambers (September 5). \u00a0Room40\u2019s fearless leader Lawrence English\u00a0<\/strong>revisits Antarctic recordings on\u00a0WhiteOut, <\/em>which is not out of season because the Australian winter is also the Northern Hemisphere\u2019s summer (September 12). \u00a0Next comes a reissue of Ben Frost<\/strong>\u2018s 2005 classic\u00a0Steelwound<\/em>, which has aged surprisingly well (September 19). Spyros Polychronopoulos + Yorgos Dimitriadis\u00a0<\/strong>combine percussion and electronics on the impressionistic\u00a0Nearfield<\/em>, a ritualistic collaboration (September 26). \u00a0Sergio Merce <\/strong>applies processing to microtonal sax, emphasizing silence and space on the pensive Archipi\u00e9lago\u00a0<\/em>(October 3). \u00a0Ellen Pullman and the Living Earth Show <\/strong>use 136 strings to make an impression on\u00a0Elemental View<\/em>, which began life as an installation and can now be enjoyed at home (October 10). \u00a0Zane Trow<\/strong>\u2018s\u00a0Ibis\u00a0<\/em>is a tribute not only to the creature, but to the endangered lands it inhabits; field recordings are subtly woven into electronics, or the other way around (October 17). \u00a0Faith Coloccia + Daniel Menche\u00a0<\/strong>combine talents on the field recording driven\u00a0Smelter<\/em>, which includes organ, voice and amusing liner notes. \u00a0The album covers water in all its permutations (October 24). \u00a0Mike Majkowski <\/strong>uses the analogy of the bay to present Tide<\/em>, a single work in two halves, like the shifting of the seas (October 24). \u00a0On Halloween, Alister Spence\u00a0<\/strong>releases\u00a0Within Without<\/em>, subtle but not scary, showcasing the Fender Rhodes.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Five albums will be released this week on Shimmering Moods<\/a><\/strong>, and there\u2019s also a bundle deal for those who wish to collect them all! \u00a0Milam Wisp<\/strong>\u2018s Moir\u00e9s\u00a0<\/em>layers synth and samples to create pleasing patterns; World\u2019s Museum\u00a0<\/strong>offers\u00a0Bizenteo<\/em>, which folds field recordings and toys into synth excursions. \u00a0Ludovico Franco<\/strong>\u2018s\u00a0How a City is Made\u00a0<\/em>begins with field recordings from a construction site, which are then shaped and molded, creating a second form of construction. \u00a0Bikini Party<\/strong>\u2018s\u00a0Dead Calm Tapes\u00a0<\/em>is a \u201csolitary narrative,\u201d the epitome of a desert island disc. \u00a0First released digitally by Whitelabrecs,\u00a0Philip Buckle & Martijn Pieck<\/strong>\u2018s\u00a0A Storm Is Any Disturbed State Of An Environment\u00a0<\/em>is given a physical release, rife with FM, field recordings and white noise.<\/p>\n