Fourth studio album from Manchester s Andy Stott. Too Many Voices finds Stott further exploring the dark and abrasive textures that has defined his career. As with his most recent work Alison Skidmore s vocals are featured on most of the tracks, giving an airier texture to the album. Stott s touch is lighter, as…
Written and produced by Bjork and Arca, The Gate is the first single from the Icelandic singer s 9th studio album, Utopia. The breathy, beautiful piece of electronica is pressed on 45 rpm, single-sided vinyl, and this 12 version features a previously unheard, unannounced and uncredited 54-second flute instrumental outro. single-sided, 45rpm vinyl unheard, uncredited…
Originally released on UK s True Thoughts and later picked up by Ninja Tune, Animal Magic is a standout of the early 2000s downtempo scene. Bonobo s sample-based productions are filled with dynamic shifts that add a layer of depth not often found on similar records: loop based material, for sure, but there s a…
Simon Green s first album as a full blown Ninja, and it s a mighty record. Respect is due to Bonobo for his wealth of melodic ideas and dynamic range of tones, and he s definitely proven himself over the years. As a multi-instrumentalist, Bonobo often captures live elements generated by himself and this album…
House and tropical bass remixes from Bastard Jazz s Captain Planet. The prolific producer moves through different styles with ease, adding dancefloor potential wherever he sets foot. His taste is all encompassing, leaving no corner of the world untouched. There are the Middle Eastern vibes of Alsarah & The Nubatones Wad Alnuba, Saran s Tounkan…
Dawn Richard s big commercial break came when she won a spot in Diddy s girl group, Danity Kane, after competing in Making the Band 3. The group eventually dissolved, but Richard worked once again with Puff for his Dirty Money project, only to start recording her solo material shortly after. In 2013, she began…
Debut studio album from Sweden s Death And Vanilla. The duo s eponymous debut was originally released in 2012 and feels like a direct link back to the psychedelic space lounge sounds of the early 2000s. Marleen Nilsson and Anders Hansson seem to have found a direct link to bands like Stereolab and Broadcast. They…
Sam Posner aka Sammy Bananas is a veteran party maestro who s supplied the clubs with a constant flow of fun, quirky, and funky jams. He takes on an interesting, more leftfield aesthetic under the El Nino & the Southern Oscillations moniker, however, and the eponymous EP, which he completed in a seaside cabin watching…
Mike Schofield aka ElekTro4 is a NY-based producer who started playing drums at an early age and DJing in the ’90s (it was KMD’s “Peach Fuzz” that lured him in). Dude’s production chops also go way back, and his catalog, which includes some 45s and a full-length, can be heard on skate videos and TV…
Flume s Grammy-winning sophomore effort, Skin, is full of forward, bass-drenched moments, and here are two remixes presented on a limited-edition 12 . First up is Lindstrom & Prins Thomas who rework Tiny Cities w Beck for the dancefloor with all the cosmic disco chops they could muster up, and Danish techno dj producer Kolsch…
First of all, let’s not get Giorgio Moroser confused with Giorgio Moroder. It’s probably not the smartest SEO move, but it is a clever name, and the NY-based producer (by way of Norway) delivers a refreshingly weird 7” with dope artwork and some really leftfield soundscapes. Informed by hip-hop, ‘70s horror flicks, r&b, UK garage,…
Third studio album from England s Gold Panda. Good Luck And Do Your Best was recorded at the producer s home in Chelmsford, but draws its main influence from a pair of trips he took to Japan. That influence brings a warmer pallet to this album. Where 2013 s Half of Where You Live had…
Warren Kroll and Steven Lutes are High Tides. Paradise Daze is the duo s second full-length, and just like its self-titled 2015 debut, it was recorded entirely under the influence of Hawaiian shirts and conch shell necklaces. Musical escapism at its finest, the record channels a lot of influences—Beach Boys, Underworld, 80s pop, 90s IDM,…
Boom. For the third installment in his drums versus synthesizers explorations, Causa Sui drummer Jakob Skott channels the energy of all things heavy into the medium of percussion and synthesis. Basically this thing is like a beat digger s wet dream – a seemingly endless barrage of the hardest drums laced with heavily effected synths, the likes of which would make any breaks…
2013’s Overgrown was accolades galore, with fans, fellow artists, and critics continuing to show love. James Blake began working on this follow-up around the same year, and in-between collecting credits on Beyonce and Frank Ocean’s albums, the English purveyor of forward, spacious, and melancholy-soaked pop finished The Colour In Anything. At 17 tracks long, the…
Mitchel Van Dinther AKA Jameszoo presents an impressive debut for Brainfeeder, the label that is synonymous w the “modern evolution” of jazz. Fool is a free-spirited hybrid of jazz and electronics, as the Dutch producer interprets the traditional nuances of the genre with a forward musical lens. “The Zoo” is a re-imagination of a ‘70s…