Stack №478: Jan 21, 2025

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Jan 21, 2025

OX7GEN - Why So Demure?

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KALTBLUT Magazine Follow “Hailing from Mumbai, the multifaceted DJ, producer, and musician OX7GEN heralds his latest venture with the HE.SHE.THEY label by unveiling…” on Apr 18th, 2024 →

In their “Five artists to check out in January” feature, Mixmag points to Mumbai's OX7GEN: "With a background as a drummer for metal and psychedelic rock bands, OX7GEN brings his high-octane, percussive prowess into dance music with his solo productions–dealing in trance-inducing club tracks that venture from electro into 140 BPM sounds, progressive house into bass." This cut came out on HE.SHE.THEY.

monde ufo - 119

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raven sings the blues Follow “Caught the last single from these guys a bit late but they’re already back with a new one and it’s…” 5 days ago →

Here's a slice of psychedelia from LA-based duo Monde UFO: "A rhythmic ripper that blends psych, jazz, and motorik prog into a perfect blur," writes Raven Sings The Blues. It's their latest single to appear ahead of Flamingo Tower, coming later this year via Fire Records.

Shabaka - Living (feat. Eska Mtungwazi)

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said the gramophone Follow “For the twentieth time, I am here on a blog called Said the Gramophone to share my favourite songs of…” on Dec 7th, 2024 →

We'll let Said The Gramophone wax poetic on the flute-driven British jazz musician Shabaka Hutchings' 2024 debut: "It's pure invention, a roaming dialectic, Dionysian but chaste, loving and insistent, moving not in harmony with Mtungwazi's voice, or even with Shabaka's pocket string-section, but almost in spite of it, like the bird's gone free and it's this freedom that matters most of all."

SoLaRfIvE - Overcome feat. Jazstarr

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Bandcamp Daily Follow “Indie pop, jangle rock, alternative metal, and more. Read full story on the Bandcamp Daily.” 4 days ago →

"SolarFive likes to float his voice across dark, brooding, melodic tunes with a rumbling, locomotive flow," says Chicago Reader. The rapper, producer, and engineer has collaborated with fellow Chicagoans Mick Jenkins (Stack №194), Defcee (Stack №400), and, just this week, released a new 17-track album featuring the latter, Jazstarr, and others.

Sun Angels - 777

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Bandcamp Daily Follow “Founded by Tokyo duo Minna-no-kimochi, it's less a label than a forward-thinking, club-friendly ecosystem. Read full story on the Bandcamp…” 6 days ago →

Bandcamp shines a light on the Tokyo-based ambient trance label Mizuha 罔象, which has flourished since launching in 2021. Among the releases featured, this 2024 track from Sun Angels "begins with cascading water, dulcet harp chords, and meditative piano, laying out a vibrant, picturesque terrain before gradually building into heady, Ibiza-ready EBM."

FEATURED ALBUM

Ego Ella May - Winter Sun

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Dan Digs Follow “The new album from the South London artist. Image via egoellamay.bandcamp.com Comprised of three parts and an epilogue, FIELDNOTES: COMPLETE…” on Dec 8th, 2024 →

On her new LP, FIELDNOTES: COMPLETE, South London's Ego Ella May (Stack №288) documents observations on life and love over jazz-leaning R&B and neo-soul songs.

GOOD MIX

PURE Guest.073 Minna-no-kimochi

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The minds behind Mizuha 罔象 make the Taiwanese event series PURE G an ascendent trance mix designed to start precisely 72 minutes before sunrise.

GOOD READ

For Dazed, Alim Kheraj looks back on 2024, the year of the pop femininomenon:

"In the world of music at least, 2024 belonged to women reshaping and disrupting pop in their own flawed, complicated and beautiful image."

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