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Having dipped his toe into electro, drum ‘n’ bass, hip hop, big beat, techno and a myriad of other genres over the years, Freddy Fresh is one of those artists that continues to defy expectations. The Minneapolis native has also released on more than 100 record labels during his more than three decade career, including […]
Techno pairing ORKA, comprising producers Francine Perry from London and Jens L. Thomsen from the Faroe Islands, have unveiled their sixth studio album, All At Once. Boasting ten tracks, the album showcases ORKA’s idiosyncratic techno sound, ‘bursting with neon-lit hues, pulsating club beats, and an abundance of sensory stimulation that embraces themes of duality, connection […]
Actress album, real name Darren Cunningham, will release his ninth album in November. LXXXVIII, incoming on Ninja Tune, is partly inspired by game theory, a mathematical framework studying strategic decision-making. This deep strategic thinking, which is more readily associated with economics and chess than artistic practice, affected the British artist’s material interactions in his studio. […]
Bill Kouligas’ PAN will release the debut album of Honour, Àlà áfÃa. Honour is an anonymous act who previously released two mixtapes on PAN which sold out very quickly. They may or may not have grown up in the United States, making beats with a cousin who sang in a church band; they might have toured […]
Sampha will release his second album next month on Young. Spanning 14-tracks, with contributions from some of Sampha’s closest friends and peers, including Yaeji, Léa Sen, and Yussef Dayes, Lahai sees Sampha (real name Sampha Lahai Sisay) exploring the many ways in which we as humans connect to each other, and to something bigger than […]
House music legends X-Press 2 have announced details of a forthcoming new album, Thee, which is set to be released on the Acid Jazz label at the start of October. X-Press 2, which these days comprises producers Rocky and Diesel following the departure of Ashley Beedle some years ago, have already released three singles from […]
Voigtmann (born Claus Voigtmann) will release his second album on 20/20 Vision. Crafted over three years, Life Miles reflects on his journey so far whilst looking forward to new ventures. Sonically, we’re told that it blends intricate textures, hypnotic rhythms, and micro sounds as well as delving into territories of low tempo, ambient, and dub, […]
Chicago trio Purelink will release an album on Los Angeles label Peak Oil. Since forming in 2020, the group—which comprises Tommy Paslaski (a.k.a Concave Reflection), Ben Paulson (a.k.a kindtree), and Akeem Asani (a.k.a Millia)—have convened regularly in a shared studio to workshop, swap samples, and hone their collective muse via “the endless possibilities of a […]
Octo Octa, born Maya Bouldry-Morrison, will release a new EP on her own T4T LUV NRG label. Bouldry-Morrison has spent spent the last three years “perfecting her engineering” on these three “sensual, beautiful, and enveloping” songs, we’re told. For the opening track, “Late Night Love,” Bouldry-Morrison aims to capture not just the subjective experience of […]
Laurel Halo will release a new album in September. Atlas is the American DJ-producer’s first album in five years, since 2018’s Raw Silk Uncut Wood. Using both electronic and acoustic instrumentation, Halo has created a “potent” set of sensual ambient jazz collages, comprised of orchestral clouds, shades of modal harmony, hidden sonic details, and hallucinatory […]
Pangaea, otherwise known as Kevin McAuley, will release a new album. 2023 will be 16 years since Pangaea’s first release for Hessle Audio, the label he co-founded with Pearson Sound and Ben UFO, and Changing Channels represents some of his most intentional, club-ready work. We’re told to expect a “jolting reminder that functional doesn’t mean […]
One Little Independentwill release the debut album from Laura Misch, the London-based saxophonist and producer. Sample in the Sky is a departure from Misch’s previous, more isolated bedroom-produced work, like Playground and Lonely City, released in 2017 and 2019 respectively. Though some songs had been years in the making, the catalyst for the record’s crystallisation […]
The Amsterdam label Filth on Acid is back with a third volume of its essential Stamp Collection series. In this one, Reinier Zonneveld‘s label gathers some of the biggest names in techno together for an all-out assault on your senses including the likes of Alan Fitzpatrick, Belocca, Kiki Solvej, Mha Iri, Township Rebellion, Ramiro Lopez, […]
Growing up, Kareem Ali—a native of New York who now lives in Tucson, Arizona—wanted to be a rocket scientist and his first musical love was jazz. He found an early hero in Miles Davis, whose seminal Kind of Blue LP prompted Ali to pick up the trumpet back in middle school. More than a decade […]
Courtesy (a.k.a Najaaraq Vestbirk) will release her debut album in September. The album’s title, fra eufori, Danish for “from euphoria,” hints at what to expect from the record. She has distilled classics of trance-infused dance and pop music productions from the ’80s, ’90s, and early 2000s to their core by re-recording them on her compact […]