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Check this year top highlights.

John Robins - Howl - Live 2023

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Tommy Designer - Tommy Designer's Golden Fleece

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Laurie Anderson - Amelia

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Howell Dawdy - I Need Some Help

#			Released	Sales	Earnings	Tags
1	Howl - Live 2023	John Robins →	06 September 202	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	comedy edinburgh-fringe spoken-word uk-comedy british-comedy stand-up-comedy stand-up united-kingdom
2	Car Raps	Poodieville →	21 August 2024	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	hip-hop-rap conscious-hip-hop spoken-word storytelling underground-hip-hop akron
3	PANZERTAPE 2	SINUHE / KAHELL →	11 September 202	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	hip-hop hip-hop-rap rap spoken-word deutschrap
4	Inflections In Horror: The Weird Worlds of Carl E. Reed	Carl E. Reed →	23 October 2020	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	clark-ashton-smith h.p.-lovecraft spoken-word horror poetry weird chicago
5	Voyce	Joyce →	13 September 202	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	experimental noise-rock rock spoken-word adwaith alternative-rock big-special god-damn indie indie-rock the-cure united-kingdom
6	Amelia	Laurie Anderson →	30 August 2024	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	alternative experimental spoken-word legendary new-york
7	Visions of the Country	Robbie Basho →	01 January 2013	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	experimental ambient american-primitive americana deep-listening folk john-fahey outsider-folk robbie-basho spoken-word world california
8	ONE DAY	Jaz Sawyer \| Tongo Eisen-Martin →	20 August 2021	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	jazz modern-jazz spoken-word bebop jazz nu-jazz nu-jazz poetry swing los-angeles
9	Resist To Exist قاوم لِوجودك	Avon Terror Corps x Exist Festival →	04 June 2021	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	experimental palestine bristol free-palestine fundraiser industrial noise spoken-word bristol
10	Good Luck I Hope You Make It	Andy White →	05 January 2024	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	belfast folk hip-hop irish melbourne singer-songwriter spoken-word indie-folk poetry belfast
11	Upon This Fleeting Dream	Twinkle3 (feat David Sylvian & Kazuko Hohki) →	28 October 2022	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	david-sylvian experimental ambient belgium electronic electronica fourth-world-music minimal modular nature rhythmic shakuhachi-flute sound-art spoken-word-poetry united-kingdom
12	Our Sunburnt Dream	The Aerial Maps →	21 June 2024	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	alternative australian folk spoken-word rock-roll sydney
13	COMPLAINT	Watsky →	11 January 2019	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	alternative hip-hop-rap alternative-hip-hop hip-hop rap spoken-word los-angeles
14	Dunya	Mustafa The Poet →	27 September 202	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	soul spoken-word poetry spoken-word-poetry toronto
15	Songs from the Bardo	Laurie Anderson, Tenzin Choegyal, Jesse Paris Smith →	27 September 201	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	experimental alternative laurie-anderson meditation spoken-word tibet new-york
16	fabric presents Leon Vynehall	LEON VYNEHALL →	25 March 2022	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	electronic experimental new-york afrohouse ambient dance electronic fabric garage leftfield-house spoken-word techno vynehall london
17	Tremulant	Ghostwriter →	13 September 202	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	experimental instrumental literary sound-collage spoken-word united-kingdom
18	slif slaf slof	Mermaid Chunky →	in 2020.) It led	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	dfa-records experimental spoken-word dance dance-music dfa electronic pop united-kingdom
19	Space As An Instrument	Félicia Atkinson →	by Shelter Press	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	experimental ambient drone electro-acoustic-music spoken-word france
20	Machina EP	Boy Harsher →	18 July 2024	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	coldwave drone ebm electronic spoken-word northampton

