Clang and hush

Verity Sharp explores the adventurous corners of the musical universe with a playlist featuring some of the new year’s most exciting early releases. Duo projects make their mark, with Brussels-based collaborators 'neither' and 'Milius' combining under the moniker ‘rat’ to deliver compressed clatters and low-slung rhythm. The Californian-Canadian pairing of Cinderwell (Amelia Baker) and Mat Ball, meanwhile, conjure landscapes of austere beauty in their melding of guitar distortion and violin tones; and songwriters Dennis Callaci and L. Eugene Methe eerily usher in 'those Cherry Red Blues'. Plus: a dialogue of trills, growls and flights of fancy courtesy of improvisers Vinny Golia and Kelsey Mines.

Produced by Alex Yates
A Reduced Listening production for BBC Radio 3