Diggin’ This: La Priest – “Party Zute/Learning to Love”
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
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Diggin’ This: Eryn Allen Kane – “Have Mercy” (Official Video & Dan Digs Remix)
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
Diggin’ This: Sau Poler – “Juun” (Official Video)
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
Diggin’ This: Jordan Bratton ft Chance the Rapper – “Prisoner”
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
Diggin’ This: JMSN – “Addicted” (Official Video)
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
Diggin’ This: Henry Wu ft Simeon Jones – “Just Negotiate” (Official Video)
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
Diggin’ This: Bass Sekolah – “Lighthouse” (Boogie Mann Remix) (Free Download) (DanDigs.com Exclusive Premiere)
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
Diggin’ This: Fono – “Real Joy”
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
Diggin’ This: Nosaj Thing ft Whoarei – “Don’t Mind Me”
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
Diggin’ This: 8|8 aka Two Eights – “Manifest Destiny” (Official Video)
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
Diggin’ This: Kelela – “A Message”
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
Dan Digs Live: Come Hang with Me as I DJ at School Night! in Hollywood
Looking forward to DJing again this Monday night at the incredible School Night! at Bardot in Hollywood! Always a great music-loving crowd, always a beautiful space. Come check out these amazing new… Continue reading
Diggin’ This: M.O – “Preach” (Official Video)
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
Diggin’ This: Jamie xx ft Romy from the xx – “Loud Places” (Official Video)
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
Diggin’ This: Hudson Mohawke ft Irfane – “Very First Breath”
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
Diggin’ This: Ady Suleiman – “So Lost” (Official Video)
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
Diggin’ This: Roots Manuva – “Facety 2:11” (Produced by Four Tet)
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
Diggin’ This: Unknown Mortal Orchestra – “Multi-Love” (Official Video)
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
Diggin’ This: One T – “Don’t Rush” (Free Download)
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
Diggin’ This: Flako ft Dirg Gerner – “With Me Now”
London-via-Berlin-via-Chile’s Dario Rojo Guerra is Flako. Fresh from producing the fantastic “La Neta” for Fatima (which landed at #5 in my Top 100 Songs of 2014), Flako returns with… Continue reading
Diggin’ This: Beatsofreen – “Deliverance”
This gentle, pastoral, uptempo beat jam “Deliverance” by Utrecht, Netherlands producer Beatsofreen is my track of the day. Like Bonobo gone folk-boogie. Love it. Beatsofreen – “Deliverance”… Continue reading
Diggin’ This: Kendrick Lamar – “Institutionalized” (Kindness Flip)
The thing I like most about Kendrick Lamar‘s new album is that it makes music feel like art again. While the world is still collectively absorbing To Pimp a Butterfly,… Continue reading
Diggin’ This: Haelos – “Earth Not Above”
Love this new one from London band Haelos and their genius melding of those ominous synth waterfalls with those Chvrches-meets-Jungle (yes!) vocals and that beautifully rusty drum break loop. Haelos – “Earth… Continue reading
Diggin’ This: Damian Lazarus & The Ancient Moons ft Moses Sumney – “Vermillion”
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
Dan Digs Live: Come Hang With Me As I DJ at School Night! in Hollywood
Stoked to be DJing at the incredible School Night! at Bardot in Hollywood this Monday night! I’ve long been a fan of School Night! and their superhero ability to magically… Continue reading
Diggin’ This: Great Dane ft King Henry – “June 2nd”
25-year-old beat producer, independent hip-hop head, and Low End Theorizer Dane Morris is Great Dane. His new self-titled album, released on Alpha Pup a couple of days ago, is a… Continue reading
Diggin’ This: Jai Paul – “Straight Outta Mumbai” (BenZel Remix)
In the absence of real new Jai Paul, this remix of Jai’s “Straight Outta Mumbai” from his “maybe-album” by Benny Blanco and Two Inch Punch aka BenZel more than satisfies. … Continue reading
Diggin’ This: Zero 7 ft José González – “Last Light”
Beyond pleased to hear that two of my very favorite entities of chill, Zero 7 and José González, have teamed up yet again to create “Last Light,” a beautiful and peaceful Scandinavian winter… Continue reading
Diggin’ This: Braille ft Angelica Bess – “Better Than Nothing”
Ever since first hearing his music as Sepalcure (made in partnership with none other than Machinedrum), I’ve always admired Praveen Sharma aka Braille‘s wholly talented knack for creating rhythmically enticing, structurally clever, bass-driven… Continue reading
Diggin’ This: I’lls – “Fifty-Phiphti” (Official Video)
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
Diggin’ This: Pell ft LV Baby – “The Never” (Official Video)
Pell is poised to blow up this year. Already tipped on Complex’s Top 25 Rappers To Know in 2014, Pigeons & Planes’ Top 10 Rappers to Know Before They Blow, and… Continue reading
Diggin’ This: Ishmael Raps – “Creole”
“And what this planet needs at this point is for something impossible to happen to show a better way…” 19-year-old Rochester, NY artist Ishmael Raps brings the jazz, the… Continue reading
Diggin’ This: Jodie Abacus – “I’ll Be That Friend”
Not a lot is known about Jodie Abacus (yet!) but this soaring, Beatles-ish, positivity-powered, indie-pop jam written by the London singer-songwriter (penned after battling pneumonia) cannot fail to put some July in your… Continue reading
Win Two Tickets to See Machinedrum Live at the Roxy in Los Angeles on Sunday March 1, 2015 + 30min Best of Machinedrum DJ Mix by Dan Digs
Travis Stewart aka Machinedrum is bringing his incredible Vapor City live show to Los Angeles! We’ve got two tickets for one lucky winner and a friend to see Machinedrum with special guest Objekt… Continue reading
Diggin’ This: Araatan – “Coffee”
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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