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
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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
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
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
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
Diggin’ This: Julio Bashmore ft J’Danna – “Simple Love”
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
Diggin’ This: Flying Lotus ft Kendrick Lamar – “Never Catch Me”
Fly-Lo meets K.Dot. If hip-hop production in 2014 suddenly decided to go the way of the future-focused jazz odyssey of “Never Catch Me,” I would be more than okay with that.… Continue reading
Diggin’ This: Jordan Rakei – “Alright”
This is more than “Alright.” So very splendid and soulful sounds from Brisbane, Australia’s Jordan Rakei. Like D’Angelo, Jose James, and Fat Freddy’s Drop’s Joe Dukie all rolled… Continue reading
Diggin’ This: Barney Artist – “Beep Beep” (Official Video)
Barney Artist is taking hip-hop in a new direction. Far from the punishing kicks and lacerating snares of trap and miles away from the bully bass of grime,… Continue reading
Diggin’ This: Jesse and Forever – “Good Morning!”
Cali-born and Brooklyn-based, Jesse Scheinin weaves a magically warm beach blanket of sound with his band Jesse and Forever‘s brand new track “Good Morning!” Completely diggin’ this alt-psyche-soul-jazz… Continue reading
Diggin’ This: Sam Gellaitry – “Paper”
On “Paper,” Stirling, Scotland’s seventeen-year-old producer Sam Gellaitry takes an ornate piece of parlor piano and twists it into an instantly contagious, hiccuping, bit-crushed burp beat. Sam Gellaitry – “Paper”… Continue reading
Diggin’ This: Mndsgn – “Eggs” (Official Video)
One of my favorite albums of this year, no question, is Mndsgn‘s woozy warmer Yawn Zen, released on the venerable Stones Throw label. It has an experimental, hip-hop-influenced vibe similar to Endtroducing-era DJ Shadow… Continue reading
Diggin’ This: Odesza ft Zyra – “Say My Name”
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
Diggin’ This: Kool A.D. ft Toro Y Moi & Amaze 88 – “The Front” (Official Video) (Free Download)
Free art! Kool A.D. teams up with friends Toro Y Moi and Amaze 88 for a laid-back, off-the-cuff, old school rap sesh over a benign descending organ line and a Stevie… Continue reading
Diggin’ This: DJ Shadow – “Ghost Town” (Free Download)
Even though everyone just wants to hear Endtroducing Part 2, it’s kinda cool how every new DJ Shadow release sounds nothing like DJ Shadow. I’m diggin’ this bass-growlin’, squelch synth… Continue reading
Diggin’ This: The Juan MacLean – “A Simple Design”
Diggin’ this brand new tune from DFA disco stalwarts The Juan MacLean. It’s all about that tambourine, those breezy, easy peasy vocals from Nancy Whang, and that rolling space bass.… Continue reading
Diggin’ This: The/Das – “Miami Waters” (Official Video)
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
Diggin’ This: Kormac ft Bajka – “Wake Up”
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
BenZel & Stevie Neale – “Wasted Love”
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
Chuck Inglish ft Sulaiman & DJ Izzo – “Keith Sweat” (Official Video)
“Bengal tiger for my pet tho…” Cool Kid Chuck Inglish rolls heavy over a whirring siren synth and a snare hit with so much reverb it sounds like it… Continue reading
William Arcane – “Stay a While”
Space echoes, synth whirrs and about twenty drum kits worth of percussion fuel this fantastic new song from London’s William Arcane. My favorite track of the day. Love that… Continue reading
Umse ft Megaloh – “In Aufruhr” (Produced by Deckah) (Official Video)
Love this heavy-hitting German hip-hop cut from MC Umse featuring Berlin rapper Megaloh and Deckah on the beat. No idea what any of these words mean—apart from a possible shout… Continue reading
Lil Silva ft BANKS – “Don’t You Love”
It’s going to get weird. My favorite track of the day starts off with a strange, beguiling theremin-slide guitar hybrid whine then gets layered with cloudy, mournful vocals … Continue reading
Oyinda – “Rush of You” (Free Download)
Big things are ahead for Nigeria-via-London singer and producer Oyinda. Love those piano punctuations, those vocal echoes, and that scattered and bubbling beat. Oyinda – “Rush of You” … Continue reading
Congruence – “Let Go”
Poolside music for summer in the year 2173. Love this woozy and wavy jam from Tennessee beat producers Soundpalette and Escpe, who recently started working together as Congruence. … Continue reading
Becky Hill – “Caution To The Wind” (Official Video)
Hold tight the clockwork glockenspiel! Love this brand new R&B-pop song strongly sung by Bewdley, England’s Becky Hill and produced by Two Inch Punch, he of the formerly mysterious BenZel duo (read… Continue reading
Honne – “Warm On A Cold Night”
“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
BJ Smith – “Prototype” (Outkast Cover)
Much like burritos and the beach, it is scientifically impossible to have enough covers and reworks of Outkast‘s “Prototype” in your life at any one time. Last year I… Continue reading
Luka – “Lowdown” (Free Download)
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
SBTRKT ft Ezra Koenig – “New Dorp, New York” (Official Video)
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
Listen/Download the Latest Episode of the Dan Digs Podcast: 120 Minutes of Brand New Beats, Bass, Hip-hop, House and Electronic Soul. Sun, Jul 20, 2014.
***GO TO THE DAN DIGS ITUNES PAGE TO LISTEN, DOWNLOAD & SUBSCRIBE TO THIS PODCAST RIGHT HERE RIGHT NOW!*** How’s it going? Stoked to share with you an assortment of my new favorite… Continue reading
Syd Arthur – “Hometown Blues” (Psychemagik Remix)
The UK’s Danny McLewin and Tom Coveney aka Psychemagik first had me with the slow disco and cosmic chunk-funk of their remix of Quentin Quatro’s “Disco Quatro” last year. It was number 5 on my… Continue reading
Leon Vynehall – “It’s Just (House of Dupree)”
Portsmouth, UK’s Leon Vynehall is creating some of my favorite music right now. His latest mini-album, Music for the Uninvited, is seven tracks replete with grooving house beats, analog hiss, vinyl crackle,… Continue reading
Real Lies – “North Circular” (Official Video)
“All I can say is that I know where I belong…” So the obvious comparison here is the Streets’ “Weak Become Heroes,” minus Mike Skinner’s chirpy Brum brogue of course, and while… Continue reading
Hugh – “I Can’t Figure You Out” (Fever Trails Remix) (Free Download)
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
Fyfe – “For You” (Deptford Goth Remix)
“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
Lido ft Muri – “Lost” (Stwo Remix)
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
Banoffee – “Got It”
Melbourne, Australia’s Martha Brown is Banoffee, a singer-songwriter with a taste for sweet retro synths and experimental, honeyed R&B. Banoffee – “Got It” With a track this good… Continue reading
FVLCRVM – “Pink!” (Free Download)
This slice of Slovak vocal-percussive-experimental-soulful-tech-house beatery! Love it! Thanks to the recent Red Bull Music Academy Bass Camp in Bratislava, some of the Czech Republic and Slovakia’s most promising… Continue reading
Doprah – “Stranger People”
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