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Mammal Hands
Song of the Day: From the tumultuous sound of Don’t Problem’s Whale, to another creatural connection and a great jazz instrumental by the brilliant Norwich trio of Jordan Smart on saxophone, Nick Smart on piano and Jesse Barrett on drums and tabla
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Song of the Day: With a beautiful flugelhorn solo, a vibrant horn section, a rich sprinkle of strings, a dash of electronics and dynamic percussion, this original jazz instrumental by the south London eight-piece dives into and expresses the energy and joy of the large sea mammal
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Aksak Maboul’s new EP, Tous KO
Song of the Day: After a series of French songs, time to move to Belgium, a beautifully quirky, percussive, woodwind-whistle-y version of a song by the long-running experimental band co-founded by Marc Hollander who also founded and runs the Crammed Discs label
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Llyr’s EP: 3D Reworks 003
Song of the Day: With surging voluminous dynamics and a huge range of sounds, an astonishing electronica experience that requires listening through headphones from the EP 3D Reworks 003 by Berlin-based artist Gareth Williams
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Cover art for black midi’s forthcoming album Cavalcade
Song of the Day: A frenetic new number about a violence-stirring cult fanatic by the lauded English young alt-rock band features a feast of nightmarish stop-starts, added violins, keyboards and a spoken narrative that points a finger at fascism
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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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Anushka are Victoria Port and Max Wheeler
Song of the Day: Hypnotic, bleepy funk and soulful vocals pour into this entrancing jazz-electronica fusion by Brighton singer-songwriter Victoria Port and producer Max Wheeler, released on the Tru Thoughts label
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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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From the animated illustration from Misc’s latest release, Mad, from the album Partager l'ambulance
Song of the Day: After yesterday’s GoGo Penguin track and remix, another clever fusion of piano-based jazz and electronica in the form of this charming, cross-rhythm experimental release by the Montreal-based trio from their new album Partager l'ambulance
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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 cover of Naoko Sakata’s second album Dancing Spirits
Song of the Day: Beginning with discordant, angry, violent, stormy chaos and moving gradually into lilting, gentle graduations of beauty, this free-flowing piece by the Japanese jazz pianist captures a huge spectrum of passionate emotions
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Horns aplenty
Song of the Day: Inspired by sounds of subway preachers, New Orleans-style jazz funerals and hip hop, this single by Brooklyn childhood friends Andrew LeCoche (Ula Ruth) and Evan Heinze (The Shacks) is an uplifting horn-section anthem
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Divide and Dissolve, aka Takiaya Reed (right) and Sylvie Nehill
Songs of the Day: Dynamic volume changes and explosive sounds traverse from classical to dark metal in these extraordinary genre-defying instrumental pieces inspired by the history of colonisation by the Melbourne-based duo from their album Gas Lit
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SOPHIE: 1986-2021
Songs of the Day: Following inventor Lomond Campbell yesterday, another musical pioneer from Scotland of a different kind – two tracks by the extraordinary genre-pushing electronic trans artist who tragically died last month
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Lomond Campbell’s LŪP incorporates cassette tape
Songs of the Day: Ingenious, mesmerising and strangely beautiful, these two opening tracks from the LŪP album by the Scottish Highlands inventor involve his tape-looper instrument that moves in and out of sync with itself
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Fragmens III by REAL DOGS. It’s not the first …
Song of the Day: This delightful instrumental composed of the retro sounds of old 1980s video games comes from the experimental electronica artist’s latest, and bitty album, Fragments III, all full of wonderfully oddball whimsy
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CARM aka trumpeter and producer CJ Camerieri
Song of the Day: A beautiful collaboration between the New Jersey trumpeter aka CJ Camerieri and the Detroit singer-songwriter about meditative struggles captured via sublime orchestration and sound, taken from CARM’s debut album
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Nancy
Songs of the Day: One is highly reminiscent of David Bowie’s Fashion, the other has strains of glam rock-era Marc Bolan, but that’s can only mean praise, and this is vibrant, funky and beepingly brilliant work by the artist Jamie Stephen Hall
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Arab Strap’s Aidan Moffat and Malcolm Middleton
Song of the Day: This macabre but grimly amusing and detailed love story of entwinement of the undead comes with ominous melodies, disturbing narrative and a beguiling beat, and is the first single by the brilliant Falkirk duo Aidan Moffat and Malcolm Middleton in 15 years
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