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Listen back to Loops + Dots Episode 34 – New Music from Lady Blackbird, Gabriels, Jordan Rakei, Cleo Sol, Little Simz, Anderson .Paak

  Show number 34!         LOOPS + DOTS is my monthly two-hour radio show on Dublab in Los Angeles.      It’s everything I’m into right now in the worlds of… Continue reading

Listen back to Loops + Dots Episode 32 – New Music from Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Hailu Mergia, Stone Giants aka Amon Tobin, Kiefer, SAULT, BadBadNotGood, Little Dragon, Jordan Rakei, Dego, Khruangbin & Quantic, Jungle, PinkPantheress – Special Guest: Sampology

  Show number 32!         LOOPS + DOTS is my monthly two-hour radio show on Dublab in Los Angeles.      It’s everything I’m into right now in the worlds of… Continue reading

Diggin’ This: Jordan Rakei – “Lover, You Should’ve Come Over” (Jeff Buckley Cover) (Late Night Tales)

  To be fair, I really would not mind if Jordan Rakei decided to cover every single song on Grace.       Vulnerable and effortless.     Jordan Rakei – “Lover, You… Continue reading

Listen back to Loops + Dots Episode 23 – New Music from SAULT, Fabiano do Nascimento, The Donelson Broncos, Gabriels, Soccer Mommy (Unknown Mortal Orchestra Remix), HONNE (Jordan Rakei Remix), Triathalon

  Show number 23!     How’s it going? Hope all is good with you.     LOOPS + DOTS is back with another special all-music mix for episode 23!     A 60-minute blend of… Continue reading

Listen Back to Loops + Dots Episode 10 – New Music from Brittany Howard, Black Midi, Michael Kiwanuka & Tom Misch, Yakul – Special Guest: Jordan Rakei

  Show number 10!         The tenth installment of my Loops + Dots radio show on Dublab aired brand new hotness from Alabama Shakes’ Brittany Howard, math-rock-prog-jazz-band-of-the-moment Black Midi, the winning… Continue reading

Listen Back to Loops + Dots Episode 2 – New Music from Solange ft Sampha, Helado Negro, Natural Yogurt Band, Audego, Jordan Rakei – Special Guest: In Velvet

  Show number 2!       The second installment of my Loops + Dots radio show on Dublab aired brand new musical magnificence from Solange ft Sampha, Helado Negro, Natural Yogurt Band, Audego,… Continue reading

The Dan Digs Show 109: New Karriem Riggins, DJ Jazzy Jeff & James Poyser, Photay, Yellow Days, Dan Kye aka Jordan Rakei – Special Guest: Robot Koch

  Show number 109!   As always, the latest and greatest in leftfield beats and electronic soul, plus interviews with my favorite artists for your listening pleasure every Sunday night on Dash 1… Continue reading

The Dan Digs Show 101: New Max Graef, Jordan Rakei, Adrian Younge, The Seshen, Recloose – Special Guests: Jamie Lidell & Henry Wu

  Show number 101!   As always, the latest and greatest in leftfield beats and electronic soul, plus interviews with my favorite artists for your listening pleasure every Sunday night on Dash 1… Continue reading

The Dan Digs Show 081: New James Blake, Radiohead, Skepta, Kaytranada, Jordan Rakei – Special Guest: Homeboy Sandman

  Show number 81!   As always, the latest and greatest in leftfield beats and electronic soul, plus interviews with my favorite artists for your listening pleasure every Sunday night on Dash 1… Continue reading

Diggin’ This: Jordan Rakei – “Talk to Me”

  You couldn’t start the week in any better way.       Jordan Rakei’s latest song, “Talk to Me,” is an amiable drum-led shuffle complete with string swoops, bass swells, muted guitar,… Continue reading

The Dan Digs Show 052: New Chairlift, Mura Masa, Sepalcure, Eska, Jordan Rakei – Special Guest: Phantoms (Live Set)

  Show number 52!   As always, the latest and greatest in leftfield beats and electronic soul, plus interviews with my favorite artists for your listening pleasure every Sunday night on Dash 1 at DashRadio.com.… Continue reading