#			Released	Sales	Earnings	Tags
1	Howl - Live 2023	John Robins →	06 September 202	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	comedy edinburgh-fringe spoken-word uk-comedy british-comedy stand-up-comedy stand-up united-kingdom
2	Amelia	Laurie Anderson →	30 August 2024	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	alternative experimental spoken-word legendary new-york
3	Water Lillies In The Jungles	Mikki Afflick →	06 September 202	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	electronic afro-house deep-house nu-disco soulful-house spoken-word %C2%A0nu-disco new-york
4	slif slaf slof	Mermaid Chunky →	in 2020.) It led	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	dfa-records experimental spoken-word dance dance-music dfa electronic pop united-kingdom
5	The MK-Ultra Show	Hugo Talks →	20 September 202	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	christian podcasts progressive-rock spoken-word truthseekers pop pop-rock prog singer-songwriter united-kingdom
6	Car Raps	Poodieville →	21 August 2024	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	hip-hop-rap conscious-hip-hop spoken-word storytelling underground-hip-hop akron
7	To Be Whole is To Be Part	Mx. Flow →	06 September 202	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	experimental avant-garde blues folk folk-punk free-jazz poetry spoken-word spoken-word-poetry united-states
8	A Thousand Pokes	Stick In The Wheel →	you?ll get unl	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	folk spoken-word trad-folk experimental folk-punk folktronica psychedelic traditional london
9	Poppies in October / شقائق النعمان في تشرين	Shatr Collective →	23 August 2024	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	spoken-word-poetry stream-of-consciousness beirut
10	I Need Some Help	Howell Dawdy →	15 June 2024	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	comedy spoken-word comedy-songs entertainment spoken-word louisville
11	Space As An Instrument	Félicia Atkinson →	by Shelter Press	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	experimental ambient drone electro-acoustic-music spoken-word france
12	Polaris	Andy Hay →	17 August 2024	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	jazz soul beats chillout drummer drummers free-jazz grooves jazz meditation spirit spirituality spoken-word-poetry world-music united-kingdom
13	Dead Pioneers	Dead Pioneers →	16 September 202	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	punk dank distortion punk spoken-word denver
14	FUNCTIONAL ART	DayOne →	05 September 202	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	christian-rap hip-hop hip-hop-rap holy-hip-hop rap spoken-word united-states
15	Enthropic Vision	Pavel Milyakov →	01 September 202	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	electronic ambient breaks experimental melancholic singer-songwriter spoken-word-poetry techno trance berlin
16	Visions of the Country	Robbie Basho →	01 January 2013	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	experimental ambient american-primitive americana deep-listening folk john-fahey outsider-folk robbie-basho spoken-word world california
17	Speakeasy - Live 2016	John Robins →	01 May 2020	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	comedy edinburgh-fringe spoken-word comedy stand-up-comedy stand-up stand-up-comedy standup united-kingdom
18	Machina EP	Boy Harsher →	18 July 2024	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	coldwave drone ebm electronic spoken-word northampton
19	Cereal Music	William Parker & Ellen Christi →	on same day: htt	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	aum-fidelity centering-records ellen-christi jazz spoken-word free-jazz meditation poetry poetry-and-music spiritual-jazz world-music new-york
20	Supercontinent	Kassian →	24 May 2024	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	amapiano deep-house electronic house spoken-word techno uk-bass baile-funk dance-music electronic london

#			Released	Sales	Earnings	Tags
1	Howl - Live 2023	John Robins →	06 September 202	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	comedy edinburgh-fringe spoken-word uk-comedy british-comedy stand-up-comedy stand-up united-kingdom
2	Amelia	Laurie Anderson →	30 August 2024	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	alternative experimental spoken-word legendary new-york
3	『elements voice fragments』花羽音 The album	花羽音 HanabaNe →	13 August 2024	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	experimental voice-core ambient drone electronica field-recording musique-concrete noise sound-art sound-collage spoken-word-poetry voicecore japan
4	Polaris	Andy Hay →	17 August 2024	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	jazz soul beats chillout drummer drummers free-jazz grooves jazz meditation spirit spirituality spoken-word-poetry world-music united-kingdom
5	Poppies in October - شقائق النعمان في تشرين	Shatr Collective →	23 August 2024	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	spoken-word-poetry stream-of-consciousness beirut
6	Water Lillies In The Jungles	Mikki Afflick →	06 September 202	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	electronic afro-house deep-house nu-disco soulful-house spoken-word %C2%A0nu-disco new-york
7	FUNCTIONAL ART	DayOne →	05 September 202	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	christian-rap hip-hop hip-hop-rap holy-hip-hop rap spoken-word united-states
8	Car raps	Poodieville →	21 August 2024	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	hip-hop-rap conscious-hip-hop spoken-word storytelling underground-hip-hop akron
9	Enthropic Vision	Pavel Milyakov →	01 September 202	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	electronic ambient breaks experimental melancholic singer-songwriter spoken-word-poetry techno trance berlin
10	Ankommen im Jetzt	Stefan Schwager →	15 August 2024	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	electronic spoken-word salzburg
11	slif slaf slof	Mermaid Chunky →	in 2020.) It led	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	dfa-records experimental spoken-word dance dance-music dfa electronic pop united-kingdom
12	Dead Pioneers	Dead Pioneers →	16 September 202	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	punk dank distortion punk spoken-word denver
13	Space As An Instrument	Félicia Atkinson →	by Shelter Press	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	experimental ambient drone electro-acoustic-music spoken-word france
14	I Need Some Help	Howell Dawdy →	15 June 2024	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	comedy spoken-word comedy-songs entertainment spoken-word louisville
15	A Thousand Pokes	Stick In The Wheel →	you?ll get unl	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	folk spoken-word trad-folk experimental folk-punk folktronica psychedelic traditional london
16	Music For Mushrooms: A Soundtrack For The Psychedelic Practitioner \| (2019)	East Forest →	10 May 2019	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	electronic experimental spoken-word ambient baby birth classical meditation mushrooms neoclassical psilocybin psychedelic shamanic sleep sleep-music escalante
17	The Frequency of Magic	Anthony Joseph →	03 July 2023	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	jazz jazz-and-improvised-music poetry-and-music poetry-reading spoken-word-poetry london
18	Visions of the Country	Robbie Basho →	01 January 2013	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	experimental ambient american-primitive americana deep-listening folk john-fahey outsider-folk robbie-basho spoken-word world california
19	Careful	Boy Harsher →	01 February 2019	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	coldwave drone ebm emb electronic coldwave dark drone electronic goth minimal-wave new-wave noise spoken-word techno northampton
20	Prophecies of a Rap Priestess (Vol. 2)	Lizzy Jeff →	08 August 2024	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	freedom-rap hip-hop hip-hop hip-hop-rap neo-soul rap spoken-word hip-hop-soul love-music los-angeles

