Singles & EPs Round up - 12th Novemember, 2020

CS + Kreme - Howwoudyoufeelwithoutthatthought (The Trilogy Tapes)

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More downtempo, late night, unlit backstreet, hazy moment honed electronica from CS+Kreme who have done absolutely no wrong this year, and deserve more credit than they are currently getting.

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Constant Follower - I can't Wake You/Altona (Self Release)

The run up to the long awaited LP continues with the release of a new single. This time McCall softens things up and invites you a bit closer. The LP is really shaping up into something special. S.A.Y. 2021? Who knows, but already it's better than this year's winner.

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H-M O - EVOLVED BODY AND SOUL (YOUTUBE SELF RELEASE)

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This is a charming audio-visual creation from H-M O, a creative Finnish soul, whose purpose seems to be to unleash her imagination through all sorts of creative means. Her unique voice rides some nice late night trip hop, & if that wasn't enough she hauled herself to  a waterside location to get soaked shooting the accompanying dance sequence. Top work all round.

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LUng Cycles - The Other One (Lily Tapes & Discs)

I'm a bit folk obsessed at the moment; for reasons that will be revealed soon enough, and this is another lovely, ambient folk release that will drift around your headspace and undoubtedly make your world a better place.

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Richard Norris - Golden Waves EP (Group Mind)

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Richard Norris has always been a source of great electronic music; mostly ambient in recent times. Here he gets a little more rhythmic with some gently propulsive tones and even throws in some beats with "Cloud Surfing" - my pick of the bunch, to great effect on this lovely four track EP.

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Yazz Ahmed - Polyhymnia Remixed (Bandcamp Self Release)

Ahmed is one of my favourite rising stars of the UK's new jazz generation. On this EP she demonstrates she's got a great ear for a remix, not to mention a deft electronic touch herself, by getting some new names I wasn't aware of to give her great source material some deep electronic twists.

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eMANATIVE & BEX BURCH - Disrupt #4 (Shapes of Rhythm)

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The UK has always been a world leader in musical mutation and fusion, mainly due to it's multi-cultural history. Here hints of the Caribbean  meet even further flung influences and then get bent through the UK electronic music continuum on these two simple, effective, hipnotic riddim tracks.

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 Ben McElroy - The Common From The Goose (Bandcamp)

McElroy is one of my favourite UK folk artists, mainly for his ability to flip between those timeless sounds and something completely modern - often electronically tinged. Here he goes from the tradest of traditional to an epic 11 minute long technoid journey that sounds like it was made in Berlin, which is quite a departure even for him.

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Jason Newman - Streaming (Holographic Dolphin)

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Jason Newman is in obviously no hurry to get anywhere quickly and this new EP is a rather pointless (that being the point) easy listening stroll through a gently undulating, soothing guitar & wind instrument blessed, landscape.