Track of the Year

Yola Fatoush - The Premises

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Vinyl Williams

Obfuscatory soundscapes are the specialism of Vinyl Williams as witnessed on this tremendously murky track.

Stereo Telescope

Some dulcet synth action from Boston.

BRNS

Brussel's BRNS produce wonderfully rousing scattergun compositions as evidenced on this exceptional closer to their Wounded LP, available via bandcamp.

White Blush

A stupendous cut, full of yearning, from the new White Blush EP.

Mozart's Sister

Beautifully crafted electro-pop from Montreal.

Guest Mix No.4 - Ross Fish

Guest Mix #4 - Ross Fish by Electricsoundofjoy on Mixcloud

We are delighted to host another Guest Mix, this time from New Jersey based electronic maestro Ross Fish. Its a superb mix and full tracklisting is included below;

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1. Wasted Breath - Spit + Smudge

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2. Miyuki - Sudden Response 

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Van Orange

Denizen of Santa Cruz, California, Van Orange constructs some muffled magic on this recently released track.

Iberia

Ethereal, soaring beats from Berlin based Swedes Iberia, coming on like compatriots Korallreven and Air France.

CNC

Classic Dream Pop from Poland.

Marble Lion

Spectacular misty music from Montreal's Marble Lion, continuing our recent Canadian or should I say Quebecois love in?

Strange Shapes

Strange indeed, exceptionally odd but excellent sounds from Brooklyn.

Milk & Biscuits

Genteel indie pop gives way to something more chaotic on Milk & Biscuits recent release of two halves.

FALA

Wonderfully scratchy lo-fi art pop from the Polish American duo FALA.

Wu Lyf

A new offering from Wu Lyf,and apparently this might be the last we hear from them so it is worth cherishing.

Wu LYF - Triumph (new song) by wilcow

Chief Navaho

Canada is awash with great new music, not least that coming from Calgary's Chief Navaho.

Snakadaktal

Lovely, chiming, mathy meandering from Aussie whipper snappers Snakadaktal.

R. Thomasin

Breathy, beat laden, swirling Dream Pop from Boston's R.Thomasin. Its an impressive release to sit alongside a very promising debut ep which can be found on bandcamp.

Lovelier Other

An apt band name for the hushed vaguely otherworldly delicacy of this debut release.

Leave this behind by Lovelier Other

Bare Pale

Expertly delivered fuzz and murk of the kind we are rather partial to.

Blush Beat Red

Newly minted spook-house from Toronto.

Seyra

Gloriously naive indie-pop from Singapore no less.

Amateur Best

A superior slice of synth balladry here via the Double Denim label.

Dream Curtain

Blissfully reverential dreamtronica from Stockholm...

This Landscape Is Our Escape by Dream Curtain

Blase

Delightfully primitive production and soulful vocals combine to great effect on new Boston act Blase's debut outing.

Widowspeak

More magic from the unimpeachable Captured Tracks label.

BEAR//FACE

BEAR//FACE ride the wave of the recent spook step explosion effortlessly on these two tracks off their recent bandcamp release.

Ross Fish

Whirling, narcotic electronica of immense quality from New Jerseyite Ross Fish.

Arc In Round

Widescreen space-rock from Arc In Round, taken from from this years eponymous album.

OL

Murky, bleepy Hip Hop, just the way it should be.

OL - Combination by Error Broadcast

Vondelpark

New Vondelpark, need i say more...

Dracula by Vondelpark

Family Photo

Going somewhat through the looking glass with Family Photo's woozy, off centre compositions. The perfect music for a trip to the hall of mirrors.

YUS

Stunning, sonorous beats from Phoenix courtesy of bedroom producer YUS.

Harting

Seriously promising sounds from this young Sussex band.

Indoor Voices

Superb electro-gaze from Toronto's Indoor Voices.

A Thousand Fuegos

Reminding us of the masterful electronic pop produced by Berlin denizen Schneider TM, A Thousand Fuegos hail from Vienna and have an album available now on Bandcamp.

Snoskred

Yet more top notch Norwegian squall from the Riot Factory stable.

Blue Boats

Fresh dulcetry from Blue Boats.

Shivum Sharma

Soulful nuggets courtesy of South London teen Shivum Sharma. It's the fragile minimalism which is so attractive here.

VHS Dream

New exemplary work from Norway's kings of endearing fuzz, VHS Dream.

Majical Cloudz

Capacious, harmonious sounds from Majical Cloudz.

Silverclub

Classic indie electronic crossover material. This should be threatening clued up disco dancefloors in the near future.

Call Answer

Whirring, glitch laden beauty characterises the new EP from Montreal's Call Answer.

Wolf Alice

Superlative wooze from North London's Wolf Alice.

Bros by Wolf Alice

Nadine Carina

Bounteous weirdness from Liverpool's answer to Icelandic twinklers Mum.

Storm/Calm feat. Gated by Nadine Carina

Dizzy Moths

In the lineage of Youth Lagoon and Observer Drift comes Dizzy Moths. The project of one Sam Weller from Seattle. Hazy goodness.


Gods Go by Dizzy Moths

By The Sea

Merseyside's By The Sea deal in maritime wistfulness on this superior new release.

Sunglasses

Pleasingly ramshackle fuzz-pop taken from the upcoming debut LP.

Coves

A languorous cover of the Chris Isaak classic from former esoj stars Coves.

  Wicked Game (Chris Isaak cover) - Coves by Cross Keys Records

P_ATCHWORK

New work from a special Vancouver beatsmith.

Yr Bear by P_ATCHWORK

Twin Oaks

Exceptionally understated but entrancing folk from this LA duo.

Cellar by Twin Oaks