Abigail Ward’s Ghost Assembly scored a couple of big hits with Ban Ban Ton Ton this year. First there was the “Utter Kunt” dub of the Israel / Palestine ceasefire “protest put on wax”, Resist!. 

Then there was the total trip of Acid Elaine, which came with a brilliant bit of auto-fiction attached (names and places were changed to protect all involved). I’ve tried a few times to convince Abs to do a little writing for BBTT, but, for now, I’m very happy that she found time to compile and share a list of some of her favourite releases from the last 12 months. 

Groovy gear gathered by Ghost Assembly’s Abigail Ward.

I’ve made a YouTube playlist of the tracks I’ve selected here. There are 21 tracks, so it’s 3 x Lucky Sevens!

J-Walk – Lovely Bijou Fantasie [Self-released on Bandcamp]

Klangkollektor – Isle of Stonsey [Before I Die]

Cass McCombs – Peace [Domino]

Big Thief – No Fear [4AD]

JS Zeiter – Serene [Lempuyang]

The Cure – And Nothing is Forever (Cosmodelica Electric Eden Mix) [Fiction Records]

KiF Productions – Swaledale to Blakeney Straights (Side One) [Self-released on Bandcamp]

Sharon Van Etten  – Trouble [Jajaguwar]

Thought Leadership – IV of Cups [Darkly Inclined]

Slow Riffs – Lascaux Caves [Mood Hut]

Cassandra Jenkins – The Ramble (Day, May 2021) [but released this year – Rough Trade]

Alex Kassian – Body Singer [Pinchy & Friends]

Sewell & The Gong – Communion Phase (Sounds of Slackness Holy Spirit Dub) [DSPPR]

Balaphonic – Sunflowers In Dub (Deep Summer Mix) [nunorthernsoul]

North Of The Island – Fantacity (Beatless) [Self-released on Bandcamp]

Morgan Szymanski and Tommy Perman – Dance of the Fireflies [Blackford Hill]

Tambores En Benirras – Sueno Vive En Reverb (Ruf Dug Remix) [nunorthernsoul]

Manu Dibango ft King Sunny Adé – Jingo (Luke Una’s Dancing In Outer Space Edit) [Mr Bongo]

Sonnenspot – Slow Blinker [Before I Die]

Out Since Friday – Hard To Say No (Bob Swans Remix) [Self-released on Bandcamp]

Powerhouse Jim and the Fitness Centre – That’ll Be Easy [Creative Use]