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Skeleten aka Russell Fitzgibbon
Song of the Day: Music that sounds like an invitation - intelligent, catchy, engaging, mesmeric and escapist electro-pop dance music by the Australian DJ, producer and singer-songwriter from Sydney – Russell Fitzgibbon
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A scene from the new Chemical Brothers’ single, The Darkness That You Fear
Song of the Day: With clever sampling from two soulful tracks and a structure designed to bring optimism, Tom Rowlands and Ed Simons return with new work, after their dark previous album, 2019 No Geography, with a sound that evokes optimism
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Scotch Rolex’s new album Tewari
Song of the Day: Stunning electronica and hip hop from the legendary Nyege Nyege Studios and sub label Hakuna Kulala by acclaimed Japanese producer Shigeru Ishihara (aka DJ Scotch Egg) under the moniker Scotch Rolex joined by Kampala, Uganda’s fiercely wonderful rapper MC Yallah
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Penya’s core trio
Songs of the Day: Dance beats, brass, electronica and voices, a trio of songs displaying the wonderful melting pot diversity of the the collective band of African and other influences with core members Magnust Mehta, Lilli Elina and Jimmy le Messurier
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Gilligan Moss
Song of the Day: After recent birdsong-related entries, more avian sound effects, but this time framed in catchy disco-funk-pop by the duo Ben and Evan from Chicago from their self-title debut album
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SeeMeNot aka Renee Thompson
Song of the Day: With lyrics and vocals by Renee Thompson aka SeeMeNot and co-written with Alberto Cohen, a beautiful, eerie eclectic mix of electronica and disco soul by the New York-based Canadian artist from her latest EP which also includes a remix by Gerd Janson
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On the button: Earth Scum by FYI Chris
Song of the Day: The final track on the album Earth Scum by the Yorkshire and Macclesfield duo of Chris Coupe and Chris Watson features viscerally acerbic, self-deprecating gallows humorous delivery by Mancunian poet and performer Thick Richard
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S.A.A.R.A’s new single Forest
Song of the Day: Continuing a mini-theme of horticulture after Billie Marten, plus William Doyle and Chad VanGaalen in the album section, a fabulously catchy new single by the London multi-instrumentalist who mixes funk, disco and electronica sprinkled liberally with flute and saxophone
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Cover art for Kalambo by Bontan
Song of the Day: A vivid fusion of club beats, electronica and field recording samples of African tribal chanting, with a dash donkey braying by the Liverpool-based artist who among other guises is also known as Melé
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Sofia Kourtesis’s new EP Fresia Magdalena
Song of the Day: After yesterday’s by Nicola Cruz from Ecuador, next is the mesmeric work of Berlin-based Peruvian electronic artist who uses field recordings and beats on which to build her dance tracks, with these two taken from her new EP, Fresia Magdalena, out on Ninja Tune
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Nicola Cruz’s new EP Subtropique
Song of the Day: A mesmeric mix of beats, voices and electronica by the artist and producer from Quito, Ecuador, taken from his latest EP Subtropique
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Machinedrum, aka Travis Stewart, left, remixes Manchester trio GoGo Penguin
Song of the Day: Intricate, pace-changing and with beautiful narrative arcs, two versions of the recent piece by the Manchester experimental jazz trio of pianist Chris Illingworth, bassist Nick Blacka, and drummer Rob Turner with a new dance remix by American producer Travis Stewart
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The latest album by Stats
Songs of the Day: Gloriously uplifting, clever dance electro-pop by the band led by songwriter Ed Seed, inspired by his childhood in and recorded in Wales, where the natural environment co-exists with the less so, from farming, forestry, tourism, and military activity
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Avalon Emerson’s EP - 040
Song of the Day: Majestic electronica that builds from beats and scratches into shimmering synth waves by the New York artist from her latest EP, 04), out on the AD 93 label
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Artwork for Rian Treanor’s new album File Under UK Metaplasm
Song of the Day: Extraordinary and unpredictable rhythmic electronica over a fast metronomic click makes up this vibrant new instrumental by the experimental musician and DJ from Rotherham, taken from his forthcoming second LP – File Under UK Metaplasm
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From the cover of Fragile X’s new EP, Lifetime
Song of the Day: A change of pace into a new collaboration between producer Dylan Chase (Caffeine Worldwide) and vocalist Inga Schunn is a vibrant mix of deep house beats, keyboards and flute, out on Bouquet Records
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Janelle Monáe in the video for Turntables
Song of the Day: Is change coming? A punchy, funky, powerful new number by the American star that has a weighty political element, and part of the soundtrack to a new documentary out now before the US elections – All In: The Fight For Democracy
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Bronson’s new single from their forthcoming album
Song of the Day: Dark, thudding, wonderfully sinister bass-heavy electro with a eye-poppingly satirical video on culture of the corporate workplace from the forthcoming Bronson debut album by US artists Harrison Mills and Clayton Knight of Odesza, and Australian producer Tom Stell of Golden Features
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From the video for Disclosure’s Energy
Song of the Day: Featuring inspirational motivational speaker and preacher Eric Thomas, who was also sampled on 2014 hit When a Fire Starts to Burn, this entertaining electro-dance number from Britain’s Lawrence brothers is the title track from their new forthcoming album
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Cover from the forthcoming collaborative Keleketla! album
Song of the Day: Embracing the South African musical protest style toyi-toyi borne out of anti-apartheid, this new track fuses dance, jazz, gqom beats, hip hop and Afrobeat featuring Tony Allen alongside collaborators Coldcut, Soundz of the South, DJ Mabheko, Tenderlonious, Afla Sackey and Afrik Bawantu
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