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Deep Tan
Songs of the Day: Two fabulously strange, caustic, musically minimal postpunk / new wave tracks by the London band from their new EP Creeping Speedwells, one a play on the epochal word holocene, the other about an extreme drinking session
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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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Baba Ali: On the move
Song of the Day: Supremely catchy electro-disco pop about an itinerant journey with a touch of New Order’s Blue Monday by the London singer-songwriter. Produced and mixed by LCD Soundsystem and Hot Chip affiliates Al Doyle and Joe Goddard
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Brian and best friend
Song of the Day: Another optimistic song from an unexpected source - the brilliantly droll and often darkly humorous American Manchester-based singer-songwriter Brian Christinzio references calm, meditative deep breathing and conversing with his dog
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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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Real Estate’s latest EP, Half A Human
Song of the Day: Particularly beautiful guitar work with rich harmonies with Alex Bleeker warm vocals are a hallmark of these two numbers taken from the EP Half A Human by the band from New Jersey and Brooklyn band
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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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Ayuune Sule
Song of the Day: An infectious dance number of non-stop energy, brilliant beats and vocals by the renowned kologo player from Ghana and also of the King Ayisoba Band, comes from the album Putoo Katare Yire, out on Makkum Records
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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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Mind Maintenance: Joshua Abrams and Chad Taylor
Song of the Day: A mesmeric track from the self-titled album by Chicago duo of bassist Joshua Abrams and drummer Chad Taylor who take up the guimbri and mbira, instruments used the music of diverse African states
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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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Pushpin songs ….
Song of the Day: Brilliantly fresh, crisp, vibrant, clever, acoustic indie pop with fast vocals, dynamic rhythm changes, sharp guitar riffs, keyboards and a thumping bass sound by the south London quartet
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Wild Thing inspiration …
Song of the Day: Moving from yesterday’s electronica complexity by Leon Vynehall to an admirable exercise in catchy minimalism by Bristol’s Chris Barrett, who on this project restricts all his music to his charity shop purchased Yamaha PSS-170 keyboard
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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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Alfie Templeman
Song of the Day: Supremely catchy funk-pop by the 18-year-old British singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist from Carlton in Bedfordshire, taken from his debut mini-album Forever Isn't Long Enough, out on Chess Club Records
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Yola
Song of the Day: A fabulous new single of defiance and independence steeped in soaring soul and funk by the singer and songwriter from Bristol, and the title track her her forthcoming second LP, out on Easy Eye Sound
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Cover for the forthcoming album This Is A Mindfulness Drill by Hypnotic Jazz Ensemble
Song of the Day: An exquisitely beautiful number of slow, gentle interweaving brass by the Chicago eight-piece band with mesmerically tender vocals by the American singer-songwriter from the forthcoming album Jagjaguwar label album This Is A Mindfulness Drill
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Shannon Lay
Song of the Day: A beautiful folk-pop number with acoustic guitar and layered vocal harmonies about dealing with the challenges of change and allowing yourself to awaken and embrace this, by the singer-songwriter from Los Angeles
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Dynamic duo: Sharon Van Etten & Angel Olsen
Song of the Day: Two of the most currently revered American singer-songwriters join forces in their first collaborative number, singing separately and together, mixing melancholy and hope, combining country with soaring, big production piano indie-pop
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