Let’s tesselate. Mightily diggin’ this piano-led jazz beat from Dusseldorf, Germany’s Grandbrothers. It has those Jazztronik “Samurai” vibes, which is one of my favorite tunes of all time. Track… Continue reading
That glorious, stumbling beat. Those mahogany piano pillars. Love this new one from Sydney, Australia’s Jack Grace. Track of the day. Jack Grace – “Hills” (Official Video)… Continue reading
I first got hipped to Bells Atlas earlier this week through Bandcamp’s brilliant new City Guides feature, which sees the music streaming and download service shining a light on exciting musical scenes in cities… Continue reading
Having previously provided vocals for the likes of Bonobo and Lapalux, Amsterdam-via-Hackney, East London songstress Szjerdene recently teamed up with NYC producer Quays to pen this ominous, skeletal, synth&B excursion. Track of the… Continue reading
“Very, very, very on fleek…” It’s been a minute since I’ve posted a grime cut as my Track of the Day! Today’s selection fixes that. Kojo Kankam is better… Continue reading
“Grow” by 22-year-old London songstress Frances gets a minimalist, percussive rework from 22-year-old Manchester-via-Brussels producer Oliver Cean aka Oceaan. Track of the day. Frances – “Grow” (Oceaan Remix) … 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
Seeing Jack Garratt at a last-minute small club show in Hollywood (watch my Vine of the best part here) back in February was definitely one of my musical highlights of 2015. … 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
“Daydream” is a brand new, beautifully strange track from Kansas-born, LA-based producer P. Morris. Opening with a vocal screech that sounds like it would be more at home on an old-school rave record,… Continue reading
Since moving to LA, it appears that Canadian songwriter and producer Mocky has missed the ice and cooler temperatures of his homeland, as the title of his brand new song “Living in… Continue reading
Santa Monica’s Cayucas sound exactly how this video looks, blending the summery, surfboard-in-hand, afro-pop-flecked indie sensibilities of Vampire Weekend’s first album with a singing style that reflects the temperate verdancy of the Pacific… Continue reading
Velvit is the new pseudonym of Darren White, better known as drum ‘n’ bass producer dBridge and label boss of Exit Records. His brand new track “No Excuses” features the… Continue reading
Been humming this hook in my head ever since I first heard “Best On” a few weeks ago. Love the heartfelt simplicity of this brand new track from New York’s Luca… Continue reading
Apple Pips, Hemlock Recordings, Hessle Audio, Hotflush Recordings, SSSSS (phew!) producer Joe expertly flips a Bobby McFerrin gem into a laid-back house strut. Track of the day. Joe – “Thinkin’… Continue reading
Mightily diggin’ the controlled, chaotic jazz bounce of “Suslord Theory” from Los Angeles beatmaker, Low End Theoretician, and Alpha Pup signee King. Track of the day. King – “Suslord… 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
Utterly hypnotic. Yuk is the project of Filipino-American producer Chad Valencia. When he’s not making beats, the Los Angeles musician is busy running a Filipino-inspired pop-up restaurant called LASA… Continue reading
Formation are two twin brothers from London. Imagine the Rapture jamming with Jungle, and you’re getting close to the digital funk Brit-swagger that is “Hangin.” Track of the day.… Continue reading
South London’s Tony Volker pens spacious and emotive electronic folk. “Kingdom of the Beasts” sounds a lot like if Jose Gonzalez teamed up with Nigel Godrich. A perfect sunset… Continue reading
Walk through “Green Acres” as you unwind with the sound of New Orleans songstress Charm Taylor. Track of the day. Charm Taylor – “Green Acres” … Continue reading
I wasn’t sure if 18-year-old singer Alessia Cara was Canadian, but then it was immediately confirmed when I heard the line “Pardon my manners, I hope you’ll understand it.” “Here”… Continue reading
Despite being called “The Wonder Years,” this new future soul synth-simmerer from Chicago-born singer-songwriter-producer Jesse Boykins III contains approximately 0% guest raps from Fred Savage. Big love for this one. Track of the day. … 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
