A 10-minute 10-second song released on 10/10 that scores a 10/10. The mysterious UK outfit led by producer Dean Josiah Cover aka Inflo has teamed up with the Jamaican… Continue reading
A new musical direction for the Montreal trio. “Billie Toppy” sees Men I Trust trading their singular style of downtempo jazz-inspired indie for taut uptempo post-punk. Love… Continue reading
A surprise album in more ways than one. Released yesterday evening, AIR is unexpectedly an orchestral album. Largely instrumental and cinematic in both nature and ambition, SAULT‘s… Continue reading
More science fiction psychedelic soul from the Leicester, UK trio Shadeemus. Love this latest one from Scott Xylo, Demigosh, and Adam. “Solaris” is a string-laden, dimension-traveling invitation… Continue reading
Step to this. Melbourne MC Elf Tranzporter, a co-founder of MetaBass’n’Breath, one of Australia’s very best underground hip-hop collectives from back in the day, has linked with Sydney-based reggae… Continue reading
Aqueous and washed out indie-jazz-hop from the Montreal trio. Cannot get enough of that beat. Men I Trust – “Serenade of Water” … Continue reading
“Franny,” by Dublin’s Diarmuid O’Connor aka Passersby, is a muted yet bubbling cut of mellow, modern bedroom folktronica. Blissful. Passersby – “Franny” “Franny”… Continue reading
Long live the Bristol jazz. “Reading” from the seven-piece new wave dancefloor instrumentalists Snazzback is a warm and inviting polyrhythmic journey. Snazzback – “Reading” (Official Video) … Continue reading
Love this leftfield French pop from this trio from Rennes. La Battue – “Tamsin Gray” “Tasmin Gray” is out now. Download… Continue reading
A 3am warehouse vibe. Dan Digs – “Strobe” Listen to more music at soundcloud.com/dandigs and download “Strobe” for free here. … Continue reading
An electrofunk shuffle for desert dancing. Arid jazz-house grooves. Dan Digs – “Mojave Boogie” dan digs · Dan Digs – Mojave Boogie Listen… Continue reading
Sunset balearic business. Your soundtrack for 6pm. Big thanks to Rob da Bank for playing this track recently on his excellent Worldwide FM show. Listen back here. … Continue reading
Hold tight the UK Garage Jazz! MJ Cole meets Red Snapper. Dan Digs – “Blue Sun” Listen to more music at soundcloud.com/dandigs and… Continue reading
“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
Been listening to bunch of Martyn, Joy Orbison, dBridge, Mala, and other future garage goodness from 2009. Dan Digs – “Autumn Light” Listen to… Continue reading
Starting a new genre: sunrise broken beat. Bonobo meets St Germain at CoOp. Dan Digs – “Jacaranda” dan digs · Dan Digs – Jacaranda … Continue reading
Scott Xylo, Demigosh, and Adam are the Leicester, UK trio Shadeemus. Science fiction psychedelic soul. Love that guitar in the center, the rain downpour in the background, and… Continue reading
Love this piano-driven groove from South Africa. Seba Kaapstad ft Quelle Chris – “Our People” “Our People” is taken from Seba Kaapstad‘s new album Konke… Continue reading
Davis, California’s Adam, Ted, Nathaniel, and Nick, otherwise known as Hot Flash Heat Wave, come correct just in time for summer with “Glo Ride,” a lazy, casual indie stroll in triple-digit heat that centers… Continue reading
Doncaster-via-Johannesburg songsmith Skinny Pelembe has signed to Gilles Peterson‘s Brownswood Recordings, the perfect home for his new single. “I’ll Be on Your Mind” is a despondent doo-wop-hop complete with ominous Massive Attack-ish atmospherics,… Continue reading
Flute wisps, persistent electronic piano chords, interwoven percussion textures, and a heavy, grooving kick drum make up Osage’s attention-grabbing new track, “Guanguan Riddim.” Osage (pronounced Oh-Sage), better known as Philly DJ/producer… Continue reading
Phil da Funk‘s latest project, PDF and the Acrobats (zzzzzinggggg!) sees the Austrian producer teaming up with one of my favorite vocalists, The Unused Word, to create the floating, mellow, electronic-tinged future soul… Continue reading
A fitting soundtrack to the wall-to-wall rain we’ve been having recently here in Los Angeles. On “Wandering,” Washington, D.C. producer D-Rocksteady weaves textured percussive elements and fluid low-end bass… Continue reading
Opening with swerving low-end dotted with stumbling hi-hats and closing with a bouncing bass-driven laid-back house stomp, Zagreb, Croatia’s Koolade takes Hiatus Kaiyote‘s “Laputa” to all rooms of the club. … Continue reading
Mysterious British production outfit The Code have covered Lana Del Rey’s “Brooklyn Baby” by turning it inside out and upside down and outside in. It’s all about that heat-singed bass and… Continue reading
If it’s feelings we’re talking about, this new one from the Seattle duo of brothers Evan and Tyler Gilsdorf aka Techtonic is four minutes of wide-eyed optimism and bass-driven euphoria, complete with rippling low-end… Continue reading
