Compilations from October 2020: Pt. 2

Second roundup of compilations that came out this October! Part 1 is here.

Late Night Tales: Hot Chip (Late Night Tales)

A new Late Night Tales compilation, this one selected by Hot Chip, including their cover of the Velvet Underground’s “Candy Says”

The LateNightTales series was established back in 2001 with Fila Brazilia taking to the controls and mixing up the first of what would continue to be the first choice of music connoisseurs worldwide. Since then, the series has seen releases from the likes of The Flaming Lips, Floating Points, David Holmes, Bonobo, Jon Hopkins, Röyksopp and many more.

featuring Christina Vantzou, Fever Ray, Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith, Nils Frahm, Charlotte Adigery and more.

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Scratchcard (Blang 2016-2020) (Blang Records)

Born out of the monthly Blang nights at defunct West End of London venue, The 12 Bar Club, the Blang nights were part of the UK’s so-called ‘Antifolk’ scene. Antifolk was born in New York’s East Village at the Sidewalk Cafe, with New York Antifolk artists playing Blang nights in London whenever they were in town. – Music Republic Magazine

Tav Falco, Brix and the Extricated, David Cronenberg’s Wife, Milk Kan, Sergeant Buzfuz, Filthy Pedro, Sterling Roswell and more.

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A Little Night Music: Aural Apparitions from the Geographic North (Geographic North)

Now catching up on the latest from @GeographicNorth.

The midnight hour crept unto thee with hasty caution, revealing ‘A Little Night Music: Aural Apparitions from the Geographic North’, our third putrid prowl into Halloween-inspired sounds to torment and tantalize throughout the season. For this bout of distinguished dementia, we culled 31 brand new tracks of haunted hysteria conjured by some of the most alluring ambientists and outer auteurs from around the world.

Featuring Mary Lattimore, Clarice Jensen, Fennesz, Jefre-Cantu Ledesma, Algiers, Felicia Atkinson and more.

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A Litany of Failures: Volume III (Litany of Failures)