Entrañas – Los Cueros Al Sol

I’m not familiar with the latin electronics world that this record lives in, so I found this album especially refreshing, new, interesting, and exciting. The melting of latin percussions and rhythms with the kind of dubstep and bass music that I’m familiar with creates this bridge that I know how to walk but shows lots of new tricks along the path.

Erika de Casier – Lifetime

I heard about the trip hop revival a few weeks ago for the first time, otherwise I hadn’t paid attention to this being a trend in the past year. Well, this record is clearly nothing else than pure and original trip hop, so there’s that. I’ll need to keep an eye on how this evolves.

Anna von Hausswolff – ICONOCLASTS

It’s like a contemporary album by Dead Can Dance (so not the medieval ones or Spiritchaser) with a hint of Björk (from the Homogenic era) and jazz. Symphonic, deep, ethereal.

I have no idea what genre tag to add to this post though. Alternative contemporary classical?

Weval – Chorophobia

Since I saw them in Paradiso in 2023 these guys have been on my continuous watchlist, both for new releases and live performances. Hard to catch them though, their shows are sold out in a minute. People in Amsterdam seem to be very well aware that Weval is a premium export article of this country and don’t hesitate to rush to see them whenever there’s the chance.

This is another great album, being super consistent with their sound but providing enough new material to listen to. Masterfully done, maybe even a bit too calculated. But hey, the end result is still good music, so far so good. It’s mid-tempo electronic music blending genres and just pleasing to listen to. I feel a kinship with Jamie XX, which also works for putting them on that non-genre-specific electronic music line of artists, which are kinda leftfield for pop but more mainstream than underground.