Floating Points releases shimmering new track “Del Oro”
Floating Points aka Sam Shepherd released his new single "Del Oro" on Ninja Tune today.
Momentum Shift: Noncompliant launches Giant Arm with a raucous 4 track EP
Giant Arm debuts with Momentum Shift, a four track techno EP that's as raw and uncompromising as it is clever and inventive.
Climb: Automat & Barbie Williams craft hazy, heavy trip hop
"Climb" features the hazy, dreamy and ethereal vocals of Argentine artist Barbie Williams backed by the live four piece Automat band, crafting trip hop as intricate and delicate as a spider web.
Deep house perfection from Lehto and Risperson on “Lovers”
Risperson's remix of "Lovers" is gorgeous, glorious underground deep house, punchy on the low-end but with a sunny sheen that catches your breath in your throat.
MAL.E emerges with a new techno identity on Something Manufactured
Fixed Rhythms drops this crash between high tech and low tech soul from MAL.E, the new alias of Mali Mase.
Chicago’s DJ Threejay & Patrick Wayne release the bangin’ “I Found Love”
"I Found Love" sounds like a freight train driving through your living room and blowing open a tunnel to the discotheque next door.
Green Velvet: Bigger Than Prince (10 Year Anniversary Remixes)
Prince was still alive when Green Velvet released Bigger Than Prince, and that's just a little of what's changed in the last 10 years
The hidden gems of Heist Recordings
Heist Recordings' V/A of previously released material is, no shit, the best album I heard this month, with tracks from Fouk, Felipe Gordon, Dam Swindle, Demuir, Crackazat, Nachtbraker and more.
Carlo celebrates summer’s last days on the sun-worshipping “Tides”
Tides is a vibe - sparkling, hazy, incandescent eclectic tracks from Carlo on his Aterral label.
Earliest known recordings of Sylvester to be released
Dark Entries prepares an album of jazz, gospel and blues on Sylvester's Private Recordings: August 1970 in honor of legendary disco vocalist's 76th birthday.
Lavan drops a deep, garagey groove on Can’t Wait
Lavan drops a dime of pure, unadulterated underground happiness on this 12" garage / deep house EP from +98 Records out of Berlin.
Lars Behrenroth does acid on “Is It”
Hands up if you had Lars Behrenroth dropping a gnarly as f acid track for the summer of 2023
The impossible meeting of Ellen Allien & Ash Code
"Dance and Kill" is a "bridge from cold wave to techno" but the energies flow both ways in this impossible collaboration between German techno producer Ellen Allien and Italian Darkwave artists Ash Code.
Chicago’s Aathee releases the blazed “Pull Up” from Hopscotch
The latest releases from Aathee are picking up a head of steam like the blazed, nodding "Pull Up" by co-founder Hopscotch.
#ListenUp Moodymann remixes Róisín Murphy on “What Not To Do”
The new single drops ahead of Róisín Murphy's album Hit Parade out September 8.
#ListenUp Paris Cesvette and Chakra Blue – “Caving In”
Paris Cesvette and Chakra Blue team up for a cosmic soul crunch called Caving In on Sy Sez's Raising Records.
Apparel Music launches 7″ vinyl series with MINI001 and MINI002
Apparel is launching a pretty cool seven inch series with two plates released in June and August respectively with a flared-out disco/funk sound by the mysterious Apparel Wax.
Ladies & Gentlemen: the fantastically dope Degabah System
Fantastically dope, dirty and elegant by turns, the space-minded cosmonauts of Culture Power 45 present us with The Degabah System, an "interstellar" trio with their debut album Saqqara.
Bernardo Mota is Hustlin’ All Day, Every Day
At 1:05 you should be prepared to get happy. Hustlin' All Day by Portuguese producer Bernardo Mota gets positively joyful at that moment as this lovely little track erupts with bigger-than-Def Mix piano chords going up like fireworks.
Levon Vincent remixes Skudge’s 2010 jam “Convolution”
Levon Vincent has a clear affinity here for the record, which presaged a darker, more physical turn for analog-driven techno and deep house. Vincent is a fellow traveler and his work on these remixes is nothing short of stunning.
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Jaggy mix: RISE vol 31
Booty breaks from Chicago's JAGGY is this week's featured mix for 5 Mag's RISE series.
