That Scandinavian electronic soul. After a three year hiatus, Swedish producer August Landelius emerges from his home studio with the 3am future R&B cut “All You Can Eat,” an… Continue reading
Otherworldly organic soul. Clever Austin is the alter-ego of Melbourne musician and Hiatus Kaiyote drummer Perrin Moss. On “Blue Tongue,” he’s teamed up with the Texas producer Jon Bap… Continue reading
Kyoto protocol. I’m beyond hyped for Haelos‘ forthcoming new album, the most recently released track from which is “Kyoto,” a dark yet uptempo slice of raw electronic soul complete… Continue reading
Finally. One of my very favorite musical outfits, the Cinematic Orchestra make a welcome return in 2019 with “A Caged Bird/Imitations of Life,” taken from their first album in 12… Continue reading
Nothing but bass-driven heat on this new UKG roller from LA producer Kastle and London producer Mind of A Dragon. “Either Way” showcases MJ Cole-ish acoustic guitar pickings that… Continue reading
Summer 2018 is officially in session! Fresh from collaborating with Eric Lau for their excellent remix of Moonchild’s “Run Away,” Belfast maestro Kaidi Tatham returns with “It’s a World… Continue reading
Underpinned by a late 60s rubbery bassline noodle that could easily be from an Adrian Younge production, “The Border” by Oakland musician and Toro Y Moi‘s touring keyboardist Anthony Ferraro, otherwise known… 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
Had to get down with the bruk funk and remix one of my favorite tracks of 2018. Hear the original version of Jungle‘s “House in LA” here. … Continue reading
Let’s get along. Feeling the spritely and sauntering “Counter Culture” from Bodensee, Germany’s Henrik Schwarz, here teaming up with Metropole Orkest and Ben Westbeech for a piano-led journey into… Continue reading
Delta. Alpha. Zulu. Echo. Exceptionally enjoying this woozy, wandering, indie soul swirl from Venice Beach’s Sunny Levine (and grandson of Quincy Jones, no less) that imagines Shabazz Palaces jamming with… Continue reading
One of my favorite tunes from one of my favorite albums gets the house edit treatment. It’s all about that upright bass noodle intertwined with that 104bpm stomp. … Continue reading
My number 1 track of 2013 (see the full list here) gets transported to a future of bass, chopped Amen breaks, and footwork rhythms. As heard in the mix… Continue reading
Amsterdam electronic music duo Harm Coolen and Merijn Schotte are Weval. Their latest track, “The Battle,” is a heated house canter overlaid with cloudy synths and hypnotic vocal echoes. Track of… Continue reading
That gospel-electro-r’n’soul. Love those soaring chorals, bass stirrings, and that beat that plods but never drags. Track of the day. Seramic – “People Say” … Continue reading
Hoops hoops hoops hoops hoops hoops hoops hoops hoops hoops hoops. Love this new one from London songstress Jones as remixed by Brighton, UK producer Salute. Track of the day.… 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
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
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
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
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
This new one from Damian Lazarus and the Ancient Moons featuring the vocals of Moses Sumney is making my Monday all kinds of brilliant. The low-end on those drums… Continue reading
Utterly entranced by this future organic-electro-jazz-dance excursion by I’lls. Those rimshot clicks and egg shaker hits. I’lls – “Fifty-Phiphti” (Official Video) Hear more from the… Continue reading
Batkhuu Batzorig and Batbaatar Batzorig are two brothers from Ulaan Baatar, Mongolia. Together they craft some of the finest, most slinkiest, most strutting electronic jazz and soul under the name Araatan. Araatan –… Continue reading
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
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
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
Simple, subtle, and effective. The airy “Simple Love” doesn’t contain a wallop-you-over-the-head bassline like Julio Bashmore‘s breakout 2012 track “Au Seve,” but it does have a similar churning… Continue reading
After igniting the world’s interest with the release of “Memories that You Call” a month ago, Seattle duo Odesza again come up with the goods on brand new track “Say My Name.”… Continue reading
