Song of the Day: The final track on the album Earth Scum by the Yorkshire and Macclesfield duo of Chris Coupe and Chris Watson features viscerally acerbic, self-deprecating gallows humorous delivery by Mancunian poet and performer Thick Richard
Read moreSong of the Day: S.A.A.R.A - Forest
Song of the Day: Continuing a mini-theme of horticulture after Billie Marten, plus William Doyle and Chad VanGaalen in the album section, a fabulously catchy new single by the London multi-instrumentalist who mixes funk, disco and electronica sprinkled liberally with flute and saxophone
Read moreSong of the Day: Bontan - Kalambo
Song of the Day: A vivid fusion of club beats, electronica and field recording samples of African tribal chanting, with a dash donkey braying by the Liverpool-based artist who among other guises is also known as Melé
Read moreSong of the Day: Sofia Kourtesis - La Perla / By Your Side
Song of the Day: After yesterday’s by Nicola Cruz from Ecuador, next is the mesmeric work of Berlin-based Peruvian electronic artist who uses field recordings and beats on which to build her dance tracks, with these two taken from her new EP, Fresia Magdalena, out on Ninja Tune
Read moreSong of the Day: Nicola Cruz - Individuality Riddim
Song of the Day: A mesmeric mix of beats, voices and electronica by the artist and producer from Quito, Ecuador, taken from his latest EP Subtropique
Read moreSong of the Day: GoGo Penguin - Atomised (and Machinedrum remix)
Song of the Day: Intricate, pace-changing and with beautiful narrative arcs, two versions of the recent piece by the Manchester experimental jazz trio of pianist Chris Illingworth, bassist Nick Blacka, and drummer Rob Turner with a new dance remix by American producer Travis Stewart
Read moreSongs of the Day: Stats: Come With Me / Naturalise Me (from Powys 1999)
Songs of the Day: Gloriously uplifting, clever dance electro-pop by the band led by songwriter Ed Seed, inspired by his childhood in and recorded in Wales, where the natural environment co-exists with the less so, from farming, forestry, tourism, and military activity
Read moreSong of the Day: Avalon Emerson – Rotting Hills
Song of the Day: Majestic electronica that builds from beats and scratches into shimmering synth waves by the New York artist from her latest EP, 04), out on the AD 93 label
Read moreRian Treanor: Orders From The Pausing
Song of the Day: Extraordinary and unpredictable rhythmic electronica over a fast metronomic click makes up this vibrant new instrumental by the experimental musician and DJ from Rotherham, taken from his forthcoming second LP – File Under UK Metaplasm
Read moreFragile X: Prix_ / Lifetime
Song of the Day: A change of pace into a new collaboration between producer Dylan Chase (Caffeine Worldwide) and vocalist Inga Schunn is a vibrant mix of deep house beats, keyboards and flute, out on Bouquet Records
Read moreJanelle Monáe: Turntables – from All In: The Fight For Democracy
Song of the Day: Is change coming? A punchy, funky, powerful new number by the American star that has a weighty political element, and part of the soundtrack to a new documentary out now before the US elections – All In: The Fight For Democracy
Read moreBronson: Keep Moving
Song of the Day: Dark, thudding, wonderfully sinister bass-heavy electro with a eye-poppingly satirical video on culture of the corporate workplace from the forthcoming Bronson debut album by US artists Harrison Mills and Clayton Knight of Odesza, and Australian producer Tom Stell of Golden Features
Read moreDisclosure – Energy
Song of the Day: Featuring inspirational motivational speaker and preacher Eric Thomas, who was also sampled on 2014 hit When a Fire Starts to Burn, this entertaining electro-dance number from Britain’s Lawrence brothers is the title track from their new forthcoming album
Read moreKeleketla! – Future Toyi Toyi
Song of the Day: Embracing the South African musical protest style toyi-toyi borne out of anti-apartheid, this new track fuses dance, jazz, gqom beats, hip hop and Afrobeat featuring Tony Allen alongside collaborators Coldcut, Soundz of the South, DJ Mabheko, Tenderlonious, Afla Sackey and Afrik Bawantu
Read moreThe Allergies – Felony / Sammy Ridgley – Locked Up
Song of the Day: Today's offering is a mixture of old and new – a classic dancefloor tune by the Bristol-based British duo of Roy Spencer (aka DJ Moneyshot) and producer/DJ Adam Volson (aka Rackabeat) from their forthcoming album, Say The Word
Read moreLow Hummer – The Real Thing
Song of the Day: Terrifically catchy electronica indie with a big rock guitar chorus and deadpan delivery by the quintet from Hull, sounding like a fusion of The Pixies and The Human League, carrying that bright torch of Yorkshire-born pop music
Read moreJacknife Lee – I'm Getting Tired (featuring Beth Ditto and Earl St. Clair)
Song of the Day: This thunderous combination of drums, screaming horns and call-and-answer vocals by the Irish producer and guests is a catch-all protest against ongoing global farce and lies, from Covid-19 to climate change, Trump to Johnson to Brexit
Read moreAlexandra Lost – Fleeting Dance
Song of the Day: This first single from debut LP by the Québec band created by Jane Ehrhardt and Simon Paradis weaves 80s new wave, electronica, pop and a dash of waltz around a theme of lost youth and mutability through the prism of old silent film footage
Read moreWarm Digits – The View From Nowhere
Song of the Day: Perfect pop delivered by the Newcastle electronic duo of Andrew Hodson and Steve Jefferis from their new album Flight of Ideas, their work influenced by Can, Giorgio Moroder and Chemical Brothers, and here with vocals by Delgados’ Emma Pollock
Read moreThe Orielles – Space Samba (Disco Volador Theme)
Song of the Day: After the retro-funk disco of Róisín Murphy, another new track with a parallel style but a new twist from the young Halifax quartet, who have their own unique blend of fresh, pace-changing indie-dance-funk-pop
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