#			Released	Sales	Earnings	Tags
1	Howl - Live 2023	John Robins →	06 September 202	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	comedy edinburgh-fringe spoken-word uk-comedy british-comedy stand-up-comedy stand-up united-kingdom
2	Tommy Designer's Golden Fleece	Tommy Designer →	04 February 2024	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	alternative hip-hop-rap alternative-hip-hop hip-hop rap spoken-word los-angeles
3	Amelia	Laurie Anderson →	30 August 2024	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	alternative experimental spoken-word legendary new-york
4	I Need Some Help	Howell Dawdy →	15 June 2024	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	comedy spoken-word comedy-songs entertainment spoken-word louisville
5	Dead Pioneers	Dead Pioneers →	16 September 202	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	punk dank distortion punk spoken-word denver
6	Supercontinent	Kassian →	24 May 2024	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	amapiano deep-house electronic house spoken-word techno uk-bass baile-funk dance-music electronic london
7	Visions of the Country	Robbie Basho →	01 January 2013	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	experimental ambient american-primitive americana deep-listening folk john-fahey outsider-folk robbie-basho spoken-word world california
8	We Wax. We Shall Not Wane	Gazelle Twin feat. Maxine Peake →	02 February 2024	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	electronic audio-installation chant choral-music dark-ambient electronic-music electronica experimental experimental-electronic experimental-vocal industrial spoken-word vocal-music women-empowerment united-kingdom
9	Careful	Boy Harsher →	01 February 2019	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	coldwave drone ebm emb electronic coldwave dark drone electronic goth minimal-wave new-wave noise spoken-word techno northampton
10	Music For Mushrooms: A Soundtrack For The Psychedelic Practitioner \| (2019)	East Forest →	10 May 2019	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	electronic experimental spoken-word ambient baby birth classical meditation mushrooms neoclassical psilocybin psychedelic shamanic sleep sleep-music escalante
11	Learning To Swim On Empty	Wu-Lu →	17 May 2024	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	alternative classical hip-hop indie jazz poetry punk rock soul spoken-word london
12	The Wound Is Not the Body	B Dolan →	03 May 2024	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	experimental hip-hop hip-hop hip-hop-rap rap soundtrack spoken-word underground-hip-hip hip-hop-%28real-shit%29 hip-hop-soul underground-rap providence
13	Sober	Poodieville →	13 June 2024	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	hip-hop-rap conscious-hip-hop spoken-word storytelling underground-hip-hop akron
14	Regurgitator - INVADER	regurgitator →	26 April 2024	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	punk rock electronic hiphop pop punk spoken-word-poetry brisbane
15	ANCRAGE CHAMANIQUE	Gilles Wurtz →	09 October 2020	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	spoken-word
16	SHY BOII GETS NO SWEETS	Hazey Haze & mankyy →	20 June 2024	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	electronic experimental hip-hop hip-hop-rap rap spoken-word experimental hip-hop psychedelic limerick
17	Some What Small Audio Book	Trev Cimenski →	06 November 2023	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	spoken-word relaxation spoken-word-poetry minneapolis
18	Big Science	Laurie Anderson →	09 April 2021	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	alternative experimental spoken-word legendary new-york
19	『elements voice fragments』花羽音 The album	花羽音 HanabaNe →	13 August 2024	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	experimental voice-core ambient drone electronica field-recording musique-concrete noise sound-art sound-collage spoken-word-poetry voicecore japan
20	I Need Space To Dance	Boulderhead →	31 May 2024	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	-electro electronic house spoken-word tech-house ambient breakbeat dance electronica minimal techno united-kingdom