Porya Hatami and Arovane - Kaziwa (2018)

Arovane and Porya Hatami first collaborated back in 2015 and have since gone on to release a trio of albums that brilliantly blur the boundaries between ambient, drone, modern classic and field recordings. Kaziwa was first released on CD and digital formats back in 2016, but here gets its very first vinyl edition. Clearly, demand for copies will be high, because it's arguably their best work. Based around largely poignant and melancholic piano meditations tightly wrapped in atmospheric field recordings, drawn-out ambient chords, crackling vinyl noise and audio textures drenched in delay, the album is simultaneously claustrophobic and strangely uncluttered. The resultant tracks are faultlessly spellbinding.