Published
Fri, Jun 23, 2023, 13:00
- We round up ten announcements from the last few days.
Welcome to our weekly music round-up. Every Friday afternoon, we'll share ten announcements from the last few days.
Albums / Compilations
TAAHLIAH - orthogenesis
Label: Self-released
Release date: June 16th, 2023
Last Friday, Glasgow DJ and producer TAAHLIAH quietly released a 30-track edit and remix compilation, which features reworks of everyone from Kelela and Evita Manji to Megan Thee Stallion and Kim Petras.
VA - Disruptive Frequencies
Label: Nonclassical
Release date: July 13th, 2023
A tireless champion of leftfield classical music, London label Nonclassical has put out a new compilation in response to the "distinct lack of visibility for Black and Brown artists within the field of experimental music & sound." Compiled by sound artist and researcher Amit Dinesh Patel, AKA Dushume, Disruptive Frequencies features music from six Black and South Asian producers. There's also a launch party at London's Kings Place on July 15th.
Suzanne Ciani & Jonathan Fitoussi - Golden Apples Of The Sun
Label: Transversales Disques
Release date: September 6th, 2023
Synth queen Suzanne Ciani has a new album on the way. She's collaborated with French composer Jonathan Fitoussi on a project that blends synths with sounds taken from nature.
Singles / EPs
Actress - Jimmy
Label: Self-released
Release date: June 20th, 2023
Actress's self-released new single is a riff on the Bronski Beat classic "Smalltown Boy."
LYZZA - MK Ultrasound
Label: Self-released
Release date: June 20th, 2023
The latest single from Brazilian producer and vocalist LYZZA is the soundtrack to Third World: The Bottom Dimension, a video game and interactive art exhibition from visual artist Gabriel Massan. It's currently on display at London's Serpentine Galleries.
Carmen Villain - Music From The Living Monument
Label: Smalltown Supersound
Release date: June 23rd, 2023
Carmen Villain—who recently sat down for our Art of Production series—is back with a hypnotic score composed for the Norwegian National Company of Contemporary Dance.
Simone De Kunovich - Flow My Tears
Label: Public Possession
Release date: June 23rd, 2023
Italian digger Simone de Kunovich returns to Public Possession with a bouncy club track propelled by a 303 bassline. An EP of the same name is slated for a September release, too.
Henzo - The Prowl
Label: YCO
Release date: July 14th, 2023
Henzo lands on YCO, the label run by fellow Manchester-based artists BFTT and aya, with a three-track EP packing seriously wonky bangers.
Almaazz - Sot Wa Sada
Label: Precious Metals
Release date: July 20th, 2023
Due out on Endgame's Precious Metals label, the debut EP from Egyptian-Canadian artist Almaazz is an incendiary combination of Arabic songwriting, experimental sound design and contemporary club rhythms.
Aphex Twin - Blackbox Life Recorder 21f / in a room7 F760
Label: Warp Records
Release date: July 28th, 2023
The biggest music announcement of the past week was Aphex Twin's first EP in five years. True to form, he teased it via an augmented reality programme linked to recent performances.
