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Falle Nioke
Song of the Day: An exhilarating crossover by the 33-year-old singer and percussionist from Guinea joining forces with the electronica duo from Margate in a number that means "whatever" in Coniagui, inspired by watching a strong woman reject the advances of a pushy man in the street
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Darkside’s recent new album, Spiral
Song of the Day: A menacing, strange narrative, possibly about Covid, a power-crazed doctor and popularism, and a North African vibe crossed with slow psych rock in a film noir soundtrack feel all comes in the mysterious work of New York duo of Nicolás Jaar and Dave Harrington and their extraordinary new album Spiral, out on Matador Records
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From the video for Unknown Mortal Orchestra’s That Life
Songs of the Day: To kick off the weekend, two new singles by Ruban Nielson and the New Zealand psych rock band for three years, bring a new hue to summer, the latter inspired by the Hieronymus Bosch Painting, The Garden of Earthly Delights
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Yeti Season …
Song of the Day: A wonderfully oddball mix of funk, soul, hip hop, Turkish, Asian and jazz styles by the group founded by New York-based bandleader and multi-instrumentalist Leon Michels, here about the famous mythical Himalayan creature, and featuring Hindi singer Piya Malik
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Goat return with their compilation of rare and unreleased, Headsoup
Song of the Day: Very welcome first new material in five years from the stylish Swedish alternative band, here serving up a heavy dose of psychedelic rock with meaty guitar, mystical vocals and flute, from their forthcoming album Headsoup, which comprises rare and unreleased material
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Masayoshi Fujita
Song of the Day: After yesterday’s Balimaya Project, more beautiful sounds, this time at the hands of the Berlin-based Japanese vibraphone player who turns to the marimba for this piece from his album Bird Ambience
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Lucie Antunes
Song of the Day: After yesterday’s Myd, more French pop, this time in mesmerically alternative form of non-verbal vocalisations, throaty then moving into full harmonies laid over catchy beats and electronica by the Parisian classically contemporary-trained drummer and percussionist
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Hilotrons’ Theme from Lonely Cinema
Song of the Day: Following yesterdays’ Cinétique, inspired by films from the 60s, 70s, and 80s, horror, science fiction, and westerns, Canadian Mike Dubue’s exciting, evocative instrumental is about disconnection from reality while watching the world through a screen, and comes from trilogy of records titled Lonely Cinema
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Open Unity EP by Jinjé
Song of the Day: A fantasia of mesmerising electronica by Leeds musician Lee Malcolm, from the EP Open Unity, out on the Mesh label, with a kinetic-themed animated video by Lawrie Miller using the artwork of James Lacey
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Museum of Love
Song of the Day: From the forthcoming album Life of Mammals, inspired by the Women’s March and a Don Cherry sound, a brilliantly percussive number by the New York duo of drummer and founding LCD Soundsystem member Pat Mahoney and musician Dennis McNany, aka Jee Day
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Rostam - From the Back of a Cab
Song of the Day: From a bus yesterday to a taxi today, a new song of electronica alt-pop of dreamy, wistful melody and unusual rhythms by producer, musician, singer, songwriter and member of Vampire Weekend, from his new solo LP Changeophobia
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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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Fruitful experience: Red Apple Happiness
Song of the Day: Following yesterday’s Apples by Pushpin, another core-related song of a fruitfully inventive and eccentric nature of experimental lo-fi odd-pop by the Scottish debut album The Power of Rocks, out on Upset The Rhythm
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Leon Vynehall’s second LP: Rare, Forever
Songs of the Day: Ambient yet restless, stop-start yet smooth, a couple of tracks of otherworldly, dynamic, ethereal electronica by the British producer and musician from his recent second album – Rare, Forever – out on Ninja Tune
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KUNZITE aka Mike Stroud and and Agustin White
Song of the Day: Quirky, vocally rich, thrumming new electro-psych-pop with a transcendent, cosmic theme from the project made by producers and multi-instrumentalists Mike Stroud (from Ratatat) and Agustin White (White Flight)
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Rebecca Taylor’s new Self Esteem track, I Do This All The Time
Song of the Day: Filled with killer lines and frankness, a darkly humorous, acerbic, self-derogatory instructional monologue of passion and irony about a relationship and more, with an added gospel chorus and orchestral backing by the Sheffield singer, heralding her second album as Self Esteem
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Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.
Song of the Day: A dynamic, cascading, piano-led mix of jazz, electronica, gospel and soul about guilty feelings over a friendship ending by the Brooklyn-born and based singer and multi-instrumentalist
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Fyfe Dangerfield’s new EP, Birdwatcher
Song of the Day: Following on from Howie Lee’s Birdy Island, the title track of the Midlands singer-songwriter and Guillemots founder’s new EP also features avian sounds and is a passionate, soaringly melodious and magnificent piece of work
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Howie Lee’s latest album
Song of the Day: Enchanting new experimental electronica with intricate, intertwining vocal harmonies, bird calls and traces of traditional Chinese music by the artist from Beijing in this title track from his wonderful new 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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