Sydney-based duo Lamalo have just released a new single called “Shiba Inu” — and it’s a dancefloor stomper. Lamalo was formed by two conservatorium graduates, Michiya Nagai and Yossi Cascun. For their latest single, they’ve taken a step away from their usual fare of jazzy cinematic dance music, and decided to move into the more…
Cosmic disco, electropop, vocoder-gospel… how would you describe the Swedish duo CYAMO? The two-man band was formed a couple years ago when two long time friends (Per-Olof Stjärnered and Mathias Engwall) started collaborating together in Gothenburg, Sweden. After playing in…
Just came across this banging new album from a Turkish trio called Islandman. The group is made up of guitar player, Erdem Başer, percussionist Eralp Güven, and producer and multi-instrumentalist, Tolga Böyük. Their music has been described as soulful, tribal,…
We first discovered the Berlin-based Australian producer James Chatburn late last year just before the release of his two-part EP, Faible (which means “Softness” in German). Now, nearly a year after the release of Faible, Chatburn is back with a…
Vilde is the wandering project of Australian producer, Thomas Savage. Growing up in Melbourne, Savage co-formed a lounge-pop group after finishing High School. After a few years of touring he decamped to the south coast of England to form a…
The Lugubrious is a four-piece Swiss electronic group that has made a name for themselves for their thumping beats, love of sonic textures, and crunchy samples. Their last full length album, Chapter II was inspired by an energetic summer night…
A year after the release of Fluctuate’s debut album Storms Await Us All, Subtempo records have announced a new 3-track remix album. Storms Await Us All (Remixed) invites three producers to reinterpret the title track on the album. Matt Robertson,…
I was first introduced to Dave Brubeck in a “History of Jazz” class in the early 90s. Before that point, jazz was music that my grandparents listened to. Hearing “Take Five” for the first time changed that. Paul Desmond spoke…
It’s funny how this global pandemic has found ways to bring us all closer together despite all of the pain and suffering it has caused. Closer together virtually of course. Because while the Coronavirus would like nothing more then to…
For the album, Hewitt set out to document his experience of lockdown in New York City. As New York became more and more deserted, he went out with a field recorder to report how the sounds of the city changed. And while the premise was rooted in documenting the present, the project was very heavily influenced by the minimalist Japanese kankyō ongaku movement from the 1980s.
We live in a time when technology and innovation is advancing faster than we could imagine. Will we soon live in a time where technology has outlived us? Will the new innovations that we come up with this century be…