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Kiasmos—the collaboration of Icelandic composer Ólafur Arnalds and Faroese musician Janus Rasmussen—have shared a new EP on Erased Tapes. Flown is the pair’s first new music since 2017. It comprises three songs that introduce an almost otherworldly feeling, somewhere between electronic, classical, ambient, and rave. “We’re excited to share this new release, which differs slightly […]
Dance music maverick Gryffin has unveiled his new single ‘LAST OF US’ featuring British singer-songwriter Rita Ora. The beginning of a new era for Gryffin, ‘LAST OF US’ serves as the first track off his anticipated third studio album PULSE, due out later this year via Virgin Music. ‘LAST OF US’ sees Gryffin hone in on […]
Ólafur Arnalds has launched a new label called OPIA with a new single from Sofi Paez, a pianist and composer born in San José, Costa Rica. Paez experiments with piano, voice, and electronic elements in search for new ways of expression in her roots, using both the Spanish and English language. Her pieces are often […]
DJ Jesse Leer’s ‘Position EP’ on Abstrakt Dance is a wonderful underground exploration of electro and breakbeat influences, showcasing the producer’s versatile and dynamic style. The EP consists of two tracks, with the title track “Position” leading the way with its bouncy tech grooves and off-kilter soundscapes. The second track, “Friction,” follows suit with breakbeat-driven […]
Seattle producer Jeff McIlwain, better known as Lusine, will return with his ninth album in September. Long Light, which surfaces on Ghostly International, marks 20 years since McIlwain first joined the label roster. In recent years, he has pushed his craft of visceral, kinetically-curious music that fuses techno, pop, and experimental composition towards collaborative, song-forward […]
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 […]
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 […]
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