The Dan Digs Show 032: New Jordan Rakei, Tokimonsta, Flume, The Social Experiment, Made in Heights – Special Guest: KCRW DJ Aaron Byrd

  Show number 32!   As always, the latest and greatest in leftfield beats and electronic soul, plus interviews with my favorite music aficionados, for your listening pleasure every Sunday night on Dash 1… Continue reading

The Dan Digs Show 001: New Jordan Rakei, Ibeyi, Mr Carmack, Wiley, Lone – Special Guest: Until the Ribbon Breaks

  Introducing my brand new show live on Dash One at DashRadio.com on Sunday nights 7pm PT/10pm ET!       Stoked to share with you as always the latest and greatest in… Continue reading

Diggin’ This: Jordan Rakei – “Alright”

  This is more than “Alright.”   So very splendid and soulful sounds from Brisbane, Australia’s Jordan Rakei.       Like D’Angelo, Jose James, and Fat Freddy’s Drop’s Joe Dukie all rolled… Continue reading

Dan Digs Top 100 Tracks of 2022

  It was a joy to hear great, great songs from Chronixx, Ural Thomas & The Pain, SAULT, Flying Lotus, Jimetta Rose, Toro Y Moi, Floating Points, Kokoroko, Gabriels, Mount Kimbie, Kutiman, River… Continue reading

Dan Digs Top 30 Albums of 2021

  Fred again.., Jeff Parker, Little Simz, Dijon, Cleo Sol, Hiatus Kaiyote, Pino Palladino & Blake Mills, Kiefer, Puma Blue, Leisure, SAULT, and many more all feature in my 30 favorite albums of… Continue reading

Diggin’ This: Bonobo – “Rosewood” (Ninja Tune)

  Bonobo is back!       And it’s one of his best.     Need, need, need to find the source of that “I won’t leave you” sample!     Bonobo –… Continue reading

Listen back to Loops + Dots Episode 28 – New Music from Mndsgn, Greentea Peng, Crumb, Helado Negro, Nick Hakim, BadBadNotGood, Snowpoet, Stro Elliot, Kaytranada, Ishmael Ensemble, Rhye, Jayda G, Sam Gellaitry – Special Guest: Brijean

  Show number 28!         LOOPS + DOTS is my monthly two-hour radio show on Dublab in Los Angeles.      It’s everything I’m into right now in the worlds of… Continue reading

Diggin’ This: Tuzeint – “Time Will Meet Everything” (Bludot Recordings)

  “Time Will Meet Everything” by Mexico City’s Tuzeint is an airy and spacious groove that sounds like Jordan Rakei jamming with Rhye.       Love those horns.     Tuzeint –… Continue reading

Dan Digs Top 30 Remixes of 2020

  Jordan Rakei, Terrace Martin, Floating Points, Makaya McCraven, Bonobo, Four Tet, and many more all feature in my 30 favorite remixes from the year 2020.         30. Fran &… Continue reading

Dan Digs’ Top 30 Albums of 2019

  Here are my 30 favorite albums from the year 2019.         30. Resavoir – Resavoir 29. Salami Rose Joe Louis – Zdenka 2080 28. Jordan Rakei – Origin 27.… Continue reading

Dan Digs’ Top 100 Tracks of 2019

  2. 0. 1. 9.             Here are my favorite one hundred tracks from this year.       (Click on the artist or track title to read… Continue reading

Listen Back to Loops + Dots Episode 11 – New Music from Joe Armon-Jones & Georgia Anne Muldrow, Godtet, Jamila Woods, Ivy Lab, Kiefer – Special Guest: Sampa the Great – Ras G Tribute

  Show number 11!       The eleventh installment of my Loops + Dots radio show on Dublab aired brand new newness from Joe Armon-Jones & Georgia Anne Muldrow, Godtet, Jamila Woods,… Continue reading

Diggin’ This: YesYou ft OFEI – “Everybody’s Got to Learn Sometime” (The Korgis Cover)

  Autumnal audio.       Originally recorded in 1980 by the Korgis, the pop-ballad hit “Everybody’s Got to Learn Sometime” got the cover treatment a few years back by London soul musician… Continue reading

