Selected for you by Marco and Gabs.
Avalanche Kaito - Talitakum
(Glitterbeat Records, 2024)
Avalanche Kaito: the exhilarating combination of Burkina Faso born urban griot Kaito Winse and fellow experimentalists Belgian guitarist Nico Gitto and French drummer/producer Benjamin Chaval. Polyrhythmic futurism, raw epiphanies, Burkinabe parables. A rattling ritual of ecstatic noise.
Jonny Drop & Andrew Ashong - Puzzle Dust
(Albert's Favourites Ltd., 2024)
This surprise collaboration between Drop and Ashong fuses soul and psychedelia with downtempo beats. Ashong’s continuing mission to subvert expectations manifests greatly here, but the album is full of melodic hooks, layered to infinity alongside his acoustic guitar. Meanwhile Jonny Drop quietly flips samples unrecognisable from his extensive vinyl collections and once again makes a leap forward in his production identity.
Cosmo Sheldrake - Eye To The Ear
(Bucks Music Group, 2024)
The twenty-one tracks combine traditional instrumentation and electronic production with field recordings and human and more-than-human voices to create songs and sound worlds that the artist hopes will speak to the urgency and possibilities of our times.
حمد [Ahmed] - Giant Beauty
(Fönstret, 2024)
أحمد [Ahmed] is the quartet of Pat Thomas (piano), Joel Grip (double bass), Antonin Gerbal (drums) and Seymour Wright (alto saxophone). Together, the group re-arrange and re-imagine in real time the music of composer, bassist and oud player Ahmed Abdul-Malik (1927-1993).
Low End Activist - Airdrop
(s/r, 2024)
Airdrop is a proper rave time machine. Think stripped-back hardcore, heavy jungle vibes... pure old-school energy. Samples get chopped, basslines rumble, and the tempo will have you sweating bullets. If you were all about those early 90s countryside raves, this one's for you.
Frostgard - Urulókë
(Out of Season, 2024)
Tolkien-inspired dark dungeon synth. Urulókë offers a chilling soundscape with vintage synths and VST plugins, accented by haunting vocals. Fans of mad synthetiser music will discover an insane journey within this atmospheric sounds and the Middle-Earth influences.
Aequorea - Departure
(Fiadh Productions, 2024)
Departure is a crushing exploration of inner turmoil. The Californian band delivers a dystopic blend of post-metal, doom, and black metal textures for a cathartic experience. Fans of the most violent Neurosis/Isis will find this sound very, very appropriate.
ace of demons - The Cheek
(Live From Earth, 2024)
This is a dancefloor-destroying record! The Cheek on Berlin's label Live From Earth is building on an experimental energy and pure club fuel – relentless beats and infectious hooks guaranteed to ignite any party. EDM, nightcore, and bass house as its best.
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