That bit-crushed bass! Massively diggin’ this brand new one from the UK garage legend that is MJ Cole! Pleased to see that his sound continues to evolve. The low-end… Continue reading
Love the use of the slow drum ‘n’ bass loop on this remix of Brooklyn-via-Buenos Aires singer Tei Shi‘s “Go Slow” by Montreal’s Blue Hawaii. Tei Shi – “Go Slow” (Blue… Continue reading
Akase is a new collaboration between house producer Harry Agius aka Midland and songwriter Robbie Redway. Love the measured synths and slow burn of this mellow r’n’breakbeat jam. … Continue reading
If you like the cinematic and orchestral sounds of the Cinematic Orchestra, as I do, you should definitely check out St Petersburg, Russia producer Long Arm. Here’s Long Arm… Continue reading
Jazz! Kamasi Washington‘s “Miss Understanding” (and his new three-hour-long album, appropriately titled The Epic) is both blistering and breathtaking. Kamasi Washington – “Miss Understanding” The Epic… Continue reading
The Acid is Ry X of Howling (click here to hear the amazing “Signs”), Adam Freeland & Steve Nalepa. “Onyx” starts out like a Thom Yorke track but bluesier, then… 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
How am I only just now finding out about the brilliance of Harry Edwards? Harry Edwards – “Almost Everybody” Listen to every track on… 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
New music from Sam Dust, he of Late of the Pier, under his alter-ego La Priest. Delightfully dusty, wonderful, and weird, this is like listening to thumping house music… Continue reading
Chicago’s Eryn Allen Kane is probably best known for her powerful vocals on collaborations with Chance the Rapper‘s Social Experiment. Her brand new solo single, “Have Mercy,” is an amazing, attention-grabbing layering… Continue reading
Barcelona, Spain producer Sau Poler creates dreamy, uptempo beats fused with otherworldly soul vocal blips and clips. Sau Poler – “Juun” (Official Video) “Juun”… Continue reading
Love this new one from Weehawken, New Jersey’s Jordan Bratton featuring Chance the Rapper. That Strawberry Fields organ right at the beginning. Jordan Bratton ft Chance the Rapper – “Prisoner” … Continue reading
Detroit-born, LA-based singer and producer Christian Berishaj bka JMSN (pronounced “Jameson”) has crafted this excellent soulful, strings-laden, future R&B jam, complete with some spacey voice echo snippets, some Timberlakey vocal overdubs and an addictive,… Continue reading
Very much enjoying this crackled, mellow funk stepper from South London-via-Taiwan Henry Wu. The accompanying video below was shot around London’s Old Kent Road, the first square on the… 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
Absolutely massive. Fired this one through the Dash Radio studio speakers as if they were jet engines on Sunday night with this one from Brighton, UK DJ and producer Fono as my… Continue reading
Nosaj Thing is on a roll. Seems like only three minutes ago that he dropped the incredible “Cold Stares” featuring Chance the Rapper. Now Nosaj aka Jason… Continue reading
Punchy, psychedelic garage rock of the finest order from the duo known as 8|8 aka Two Eights aka Tyler Lott and Richard Ray, who are so fresh that they don’t even have press… Continue reading
Los Angeles singer Kelela was last seen on DanDigs.com with her Bok Bok collab, “Melba’s Call,” which ended up at number 8 in my Top 100 Tracks of 2014. Still such a… Continue reading
Hip-pop at its finest. Annie Ashcroft, Frankee Connolly, and Nadine Samuels of British girl group M.O teleport us back to the 90s with this gospel-flecked, destiny-chilled, clicks ‘n’ bubbles… Continue reading
Anyone want to go night skateboarding in London? Jamie xx ft Romy from the xx – “Loud Places” So much to love about this, most… Continue reading
I’ll be honest, it took me a while (as in a couple of minutes) to fully get into this brand new track from HudMo. I couldn’t help but notice how the… Continue reading
I first heard about Nottingham, England’s Ady Suleiman when I came across “Longing for Your Love,” which I loved instantly and proceeded to hammer at every day party that I could because… Continue reading
UK hip-hop founding father Mr Rooty Tooty Manuva is back with his trademark flow on brand new cut “Facety 2:11.” The track’s stumbling, propelling beat is produced by Four Tet, who, after… 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