Dan Digs’ Top 30 Remixes of 2017

  My favorite 30 remixes of this year.       30. Kelela – “Truth or Dare x Steve Gurley’s Hotboys” (Bok Bok Edit) 29. De Lux – “875 Dollars” (Juan Maclean’s Casa… Continue reading

Dan Digs’ Top 30 Albums of 2017

  A list of the 30 albums I enjoyed the most this year.       30. Dauwd – Theory of Colours (Ninja Tune) 29. The xx – I See You (Young Turks)… Continue reading

Dan Digs’ Top 100 Tracks of 2017

  Right before your very ears, here are my favorite tracks, songs, beats, melodies, and vibes from the year that was 2017.       100. Jadu Heart – “Harry Brompton’s Ice Tea”… Continue reading

Listen Back to Dan Digs on Worldwide FM: Charlotte Dos Santos Live in Conversation + New Music from Nai Palm, Ibeyi, Werkha, Sly5thAve with Jimetta Rose, Roy Ayers as remixed by Young Pulse

  For my latest show on Worldwide FM, I spoke with Charlotte Dos Santos, one of my favorite artists of 2017, backstage before her debut Los Angeles show at Center for the Arts Eagle… Continue reading

Listen Back to Dan Digs on Worldwide FM: New Music from Dwight Trible, Photay, Rhye, Inc. No World, Henry Wu (Video)

  Back on Worldwide FM yesterday to host and spin a selection of my favorite tracks live from the mighty Red Gate Recorders studio in Highland Park.       Musical gems in the mix from… Continue reading

Diggin’ This: My Top 30 Remixes of 2016

  Thirty of the best remixes, reworks, reshuffles, and reimaginations all from the year 2016.     30. Jodie Abacus – “I’ll Be That Friend” (Jono Jagwar Ma Remix)     29. James Blake… Continue reading

Diggin’ This: My Top 30 Albums of 2016

  Of all of the many, many, many fantastic, great, and wonderful albums released this year, here’s a list of the 30 I enjoyed the most.   (Click on the images below to… Continue reading

The Dan Digs Show 112: The Robert Glasper Experiment, James Vincent McMorrow, Tay Sean, Max Graef, Yussef Kamaal – Top 100 Tracks of 2016! (Part 1: 100-51)

  Show number 112!   The #DanDigsShow’s Top 100 Tracks of 2016!         This is Part 1: Tracks 100 through 51.           Part 2 (Tracks 50… Continue reading

Listen Back to Dan Digs on Gilles Peterson’s Worldwide FM Pop Up Radio Station in LA

  Huge thanks to Gilles Peterson, Jonathan Rudnick, Dave O’Donnell, and the rest of the stellar Worldwide FM team for three days of pop up radio at the end of September in DTLA that… Continue reading

The Dan Digs Show 099: New Hemlock Ernst, Inc. No World, Nite Jewel, Mieux, Wallace – Special Guest: Elusive

  Show number 99!   As always, the latest and greatest in leftfield beats and electronic soul, plus interviews with my favorite artists for your listening pleasure every Sunday night on Dash 1… Continue reading

The Dan Digs Show 084: New Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Kaytranada, Robert Glasper & Erykah Badu, Whitney, Scrimshire – Special Guest: The Seshen

  Show number 84!   As always, the latest and greatest in leftfield beats and electronic soul, plus interviews with my favorite artists for your listening pleasure every Sunday night on Dash 1… Continue reading

Diggin’ This: Frank Liin – “Before I Go To Sleep”

  Antipodean soul at its finest.       After a few nanoseconds of detective work I’m pretty sure Frank Liin is an alter-ego of the mighty Jordan Rakei (whose song “The Light” was… Continue reading

The Dan Digs Show 069: James Blake, Kanye West, The Invisible, Barney Artist, Little Dragon – Dan’s “Valentineclectic” DJ Mix

  Show number 69!   As always, the latest and greatest in leftfield beats and electronic soul, plus interviews with my favorite artists for your listening pleasure every Sunday night on Dash 1 at DashRadio.com.… Continue reading

