New music on our radar this week: Alison Goldfrapp, Isabella Lovestory, Myd
Welcome to Mixmag’s round-up of upcoming music releases that you should take note of
Smerz share new single ‘Feisty’ from upcoming album
Smerz have released another cut from their upcoming album ‘Big city life’, which lands via Escho on May 23.
New single ‘Feisty’ is about post-breakup partying and the freedom of rediscovering single life. It arrives alongside a video of Smerz painting the town red in Oslo.
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Niklas Wandt steps up for Viscera Transmissions with new EP and Eden Burns remix
Niklas Wandt has released a new four-track EP via Viscera Transmissions titled ‘Mehr Phett’.
It features three original cuts of spacey house and a pulsing Eden Burns remix of the title-track.
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Gladkazuka drops new album ‘Acid Floresta’
Colombian artist Gladkazuka has released a new 12-track album via DNTB.
It merges Latin musical influence with electronic production, feeling alive in its breathing soundscapes and wriggling melodies.
The release notes explain: “Acid Floresta is structured in three moments: the street, offering raw sonic material; the intimacy of the studio, where those sounds are reinterpreted; and the performative stage, where music returns to the streets, closing the cycle”.
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Isabella Lovestory shares new single and video for ‘Telenovela’
On new single ‘Telenovela’, Isabella Lovestory blends reggaeton and new wave influence.
It lands alongside a dramatic and trippy music video, with influence from body horror master David Cronenberg and Mexican soaps.
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Alison Goldfrapp announces new album ‘Flux’
Alison Goldfrapp has shared details of her second album ‘Flux’ — set to land on her imprint A.G Records on August 15.
Co-produced by Alison, Swedish songwriter Stefan Storm and legendary UK pop producer Richard X, the record is expected to focus on “undeniable pop hooks” — inviting audiences on a “cosmic odyssey to a sci-fi utopia.”
Goldfrapp has teased the project with new single ‘Find Xanadu’, a glittering, space-age pop track that balances tingling euphoria with soft, catchy vocals.
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BAMBII teams up with Jessy Lanza and Yaeji for new single ‘Mirror’
Canadian DJ and producer BAMBII has released the second single from her forthcoming EP ‘Infinity Club II’, which will land on Because Music on June 20.
Featuring Jessy Lanza and Yaeji, ‘Mirror’ is a grown-up pop banger featuring rowdy breaks, blissed-out vocals and trickling percussion.
To accompany her new single, BAMBII has also shared a music video for ‘Mirror’, filmed by the artist herself. Watch it below.
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Channel Tres, Myd and Trueno release new single ‘All That Glitters is Not Gold’
Ed Banger alumni Myd has enlisted the help of Channel Tres and Trueno for new single ‘All That Glitters is Gold’.
The track combines Myd’s signature sunshine electronics with the soft, assured vocals of Compton-born DJ and producer Channel Tres — with Argentine rapper Trueno throwing in a rowdy verse to give the featherlight vibe a weighty edge.
I’m really happy about this feature, the connection with my friend Biza, with Myd, and everything that came together. But above all, I’m proud of the union between Argentina and France, which is the most important part of it all.” says Trueno.
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The Bug returns with “12 ‘Burials / Mud’
The Bug has announced a new double-single ‘Burials / Mud’, set to land on Relapse Records on June 13.
Consisting of ‘Bury Dem’ featuring vocals from LOGAN and ‘Deep in Mud’, a collaboration with Lagos rapper Magugu, the release also features two standalone dubs for each track: ‘Buried Dub’ and ‘Mud Dub’.
“For me, “Burials / Mud’ is a celebration of verbal grime and sonic filth, where dub meets riff, and beats add brute physicality,” The Bug says. “It’s a bridge between the mechanised relentlessness of ‘Machine’ and the raw, dubbed-out extremity of Bug live shows. Logan and Magugu add fire to the flames, as the original rhythms are intensified and fully f-cked with.”
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Colombian Drone Mafia and Gibrana Cervantes collaborate on new EP for AMBIE—TÓN, ‘Memoria’
TraTraTrax’s ambient off-shot AMBIE—TÓN has released its latest EP, a collaboration between Colombian Drone Mafia and Mexican Composer and violinist Gibrana Cervantes.
‘Memoria’ marks the first EP from Colombian Drone Mafia, the new moniker of TraTraTrax co-founder Nyksan, and Cervantes, with the pair creating a woozy, encapsulating soundscape utilising field recordings, ghostly synths and goosebump-inducing percussion.
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Slam return with first new album in seven years, ‘Dark Channel’
Scottish techno duo Slam are back with their first new record in more than seven years, ‘Dark Channel’, set for release on their Soma Records imprint this month.
The 10-track, club-focused release was made using their live setup, including modular synths, a Roland 909, and a Push controller, to create a trippy journey through raw, industrial sonics.
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Yuu Udagawa delivers new four-track EP, ‘Golden Glow’
Yuu Udagawa gears up to release her next EP on Compost this month with the new four-tracker, ‘Golden Glow’, set to land on May 9.
The new EP spans jazz, deep house, broken beat, and groove across four dreamy, cinematic tracks.
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Drum ‘n’ bass MC Harry Shotta releases huge 21-track album, ‘Odyssey’
Legendary drum ‘n’ bass MC Harry Shotta has released an enormous 21-track album, ‘Odyssey’, going back to his roots in hip hop.
The record, an ode to Shotta’s late collaborator Skibadee, features the likes of Rag’n’Bone Man, P Money, Shabba D & Eksman, Terri Walker, and more.
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BRUX makes her debut on LUCKYME® with new EP ‘CA$HED UP’
New York producer BRUX has announced the release of her next EP ‘CA$HED UP’, marking her debut on LUCKYME®.
The new four-track release is informed by the business of New York City life, traversing glitchy, bass-heavy productions featuring the likes of DJ ADHD, Surya Sen, and Baauer.
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