Behold. On November 27, Aquarium Drunkard presents Jesus People Music Vol. 1: The End is at Hand. Culled from the BlackForrestry’s AD mixtapes of obscure ’60s and ’70s Jesus People psych, rock, folk, and country, this collection is available only at record stores on Record Store Black Friday, limited 1,000 copies electric blue colored vinyl.

The Turkish/English hybrid that is Kit Sebastian’s Mantra Moderne swirls with psychedelia, its unique blend pinched from dexterous crate-digging scanning 20th century European library music, Chanson, Tropicália and pop. An aural time machine, the record manages to avoid pastiche, pay homage and remain firmly planted in the present. If any of that sounds good, press play.

Isles Beyond has a deliciously Popol Vuh-ish flavor, with gentle piano, drifting dulcimers, mystical guitars all adding up to a very beautiful, very meditative listen. Some moments get lush and pastoral, while others maintain a minimalist vibe. This is sunrise music, hopeful/healing sound for the day ahead.

Ela Orleans “In The Night” sounds right on time. Culled from Orleans 2019 retrospective collection, Movies For Ears (originally found on the lp Tumult In The Clouds), the compilation finds the Polish composer and multi-instrumentalist artfully gliding across a palette of sound reminiscent of Nico, Broken English era Marianne Faithfull, and Broadcast. An oeuvre of multi-layered, clever avant-pop music.

Emanating from the same enigmatic universe as the Aqueduct Ensemble and G.S. Schray, Lemon Quartet deliver ambient jazz at its finest. Mood music in the best sense, it’s filled with drifting melodies, atmospheric vibes and just enough rhythmic pulse to keep things interesting and moving forward. Beautiful and strange, strangely beautiful.

On Liquid / Devotion & Tongue Street Blue, the new album from Josiah Steinbrick, the composer continues his explorative saga of Fourth world neoclassicism.

Think of a head-on collision between Wally Badarou’s Echoes and Wayne Horvitz’s This New Generation. Or just press play.

Tape 3/4 — the latest entry in Felbm’s ongoing “tapes” series. At 14 tracks, the Utrecht based artist continues down the path set out in 2018, woodshedding material via 4-track. A homespun instrumental affair brimming with low key jazzscapes.

Stretching over two lps from the cosmic to the terrestrial. Via the Johannesburg label Afrosynth Records, New Horizons scans a wide swath of contemporary SA jazz. Rooted in tradition, headed for the stratosphere.