The Dan Digs Show 063: Rodney P & DJ Die, DJ Shadow, Radiohead, Mr Carmack, Crewshade – Special Guest: Marc Mac (4hero)

  We kick off 2016 in style with show number 63!   As always, the latest and greatest in leftfield beats and electronic soul, plus interviews with my favorite artists for your listening pleasure… Continue reading

The Dan Digs Show 062: Top 100 Tracks of 2015! (Part 2: 50-1)

  Show number 62!   So, here it is: the last show of 2015, filled to the brim with the 50 best tracks of 2015.       You can stream the show… Continue reading

The Dan Digs Show 043: Shabazz Palaces, Mos Def, Jack Garratt, Omar, Quantic – Special Guest: Martyn Pepperell

  Show number 43!   As always, the latest and greatest in leftfield beats and electronic soul, plus interviews with my favorite artists for your listening pleasure every Sunday night on Dash 1 at DashRadio.com.… Continue reading

The Dan Digs Show 012: New Ghostpoet, BadBadNotGood, Shabazz Palaces, Carl Craig, Todd Edwards – Special Guest: Homeboy Sandman

  Show number 12!   As always, the latest in my favorite new leftfield beats and electronic soul, plus interviews with my favorite artists, for your listening pleasure every Sunday night on Dash… Continue reading

The Dan Digs Show 010: Top 100 Tracks of 2014! – Part 2: 50-1 – Dan in the DJ Mix

  Show number 10!   My Top 100 Tracks of 2014.   Part 2: Number 50 through Number 1!         So much fun putting this show together. 2014 really was… Continue reading

Listen/Download the Latest Episode of the Dan Digs Podcast: 120 Minutes of Brand New Beats, Bass, Hip-hop, House and Electronic Soul. Sun, Aug 31, 2014.

  ***GO TO THE DAN DIGS ITUNES PAGE TO LISTEN, DOWNLOAD & SUBSCRIBE TO THIS PODCAST RIGHT HERE RIGHT NOW!***   Welcome to the show.       Get your shout-outs in and let me… Continue reading

Listen/Download the Latest Episode of the Dan Digs Podcast: 120 Minutes of Beats, Bass, Hip-hop, & Electronic Soul. Sun, Nov 17, 2013.

  How’s it going? Hope your November is gloriously leafy and peachy.   Here’s two hours of brand new beats, bass, hip-hop, and electronic soul, in addition to some house, jazz, boogie, indie… Continue reading

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    Hello. I’m Dan Digs.       I’m a music content director, TV and radio host, curator, music supervisor, podcaster, DJ, remixer, writer, and musician.       I’m way into championing… Continue reading

Diggin’ This: The Donelson Broncos – “Wave Country”

  Nashville’s answer to Khruangbin.         Less concerned with delving into the history of Thai funk than their Texan counterparts, The Donelson Broncos create airy, starry-skied instrumental jams that fit… Continue reading

Listen back to Loops + Dots Episode 22 – New Music from A. K. Paul, Cleo Sol, Pete Josef,  Oddisee, Ruthven, The Seshen, Dan Shake, Michael Kiwanuka, Bonobo, Lone – Dan In the DJ Mix

  Show number 22!       Hope all is very good with your good self.     LOOPS + DOTS is back with another special all-music mix for episode 22!     A 60-minute mix… Continue reading

Listen Back to Loops + Dots Episode 8 – New Music from Jonah Yano & Nono, Jacob Mann, Skinny Pelembe, Mndsgn – Special Guest: Kiefer

  Show number 8!       The eighth installment of my Loops + Dots radio show on Dublab aired brand new heat from Innovative Leisure’s Jonah Yano & Nono, LA musician Jacob Mann,… Continue reading

Diggin’ This: Tenderlonious ft Yussef Dayes – “Yussef’s Groove” (22a Records)

  It’s jazzy.       Tenderlonious, otherwise known as Ed Cawthorne, is a flautist, saxophonist, producer, and DJ, in addition to being the label boss of the forward-thinking 22a Records. He’s released… Continue reading