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Szun Waves announce new album, Earth Patterns

30 May 2022

Four years on from the release of New Hymn To Freedom, which was one of our Albums Picks of 2018, Szun Waves are back to dazzle us with their third album, Earth Patterns. Laurence Pike, Luke Abbott and Jack Willie, the three extraordinary and accomplished musicians that make up Szun Waves, got together for three days of improvisation at the end of their 2019 European tour, which resulted in hours of music. Speaking about the record, Abbott says:

“I think the record we’ve ended up with is an emotional outpouring. There’s a fluidity to it that feels like we tapped into something quite raw. The last record felt like drifting in space but I see this new record as a journey from the outer reaches of the universe down onto the earth, like a macrocosm to microcosm arc.”

Earth Patterns is set for release on August 19th through The Leaf Label and ahead of it they have shared the transcendent ‘New Universe’. The single comes with an accompanying video directed by Dom Harwood and you can watch it below.

Time Wharp’s full-length album, Spiro World, out next month; listen to two new tracks

28 May 2022

Kaye Loggins aka Time Wharp has been teasing the release of a full-length album for some time now and comes June 17th Spiro World will finally see the light of day through Leaving Records. Described as a “coming of age collection”, Spiro World “describes somatically profound personal experiences of derealization, the endocrinological dissociative mixolydian pharma heaven & hell on earth, and love letters to New York.”

Following the album’s first single, ‘Lupron’, the Brooklyn multi-instrumentalist and producer has shared a video for new single ‘Mixo World’ featuring some personal footage in New York. Here’s both tracks.

Nancy Mounir unveils third single, ‘Gannentini’, off upcoming album

24 May 2022

Photo: Eslam Abd El Salam

As if we needed any more reasons to be excited for the release of Nancy Mounir‘s upcoming debut album Nozhet El Nofous, she has let loose a third single from the album titled ‘Gannentini’ featuring Zaki Mourad. It follows two previously released singles, the poignant and eerie ‘Ana Bas Saktalak’ featuring Fatma Serry and the otherworldly and entrancing ‘Khafif Khafif’. Listen to ‘Gannentini’ below and grab the album when it’s out on June 3rd through Simsara Records.

Listen to GoGo Penguin’s new single ‘Wave Decay’

24 May 2022

Photo: Emily Dennison

This Summer will see the release of Between Two Waves, the new EP from Manchester’s unique and quirky jazz trio GoGo Penguin. Following the magnificent ‘Badeep’, they have shared a new single called ‘Wave Decay’. “The title comes from a recent fascination with free diving and underwater themes”, GoGo Penguin explain. “The movement of the piano chords, particularly with the addition of the palm mute pedal, felt like the swell of ocean waves.” The track features the Palm Mute Pedal, a new 3D-printed and foot-operated pedal designed and developed by Danish pianist Otto Sammy. Take a listen below.

Between Two Waves EP is out on July 1st through XXIM Records/Sony

Hatis Noit unveils A.I.-generated video for new single ‘Angelus Novus’

18 May 2022

Aura, the much anticipated new album from Hatis Noit, will see the light of day on June 24th through Erased Tapes. As with her previous record, Illogical Dance, on the upcoming Aura she used only her vocals to create all the songs, except for ‘Inori’, which features a field recording she took of the ocean one kilometre away from Fukushima’s nuclear power plant.

The London based Japanese vocal performer has shared the mesmerizing and poignant new single ‘Angelus Novus’, which means ‘New Angel’ in Latin. The track takes its name from a monoprint by Swiss-German artist Paul Klee, which can be found in Angel of History, an essay from literary critic and philosopher Walter Benjamin. “When I wrote this song, I remembered this image of an angel flying against the rough winds of history, which resonated very strongly with me in regards to both personal and social struggles”, Hatis explains. “The song has a very intimate, introverted outro as I wanted it to end with a place of healing.”

The track is offered with an accompanying A.I.-generated video directed by Yuma Kishi. Watch it below.