Diggin’ This: Snoh – “Emotional”
Swedish-Persian singer Snoh teams up with Wu-Tang Clan’s RZA for this heartfelt, brass-backed slice of throwback soul. If you liked Quantic and Alice Russell’s collaboration a couple of years ago,… Continue reading
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The Dan Digs Show 016: New Tom Vek, Tuxedo, Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Kindness, Four Tet – Dan in the DJ Mix
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
Diggin’ This: Kali Uchis – “Know What I Want” (Esta Remix)
Kali Uchis emanates mid-century modern rainbows. The Los Angeles-via-Colombia chanteuse melds the vintage Americana aesthetic of Lana del Rey with the day-glo color palette of Nicki Minaj. Her debut album, Por… Continue reading
The Dan Digs Show 015: New Jack Garratt, Turtle, Sonnymoon, Different Sleep, Audego – Special Guest: Jeff Weiss
Show number 15! 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
Open Mike Eagle Freestyles over James Blake’s “Curbside” Live on the Dan Digs Show (Video)
L.A.-via-Chicago art-rap aficionado Open Mike Eagle stopped by the Dan Digs Show on Dash Radio last Sunday to play some of his favorite records for the #SixSongScenario. After we… Continue reading
The Dan Digs Show 014: New Joey Bada$$, Romare, Anushka, Burial, Novelist x Mumdance – Special Guest: Open Mike Eagle
Show number 14! 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
Diggin’ This: MKO x Yusuke Akai – “Jellyfish” (Free Download)
“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
The Dan Digs Show 013: New Oceaán, Braille, Sango, Troyka, Gilles Peterson – Dan in the DJ Mix
Show number 13! 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
Diggin’ This: Ibeyi – “Ghosts” (Official Video)
Both twenty-years-old, both French-Cuban, and both twin sisters, Naomi and Lisa-Kainde Diaz are Ibeyi, the Yoruba word for “twins.” Together they make some of the best percussive, organic, heartfelt… 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
Diggin’ This: Beat Spacek – “Modern Streets”
With a humming, heatwave bassline reminiscent of Wayne Smith’s “Under Me Sleng Teng” and made only using iPad and iPhone apps, UK vocalist Beat Spacek (fka Steve Spacek who landed the number… Continue reading
The Dan Digs Show 011: New Kanye West, Lone, Mark Ronson, Machinedrum, Fela Soul – Special Guest: Thavius Beck
Show number 11! 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
Diggin’ This: My Top 10 Albums of 2014
It’s increasingly tough to land on a top 10 definitive list of favorite albums, especially when music nowadays is not only released as a collection of 11-ish songs, but more often than… 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
The Dan Digs Show 009: Top 100 Tracks of 2014! – Part 1: 100-51 – Dan in the DJ Mix
Show number 9! My Top Tracks of 2014! This year I whittled it down from the three hundred billion-odd tracks that I’ve supremely dug over the past twelve… Continue reading
Diggin’ This: Roy Davis Jr ft Peven Everett – “Gabriel” (Dan Marshall Flip) (Free Download)
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
The Dan Digs Show 008: New D’Angelo, DJ Jazzy Jeff, JRocc, Jungle, Pomo – Special Guest: Mark de Clive-Lowe
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
Diggin’ This: Shura – “Indecision” (Jungle Remix)
Not content with having some of the catchiest singles of the year, Jungle step up to remix “Indecision” by BBC Sound of 2015 nominee Shura. Spacey and dubby. No… Continue reading
The Dan Digs Show 007: New Machinedrum, Zed Bias, Cid Rim, Lost Midas, Sunless 97 – Dan in the DJ Mix
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
Music by Dan Digs: “Go Placidly” (Samples Mos Def/Yasiin Bey’s “Desiderata”)