Transitioning between uptempo jungle riddims and militant low-end hip-hop drums, UK producer and Warp Records signee Clark‘s new single, “Mirage Trooper,” is a speaker-rattling cloud of bass. Track of… Continue reading
Beauty is myriad in simplicity. “Alive” by Jefferson City, Missouri singer-songwriter-producer Khai is an electronic soul cut that is restrained, delicate, and altogether uplifting. Track of the day. Khai… Continue reading
Big love for this interplanetary heater courtesy of Vienna producer Monophobe. Track of the day. Monophobe ft Young Corvus – “Two Times” Download… Continue reading
On “Symbiotic,” Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania’s Flowers De Moon blend 3am vocals with moonscape synths while weaving live percussion with drum machine mechanics. Track of the day. Flowers De Moon –… Continue reading
Mightily diggin’ this cosmic, Stevie-ish, leftfield funk odyssey from Jodie Abacus and produced by #DanDigsShow favorite and Jamie Woon’s former flatmate, Royce Wood Jr. Track of the day. Jodie Abacus… Continue reading
Strut to this! New Jersey producer Flamingosis aka Aaron Velasquez returns with a fantastic new album, Great Hair. According to Velasquez, the cover picture to said fantastic new… Continue reading
Check one-two. Equally dizzying in their dexterity of their respected crafts, LA rapper Open Mike Eagle and London producer Paul White collide on “Check to Check,” a winsome bleep-laden beat and an anti-ode to technology’s… Continue reading
One quarter of the Expansions and live drummer for the likes of Andrew Ashong, Connie Constance, and the Gene Dudley Group, Jonny Drop is an skilled beatmaker in his own right. … Continue reading
Having previously released songs via innovative music titans Majestic Casual and Flow Fi, Minneapolis producer Su Na teams up with London singer Alo Lee on “Blood,” three minutes of trickling beats and cascading synths, all etched… Continue reading
This vibe. “Frogs” is an instantly winsome, expertly assembled cut of swirling, simmering late-night soul from Brisbane, Australia’s Charles Murdoch that features Wafia, Hak, and perennial DanDigs.com favorite, Ta-ku. Especially… Continue reading
Is this real life? Three of my all-time favorite otherworldly music entities—Flying Lotus, Shabazz Palaces, and Thundercat—have come together via Adult Swim to form the musical Voltron that is WOKE.… Continue reading
Any track that samples Minnie Riperton is going to get an immediate click from me. Check out this new collaboration between Rapper Big Pooh and Nottz, featuring Novej, that… Continue reading
The Canada is strong in this one. Ryan Hemsworth‘s Secret Songs series just keeps getting better and better. Here he’s highlighted Canadian beatsmith Jon Lawless aka Swim Good‘s collaboration… Continue reading
Well into this cosmic r&b laser battle soul from the other end of the galaxy. Bristol, UK’s Yes Creator is Benjamin One and Derrick Hines. Yes Creator – “Classwork”… Continue reading
Benamin and Sly5thAve are indigo, green, brown, orange, or IGBO. The duo’s brand new track, “Entrance Theme,” is a veritable, playful, psychedelic voyage of future funk. Track… Continue reading
Completely in love with this one from South London’s Ego Ella May! Props to Wu-Lu and Reiss G for this lazy, dusty, altogether tasty beat. Looking forward to playing… Continue reading
Deep in the Malaysian jungle, producer Cee and multi instrumentalist-crooner Darren Ashley make organic, vine-riped, and above all, soulful electronic music as Bass Sekolah, which translates as Bass School. And… Continue reading
Always, always, always a huge fan of a soul-funk-singalong-house-stomp with some yachty geetar notes and, crucially, that basement bass! Diggin’ this one from Los Angeles singer-songwriter-producer One T. … Continue reading
“Exotic grunge soul”—a genre name which piques my interest immediately—trio MKO hail from Brisbane, Australia and recently contributed this tantalizingly textured track that features guitar work from Yusuke Akai to the newly released and very wonderful… Continue reading
Cardiff, Wales producer Dan Marshall‘s output has been flippin’ brilliant as of late; this Hiatus Kaiyote flip, this Natural Four flip, and now this flip of the seminal UK garage classic “Gabriel” by… Continue reading
Show number 8! 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
Show number 7! 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
It’s a strange and oddly calming experience when it rains in Los Angeles. To soundtrack and commemorate the recent unexpected downpour, I’ve compiled a 42-minute-ish eclectic mix of my favorite rain-themed tunes. … Continue reading
Show number 6! As always, the latest and greatest in leftfield beats and electronic soul, plus interviews with my favorite musicians, for your listening pleasure every Sunday night on Dash One at DashRadio.com.… Continue reading
