In the wake of more recent reissues from the vast discography of new wave icon Nash the Slash, this profile mostly dips into his post-FM days. On the soundtrack front, we recap the recent Emmy winners plus pay tribute to actor James Earl Jones (1931-2024) & kora player Toumani Diabaté (1965-2024).

01/ Jeff Bennett: The Morning Report [w.Rowan Atkinson, James Earl Jones & Evan Saucedo] (The Lion King Collection [deluxe edition], 2011) Walt Disney 02/ Nash the Slash: Blind Windows/Countervail (Dreams & Nightmares, 1979) Cut-Throat/World 03/ James Earl Jones: Band 1, Scene 8 (Eugene O'Neill's The Emperor Jones, 1971) Caedmon 04/ Supergenius: Your Powers are Weak Old Man (Star Wars Breakbeats, 1998) Suckadelic 05/ James Earl Jones: The Stars [Mufasa interlude] (The Lion King: The Gift, 2019) Parkwood/Columbia 06/ John Williams & The London Symphony Orchestra: Darth Vader's Death (Star Wars Trilogy: The Original Soundtrack Anthology, 1993) Arista 07/ Toumani Diabaté & Ali Farka Touré: Al Ga Bani (Desert Blues 3: Entre Dunes et Savanes, 2008) Netwerk Medien 08/ Mali Music: Sunset Coming On (The Sounds of Astralwerks, 2002) Astralwerks 09/ Tidiane Thiam: Hommage a Toumani Diabaté (Siftorde Fateliku Souvenir Remember, 2020) Sahel Sounds 10/ Jeff Toyne: Palm Royale Main Title (Palm Royale OST, 2024) Apple Video Programming 11/ Steve Martin & Cast: Which of the Pickwick Triplets Did It? (Only Murders in the Building: Season 3 [deluxe edition] OST, 2023) 20th Century 12/ Siddhartha Khosla: Loretta (Only Murders in the Building: Season 3 [deluxe edition] OST, 2023) 20th Century 13/ David Fleming: Thank You Jim (Jim Henson: Idea Man OST, 2024) Walt Disney 14/ Carlos Rafael Rivera: Living a Lie (Lessons in Chemistry: Season 1 OST, 2023) Apple Video Programming 15/ Bill Conti: Main Title (Gloria OST, 2006) Varèse Sarabande 16/ Fontaines DC: Horseness is the Whatness (Romance, 2024) XL 17/ Pulp: After You (2013) Rough Trade 18/ William Basinski: For Whom the Bell Tolls (Lamentations, 2020) Temporary Residence 19/ Floating Points: Key103 [a56 edit] (2024) Ninja Tune 20/ Joy Orbison: Flight FM (2024) XL 21/ Andrea: LS September (Ritorno, 2020) Ilian Tape 22/ Debmaster & MC Yallah: Nzimba Zinyota (Kuboraum Sound Residency, 2024) Kuboraum Editions 23/ Fake Fruit: Gotta Meet You (Mucho Mistrust, 2024) Carpark 24/ K Yoshimatsu: 1841 (Fossil Cocoon, 2024) Phantom Limb 25/ Mecca Normal: When You Know (The Eagle & The Poodle, 1996) Matador 26/ FM: Dialing for Dharma (Black Noise, 1977) CBC/GRT/Passport 27/ FM: Phasors on Stun (Black Noise, 1977) CBC/GRT/Passport 28/ Nash the Slash: Wolf (Hammersmith Holocaust, 1980) Cut-Throat 29/ Nash the Slash: Pretty Folks (And You Thought You Were Normal, 1982) Cut-Throat 30/ Nash the Slash: Pokey Meets the Devil (Highway 61: The Original Score, 1991) Cut-Throat/World 31/ Nash the Slash: The Calling [45rpm] (Decomposing, 1981) Cut-Throat 32/ John Coltrane: Village Blues [Take 2] (Blue World, 2019) Impulse!/Verve/UMe/National Film Board of Canada

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