A recommended gem of an interview. Featuring clips of Unknown Mortal Orchestra‘s fantastic performance recorded in 16mm for the Danish music platform Brodie Sessions, this interview with the band’s… Continue reading
It’s officially UMO szn. Very excited for Unknown Mortal Orchestra aka the Portland, Oregon-residing, Hawaiian-New Zealand artist Ruban Nielson‘s new album. “Layla” is the second single to… Continue reading
A magical reinterpretation of the UMO original. Love this scintillating, drumless indie-folk rework from the Irish trio of Karen, Caoi and Sirsh, otherwise known as Wyvern Lingo, especially that… Continue reading
Show number 33! 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
A dream pairing. Arlo’s signature vocals blended with UMO’s signature guitar tones is too, too good. Arlo Parks – “Too Good” (Unknown Mortal Orchestra Remix) … Continue reading
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
I mean, he’s pretty much a Known Mortal Orchestra at this point. Portland, Oregon-via-New Zealand’s Ruban Nielson aka Unknown Mortal Orchestra returns with “Weekend Run,” an airy ode to… Continue reading
Show number 27! 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
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
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
Show number 64! 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 last time I wrote about Portland, Oregon-via-New Zealand lo-fi psychedelic-indie-soul outfit and band-name-you-would-probably-find-somewhere-in-an-anime-movie Unknown Mortal Orchestra was back when they covered Lindstrom’s spacey and disco-y “Rà-àkõ-st.,” which was and still is amazing in every… Continue reading
Show number 16! 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 One at DashRadio.com.… Continue reading
After Lindstrøm recently remixed the band’s “Swim and Sleep (Like a Shark),” New Zealand-via-Portland’s U.M.O. return the favor by reworking the Norwegian producer’s U.F.O. disco audio into a grainy, warped, psychedelic 1970s TV… Continue reading
Dina Ögon, Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Afternoon Bike Ride, Yussef Dayes, Sofia Kourtesis, Avalon Emerson, Beirut, Jessy Lanza, Ta-ku, Orions Belte, and many more all feature in my 30 favorite albums of 2023.… Continue reading
This year saw an avalanche of amazing sounds from the likes of Skinshape, Eddie Chacon, Skinny Pelembe, Rahill, Ego Ella May, Quantic, Crumb & Melody’s Echo Chamber, Tara Clerkin Trio, Four Tet,… Continue reading
“Pretty Little Painted House.“ Cousin by marriage to Big Thief’s Adrianne Lenker, the Minnesota-raised, Vermont-based musician Lutalo Jones melds decidedly raw, lo-fi drums that recall Unknown Mortal Orchestra‘s roughened… Continue reading
Quite possibly the slipperiest bassline in existence. The latest single from Perth, Western Australia’s Hector Morlet marries the stratospheric falsetto of Toro Y Moi with the charming lo-fi indie-pop… Continue reading
Hints of Unknown Mortal Orchestra-esque psyche-pop. “Snakebit,” my favorite track from Julien Chang‘s new album, The Sale, is a dreamy yet faded cut of filtered funk-indie. Julien… Continue reading
Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Special Request, Salami Rose Joe Louis, AK Paul, Harvey Sutherland, Nightmares on Wax, Moses Boyd, and many more are all here in my 30 favorite remixes of 2021. … Continue reading
Little Simz, Cleo Sol, Dijon, Flying Lotus, Thundercat, Sofia Kourtesis, Ruthven, Hiatus Kaiyote, Royce Wood Jr, Mdou Moctar, Tirzah, plus many more all released truly fantastic songs this year. … Continue reading
Here are my favorite 30 reinterpretations, reevaluations, and reworks from this year. 30. The Seshen – “All I Know” (Rhi Mix) 29. The Avalanches – “Because I’m Me”… Continue reading
Here it is. A list of my 30 favorite albums from the year two thousand eighteen. 30. Jungle – For Ever (XL) 29. Onra – Nobody Has To Know… Continue reading
Music of 2018, you were very, very, very good to us. Here are my favorite one hundred tracks from this year. 100. Kali Uchis ft Tyler,… Continue reading
Show number 113! The #DanDigsShow’s Top 100 Tracks of 2016! This is Part 2: Tracks 50 through 1. You can stream the show via Mixcloud below… Continue reading
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
Beautifully off-kilter DIY indie-soul that burns slow, like a frame-by-frame Unknown Mortal Orchestra, “Sour Mango” by Brooklyn’s Gabriel Garzón-Montano is inventive, welcoming, unsour, sweet. Track of the day. Gabriel Garzón-Montano –… Continue reading
Show number 68! 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
Show number 67! 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
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
30 of my favorite remixes, refixes, edits, VIPs, reworks, reconstructions, and re-freaks from the year that was 2015. (Not to mention my own Dan Digs remixes, too… listen to… Continue reading
2015, you did us proud. Here are my Top 20 Albums of 2015. (Click on the images below to listen/buy/download) 20. Zayyaf – North… Continue reading
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
When he’s not playing keyboards in Lorde‘s touring band, Paraparaumu, New Zealand’s Jimmy Mac aka Scuba Diva makes brooding, wavy, washy, indie-funk excellence. “What’s the Point?” is produced by… Continue reading
Show number 42! 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
Mightily diggin’ this brand new track from Los Angeles villain-pop artist Jon E.K.! Produced by Mike “WUFF” Wofford, “Gold” is impassioned. Full of emotional synth swells and a sauntering bass… Continue reading
Show number 36! 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
Leisure, you are from Auckland, New Zealand and make incredible music like “Got It Bad” that I haven’t stopped spinning since I first heard it (this may have been their first radio… Continue reading
Show number 31! As always, the latest in my favorite new leftfield beats and electronic soul, plus interviews with my favorite artists, DJs, and musicians, for your listening pleasure every Sunday… Continue reading
Show number 27! 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
Show number 23! 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
Brand new London hip-hop from Hawk House, a future funk remix of “No Diggity” by Bondax, Copenhagen folk from the White Album, New Zealand bedroom beats from Samuel Truth, dusty jazz from Eric… Continue reading
Stupendously superb soulful sounds from the street for the summer on the show ce soir! Big ups to all the regular listeners and anyone listening for the first time. Welcome aboard! … Continue reading
Grainy psychedelic soul from New Zealand’s Kody Nielson of the Mint Chicks and Unknown Mortal Orchestra. Head over here for more Opossom. Sadly this link, while it will provide you with… Continue reading
The Chaz Bundick (new favorite name) aka Toro Y Moi is an amazing musician with the unique eyewear and the great dance moves. See the Chaz playing live with the New Zillund-via-Portlund’s… Continue reading
The Auckland, New Zealand production heavyweights join forces with the UK dream pop trio. The good times are rolling on this new nocturnal (listen out for the cricket chirps… Continue reading
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
The secret life of plants. Not solely content with his immensely delicate folk-informed brass output as part of DanDigs.com faves Whitney (listen to their early demo “No Matter Where… Continue reading
“Never lose what you know to be true.” Produced by Khari Mateen (The Roots, Jill Scott), Tokyo-via-New York-via Osaka singer-songwriter Nao Yoshioka‘s “The Truth” is an uplifting and ebullient neo-soul… Continue reading
Melbourne got soul. Formerly known as the Do Yo Thangs, Melbourne septet Leisure Centre specialize in left-of-center R&B and futurist soul. “Getting to Know” effortlessly floats through… Continue reading
