Joshua Idehen set to release debut album, I Know You’re Hurting, Everyone Is Hurting, Everyone Is Trying, You Have Got To Try

23 February 2026

Joshua Idehen‘s debut album, I Know You’re Hurting, Everyone Is Hurting, Everyone Is Trying, is nearly here, after over 20 years immersed in London’s poetry scene, and being involved with bands like Benin City, Hugh, Calabashed, The Comet Is Coming, and many more. Arriving on March 6th through Heavenly, the upcoming album marks a new chapter for him. Collaborating once again with Ludvig Parment, the album blends house-infused beats, soaring choirs, and striking and meditative lyrics that reflect on the human condition with both vulnerability and defiance. A cathartic mix of grief, joy, and healing, I Know You’re Hurting, Everyone Is Hurting, Everyone Is Trying, You Have Got To Try celebrates collective strength. “Drawing on friendships, fatherhood, and the redemptive power of music”, as the press release describes, “Idehen creates work that doesn’t shy away from pain—but always points toward light”. On his album, Idehen is clearly saying that we’re all hurting, but we don’t have to face the struggles alone. Joshua comments:

“There’s a likelihood that we might be planting seeds that we won’t get to see harvested…but the planting is good. The planting is just as important as the watering and the tending and the harvesting. We all have to play a part so that we can have some redemption.”

To bring the album to life, Idehen and Parment were joined by a host of friends and collaborators, including writers Leone Ross and Charlotte Manning, and vocalist Amanda Bergman, as well as Pete Fraser on sax and Shabaka Hutchings on flute.

Ahead of the album’s release, Idehen has let loose three singles, ‘It Always Was’, ‘This Is The Place’, and ‘Don’t Let It Get You Down’, each one offering a different perspective, but all united by a theme of healing and hope. The first one is offered with an accompanying video by Prehuman, directed and edited by Jonny Sanders. Check it all out below.


upsammy & Valentina Magaletti announce collaborative album Seismo

21 February 2026

Fluid across a wide spectrum of genres, Valentina Magaletti seems to exist in multiple musical worlds at once. As prolific as she is inventive, the composer, producer and percussionist extraordinaire has announced her first LP of 2026. Entitled Seismo, it saw her team up with Amsterdam-based producer upsammy for an album that redraws the line between acoustic percussion and digital sound. The project began with a commission from the Rijksmuseum, where the duo captured improvised percussive material inside the building’s shifting acoustics. Those recordings became the backbone of a set of electroacoustic pieces shaped by space, air and resonance, which were pushed further as the collaboration evolved on stage. As the press release puts it, it’s “a shiver of mischievous vocal snippets, disorienting rhythms and collapsing sonic architectures.” Across eight tracks, motion is constant, with mallet instruments, both digital and acoustic, forming the core language. Magaletti had this to say about it:

“With upsammy I explored the space between acoustic percussion and digital sound. The equation between presence and absence. Seismo dissolves roles, letting mallets and glitches meet in a shared, unstable, queer landscape.”

We’ll have to wait until April 10th for Seismo to be out through PAN but we can already hear the brilliant and earthshattering ‘Superimposed’. Take a listen below.

Lana Gasparøtti unveils brand new track ‘Let Go’

21 February 2026

Portuguese-Croatian composer and multi-instrumentalist Lana Gasparøtti has just let loose a brand new song, titled ‘Let Go’, following her debut album Dimensions, released last year. A daring leap into uncharted territory, on ‘Let Go’ Gasparøtti introduces a more prominent vocal presence, revealing an intimate and emotional depth hitherto unexplored by her. Drawing on elements of pop while staying true to her jazz roots, Gasparøtti crafted a song that is rich in sonic layers and buoyed by infectious upbeats. The single comes paired with a video, directed by João Catarino and choreographed by Daniel Matos, bringing an extra layer of visual and physical movement to the track. ‘Let Go’ will be tied to a new album and we’ll keep our eyes peeled for more details about it. Now listen to it below.

KAU drop first single, ‘cr_eye (restrung)’, from upcoming Unknown Waveforms Restrung EP

20 February 2026

We love KAU, the Brussels-based trio of Andre Breidlid (drums), Matteo Genovese (bass) and Jan Janzen (keys). They have today announced the release of Unknown Waveforms Restrung, a reimagined version of some tracks from their 2025 album Unknown Waveforms. A 3-track EP, due out on March 20th through Sdban Ultra, it features fresh takes on standout tracks like ‘cr_eye’, ‘isle_of_man’, and ‘dive_deep’, now reworked in collaboration with Cologne-based string quartet blu/quartet. These new interpretations reveal new dimensions to the original tracks, merging KAU’s signature electronic textures, infectious grooves, and experimental jazz with lush classical arrangements.

