Image: Never Normal Records From groundbreaking new work from some of electronic music’s most subversive new voices to a comeback from pioneers of the form that draws from their past, these are the releases that caught our attention this week. In no particular order, here’s what we’ve had on repeat.
Image: Downtown Records / Interscope The sexually explicit rap song has a long history in hip hop, but its lineage becomes markedly more important and subversive when bars like “lick my pussy and my crack” come from the mouths of women. A reaction against hip hop’s penchant for male dominated
Image credit: @stapledface As another week draws to a close, we look forward to the weekend and the potential for fun and relaxation, whether that be a scenic drive or hanging out with your crew. Today we present a song to use as a backing track for your weekend, that
Pigeonholing the sort of music that elusive English producer Shackleton creates toward any sort of categorisation is likely a futile exercise. While the Woe to the Septic Heart! founder’s early work slips neatly into the breaks and bass cannon, it’s his later offerings that are more difficult to pinpoint. His
Image: LEITER When Nils Frahm and F.S Blumm dropped Dessert Mule, the first single off their fourth collaborative album 2X1=4, out now on LEITER, it became apparent that this record would be distinct from the work that preceded it. Immediately apparent was the shift in genre, with the duo exploring
Image: Björn Holzweg Nairobi born and Kampala based producer Freddy Njau, aka Slikback, has slowly been infecting club music with his abrasive and entirely future focussed sound over the course of the last few years. His burgeoning influence rides the crest of the wave of interest in the electronic music
Image: Unax LaFuente Avant-pop star and producer Arca has announced the follow up to her lauded album KiCK i, titled KICK ii. The news comes alongside the release of a new single and music video from the upcoming album, Born Yesterday which features Sia. The unexpected collaboration sees Sia lend
Image credit: Peter Hoennemann Combining psychedelic notes with gentle waves of modern production, ‘Fear’ is the latest single from singer-songwriter ANIQO. The track, lifted from her debut album BIRTH, which will be released early next year, is a bridge between the dark tones of inner fear and the positivity
Following on from his previous single ‘Slow Down Ft Willa‘ vocal house producer Prince Paris is hitting the airwaves again with ‘Speak Your Mind’ featuring rising vocalist Wilder, via Physical Presents. The track is centred around the idea of a partner that won’t communicate what is going on in their
Image by Charlotte Rutherford Pop star Grimes recently shared a new song via her Instagram. The singer shared that she wrote and produced the track called Love last week in response to “all the privacy invasion, bad press, online hate and harassment by paparazzis I’ve experienced this week.” This follows
