IDM, fittingly coming from Warp. Back to basics but it also does sound and feel modern.
Oli XL – Lick The Lens / Pt.1
Old Saw – The Wringing Cloth
When I do day dreaming about roaming the wide open fields of North America, fishing in a mountain river, sleeping under the skies near the campfire, and collecting the stories of the countryside, this is the music that I hear. It’s an atmospheric ambient country thing.
Momoko Gill – Momoko
Easy jazzy pleasant backdrop.
Mokado – Where Does The Night Go?
Electronic dance music with a mid-high pulse and catchy tunes. When it’s on the mid-tempo it has Weval vibes, and when it goes further with the tempo or the pop it could be the new Chemical Brothers hit. Also, great fit as a life backdrop for many occasions: work, walking around, cooking, garden party, sex.
The Toxic Avenger – Globe, Vol. 3
Synthwave without the unnecessary banging and just more chilled vibes, but also not the too mellow kitsch. It is pleasant, kinda mature synth music to listen to.
Awich – Okinawan Wuman
Pretty awesome rap album over the US-Japanese Wu-axis.
DJ Eprom – We Are The Biobots
Massive old school break music. I can’t not see serious break dancing happening to these beats and sound.
Naibu – Abandon
This is another one of those leftfield indietronica albums. Although this one is not so indie and not IDM at all, rather emotional slow tempo broken beats with live instrumentation. Since it self-identifies as coming from a drum and bass angle, it reminds me of 4 Hero, although this one is slower, more modern, and still falls a lot closer to the Apparat bandwagon than anything dnb-related.
FD – From The Ashes
Liquid drum and bass, sometimes not so liquid but great dnb through-and-through. Perfect listen for the summer.
Update: this has been my favorite drum and bass record for quite a while, very easy to leave it playing back to back.
James Shinra – Meteorites
IDM.