Ahead of the EP’s release, KAU have shared the EP’s first single, ‘cr_eye (restrung)’. Sublime and exhilarating, the track blends the energetic grooves of the original with the delicate and evocative strings of ‘Tränenmeer’, an earlier strings-only version from Unknown Waveforms. Take a listen now.

Watch Dumama’s video for new single ‘What Did The Rain Say” off forthcoming LP Towards An Expanse

19 February 2026

Photo: Jessica Garfield

Berlin-based South African composer and sonic artist Dumama has announced the release of her new album Towards an Expanse. Arriving on May 8th through Soundway Records, it follows her 2020 album Buffering Juju, a collaboration with German-Algerian artist Kechou. Blending ancestral Xhosa traditions with experimental electro-acoustic soundscapes, Dumama’s music is a force unto itself. Known for her rare mastery of the uhadi, a traditional Xhosa bowed instrument, Dumama is one of the few musicians in the world who plays it.

Towards an Expanse was born out of years of collaboration and evolution, first beginning to take shape in 2019 at Figure 8 Studios in Brooklyn under the guidance of acclaimed producer Shahzad Ismaily (Arooj Aftab, Cass McCombs, Laurie Anderson, and more). Dumama’s creative process took her from New York to Berlin, and also Johannesburg, where she worked with South African musician and producer Nandi Ndlovu, who reimagined the NYC recordings and infused them with a dynamic new energy. In additon to Ndlovu’s electronic reworkings, the album reached new sonic heights with the contributions of live musicians and extensive vocal production.

“Rooted in Black ontological understandings of time and memory”, as the press release describes, Towards an Expanse explores a world where grief, identity, and reclamation intersect. The album “meditates on learning to live with damage while regaining autonomy over how Black life is archived”.

Alongside the album news, Dumama has unleashed the stunning and haunting ‘What Did The Rain Say’. Speaking about the single, Dumama says:

“What Did The Rain Say” grew out of sitting with the language of water and the tension between drought and overwhelming storms. I invited friends to share their own rain stories, which turned the song into a collective reflection on what water might be communicating to us. The track began in an improvisational session shaped by spiritual jazz, gospel, and Black ecstatic traditions, and later evolved through looping and collaboration with family voices. “For me, the song became less about asking for rain and more about learning how to listen — to grief, ancestry, and the elemental forces that hold memory and transformation.”

‘What Did The Rain Say’ comes with an accompanying video directed by Jessica Garfield. Watch it now.

Alabaster DePlume teases new EP, Dear Children of Our Children, I Knew, with lead single ‘It’s Only Now Once (Elbit Systems Windowpane)’

17 February 2026

Photo: Chris Almeida

There’s exciting news from Alabaster DePlume, who has just announced the release of a new EP of instrumentals. Entitled Dear Children of Our Children, I Knew: Epilogue, the EP was recorded while on tour in the US last year, in support of his widely acclaimed album A Blade Because A Blade Is Whole. After a few weeks and a slew of shows playing with bassist Shahzad Ismaily and drummer Tcheser Holmes, the three musicians developed a strong connection. Speaking about the EP, DePlume comments:

“Meeting with you all at the shows I sensed that you felt voiceless, on this ethical issue that also spelled out what we’re seeing today, in the form of ICE. That experience with you is etched into me, like graffiti or a poster on the wall. It’s my job to deliver your voice, and that’s what this record is. And to take action. That urgency compelled me to record then. And now here we are. As we said, this world is awakening to the reality it was already living.”

Long profoundly connected to Palestine, on Dear Children of Our Children, I Knew DePlume uses field recordings and samples of children playing and of normal life in the West Bank. The cover art also features wheatpaste posters of a drawing made by a 13-year-old boy from Gaza, with an inscription that says in Arabic, “Dedicated to the mother of the martyr/witness Obaida Ahmed al-Qiram. May you rest in peace. From your student, the artist, Hasan Jawad Abudayyeh.”

Dear Children of Our Children, I Knew will see the light of day on May 5th through International Anthem, with a Record Store Day exclusive vinyl LP arriving earlier on April 18th. Lucky for us, DePlume has today unveiled the powerful and deeply engaging lead single, ‘It’s Only Now Once (Elbit Systems Windowpane)’. Take a listen below.