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Exploded View
Exploded View [ Sacred Bones CD / CD - released 31/Oct/2016 ] Exploded View is a new collaborative project helmed by the UK-born, Berlin-based political-journalist-turned-musician Anika. After playing a string of 2014 solo shows in Mexico with a backing lineup composed of local producers Martin Thulin, Hugo... |
Faye Webster
Atlanta Millionaires Club [ Secretly Canadian / CD - released 24/May/2019 ] On Atlanta Millionaires Club, the omnipresence of pedal steel eschews bluegrass trappings, flexible under Faye Webster's genre-bending direction. Webster didn't set out to make her new album sound like any artist in particular - in fact, she says the... |
Faye Webster
Underdressed At The Symphony (Black Vinyl LP) [ Secretly Canadia / LP - released 1/Mar/2024 ] Late last year Faye Webster released two of the album singles, teasing the forthcoming project. "But Not Kiss" was a tension-filled first peek at the record. "It's damn near ecstatic in ambiguity, but it's not a song about indecision. Webster knows... |
Fazerdaze
Morningside [ Flying Nun / CD - released 5/May/2017 ] The brainchild of Amelia Murray, Fazerdaze began as a string of bedroom recordings created late in the night, emerging fully-formed in 2014 as her debut eponymous EP. A succinct collection of intimate, beautifully produced dream-pop written, produced... |
Fazerdaze
Morningside (LP) [ Flying Nun / LP - released 5/May/2017 ] The brainchild of Amelia Murray, Fazerdaze began as a string of bedroom recordings created late in the night, emerging fully-formed in 2014 as her debut eponymous EP. A succinct collection of intimate, beautifully produced dream-pop written, produced... |
FKA twigs
Magdalene [ Young Turks / CD - released 8/Nov/2019 ] Magdalene is the follow up to FKA twigs' critically acclaimed Brit Award and Mercury Prize nominated debut LP1 The album was produced by FKA twigs and, as with LP1, the recording process has been directed by her at every stage. It was recorded... |
FKA twigs
Magdalene (LP) [ Young Turks / LP - released 8/Nov/2019 ] Magdalene is the follow up to FKA twigs' critically acclaimed Brit Award and Mercury Prize nominated debut LP1 The album was produced by FKA twigs and, as with LP1, the recording process has been directed by her at every stage. It was recorded... |
Floating Points
Crush [ Ninja Tune / CD - released 18/Oct/2019 ] Sam Shepherd aka Floating Points has announced his new album Crush will be released on 18 October on Ninja Tune. Along with the announcement he has shared new track 'Last Bloom' along with accompanying video by Hamill Industries and announced details... |
Four Tet
New Energy (LP) [ Text / 2 LP - released 6/Oct/2017 ] Veteran DJ/producer Kieran Hebden, better known as Four Tet, releases his ninth full-length. New Energy follows Four Tet's 2015 album Morning/Evening, which consisted of two lengthy tracks that took up entire LP sides. Prior to that, he released... |
Foxygen
We Are 21st Century Ambassador of Peace and Magic [ Jagjaguwar CD / CD - released 4/Mar/2013 ] The L.A. duo's second album seems to be reporting from three simultaneous decades of rock history. But having a great record collection and having some idea what to do with it are two different things, and on W**e Are The Ambassadors Foxygen have... |
Gaudi
100 Years Of Theremin (The Dub Chapter) [ Dubmission / CD - released 7/Aug/2020 ] To celebrate 100 years of the Theremin, super producer Gaudi and friends have created an album of Theremin infused dub. Gaudi was supported in this tribute by five of the world's top dub producers - Mad Professor, Adrian Sherwood, The Scientist,... |
Gold Panda
Good Luck And Do Your Best [ City Slang / CD - released 10/Jun/2016 ] Two years ago Gold Panda made a series of trips across Japan with photographer Laura Lewis to gather visuals and field recordings for what was supposed to be "a sight and sound documentary" which is still in progress, but in turn, the trip itself... |
Gruff Rhys
Pang! [ Rough Trade / CD - released 13/Sep/2019 ] Pang! is a futuristic psychedelic world pop album, a cross-cultural collaboration between Welsh musician and Super Furry Animals frontman Gruff Rhys and South African electronic producer Muzi. Having met while recording the track "Vessels" for... |
Gruff Rhys
Pang! (LP) [ Rough Trade / LP - released 13/Sep/2019 ] Pang! is a futuristic psychedelic world pop album, a cross-cultural collaboration between Welsh musician and Super Furry Animals frontman Gruff Rhys and South African electronic producer Muzi. Having met while recording the track "Vessels" for... |
Hama
Houmeissa [ Sahel Sounds / CD - released 18/Jan/2019 ] Nigerian composer Hama presents a groundbreaking album of traditional electronic desert folk songs, hovering somewhere between early 90s techno and synthwave. Nomadic herding ballads, ancient caravan songs, and ceremonial wedding chants are all... |
Haz Beats & Miloux
Blonde (LP) [ Low Key Source / LP - released 14/Feb/2020 ] The perfect pairing of two boldly creative artists, BLONDE is the six track collaboration between veteran producer Haz Beats and soul-heavy vocalist/producer Miloux (Rebecca Melrose). What can be described as a jazz, soul and hip-hop fusion... |
Holy Hive
Float Back To You [ Big Crown / CD - released 19/Jun/2020 ] Homer Steinweiss, the Brooklyn based soul/funk drummer, always had a soft spot for folk music. Paul Spring, a young idealist folk singer traveling the country with his guitar, always had a beautiful falsetto in his back pocket. A family introduction... |
Christone "Kingfish" Ingram
Kingfish [ Alligator / CD - released 17/May/2019 ] 2019 release. 20 year-old blues firebrand comes bursting out of Clarksdale, Mississippi, with a sensational debut packed with piercing guitar, husky, impassioned singing and potent songwriting. Kingfish reinvigorates the blues with Ingram's... |
Jakuzi
Fantezi Muzik [ City Slang / CD - released 21/Apr/2017 ] "Synthpop from Istanbul!" "Jakuzi truly stand out" - CRACK MAGAZINE "Ever wondered what sound you would get if you formed a super-group of Future Islands, Depeche Mode and OMD" - GOD IS IN THE TV |
Jenny Hval
Blood Bitch [ Sacred Bones / CD - released 31/Oct/2016 ] Norwegian artist and writer Jenny Hval has developed her distinct take on intimate sound since the release of her debut album in 2006. For her last two solo albums, 2013's Innocence Is Kinky and 2015's Apocalypse, girl, Hval's debut for Sacred Bones,... |
