Krononaut – Krononaut (tak:til, 2020), She’s Analog – What I Bring, What I Leave (Auand, 2020), Neraterræ – Scenes from the Sublime (2020)
J.Peter Schwalm, Arve Henriksen – Neuzeit (RareNoise, 2020)
Stefan Levin, Soheil Peyghambari, Hans Nyman – Småland Project – SCAPES (2020)
MeVsMyself – Mictlàn (2019)
Terje Rypdal – Conspiracy (ECM, 2020), David Torn / Tim Berne / Ches Smith – Sun of Goldfinger (Congratulations to You) (Screwgun Records, 2020), Lorenzo Feliciati – Rumble (2020)
Markus Reuter Oculus – Nothing is Sacred (MoonJune, 2020), Michael Manring – Small Moments (2020), Japanese Garden – Roji (WoW Records, 2019)
Tigran Hamasyan – The Call Within (Nonesuch, 2020), David Torn – FUR/TORN (Screwgun Records, 2020), Frank Martino: Disorgan – Ego Boost (Auand, 2020)
Sonar with David Torn – Tranceportation Vol. 2 (RareNoise, 2020), Samuel Hällkvist – Epik, Didaktik, Pastoral (BoogiePost Recordings, 2020), Thor de Force – The Build (Ropeadope, 2020)
Aaron Parks – Little Big II: Dreams of a Mechanical Man (Ropeadope, 2020)
Rob Luft – Life is the Dancer (Edition Records, 2020)
Luke Norris – Northernsong (ears&eyes Records, 2020)
Gary Husband & Markus Reuter – Music of Our Times (MoonJune, 2020)
Blaer – Yellow (Ronin Rhythm Records, 2020)
Giorgi Mikadze – Georgian Microjamz (RareNoise 2020)
![Sirkis Bialas IQ – Our New Earth [MoonJune, 2019]](https://i0.wp.com/www.musicforwatermelons.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/a0891798293_10-e1584829163471.jpg?resize=540%2C304)
Moving between soft-spoken jazz ballads to European folk and then coming back to Indian classical music, take the pinnacle of the tension in the closing Picture from a Polish Wood, Our New Earth keeps its promise to drive us in a journey through the world with highly crafted compositions, a cohesive intimacy between the musicians and catchy harmonic progressions. Soothing and meditative at same time, never self-indulgent, this recording is a portrait of a new Earth.
![Raffaele Matta Trio – Sounds of Human Activities [2020]](https://i0.wp.com/www.musicforwatermelons.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/71Bj4vgJT1L._SS500_-e1584215487654.jpg?resize=500%2C300)
Raffaele Matta crafts a world of multiple influences, like jazz, fusion, Indian classical music, in Sounds of Human Activities, where his vision of a collective creation is still predominant. His style is clear, refined and his voice is very undistinguishable. Yet he always strives for playing music for the others and with the band in mind. The listener benefits from that, no matter the travel is fourteen or two minutes long. Still the music retains a ritual aspect, subly combined with the intensity of the moment, that catches the attention