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
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
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
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
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 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
“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
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
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
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
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
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
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***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
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
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
***GO TO THE DAN DIGS ITUNES PAGE TO LISTEN, DOWNLOAD & SUBSCRIBE TO THIS PODCAST RIGHT HERE RIGHT NOW!*** Welcome to a brand new episode of the latest and greatest in leftfield beats… 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
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
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
“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
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
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
***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
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
Hope you had an amazing Fourth of July weekend. Here’s a bunch of my new favorite tunes that I’ve been mightily diggin’ recently. Get your shout-outs in and… Continue reading
Unknown, mysterious, and permanently fox-face-masked producer Slow Magic prepares us all for the imminent, hazy, heady days of the July summer with this sun-bleached, piano-percussive, vocal-washed beat jam. Slow Magic… Continue reading
Sounding somewhat like an especially chilled AlunaGeorge, 22-year-old Mexican-French producer and singer Andrea Balency introduces her first single, “You’ve Never Been Alone,” a futurebound, striding cut of metallic R&B and glimmering electronic soul.… Continue reading
How’s things? Excited to share with you a new blend of my new favorite new tunes! Let me know where you’re listening from via facebook.com/dandigs or twitter.com/dandigs or… Continue reading
Christchurch, New Zealand’s Ladi6 gets spacey on this downtempo jazz-soul jam with a delectably drowsy ‘n’ snappy beat. Ladi6 – “Hold Tight” (Official Video) … Continue reading
Heartfelt Renaissance ruminations on youthful ruination from 22-year-old Nigeria-via-East London singer Vicktor Taiwò. Says Taiwò, “Before, children had time to think that the world was beautiful, and I think that should… Continue reading
One of this decade’s best partnerships in electronic music. A very, very welcome return for Aaron Jerome aka SBTRKT and Sampha, here with a brand new track called “Temporary… Continue reading
Love the pouncing piano, widescreen strings, and simmering drum beat on this new leftfield soul jam from Wellington, New Zealand’s Electric Wire Hustle. I played the Flako remix of this track on… Continue reading
Britain’s Atjazz aka Martin Iveson steps in the name of underground electronic soul on this beautiful remix of Zara McFarlane‘s new single, “Move.” Watch for those lush 4-heroic strings,… Continue reading
LA producer and DJ Kero One flips D’Angelo’s classic original into an uptempo, early evening groove. Perfect for ushering in summer. D’Angelo – “Spanish Joint” (Kero One Remix)… Continue reading
All of my favorite songs from right now, all blended together in this latest two-hour podcast DJ mix! Say hello and let me know where you’re listening from via facebook.com/dandigs… Continue reading
Love this rollin’ ‘n’ clappin,’ Fat Freddy-Droppin’ house beat and these honeyed soul vocals on “Teacups,” the brand new track from New Zealand five-piece Sorceress. Formerly known as Funkommunity,… 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
Singer Amelia Meath & electronic music producer Nick Sanborn hail from Durham, North Carolina. Together they make experimental, beat-driven, indie-folk as Sylvan Esso. Their previous single, “Hey Mami,”… Continue reading
42 of my very favorite songs from right now all in the podcast mix. New and very necessary tracks from Until the Ribbon Breaks, Clara Hill, Ras G, Ed… 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
