Playlist.

A weekly tally of memorable things Steve Smith has stuck in his ears.

Spotify jukebox does not correspond precisely with the selections listed, but maintains the playlist’s continuity and personality.

Kitaro – The Sacred Journey of Ku-Kai, Vol. 4 (Domo Music Group; 2010)

Markus Reuter – Sun-Trance – Markus Reuter, Mannheimer Schlagwerk (Iapetus; 2017)

Various artists – Tokyo Flashback (P.S.F./The Black Series; 1991/2017)

Evan Johnson – Positioning in Radiography – Mabel Kwan (Score Follower/YouTube; 2014)

Evan Johnson – L’art de toucher le clavecin, 3 – ensemble mosaik (Score Follower/YouTube; 2012)

Evan Johnson – Ground – Carl Rosman (YouTube; 2014)

Evan Johnson – A General Interrupter to Ongoing Activity – Carl Rosman (Label Musikfabrik; 2015)

Evan Johnson – Supplement – Heather Roche (YouTube; 2014)

Evan Johnson – hyphen – Peter Neville (YouTube; 2012)

Evan Johnson – Largo calligrafico/”patientam” (from ism) – Ryan Muncy (Tundra/New Focus; 2016)

Evan Johnson – Émoi (from Vale) – Richard Craig (Métier; 2017)

Joda Clément – The Narrows (Unfathomless; 2011)

Sun Ra and His Afro-Infinity Arkestra – My Brother, the Wind, Vol. 1 (Saturn/Cosmic Myth; 1970/2017)

Inspired School of Astral Music – Seekers (Cosmic Winnetou; 2017)

Dry Valleys – Music for Cosmic Nights (Cosmic Winnetou; 2017)

Sasha Mishkin – Pastoral Breakfast (Cosmic Winnetou; 2017)

Morgan Evans-Weiler – Unfinished Variations (for Jed Speare) (Weighter; 2017)

King Crimson – Live in Chicago (DGMLive; 2017)

George Lewis – The Will to Adorn – International Contemporary Ensemble (New Focus; 2017)
> The Will to Adorn; Shadowgraph, 5; Born Obbligato; In Memoriam Albert Lee Murray

George Lewis – Assemblage – Ensemble Dal Niente (New World; 2017)
> Mnemosis; Hexis; The Mangle of Practice; Assemblage

William Schuman – Symphony for Strings – New York Philharmonic/Leonard Bernstein (Columbia/Sony Classical; 1970/2010)

Rapoon – Andre on the Line (self-released; 2017)

William Hutson – Six or Seven Steps to the Door: Solo Improvisations (a wave press; due Nov. 10, 2017)

Carmina Escobar – TZATZI (a wave press; due Nov. 10, 2017)

Salvatore Sciarrino – String Quartet No. 7; String Quartet No. 8; Sei quartetti brevi – Quartetto Promoteo (Kairos; 2011)

Alexei Lubimov – Tangere (ECM New Series; 2017)
> Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach – Freye Fantasie in F-sharp minor; Sonata in D minor; Rondo in C minor; Fantasies (4); Clavierstück für die rechte oder linke Hand allein; Solfeggios (4); Rondo in D minor; Sonata VI in G; Fantasie II in C

Mahavishnu Orchestra – The Inner Mounting Flame (Columbia/Legacy; 1971/2011)

Arch Enemy – Will to Power (Century Media; 2017)

Fret – Over Depth (Karlrecords; 2017)

Marc Kate – As If We Were Never Here (Dragon’s Eye; 2017)