Top Ten: Giles Smith
The secretsundaze co-founder empties his record box and gives us some recent favourites
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Latest
7evenThirty – Hook Heavy (feat. Sean Price)
Spit-baller 7evenThirty makes words fit like Tetris on this blues-funk Hip-Hop joint.
Zara McFarlane – Move (Atjazz Remix)
Atjazz’s lush analog 8-bit vibes meet British Jazz-cat Zara McFarlane’s heavenly tones.
SBTRKT – New Dorp, New York feat. Ezra Koenig
Lead single from SBTRKT’s sophomore album featuring frontman Ezra Koenig from Vampire Weekened.
Milo McBride – FLAZ
Tropical Techno artist hailing from New York making futuristic lounge-utopia doused in e-blunt vapor.
News: George Harrison memorial tree killed by beetles
Sad news for horticulturalists, but Harrison would no doubt see the funny side
New Music
Premiere: Makéz Feat. dreamcastmoe – Phases (dego remix)
The 2000Black founder puts his signature broken beat spin on the latest The Remedy Project release.
Premiere: GIDEÖN ft. Mandel Turner – Nothing Without You
A bouncing seductive house track from Block9 founder’s new label, Homo-Centric.
Premiere: Donald’s House – Budge-E Beat
Spacious and soaring cosmic cuts on party-turned-label, Wax’o Paradiso, sophomore release.
Mixes
Monday Morning Mixtape 396
G funk soul and deep Brazilian 90’s club r&B, to smooth jazz-funk and infectious 80’s Zambian rock.
Stamp Mix 113: Kikazaru
A mix of weighty breaks and hard-hitting techno from the deaf DJ and Voices Radio resident.
Reduced By DJ Winggold
A lush ‘tapestry of sounds designed to act as an emotional balm’ from the Unbound Events boss.
Long Reads
Reflections: Are Exclusivity Contracts Holding Back Local Music Scenes?
DJs, club owners and promoters discuss whether it’s time to rethink this intrinsic part of nightlife.
Reflections: how can the music industry learn from Covid-19 to become more sustainable?
Katia Mullova explores the lessons we might learn from Coronavirus lockdown to create a more environmentally-friendly gig economy and community at large.
Reflections: is Spotify Wrapped designed to celebrate artists or big data?
Katia Mullova assesses the wider implications of this annual focus on data sharing.