The Blue Notebooks cover

The Blue Notebooks

Released

The album that launched a thousand dance pieces, it’s Richter making his Michael Nyman phrases and getting Tilda Swinton to recite Kafka deep cuts.This works because Richter thinks like a pop musician and keeps his pretty little arpeggios to the point, so the moody gus piano vibes don’t take up more room than they merit. The bits with actual church organ are my favorite, and I actually prefer Richter in the big space, much as piano is his thing.

Sasha Frere-Jones

Recommended by

Suggestions
Dead Rock cover

Dead Rock

Car Culture
Instrumental Tourist cover

Instrumental Tourist

Daniel Lopatin, Tim Hecker
Desire Path cover

Desire Path

Lila Tirando a Violeta
Engravings cover

Engravings

Forest Swords
Interior Architecture cover

Interior Architecture

M. Geddes Gengras
Chasing the Phantom cover

Chasing the Phantom

Gamelan Salukat, Dewa Alit
BCD cover

BCD

Basic Channel
Shunter cover

Shunter

Driftmachine