My 2018 End Of Year List - Favourite Music
New albums
- Hailu Mergia: Lala Belu [Awesome Tapes From Africa]
- Eugene Chadbourne/Steve Beresford/Alex Ward: Pleasures Of The Horror [Bisou]
- John Zorn: The Book Beriah - 11xCD [Tzadik]
- Chris Corsano & Bill Orcutt: Brace Up! [Palilalia Records]
- Peter Brötzmann & Heather Leigh: Sparrow Nights [Trost Records]
- Idris Ackamoor & The Pyramids: An Angel Fell - 2xLP [Strut]
- Okkyung Lee: Cheol-Kkot-Sae (Steel.Flower.Bird) [Tzadik]
- Cristián Alvear & Taku Sugimoto: H [Another Timbre]
- Spring Heel Jack And Wadada Leo Smith With Pat Thomas And Steve Noble: Hackney Road [Treader]
- Akira Sakata & Chikamorachi Featuring Masahiko Satoh: Proton Pump [Family Vineyard]
- Alexander von Schlippenbach/Globe Unity Orchestra: Globe Unity - 50 Years [Intakt Records]
- Heather Leigh: Throne [Editions Mego]
- Kazuo Imai & Roger Turner: Molecules - 2xCD [Ftarri]
- Airway: Live At MOCA [Helicopter]
- Lonnie Holley: Mith - 2xLP [Jagjaguwar]
- Common Objects: Skullmarks [Meenna]
- Will Oldham: Songs Of Love And Horror [Domino]
- Oren Ambarchi & Jim O'Rourke With Special Guest U-Zhaan: Hence [Editions Mego]
- O YAMA O: s/t [Mana]
- Joris Roelofs & Han Bennink: Icarus [Instant Composers Pool]
Gigs
- Anthony Braxton ZIM Music @ Cafe Oto, London, 28th + 29th May
- John Zorn in 's-Hertogenbosch (The Hermetic Organ Office No. 21/Songs For Petra/Chamber Music/Solo Saxophone/Cantici/Jumalattaret/The Holy Visions/Cobra) @ November Music, 's-Hertogenbosch, 5th November
- Kafka's Ibiki (Eiko Ishibashi/Jim O'Rourke/Tatsuhisa Yamamoto) @ Musicasa, Tokyo, 1st April
- John Cale with London Contemporary Orchestra, House Gospel Choir, Actress, and Cate Le Bon @ Barbican Hall, London, 9th March
- Dave Burrell @ Cafe Oto, London, 1st November
- ICP Orchestra @ Cafe Oto, London, 6th December
- Full Blast (Peter Brötzmann/Marino Pliakas/Michael Wertmueller) @ Cafe Oto, London, 5th October
- Pat Thomas plays Thelonious Monk @ Cafe Oto, London, 2nd May + 9th December
- This Is Not This Heat @ Cafe Oto, London, 10th February
- Louis Moholo-Moholo Quartet @ Cafe Oto, London, 8th October
- Alvin Lucier with Ever Present Orchestra @ Super Deluxe, Tokyo, 4th April
- Giovanni Di Domenico - Insalata Statica @ Cafe Oto, London, 30th January
- Evan Parker & Seymour Wright play Steve Lacy @ Cafe Oto, London, 24th July
- Alterations (with Max Eastley, without Terry Day) @ Cafe Oto, London, 23rd August
- Idris Ackamoor & The Pyramids @ The Dome, London, 20th November
- Áine O'Dwyer/Sharon Gal/David Toop @ Cafe Oto, London, 30th October
- Alexander Hawkins - music by Anthony Braxton @ Cafe Oto, London, 28th April
- Patrick Bebey @ Vortex Jazz Club, London, 7th March
- Apartment House perform Julius Eastman's Femenine @ Cafe Oto, London, 20th February
- The Necks @ Cafe Oto, London, 19th March