Matthew Reed Baker

Now spinning at my house, as I'm loving how music sounds on my new turntable and speakers: People & Industry (2021, special ed. 2026) by Warrington-Runcorn New Town Development Plan..an LP of evocative electronics and poignant melodies that honors the workers of 1970s Britain, all "euphoric melancholy" as he calls it

Now spinning at my house, as the amplifier for my new hi-fi stereo system arrived today, so I could finally use the new turntable etc: Ascension (1966) by John Coltrane, his free-jazz large-band colossal masterwork, is the first album I'm playing, and tonight its chaotic resplendence just sends me