Singles & EPs Round Up - September 10th, 2022

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Mostly we put our daily recommendations here for the blog readers among you, although occasionally we go longform.
Reading about music is a bit like looking at pictures of food - not nearly half as much fun as getting involved, so we scribble a brief intro to hopefully whet your appetite but you're better off just hitting play. Not very "slow" I know but there's a lot of music to check these days & hopefully you'll find the recommendations a handy filter.
Trust your ears, not opinions.

11/9/2022 0 Comments

Singles & EPs Round Up - September 10th, 2022

A Number From the Ghost - BLACKASSETTE (Jittercub)

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An ambient intro morphs into familiar sounding dream pop, but just as you think you've heard it all before the punch kicks in, the synths go all cosmic sci-fi, the vocal loses its human form & all of a sudden you're peaking. As quickly as it started the punch wears off & the outro reassures that normality has returned. If that wasn't enough there's also an accompanying otherworldly visual app. Check A Number From The Ghost & more in our often leftfield Slow Pop playlist if you like.

Micah Frank & Chet Doxas featuring Mary Lattimore - Ave Maria (PureMagnetik)

Being familiar with Micah Frank I assumed this would be more deep experimental electronica but surprisingly he's joined forces with Chet Doxas to delve into leftfield folktronic fusion; blending age old folkloric melodies with subtle electronica & just for good measure Mary Lattimore has given it all a celestial harp blessing. I bet Frank didn't think he'd find himself in any new millennium hippy playlists but he's currently kicking off our New Age of New Age selection.

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Christof R Davis - The Moth and The Bat (Purple)

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As my inbox will testify there's a crazy amount of piano music getting released, but fortunately Davis manages to convey emotion in a refreshingly abstract & minimal way using a felted piano, filling the gaps with subtle synths & ambiguously sourced percussive elements to differentiate & elevate himself from the pack. If you want to hear him whilst exploring more forward looking classical music then check the Slow Neoclassical Playlist.

Moonkay - Smothered (Youth Eternal)

Simultaneously distant & present post-everything beats, hazy future soul vocals that sound like they were recorded in a dream state & a front & centre spoken word stream of consciousness are threaded with a pleasing distortion to form a compelling slice of lysergic, late night inner city soul, suitable for today's THC saturated & CBD sedated youth. You can also find Moonkay in the eclectic Slow Pop playlist.

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