Essential Four - Soulwax
Some new funky beats from Soulwax off their upcoming album ESSENTIAL. I love how it sounds like vintage Soulwax, reminds me a lot of their previous tracks.Ā
Essential drops in June.
Contributed by @muzzling
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Essential Four - Soulwax
Some new funky beats from Soulwax off their upcoming album ESSENTIAL. I love how it sounds like vintage Soulwax, reminds me a lot of their previous tracks.Ā
Essential drops in June.
Contributed by @muzzling
Heaven - The Blaze
French āproducer/director tandemā The Blaze keep a pretty low profile online, but their three music videos (and handful of audio tracks) on their YouTube page are all worth a listen/look. Plus, theyāre showing up on the bills of all the big festivals this year, so you mayāve seen the name but glossed over it.
The duoās visual output is particularly worth your time. Beautifully shot, and uplifting in their own way, each video offers a take on modern masculinity, friendship, and interpersonal relationships. Sound-wise, it feels more IDM than EDM.
Theyāve said theyāre working on an album... and I canāt wait (but I guess Iāll have to).
Contributed by @craigwilson.
Glass Jar - Tristen
When I first heard this jangly guitar intro on Spotify I thought it must be something by the Laās or Sixpence None the Richer. That wide-eyed pop sensibility definitely characterises this track, but it also has a harder undercurrent that balances it out nicely. Itās a neat little four minutes thatās well worth your time.
Listen to the track here if you donāt have Spotify.
Contributed by @chris_reid_esq
Weightless - Black Gold Buffalo
These guys are just getting better and better with every new single they release. The four-piece hailing from London has largely stayed under the radar in recent times, but with their first studio album coming out some time in 2018, I see big things on the horizon for them.
Contributed by @muzzling
Wriggle - Cosmo Sheldrake
Having released various singles and EPs over the past four years, British troubadour Cosmo Sheldrake has at long last dropped a full-length album.Ā āThe Much Much How How and Iā features his usual fantastic (in both senses) mix of folk and electronica replete with references to (and samples of) various wildlife, strings, woodwind and Sheldrakeās unmistakable voice. I suspect Sheldrakeās musical offerings are destined to be extremely polarising. Listen to the first 60 seconds ofĀ āWriggleā and youāll know whether or not this is your sort of fare. Itās certainly mine.
Contributed by @craigwilson.
It Runs Through Me (feat. De La Soul) - Tom Misch. A friend introduced this track to me a couple of days ago and the more I listen, the more I really like it. Tom Misch, an artist Iād never heard of before, is a 21-year-old singer-songwriter/producer from London. This song is taken from his forthcoming debut album,Ā āGeography,ā out this Friday and on it heās enlisted the help of hip hop legends, De La Soul. Give it a listen, and then listen to it again. Youāll be hooker, guaranteed.Ā Contributed by @SchweppsRocka
Place I Know/Kid Like You ā Arthur Russell
For anyone that hasnāt really explored Arthur Russellās oeuvre (and who many only be familiar with him via either Kanye Westās sampling of him on 30 Hours or via Sufjan Stevensā cover of A Little Lost), this would be a good place to start. A departure from the dance music heād been creating, he turned here to cello, electronics and various other effects. Playing with echo, reverb, distortion etc. he manages to create something thatās strange and disorienting but beautiful, too. Last year, I had this on repeat on my commutes and eventually couldnāt stop listening to it. This song and the rest of the album absolutely rewards you on repeated listens and Iād recommend diving into his work.
Contributed by @AlainWilliam89
Diary - RYI
Some new stuff from lesser-known RYI. 7 minutes of absolute bliss. I find it hard to describe this type of music. I suppose it could be labeled as melodic electronic, bordering on house, but to me itās just a sweet sounding tune that makes me want to kick-back with a pair of headphones and disconnect from the world for a while.
Contributed by @muzzling
Shoe Boot -Ā Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats
This foot-stomping knee-slapping slice of Americana is a great introduction to the sounds of Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats if youāve yet to encounter their particular brand of stompinā rhythm and blues (in the original, brass-laden sense, not the contemporary swoony one).
Thereās a great KEXP session version of āShoe Bootā on YouTube over here.
