While there are plenty of producers who sing and singers who produce music, Natasha Kmeto is rare in that she owns both credits equally. From 2009's 9 onwards, the Portland-based...
Zomby has a cult following, and it's not just because of his notorious internet persona. At surface level, the appeal is obvious: his beats pair crystal-clear melodies with hard...
Beni "Benga" Adejumo is back with a brand new long player, cunningly titled 'Chapter II'. In the five years since the release of his genre-defining debut 'Diary Of An Afro Warrior...
Gold Panda's 2010 LP, Lucky Shiner, was as triumphant a full-length debut as any producer has had in the past three years. Since then, his output has been steady, if somewhat...
The album that should see him make his well-deserved and long awaited breakthrough
With his sophomore effort, Gold Panda is part storyteller and part electronic folk hero.
Hello there. The new album by Gold Panda was very recently added to Spotify. Genre: electronic. Read some reviews and enjoy! (US version here and UK version here.) Gold Panda...
Emika is a sound designer first and foremost. Her early solo work felt like a vehicle for her mastery of sound, particularly low-end. On her second full-length for Ninja Tune, Dva...
Howdy folks. It’s a new week and there has just been another Spotify update. The sun is shining. And here is the new album by Emika. Genre: electronic. Read this review and enjoy...
Morning. From a fairly recent Spotify update comes this new album by Hyetal. Genre: electronic. Enjoy! Hyetal – Modern Worship Filed under: 2013, Electronic
Seems like nobody can stop him right now. Deep house and steppy beats, perfectly timed for this slice of summer that is hitting the UK right now.
Much of the commentary surrounding Disclosure has suggested that they are this generation's "crossover" dance act, squeezing the melting pot of the past half decade's dance trends...
Morning. It’s an incredibly hot summer day. Maybe this new album by Disclosure can help cool me down? Genre: electronic. Enjoy! (Note: US release date is on Tuesday!) Disclosure...
Is it just me, or is electronic music getting younger? Maybe I’m just getting older– but while that’s obviously true, I don’t think it quite hits the nail on the head. Daft Punk’s...
When Hot Natured's "Benediction" broke the top 40 in the UK, Jamie Jones felt the need to defend himself. "White Noise," Disclosure's second single from Settle, peaked at number...
A soulful, accomplished and versatile debut from the Reigate brothers that sees their over-eager samples and manic hooks replaced by a deeper disco sensibility.
The electronic duo's second album still refuses to court the mundane.
In 2010, Mount Kimbie established themselves as world-class electronic tinkerers with Crooks & Lovers, their debut full-length. A shambolic yet highly efficient fusion of bass...
South Londoners' second album features King Krule and strange emotions, but never loses sight of the dancefloor
Hello there. The new album by Mount Kimbie was added to Spotify earlier this week. Genre: electronic. Enjoy! (One review here.) Mount Kimbie – Cold Spring Fault Less Youth Filed...
When discussing Mounk Kimbie’s influence in an interview with Pitchfork Media, Kai Campo said of that “most of the music that sounds like it’s been influenced by
Before the term "post-dubstep" was coined, quickly appropriated, deemed dubious, and subsequently dumped, Mount Kimbie was a truly remarkable group. Londoners Kai Campos and...
Moscow-born, London-based producer Lokiboi has spent years simmering within the internet-specific realm of the production world, steadily building his reputation through...
Koreless’ debut EP on the home of the XX and SBTRKT is all about the melody and not a drum hit in sight. Refreshing.
Chrissy Murderbot got his hands on the footwork sound of Chicago back in 2011. His take on the genre was a better fit with international bass music, using higher production values...
Dubstep and glitch from LA’s Jupit3r, who describes his music as ‘Urban Space Gangsta Bass’. Released on Vermin Street
On his self-titled debut in 2011, James Blake's toes hung over a cliff. He'd been one of the best producers in dubstep's late-decade mutation, but had mostly distanced himself...
In a recent interview with The Guardian, James Blake - when speaking of the mainstream music industry he seems to have made some Faustian pact with - said "I'm starting not to...
It seems that James Blake is still in a bit of a funk. His latest effort, Overgrown, rarely pulls out of its state of cloudy despondence, the 24 year-old producer-cum-songwriter...
Bipolar, maudlin electro-pop crooner balances terse austerity with bonkers RZA cameos.
A work of stark, emotional beauty, Blake's second record Overgrown nudges our lives forward just by its very existence.
Hi. The new album by James Blake, a very recent addition to Spotify, is a keeper. Genre: electronic/soul. Read this review and enjoy! (US version here.) James Blake – Overgrown...
You either like James Blake or you don’t. This is true of many things. Do you find descriptions of wine or cigars or coffee or beer ridiculous or exasperating? Do you find art...
It almost seems unfair to continue to compare the James Blake of now to the James Blake of 2010. Were it to be detached from Blake's past and taken on its own as a work of...
Despite being released on LA imprint Halocyan, Never Forgotten—the latest EP from Bristol-based producer Adam Gazla (a.k.a. Arkist)—is a proper hometown affair.
It's quite odd to think that it's been two years since Here, London-based producer Deadboy's last Numbers release. If anything, following a year that saw him DJ under the Numbers...
This is the first track to see the light of day from London electronic duo Mount Kimbie’s upcoming (and long awaited) sophmore album, Cold Spring Fault Less Youth. Featuring a...
Good evening. It was a late Spotify update today, but here is the new album by Lapalux. Genre: experimental/electronic. Enjoy! (Here is the new playlist, Spotinews 066, with...
When we tapped Lapalux (a.k.a. Stuart Howard) to assemble an XLR8R podcast last year, the UK talent returned with an eclectic mixed bag of songs that shared little in common, save...
Big fans of Submerse around these parts. This time he’s taken his melodic style and applied it to a slower hip hop tempo, rather than the 2-step style I’d normally associate him...
Clouds return to Ramp after a long hiatus in the studio to deliver their USB Islands mini-album. From the orchestral opener "Cannibal Generals," to the tapped auto-tuned euphoria...
After somewhat quietly releasing two impressive EPs in 2011, Heat Division marks the first release from Dauwd in over 14 months. As the four-track EP proves though, this period of...
A minimal ambient release that reminds me of all those dark nights I spent listening to Aphex Twin's Selected Ambient Works.
A soulful slow-burning album with haunting vocals over downtempo drum and bass. Released on Horizons music
“I heard this artist for the first time on Dusk & Blackdown’s Keysound radio show on Rinse FM” – how many times have you heard someone say (or write) something along those lines...
On paper, Commotion—the Keysound debut of London producer Owen Darby (a.k.a Wen)—doesn't come across as anything particularly unique. Darby makes music at 130 bpm, but with one...