Heard Yasiin Bey‘s recent recital of Max Ehrmann’s 1927 poem “Desiderata” and thought I’d add some beats, bleeps, strings, and flutes. Dan Digs – “Go Placidly” (Samples Mos Def/Yasiin… Continue reading
Diggin’ This: Lupe Fiasco – “Kick, Push” (Kojo Refix)
Maryland producer Kojo pushes these kicks, horns, and keys into territory even mellower than the Lupe original. Lupe Fiasco – “Kick, Push” (Kojo Refix) Check out… Continue reading
DJ Mix: Dan Digs – A Rainy Day in LA (Free Download)
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
The Dan Digs Show 006: New Hiatus Kaiyote, Flying Lotus, James Blake, BadBadNotGood, Breakage – Special Guest: Erik Hassle
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
Diggin’ This: Hiatus Kaiyote – “By Fire”
Hiatus Kaiyote‘s brand new songs are so good it’s not even fair. They are my favorite band of the moment. Large spherical synths, apocalyptic operatic vocals, Stevie funk keyboard… Continue reading
The Dan Digs Show 005: New UNKLE, Disclosure, Pusha T, Daedelus, Melanie De Biasio – Special Guest: KCRW DJ Travis Holcombe
Show number 5! 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 One… Continue reading
Diggin’ This: Jack Garratt – “The Love You’re Given”
Future soul of the highest order from London’s Jack Garratt. Love, love, love those 808 drum chirps, those layered vocals on the chorus, and that thing that sounds like… Continue reading
Diggin’ This: Stray – “Since You’ve Been Gone” (Official Video) (Free Album Download)
Sadly, this isn’t an electronic soul cover of Kelly Clarkson, however London drum ‘n’ bass producer Stray still knows his way around a strutting hip-hop beat oozing with mood and movement. Love the… Continue reading
The Dan Digs Show 004: New Ta-ku, Sylvan Esso, Luke Vibert, Todd Edwards, Leon Vynehall – Dan in the DJ Mix
Show number 4! 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
DJ Mix: Dan Digs – 60 Minutes of House for Seattle’s Freq Note Radio (Free Download)
Was a ton of fun cooking up this DJ mix for Seattle’s Freq Note Radio last week. 60 minutes of straight four-to-the-floor house. All are gems that I’m massively diggin’ right… Continue reading
Diggin’ This: Sons of Kemet – “Going Home” (Blludd Relations Version) (Official Video)
One part acid house, one part Screamadelica-ish indie-dance, one part messing about on an 808. Love this lo-fi, rhythmic, drum machine-happy percolator courtesy of London’s Blludd Relations on the remix for UK… Continue reading
Diggin’ This: Azekel – “Chronophobia”
“Chronophobia” by London’s Azekel is a hefty slab of raw electronic soul and r ‘n’ b, complete with bass growls, easy soul horns, and an assortment of tongue-click-clocking sounds on the chorus. … Continue reading
The Dan Digs Show 003: New Dorian Concept, Psychemagik, Alice Russell, Kastle, Anderson Paak – Dan in the DJ Mix
Show number 3! 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
Diggin’ This: Tropics – “Blame”
London’s Chris Ward is Tropics. His latest song, “Blame,” is a muted, light-filled, sand-sifting electronic soul affair that sits nicely alongside Rhye and How to Dress Well. Tropics – “Blame”… Continue reading
Diggin’ This: The Black Opera ft Georgia Anne Muldrow – “Beginning of the End” (Produced by Tall Black Guy) (Official Video)
A heavily atmospheric, esoteric hip-hop cut from The Black Opera, complete with a brooding soul beat courtesy of Tall Black Guy, that is perfect for November. The Black Opera… Continue reading
The Dan Digs Show 002: New Electric Wire Hustle, FaltyDL, Bondax, Romare, Sam Gellaitry – Special Guest: Lost Midas
Show number 2! 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… Continue reading
Diggin’ This: Aywy – “Voyeur”
