With the year half done we thought we’d roll out some of our favorite records so far in 2019. Here are our professional tips on some of the best new records and reissues of the year so far.

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Flying Lotus Flamagra

"Flamagra is at its best when Ellison embraces his jazz roots (his great aunt and uncle were jazz legends Alice and John Coltrane), as introspective jazzier tracks such as ‘Andromeda’ and ‘Say Something’ really do summon the atmospheric theatrics of being sat high up in the mountains at sunset, looking out onto a vast landscape and wandering what might be possible in life.” - NME

Budos Band V

"In addition to their trademarked fusion of Mulatu Astatke-inspired Ethio-jazz, Afrofunk, and hard-swinging R&B, they indulged a collective love for darker, '70s-era hard rock and psychedelia. With V they have fully integrated the latter aesthetic with the former. The hard rock dimension of their musical persona now exists in an unholy balance with the groove elements of their first three recordings.” - Allmusic

Beth Gibbons/Henryk Gorecki Symphony of Sorrowful Songs

"The Portishead singer and conductor (and film-music icon) Krzysztof Penderecki deliver a surprisingly disquieting take on Górecki’s canonical symphony, a piece so familiar that it’s often taken for granted.” - Pitchfork

Craig Leon Anothology of Interplanetary Folk Music Vol 2

"Eno once remarked that his intention was not to soothe those awaiting a flight but to remind them that death, should it come, need not be feared... Leon’s record is similarly interruptive in this landscape. This is music for interplanetary airports and as much as it soothes, it sonically unsettles.” - The Quietus