C.A.N.V.A.S. Readies
Apocope Compilation of
Avant-Pop Wreckage
Photo HULUBALANG + ELVIN BRANDHI C.A.N.V.A.S. has unveiled its second official compilation. Due out February 12th, Apocope follows in the footsteps of last year’s Cipher LP. Which means it’s not just a loose collective of label co-founders and like-minded underground musicians. More like eight meditations on a loose-but-loaded theme: pop music after the pin’s been […]
Injazero Records
Shares Previously
Unreleased Pieces
From Hinako Omori,
KMRU, and More
Christmas has arrived a week early for Injazero Records fans thanks to INJACOMP002, a new compilation of previously unreleased pieces from the label’s rather unpredictable roster of ambient / post-classical artists. Available for free to Bandcamp subscribers, and streaming in full below, the nine-track effort features a wide range of album-caliber work from KMRU, Heinali, […]
Burial Shares the Restless
A-Side of Latest 12” Single
Much like he did at the tail end of 2012 and 2013, Burial is capping the worst year in quite some time with new music. Streaming in full below — right alongside the producer’s recent drop Four Tet x Thom Yorke drop — the dutifully paranoid “Chemz” is rightfully described as “a 12-minute rave monster […]
Meemo Comma Channels
Jewish Mysticism, Anime
Soundtracks on New Album
Photography KEN STREET Meemo Comma (a.k.a. Objects Limited label head Lara Mix-Martin) has announced her latest album for Planet Mu. Due out March 21st, Neon Genesis: Soul Into Matter² was largely inspired by two seemingly disparate topics: classic anime films and the Jewish mysticism within the Talmud and Kabbalah. “Judaism is filled with many tales […]
Kode9 Readies First
Solo Record Since 2015
Kode9 has shared the B-side of his first proper single in more than five years. Streaming in full below and due out through Hyperdub next Friday, “Rona City Blues” is a head rush waiting to happen — brimming with lead bass lines and hiccuping synth hooks. To ring in Kode9’s long overdue return — he’s […]
Madlib, Four Tet Ready
‘Sound Ancestors’ Album
For January 29 Release
Madlib has finally revealed the release date and pre-order details of Sound Ancestors, a long-planned collaboration with Four Tet. Due out January 29th through Madlib Invazion and available in limited purple, blue, and rust pressings through Rappcats, it features Madlib’s original music — dripping with dynamic samples, of course — and Four Tet on editing, […]
Blanck Mass Funnels a
Decade of Field Recordings
Into In Ferneaux Album
Photo HARRISON REID Blanck Mass has revealed his latest record for Sacred Bones. Due out February 26th, In Ferneaux distills a decade of field recordings into two side-long tracks “that gather the memories of being with now-distant others through the composition of a nostalgic travelogue.” According to a press release, “The journeys are haunted with […]
Christina Vantzou Samples
Dvořák on Colliding Wind
Photo JAB Simone Merli (Soundwalk Collective) and Luca Calo (Born In 1986) have shared the latest single from their looming Colliding Wind compilation. Streaming exclusively below, “Dvorjacked” is a chilling, vapor-trailed version of the 19th century Dvo?ák composition “American” Quartet – Movement II (Lento). “It’s a fragment of the piece — one phrase really,” explains […]
Cuushe Shares Kate NV Cut
From WAKEN Remixes LP
Cuushe has lined up an entire record of remixes around last year’s WAKEN LP — the singer/producer’s first solo album in seven years. Due out March 10th through her longtime label flau, WAKEN Remixes transcends its simple title with fresh takes on Cuushe’s airy tracks from Yu Su, Iglooghost, Ciel, Loraine James, Suzanne Kraft, and […]