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
Ah, Melbourne, is there anything you can’t do? Kllo, Lanks, Woodes, 30/70 Collective, Crepes, Slum Sociable, I’lls, Chet Faker, and of course, Hiatus Kaiyote, are just some of the… Continue reading
That scraped-flute-meets-old-violin intro. On the instantly interesting “Sideways,” the 19-year-old Ghanian-Australian singer-songwriter Genesis Owusu takes inspiration from the music of William Onyeabor and enlists the production expertise of Simon Mavin and Perrin… Continue reading
Show number 109! 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
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
Show number 100! 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
One of my favorite Antipodean soul singers returns with “Is It You?”, a weighted, late-night jazz jam with a beat rooted in hip-hop and a rarefied vocal. Produced by… Continue reading
Show number 78! 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 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
Bittersweet and sophisticated (much like the libation in question) string descents and piano meanderings taken from the Miles Davis instrumental “Nardis” provide the backdrop for Wellington, New Zealand-born, Sydney, Australia-based singer-songwriter Wallace‘s latest future-forward soul… Continue reading
Show number 58! 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 50! Whoa! 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
Boom-bap drums, Japanese jazz fusion keys, and vocal inspiration from one of my favorite bands in the galaxy: Hiatus Kaiyote. As premiered on the #DanDigsShow on Dash Radio last night. Listen back to the… Continue reading
Mightily feelin’ this turntable jazz-hop soul from Melbourne, Australia’s Slum Sociable. The greatness of this gently psychedelic, nocturnal trip-hop cut only confirms my suspicion that Melbourne is one of the… Continue reading
If you dig the sounds of Hiatus Kaiyote, Erykah Badu, and Electric Wire Hustle, you need need need need need need need need need need need need need need need need need need… 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
Show number 32! 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 1… 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 25! 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 18! 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
“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
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
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
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
***GO TO THE DAN DIGS ITUNES PAGE TO LISTEN, DOWNLOAD & SUBSCRIBE TO THIS PODCAST RIGHT HERE RIGHT NOW!*** Welcome to the show. Get your shout-outs in and let me… Continue reading
Hyped to share with you my very favorite songs of the very recent past. Brand new brilliance from Gil Scott-Heron, Chet Faker, Until the Ribbon Breaks, Jack White, Moses Sumney, my own… Continue reading
An artisanal assortment of brand new and classic beats, treats, strings and things for Spring 2014 mixed exclusively for the always beautiful and always inspiring Urbanic Paper Boutique on Abbot Kinney in… 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
Australia’s Hiatus Kaiyote is easily a Neon Milk favorite. Their debut Tawk Tomahawk was one of the best albums of last year and their track “Mobius Streak” was number 18 in my top… Continue reading
A four-hour blend of beautiful late night and early morning sounds on KEXP 90.3FM Seattle. Listen back to the show via KEXP’s streaming audio archive here (while stocks last). Here’s how… Continue reading
Dig Deep is your one-stop shop for beats, bass, hip-hop, and electronic soul, broadcast each and every Friday night, 1am-3am on KBCS 91.3FM Bellevue-Seattle and kbcs.fm. Ever so much goodness tonight from… Continue reading
Grab your ears and stick them on this Aussie future soul shimmer and r’n’beats glimmer from Melbourne. Hiatus Kaiyote is their name, which still has me thinking of a… Continue reading
