Bloomfield Machine - Algorithm and Blues
- English (US)
Bloomfield Machine's Algorithm and Blues is an album that arrives as a compact but ambitious meditation. The album runs on this need to explain, with its heavy instrumentation, what it means to remain human in a world increasingly governed by systems we barely notice. The ninth album from Los Angeles multi-instrumentalist Brian Kassan, the record runs across fifteen tracks in roughly thirty minutes. This makes it a deliberately concentrated listening experience.
DJ Cards Between the Lines
DJ Cards is clearly a storyteller, and his latest release, Between the Lines, is theater that tells us exactly that.
Don’t Come Knocking - Tahani
Don’t Come Knocking perfectly matches the rhythm of the heart that has been wronged, and Tahani is a fire that ignites the heart.
Radical Man - Power Systems
- English (US)
A song you feel pulse through your veins. A beat that pushes you on your feet and feels like it is engineered just for you. Power Systems by Radical Man is just that. The track is an industrial-leaning electronic piece that operates in a controlled environment. It is like a space where rhythm, repetition, and texture take charge of melody.
Anna Porto - Never The One
Anna Porto knows exactly how to find the pulse of the room and her listeners; her latest release, Never The One, is a number that will have your heart racing.
Hallucinophonics – Afternoon of Acid Rain
- English (US)
A song you would play at the afterparty with your friends. The calm enters as the chaos leaves, and you and your friends are winding down. Afternoon of Acid Rain by Hallucinophonics is just the song that would match the company.
Will Sims – I Gave It All for You
- English (US)
Think of this: It’s 2016, and you were just gifted your first iPod. The tracks are loaded on the device, and you have been meaning to press play for one particular song, the piece that had you up on angsty nights: I Gave It All for You by Will Sims.
Joey Paradis-MABY
Joey Paradis is an experienced deep house DJ and music producer. When he delves into his ocean of sound, he is usually creating paradise with what he finds. His experience as audience, translating to someone who makes music, might be the prime reason everyone loves what he makes. This is his latest single, MABY. Collaborating with Otto Palmborg, this is a tale of new love. Complete with enveloping beats and synth sounds that rush in like tidal waves, Joey Paradis reigns in the emotions with his brilliant production and beat work. He lays down the background as a wholesome entity in itself, creating these chunks of sounds that transition beautifully. The creative vessel that is his composition is eve-evolving, creating memorable vocal parts with banging choruses. So that the vocals aren’t drowned out, Joey indulges in soft percussion. This interacts & plays with the synth sounds without compromising the message of the song in itself. This song would be perfect in montages of new love, in films like Meet Cute and Entergalactic. There is a charisma and electricity within the song itself, memories and scenes ca stitch together perfectly with the kind of sound that has been produced and engineered with soul. Joey Paradis is no stranger to these stories, his songs like Karma, Coming Through and N8ive have been popular and enjoyable tracks that are soaked with the sound of the season. Be prepared to swing and dance with the environment he creates. Listen to his brilliant music and ability to alter moods with his single here:
The One Tonic-We Can't Fail
The One Tonic is creating the electro-waves others couldn’t even gauge. A Muse fan and stellar composer, his tracks bring an energy and zeal with unique lyrics like no other. Electro-rock is something artists shy away from, but this is starting to look like the epicentre. This is his latest single, We Can’t Fail. From themes of Armageddon and steampunk related soirées, nothing is a limitation for this wunderkind. Just like Muse, complicated themes are ruminated upon. This new one is a solid cracker through and through. The beats resonate with the energy necessary to overturn an 18 ton truck. As we surf through the simple verse section, the kick in the solar plexus is the chorus. The riff is one of the better ones I’ve heard through the years, and the electro kick is the voltage spike you need. Perfectly encapsulated, this song keeps building. The second time around has a larger, wave inducing impact. The harmonics are the perfect touch to the swarming verse section as well. The rock and electro lock horns to increase the kick, and do it with merciless power. This is the kind of song that is the caffeine boost after the first cup of coffee. Rewarding and ruthlessly fun. I instantly imagined scenes from Everything Everywhere All At Once, being perfectly synced with this. The action based theme around this and most songs from The One Tonic is what keeps it alive. His 2021 EP Won’t Stop is filled with bangers having the same kind of energy as this track. Follow him for more superb music!
