PLAYLIST SPECIAL/SELECTED BY DOMINIC VALVONA/MATT OLIVER/BRIAN ‘BORDELLO’ SHEA

Each month the Monolith Cocktail distils an entire month’s worth of posts into a choice, eclectic and defining playlist. Due to the sheer volume of releases on our radar, we don’t always get the time or room to feature all of them. And so, the Monthly is also an opportunity to include those tracks we missed out.

Dominic Valvona, Matt ‘rap control’ Oliver, and Brian ‘Bordello’ Shea put September’s selection together, which features New Orleans rap and bustle, émigré Russian post-punk, Fluxus imbued jazz and diaphanous vaporous ambience. 

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Flagboy Giz Ft. Spyboy T3 ‘Still Beat Cha’
Kurious, Cut Beetlez/Yahzeed The Divine ‘Mint Leaves’
Lucidvox ‘Don’t Look Away’
Flat Worms ‘Sigalert’
Public Speaking ‘Swollen Feet’
Guilty Simpson, Uncommon Nasa, Guillotine Crowns, Short Fuze ‘The Era That Doesn’t Know’
Donwill Ft. Rob Cave ‘Snob’
Apollo Brown, Planet Asia ‘Fly Anomalies’
Black Josh, Wino Willy, Lee Scott, Sonnyjim ‘E R M8’
Darius Jones ‘Zubot’
Gard Nilssen’s Supersonic Orchestra ‘The Space Dance Expirement’
Marike Van Dijk ‘Landed’
Trupa Trupa ‘Thrill’
Red Pants ‘Watch The Sky’
The Crystal Teardrop ‘By The River’
Connie Lovatt ‘Heart’
Mike Gale ‘Grumble Pie’
Yungchen Lhamo ‘Sound Healing’
Violet Nox ‘Ascent’
Vumbi Dekula ‘Afro Blues’
Anon (Parchman Prison) ‘I Give Myself Away, So You Can Use Me’
Blck.Beetl, Vermin The Villain ‘flowers.’
The Strangers, General Elektriks, Leeroy, Lateef The Truthspeaker ‘2222 (Go That Way)’
Dillion, Diamond D ‘Turn The Heat Up’
Napoleon Da Legend Ft. Crazy DJ Bazarro ‘Burning My Cosmos’
Ol’ Burger Beat, Gabe ‘Nandez Ft. Fly Anakin ‘Recuperating’
Smoke DZA, Flying Lotus Ft. Black Thought ‘Drug Trade’
Bisk, Spectacular Diagnostics ‘DIVE’
Declaime, Theory Hazit ‘Asylum Walk 2023’
Rob Cave, Thxk_u ‘Morning Prayers For Strange Days’
Dead Players, Jam Baxter, Dabbla, Ghosttown ‘Death By A Thousand Cocktail Sticks’
Marina Herlop ‘La Alhambra’
Aoife Nessa Francis ‘Fantasy’
Maija Sofia ‘Saint Aquinas’
Tori Freestone, Alcyona Mick, Natacha Atlas, Brigitte Beraha ‘Who We Are Now’
Charlie Kaplan ‘I Was Doing Alright’
Novelistme ‘I Need New Music’
Neon Kittens ‘I Was Clumsy’ Tony Jay ‘The Switch For The Light’
Graham Parker & The Goldtops ‘Sun Valley’
Lalalar ‘Göt’
Buildings And Food ‘Blank Slate Cycle’
Carlos Niño & Friends ‘Etheric Windsurfing, Flips And Twirls’
Richard Sears ‘Oceans’
Babel ‘Crush’
Louis Jucker ‘Seasonable’
Late Aster ‘Safety Second (Live)’
Rita Braga ‘Illegal Planet’
Paula Bujes, Alessandra Leão ‘Na Sombra Da Cajazeira’