Contributed by @craigwilson.
Too Cold to Waterski - Walter Martin
Hot on the heels of former The Walkmen bandmate, Hamilton Leithauserās stellar solo work last year, Walter Martin is not to be outdone. Too Cold to Waterski is my pick of his fourth solo offering, with the quirky melody immediately catching oneās ear before the meandering, anecdotal lyrics take hold and draws one in deeper and begs for the repeat button to be hit.Ā
Contributed by @RHarryHarris
YouTube video here
Emerald Rush - Jon Hopkins
Jon Hopkinsā 2013 record ImmunityĀ is one of my all time favourite electronic albums.Ā It is a dynamic record, moving from haunting ambience to throbbing dance floor epics, and all ending in a place of pure, transendental beauty on the title track.Ā Hopkins manages to bring a variety of disparate elements together into a glorious, cohesive whole.Ā His songs always contain bizarre and unique touches, whether its etherial vocals or found-sound clockwork precussion, and he manages to bring a holistic asthetic with his music videos, live performances and album covers.
Hopkins has just released the first single off of his forthcoming record, Singularity. The track, Emerald Rush, fits perfectly into his sonic oeuvre, with itās thumping syncopated beats and swirling,Ā atomspheric vocals.Ā The music video is an animated head trip that also matches the glorious sleepy-psychedelic aesthetic that Hopkins exudes.Ā
Contributed by @bargematt
Wide Awake - Parquet Courts
Title track of the forthcoming album, produced by Danger Mouse.
Listen on Youtube if you donāt have Spotify.
Contributed by @fictionfred.
This Must Be the Place (NaiveĀ Melody) - Kishi Bashi
Itās been a while (a few months, at least) since I posted a Kishi Bashi track here, and at least a few weeks since I posted a cover, so hereās a track that covers both bases. Originally by Talking Heads, I love the soaring strings andĀ Kaoru Ishibashiās rousing delivery. Plus, the opening lines have seemed particularly fitting in recent weeks, where Iāve found myself on too many planes, too seldom at home, and having bizarre, non-sensical dreams I canāt make sense of.
Home is where I want to be Pick me up and turn me around I feel numb, born with a weak heart I guess I must be having fun
Also, now that Spotify is in South Africa, it seems less necessary to post alternative sources, but just in case, hereās a YouTube link.
Contributed by @craigwilson.
Iāll Still Love You -Ā Elvis Costello.
The forthcoming album Johnny Cash: Forever Words will feature some prestigious artists such as Kris Kristofferson, Willie Nelson, Elvis Costello and the late Chris Cornell, all turning some of the unpublished writings of Cash into fully fledged songs. This is Costelloās āIāll Still Love You,ā a wondrously sweet and expansive piano ballad inspired by a Cash poem.
Contributed by @lancedaniels
Epitaph - God is An Astronaut
Some new melodic stuff from Irish post-rock trio, God Is An Astronaut. I love the piano intro and how this track builds up, slows down, gets heavy and takes you on a magical 8 minute journey. If youāre into the post-rock genre then check out God Is An Astronaut - quality stuff.Ā Ā
Contributed by @muzzling
Live In The Moment - Portugal. The Man 'Live In The Moment' ā featured on Portugal. The Manās eighth studio album WOODSTOCK ā is the follow up to the albumās lead single āFeel It Stillā, which was undoubtedly one of the biggest songs of 2017. 'Live in the Momentā espouses adolescent abandon, which mid-song evolves into a ā90s R&B sounding track with a host of production tweaks adding to a blend of vocal effects, synth squalls, triggered drums and an anthemic, propulsive vocal from Gourley. Itās another upbeat dance-hall jam that showcases the bandās musical diversity.Ā
Contributed by @vodkowski.
Anyone Who Knows What Love Is (Will Understand) - Irma Thomas
This track is easy enough to love on its own, but if you need more motivation (or are wondering why youāve been hearing it so much of late), itās the unofficial theme tune of Charlie Brookerās dystopian series Black Mirror, showing up in a handful of episodes distributed across the various seasons, and itās also the key sample in Felix LabandāsĀ āThe Savage Bush Hotelā.
Contributed by @craigwilson.