Robert O’Connor-Separate Ways
Robert O’Connor brings the human back in electronic music. If at some point you heard it become too controlled by the digital aspect, Robert strikes an innate balance. Almost a Zen purpose is found in the music, and he shows us this with his popular single, Separate Ways. This is from his album from last year, Severance. I fell out of love from EDM after the Tommy Trash era. It was a sound and technique explosion I couldn’t keep up with. Robert O’Connor maintains that melodic spine that all music has. With his poignant and heartfelt lyrics, the dynamism is realized. Though a sad conclusion, the danceable song creates a clear and crisp contrast. Robert walks that line with confidence and incredible poise. This is an artist who is making waves with the styles and quality of audio he chooses. You always hear an effort to create a bubble of sound that exists, tailor-made for the song alone. This is a way of approaching music as someone who wants to dissolve those boundaries. Catchy yet sharp and crystalline in the writing style, Robert has made me fall back in love with a genre that was fleeting away. I could clearly see this song being successful in the HBO show, Euphoria. With the electronic influences with melodic turns and twists, you can feel the drama unfold. It is a brilliant song, and for more than one reason one of his most popular. He has re-released it as a single now, for it pulsates with the energy of the summer. You can listen to his album and follow him for more energetic, well arranged music that is definitely to come. Till then, enjoy Severance and this single!
PRATTO-Into the Night
PRATTO controls the digital fabric as a mere mortal. Or so we assume, that he is one. With exploratory soundscapes and magical spheres taking us into each song in depth-music is the method to his madness. With this being the third single released, he already has 67k+ streaming for both his other singles. This is his latest track, Into the Night. I remember the years Hardwell and Guetta used to control radio airplay. People were obsessed with electronic music, and it suddenly dwindled. PRATTO brings that hook, that sprinkling magic back to the portal. Songs that used to inspire people to jump, dance and lose themselves to music. True EDM. Into the Night is such a track through and through, bringing a resonating, pulsating energy to it. This is something that could play at Tommorrowland and would make tsunami waves. With beautiful lyrics and effortless transitions, this is where DJing becomes an art. An artist like this deserves 10 times the streaming numbers, only owing to the quality of what he is making. It is a compounding, organic and building spirit that prefaces the purpose of melding music with technology. It was for high quality audio, beautiful experiences and all coming together for the love of dance. PRATTO makes it possible again. I could totally see this audio unite many moments in TRON:Legacy, all due to how it has been designed. It is an incredible experience, and you must hear it with some powerful surround sound. His other two tracks are The Ode and Just for the Night, raw and vigorous yet polished in execution. Experience energy from dance music like you have never before. Follow him for more music as well!
J. Fur-Man from Oslo
Excellent house music, has to be discovered. Songs that get maximum airplay are formulaic. The emotion and extending the moment is what house music is proficient at. J. Fur is exploring the art behind the best, the essence and where the sound can take you. With exploratory beats and flowing soundscapes, this man’s sound can take you places you’ve never been. This is his latest single, Man from Oslo. If you’ve never been to Oslo, like me, let these words paint you a picture. It is an economic hub, the governmental core. Flourishing with swanky buildings, languishing with people wanting to explore more about themselves. This is why J. Fur has absolutely nailed the title of this track. The mystery within the tune, the slight transitions and the steady beat-all boil towards this broth. I can only imagine the image of this city, being reflected on an office-goer, who has so many other layers to show. Yet, he is lost within this same facade. I might be miles away from the artist's original interpretation, but that’s where this art becomes beautiful. The crayon melting colours within the song leading from one verse to another, spaced out like the buildings on the street. You can imagine the landscape with the soundscape, and that requires a depth and understanding of the genre you create with. I could imagine scenes from John Wick and Trainspotting. The spatial exploration done by J. Fur can also be heard in tracks like El Cielo Estrellado and his brilliant Las Ramblas album, from 2020. So strap in, and enjoy a trip like none other.