Alex Zhang Hungtai has announced Orion/Mother, a new double album due June 19 on American Dreams. Across the two records, the Taiwanese-Canadian artist alchemises past and present by sampling home recordings made with New York improvisers and composing over them. Lead tracks Sidewinder and the title piece from Mother introduce a project Zhang describes as an exploration of the primordial unconscious.

Arborist, the project of Belfast songwriter Mark McCambridge, has shared a video for new single “Looking 4 Love”. Arpeggio harp and a piano motif borrowed from Jacques Brel’s 1961 song “Marieke” puncture a taut, straight rhythm and droning harmonium. There is menace in the atmosphere, but McCambridge offers a hand to guide the listener through Belfast’s darker corners.

Fly The Ocean In A Silver Plane, Mark Nelson’s latest solo album as Pan•American, plays out like the sensation of crossing cities in a little aeroplane — each track feels like its own journey to a nameless destination, but looking out the window, there is a sense of safety, comfort, and calm. A mesmerising body of work ruminating deep from within.