Dubai creative powerhouse Sarah R Jay returns to her pristine and euphoric instrumental roots this season, with a highly-anticipated full-length album, celebrating the divine escapism of techno and house music – and the conceptual blurring of lines between human emotion and cybernetic progress.
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It’s a huge moment of vulnerability, subtly meandering between the likes of Imogen Heap and Depeche Mode to an extent, with a hint of Rusted Root to the jitter of the performance. In short though, Frygian captures his own sound and style with this, a genuine moment of artistry, unpredictable and captivating. It’s an intriguing and immersive introduction to his music.
Cardiff indie pop dup The Vanities join forces this season with award-winning songwriter Kaysha Louvain, for a sharp and sultry 80’s venture that’s as nostalgic as it is smart, and unignorably catchy.
Great production, ambient and soulful, hard-hitting – a crisp representation of classic dance-pop and EDM, but with something ethereal and modern to toy with at the forefront. tori bell delivers a catchy low-key anthem, with bad good.
The intriguing creativity of LA drummer and composer Arhkota captures a new sense of direction and provocative thought this month, as the electronic rock alternative moves through the industrial rhythms and dreamy contemplations of Plastic Saints.
New music from the mystique of Ry brings a high-octane and immersive but smooth dance-pop alternative. It’s a step in a fresh and euphoric direction, an aptly-dreamy arrangement and reverb-drenched vocals setting an ethereal vibe, for this enchanting Night-Lapse.
Another catchy gem from the cool corner of PSYBORG – Misbehavin’ is an end of summer bounce of a track, blending cleanly-mixed vocals with a colourful and impressively unique, organic and often minimalist groove.
“So many of the ways men are taught to feel—or not feel—aren’t shouted, they’re absorbed in the spaces between words. Static Orders is a reaction to that silence. It’s about breaking through inherited ideas that don’t serve us anymore.”
Straight out of Denver, Colorado, Disintegration C.E. brings an air of historical depth and ability to the forefront, appreciating the audience for whom the music is intended, whilst celebrating a fun and freeing level of commitment to the pure joy of creating layers, melodies and sounds that work well within a catchy and enlivening groove.
Ryan Berthelsen is the creative mind behind all things Nurhop – a lifelong musician, producer and sonic architect, with an organic background mastering piano and guitar amidst a handful of bands and basement sessions.
Electronic music was ultimately where the imaginative realm of Nurhop found its flow – a soulful blending of dubstep, glitch, soul and experimentation, and that fusion of emotion and playfulness has forever since elevated his sound.
Driven by an unwavering love for the unique euphoria of atmospheric, intense techno and psytrance, Belgian producer and artist Daan Schoonvliet has embarked upon an outstanding venture, releasing a brand new track every month, and introducing his prowess and presence in the space with the likes of the impassioned single Rija.
Featuring an equally fuzzy set of visuals, representing the sheer joy and unity of the track, this is easily one of the most unorthodox but interesting and likeable new releases of the summer so far. J_basco rolls through the stages of the track with fearless attention to evolution and detail, but the opening moments far from depict that intention.