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Office Ambience 507

April 2026

Stream a selection of tracks from releases we listened to during the making of our May 2026 issue

The full chart:

American Sharks
Not Dead Yet
(Permanent Teeth)

Marisa Anderson
The Anthology Of UnAmerican Folk Music
(Thrill Jockey)

ANSIEDAD1000
Abizzmo
(Hakuna Kulala)

Art Ensemble Of Chicago
People In Sorrow
(Play Loud!)

Steve Austin
Marked Cards & Loaded Dice
(SuperNova)

Betamax vs Sylvia Hallett
Betamax vs Sylvia Hallett
(Picot)

Xu Cheng
Poems Without Words
(Dusty Ballz)

Egg Meat
The Most Pathetic Poem Is Small People On Fire
(Mutualism)

otay:onii
Love Is In The Shit
(Pelagic)

Master’s Ashes
How The Mighty Have Fallen
(Time To Kill)

My Cat Is An Alien
IN∞FI∞NI∞TO
(Opax Private Press/Elliptical Noise)

upsammy & Valentina Magaletti
Seismo
(Pan)

Waltz Time
Happy Hometown 2026.02.09 @ Guangzhou Wuting
(Friends Music/YouTube)

Dagmar Zuniga
in filth your mystery is kingdom/far smile peasant in yellow music
(AD 93)

J Zunz
Obsidiana
(Rocket)

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