Watery experimental house vibes soaked in oil and vinegar from Sydney, Australia’s Aywy (pronounced like the letters “a” “y”). Aywy – “Voyeur” “Voyeur” is taken… Continue reading
Diggin’ This: Melé – “Learn 2 Love”
Raving, I’m raving to this new one from London-via-Liverpool producer Melé and got so hype my headphones just did the running man off my head. As his name somewhat suggests, I… 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
Dan Digs’ Track of the Day: Mesingnat – “Reduced to Matter” – Powered by Reverbnation
I’ve been working with the fine folks at Reverbnation and over the past month I’ve been taking submissions from artists from all over the world to be featured here at DanDigs.com. The final selection… Continue reading
Diggin’ This: BadBadNotGood – “Kaleidoscope” (Kaytranada’s Flip) (Free Download)
I’ll be honest, whenever I see the words “Bad Bad Not Good” and “Kaytranada” on a track, I know my headphones are in for some quality. Listen to the 22-year-old… Continue reading
Diggin’ This: Tkay Maidza – “Switch Lanes” (Produced by Paces)
After releasing the M.I.A.-ish “U-huh” earlier this year, Adelaide, Australia’s Tkay Maidza pairs up with Gold Coast producer Paces for an Azealia Banks-ish blend of UK garage and R&B on new single… Continue reading
Dan Digs’ Track of the Day: Parlez-Vous Anglais? – “London” – Powered by Reverbnation
I’ve been working with the fine folks at Reverbnation and over the past month I’ve been taking submissions from artists from all over the world to be featured here at DanDigs.com. This week’s… Continue reading
Diggin’ This: Digable Planets – “Rebirth Of Slick” (Altered Tapes Rework) (Free Download)
That bassline still holds up. Digable Planets’ 1993 breakout hit gets reworked for the dancefloor by Chicago’s Altered Tapes without losing any of the soul and gaining a whole load of shuffle. … Continue reading
Diggin’ This: Kormac ft Irvine Welsh – “Another Screen” (Official Video)
On “Another Screen,” Dublin’s Kormac partners with legendary Scottish writer and author of Trainspotting, Irvine Welsh. The result is a spoken word piece, underpinned with a jovial, strumming, strolling beat from Kormac,… Continue reading
Dan Digs’ Track of the Day: Silent Strike – “Singularity” (Video) – Powered by Reverbnation
I’ve been working with the fine folks at Reverbnation and over the past month I’ve been taking submissions from artists from all over the world to be featured here at DanDigs.com. I… 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, Sep 28, 2014.
***GO TO THE DAN DIGS ITUNES PAGE TO LISTEN, DOWNLOAD & SUBSCRIBE TO THIS PODCAST RIGHT HERE RIGHT NOW!*** How’s it going? Get your shout-outs in and let me… Continue reading
Diggin’ This: Milosh – “Right Never Comes”
Toronto singer Mike Milosh is one half of Rhye. Based in Los Angeles, Milosh and Copenhagen producer Robin Hannibal make downtempo, orchestral R&B that sounds like having both too little… Continue reading
Diggin’ This: Sticky Fingers – “Just For You” (Official Video) (Free Download)
Like Howard Moon fronting Black Grape after listening to Jagwar Ma on repeat and taking fashion cues from Justin Hawkins from the Darkness. Love those pools of psyche-piano that… Continue reading
Diggin’ This: Potatohead People – “Blossoms” (Nick Wisdom Remix) (Free Download)
Bastard Jazz, the label best known for global jazz ambassadors Captain Planet and Lord Echo, frisbees us a freebie in the form of a dancefloor-ready remix of “Blossoms” from Montreal producer and one… Continue reading
Diggin’ This: Swindle – “Walter’s Call”
I’ve been a fan of South London futurebound jazz-step producer Swindle ever since hearing his boisterous remix of Little Dragon’s “Klapp Klapp.” Brand new track “Walter’s Call” sounds a… Continue reading