electronic tracks
Bob Holroyd – Hiding In Plain Sight
Composer and sometime collaborator with the likes of Coldcut, Four Tet, Francois K and Mogwai, Bob Holroyd has released his first new material in two years, a track called ‘Hiding in Plain Sight’, out now. Written about isolation and the loneliness people suffer even in the social media age we live in, it feels like …
Track: LIFE – Switching On (Idles Remix)
Following on from the release of their recent single Switching On, Hull band LIFE have shared a new remix by Bristol’s Mercury nominated scamps, Idles. The remix was done by the bands guitarist and friends of LIFE, Mark Bowen, who says of the remix:“I have watched LIFE play live well over 100 times and one …
Track: Rival Consoles – Articulation, plus album news
Ryan Lee West aka ‘Rival Consoles’ and the esteemed Erased Tapes label go back a long way, the Leicester born musician was their first signing, and now thirteen years later that relationship is still going strong. The partnership have just announced details of the new Rival Consoles album ‘Articulation’ for release on 31st July and …
Track: Genevieve Artardi – Living like I know I’m gonna die
Taken from the forthcoming album from. Dizzy Strange Summer, out on Friday 17th July on Brainfeeder Records, ‘Living like I know I’m gonna die’ is the new single from LA vocalist, composer and producer Genevieve Artadi. It’s her second album, but first for Flying Lotus’ Brainfeeder imprint, and her first self-produced release on any label. …
Track: KIDSØ – Childhood
Out right now is the new single from live-electro duo KIDSØ, out via Springstoff. It’s the title track of the German duo’s forthcoming album, out later in the year, and features African rhythms and a childrens choir. The band shared a little about the journey behind creating the track, saying: “The single ‘Childhood’ is the …
Track: Frase & SkiiTour – Too hot, too cold
Out now on Westwood Recordings is the new single from British Columbia singer, producer and mult-instrumentalist Frase and Whistler DJ/Production team SkiiTour, ‘Too Hot, Too Cold’. These gluey, hazy synths open the show on ‘Too Hot, Too Cold’, but it quickly loosens the shackles into this electro soul head nodder, the pulls in brass (synth) …
Track: Highschool Jacob – Stacey
Highschool Jacob is actually former Wesleyan music student Jacob Masters, who’s been trading in funky, feel-good songs since 2017. He’s released a new singer ‘Stacey’, and announced “HSJ 2020,” a collection of music and corresponding video games (yes video games) the press elevate claims is ‘highlighting his continued growth as an artist’, but we all know that it’s …
Track: Park Hye Jin – Like This
Recently hailed as “one of the breakout stars of the past year” by Mixmag. 26 year-old rapper, singer, DJ and producer from Seoul, Park Hye Jin will release her new EP “How can I” on June 26th via Ninja Tune. She has released a glimpse of the EP with track ‘Like This’. A daydream of …
Track: Hiro Ama – Broken Satellite
“This EP is a mixture of feelings like sadness, loneliness, confusion, hope and nostalgia” says Hiro Ama of his debut solo EP. “It was a bit like writing a diary, only I wrote music instead.” The sometime Telemann drummer is releasing the EP, Uncertainty, on August 14th via PRAH Recordings, and from it he’s given us a taste …
Track: Oh Wonder – Oceansize
Oh Wonder have thrown themselves creatively into these lockdown times, with their acclaimed ‘Home Tapes’ project. Oceansize is the fourth of the songs to be written, recorded and released under lockdown, and is , say the band, a direct reflection “on lockdown, and our consequent yearning for freedom, space and nature.” Oh Wonder are no …