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    Oklou & Casey MQ – For the Beasts

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    January 27, 2026 • 11:25

    Today’s bit of freely-available music is by French musician Marylou Mayniel, aka Oklou, whose fantastic album Choke Enough was one of my best albums of 2025. Earlier in her career, around a decade ago, she put out a number of self-released EPs, one of which, For the Beasts, was a …

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    Quinquis – Eor

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    Sacrum Profanum 2025 (Part 2)

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    Sacrum Profanum 2025 (Part 1)

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    Warsaw Autumn 2025 (Part 1)

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    Neglected symphonies: Elsa Barraine – Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2

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    Aggregate – new works for automated pipe organs

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    World New Music Days 2025, Portugal (Part 2)

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    World New Music Days 2025, Portugal (Part 1)

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    Musica Nova 2025 (Part 4)

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    Musica Nova 2025 (Part 2)

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    Best Albums of 2024 (Part 2)

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    AFEKT 2023 (Part 1)

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    Gérard Grisey – Mégalithes

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    Éliane Radigue – Occam Delta XV

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    Forum Wallis 2023 (Part 1)

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    Dark Music Days 2023 (Part 3)

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    Maurice Ravel (orch. Colin Matthews) – Oiseaux tristes (World Première)

    by 5:4 December 23, 2022 • 05:00
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