electronic tracks
Track: Belle and the Beats – Soldier of the night
Soldier of the night is the new single from Amsterdam based Belle and the Beats. Its the first single from the bands upcoming debut EP Lose Your Feathers, and the first fruits of the bands collaborations with producer Gil Lopez (including Kuenta i Tambu, Naked Ears), assisted by Mark van Bruggen (Dotan). Soldier of the …
Track: Erasure – It’s Still Not Over (rework)
In LGBT+ History month Erasure celebrate their role in the struggle with a classical reworking of ‘It’s Still Not Over.’ I don’t know when it began, but there has been an epidemic of classical versions of pop songs recently. Even so, it is very unusual to do it with an obscure album less than a …
Track: North Sea Navigator – Pure Modulations in Space and Time
North Sea Navigator is essentially the project of former Gravenhurst guitarist Paul Nash. Ahead of his/their debut album ‘The Memory Clears the Space for What’s Needed’ out on Blurred Recordings on April 13th they’ve shared a new track, Pure Modulations in Space and Time Now a four piece, with the additions of Charlotte Nicholls (Portishead, …
Track: Ibeyi – Me Voy feat. Mala Rodriguez (King Doudou remix), plus European tour dates
Ahead of their huge European tour in support of their critically acclaimed album Ash, out now on the ever brilliant XL Recordings label, Ibeyi have today revealed a remix for their Spanish language track “Me Voy feat. Mala Rodriguez;” as seen through the eyes of PNL-affiliated producer King Doudou. King Doudou sees it as a …
Track: Julia Holter – So humble the afternoon
The Adult Swim Singles Program continues unabated (that programme being releasing a free single every week digitally) with a new release from American singer, songwriter, record producer, composer and artist Julia Holter. Called ‘So humble the afternoon’ its this slightly eerie and unnerving slow burner, built on this repeating two note synth pattern over which …
Track: Eilish Gilligan – S.M.F.Y.
Backseat Mafia were highly impressed by Melburnian native Eilish Gilligan‘s single “Creature of Habit” late last year – a haunting, sparse piece of electronica that highlighted Gilligan’s extraordinary vocals. Gilligan is back with S.M.F.Y., which, almost impossibly, ups the ante. Instrumentally this is a far more complex dance-orientated piece with synth riffs and a driving …
Track: Let’s Eat Grandma – Hot Pink
Let’s Eat Grandma, aka teenage vocalists, multi-instrumentalists and songwriters Rosa Walton and Jenny Hollingworth have returned with a new single – Hot Pink, out now via Transgressive Records / [PIAS]. Talking of the single the girls say “Hot Pink is about the misconceptions of femininity and masculinity and the power of embracing both of them. …
Track: Datarock – Laugh in the face of Darkness
The long awaited return of Norwegian synth act Datarock is gathering pace. Ahead of their first album in nine years – Face the Brutality, out on March 9th on YAP Records, the band have announced a second single ‘Laugh in the face of darkness’, following on from Ruffle Shuffle, which dropped at the end of …
Track: Peggy Gou – It Makes You Forget (Itgehane)
Following on from a spate of brilliant releases on labels such as Rekids, Phonica White and Technicolour, Korean-born, Berlin residing producer Peggy Gou is set to releaase her new EP, ‘Once’ on the ever brilliant Ninja Tune label on March 2nd. Talking of the EP, Gou says “I really wanted to represent different styles and …
See: James Blake releases new track / video for ‘If The Car Beside You Moves Ahead’, plus European tour dates
Thing with having your own Radio 1 Residency is it’s the ideal place to premiere your own material, which is exactly what James Blake did last night. It’s another surprise following his atmospheric reworking of Don Mclean’s Vincent that he dropped on Christmas Eve. It’s introspective, blurring electronic soul, Blake’s vocal obscured and altered giving …