When they’re not hanging out in derelict seaside holiday resorts in Dubrovnik, Croatia that were abandoned during the Croatian War of Independence in 1991, Berlin friends Anton Feist and Fabian Fenk make… Continue reading
Loving this cymbal-heavy, tambourine-happy and generally parp-tastic uptempo modern soul jam from Dublin producer Kormac featuring spoken-word poet and Bonobo and Beanfield vocalist Bajka. Kormac ft Bajka – “Wake Up” … Continue reading
Electronic soul-pop is at its best when it’s equal parts sugary and bittersweet. Diggin’ this new one from BenZel, otherwise known as Two Inch Punch and Benny Blanco (or… Continue reading
“OK, it’s 3.17am…” Fully diggin’ these James Blake nocturnal organ walls, 80s electric guitar chord jangles, and a yearning vocal delivery fully implying honesty and straightforwardness; the very definition of the… Continue reading
Hamburg, Germany’s Luka takes care of your Wednesday afternoon summer chill times with “Lowdown.” Scratchy and soothing, this relaxing jam crafted by the 23-year-old producer is a cool liquid… Continue reading
Love, love, love this brand new electronic shuffler from the UK’s Aaron Jerome bka SBTRKT and Vampire Weekend‘s Ezra Koenig, hot off the press from Annie Mac‘s radio show on BBC Radio 1.… Continue reading
Cape Town’s Fever Trails strips down London four-piece Hugh‘s alt-R&B jam “I Can’t Figure You Out” and sets it to a wafting, woodblock, barely-there beat. Love that shivering acoustic guitar… Continue reading
“Everything little-little-thing-little-thing-I-little-thing-little-I-do…” I first became a fan of 24-year-old London producer and singer Fyfe when I heard his track “Lies” last year, which I thought was a beguilingly disenchanted song that recalls… Continue reading
Paris, France’s Stwo (pronounced “Stew”) turns in this woozy, seasick, future ‘n’ B remix of Oslo, Norway producer Lido’s “Lost.” Both this remix and the original version are fire.… Continue reading
With “Stranger People,” Christchurch, New Zealand’s Doprah remind me of a slightly more cheerful Portishead who’ve listened to a lot of Lorde, Dr Octagon’s “Blue Flowers,” and Flying Lotus’ jangly drum loops.… Continue reading
Aquilo is cold choral electronic R&B duo Ben and Tom from Silverdale in the Lake District, England. Royce Wood Junior (whose excellent track “Nuff” was featured on this site… Continue reading
Switzerland’s Kidd Feather creates kaleidoscopic, refracted, psychedelic electronic pop. Now living in East London, he says that his homeland was instrumental in influencing his musical style. “I grew up… Continue reading
Seattle electronic three-piece Beat Connection return with this excellent, flute-tootin’, sample-happy, percussive low-slung jam. Love me them guitar lines, those handclaps, and that humming that starts at 3:44. … Continue reading
Let Toronto’s Harrison take you back in time with this monochromatic, retro-fantastic music video for his track “Akira.” Harrison – “Akira” (Official Video) Hear more… Continue reading
“We have no time to pretend, we have no time…” New York’s Mizan does this electronic soul business right with an assortment of glowing organ chords and a strict, bouncing kick drum.… Continue reading
Strongly diggin’ these strong shades of two of my very favorite artists Fink and Bonobo that surface on this brand new soulful acoustic jam from Birmingham, UK’s Benjamin Yellowitz. … Continue reading
Michigan natives Mayer Hawthorne and 14KT recently joined forces to create Jaded Incorporated. Here they boost and bump Phantogram‘s “Fall in Love,” giving it some shine and speedy shuffle. … Continue reading
Probably my favorite quasi-non-sensical lyric since “All the girls standing in the line for the bathroom.” It’s all about those tribal drum pounds, those rhythmic handclaps, that bit-crushed bass gargle,… Continue reading
Boston producer Goldenhaus and vocalist Solei are Goldbloc. Those bass murmurs, that before-sunrise beat, those vocal cut-ups that resemble hearing a Todd Edwards track in slow motion. Goldbloc… Continue reading
Ólafur Arnalds and Janus Rasmussen are two Icelandic friends who like to make driving, classically-inspired, minimalist techno. Kiasmos – “Looped” Listen to more from Kiasmos… Continue reading
Bobby’s son Taylor McFerrin is a very talented multi-instrumentalist and singer from Brooklyn, New York. Here he teams up with Hiatus Kaiyote head honcho Nai Palm for the shaker-driven and stirring future… Continue reading
