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Mood Valiant
Hiatus Kaiyote

At Newport 1960
Hiatus Kaiyote
Hiatus Kaiyote return in 2021 with their new album Mood Valiant, on Brainfeeder Records / Ninja Tune.
The result is an album, bookended by Verocai’s strings, that relaxes into a groove: sunlit, sublime, masterful. Behind everything is Hiatus’ familiar sense of musical adventure, their knack for making the complex sound simple, or in their own words “wondercore”.
Simon’s experiment with an odd rhythm in groups of 5 becomes a cascading jam called “Rose Water.” Bender and Simon’s trading of single notes, back and forth, to make a melody becomes “All The Words We Don’t Say.” Nai’s cheeky take on sex-obsessed, three-minute pop hits becomes “Chivalry Is Not Dead,” a song about the bizarre mating rituals of leopard slugs (they turn fluorescent) and seahorses (they lock tails and dance).
The album ends with the delicate “Blood and Marrow,” a Bender bassline to which Nai and Perrin improvised, that Simon pegs as his favourite: “It’s a classic Hiatus studio song that’s got beautiful exploration and mystery.” Mood Valiant is an act of love, of courage, of altered perspective, of sister-and-brotherhood.
Tracklist
A1 Flight Of The Tiger Lily
A2 Sip Into Something Soft
A3 Chivalry Is Not Dead
A4 And We Go Gentle
A5 Get Sun
Featuring – Arthur Verocai
A6 All The Words We Don't Say
B1 Hush Rattle
B2 Rose Water
B3 Red Room
B4 Sparkle Tape Break Up
B5 Stone Or Lavender
B6 Blood And Marrow

What We Call Life
Jordan Rakei

What We Call Life
Jordan Rakei
What We Call Life is Rakei’s most complete album to date, a rich texture of sounds and concepts, masterfully weaved together by an artist at the top of their game.
By rights, it will become essential modern listening - a thought-provoking and utterly compelling collection of tracks, delivered with understated yet captivating style.
Tracklist
A1 - Family
A2 - Send My Love
A3 - Illusion
A4 - Unguarded
A5 - Clouds
B1 - What We Call Life
B2 - Runaway
B3 - Wings
B5 - The Flood

Before I Die
Park Hye Jin

Before I Die
Park Hye Jin
Singing and rapping in Korean and English, the Los Angeles-based electronic producer takes tentative steps toward reinventing herself as a songwriter.
In the past three years,박혜진 Park Hye Jin has moved from Seoul to Melbourne to London to Los Angeles. Before I Die, her first full-length, which she made entirely during the pandemic, excavates the feelings of isolation and vulnerability triggered by those transitions: the injustice of feeling wronged, the ache of familial longing, the loss of her sense of self.
Where 2018’s breakthrough EP If U Want It and 2020’s How Can I EP focused on dreamy house production with forays into experimental club, juke, and techno, Before I Die expands into trap, industrial techno, and downtempo alongside her typical atmospheric house productions. She also incorporates more storytelling into her lyrics this time, using Korean to illuminate specific incidents and English to convey her feelings in broad strokes.
Overall an incredible album, which explores the contours of an emotional journey in space and time.
Tracklist
A1 - Let's Sing Let's Dance
A2 - I Need You
A3 - Before I Die
A4 - Good Morning Good Night
A5 - Me Trust Me
A6 - Where Did I Go
A7 - Never Give Up
B1 - Can I Get Your Number
B2 - Whatchu Doin Later
B3 - Sex With Me (DEFG)
B4 - Where Are You Think
B5 - Never Die
B6 - Hey, Hey, Hey
B7 - Sunday ASAP
B8 - I Jus Wanna Be Happy
C - Y Don't U
D - Clouds

Renegade Breakdown
Renegade Breakdown

Live At Agora Ballroom
Marie Davidson & L'Œil Nu
Marie Davidson is back with a new album, a new band, and a bold new sound: Renegade Breakdown on Ninja Tune.
Arriving under the banner of Marie Davidson and L’Oeil nu, a trio formed of three old-time friends and long-term collaborators with shared roots in Montreal’s DIY scene: Marie, Pierre Guerineau and Asaël R. Robitaille (the former two are also husband and wife, and partners in the group Essaie pas).
Drawn to the idea of the eternal return, they deliver a forward-facing, innovative pop record that builds on the classic tenets of Marie’s music to create something that strikes out towards a broader audience. With dark humour and interpolated musical influences - from Fleetwood Mac to Kraftwerk, and jazz classics such as Billie Holiday and Chet Baker - they spin each of its entries in wildly imaginative directions.
Tracklist
A1 Renegade Breakdown
A2 Back To Rock
B1 Worst Comes To Worst
B2 Center Of The World (Kotti Blues)
B3 La Ronde
C1 C'est Parce Que J'm'en Fous
C2 Just In My Head
D1 Lead Sister
D2 My Love
D3 Sentiment

Fragments
Bonobo

Fragments
Bonobo
Fragments is the most emotionally intense record that he - aka Simon Green - has ever had to make. It’s no surprise that it’s also his masterpiece. The album features Jamila Woods, Joji, Kadhja Bonet, Jordan Rakei, O’Flynn and Miguel Atwood-Ferguson. Born first out of fragments of ideas and experimentation, the album ultimately was fused together in a burst of creativity fuelled by both collaboration and Green’s escape into the wild.
Fragments is a series of 12 sonic affirmations, featuring some of the hardest and most hip-shaking grooves that Green has ever created. The ballads are perfectly placed throughout; they capture a world in flux and glow with hope. Coaxing the ideas out initially took some hard work. The constantly-touring Green creates best while on the move; the global shutdown forced him to stand still.
Musical themes began to arise through Green’s exploration of modular synthesis, recordings he had made of harpist Lara Somogyi, his work with arranger and string player Miguel Atwood-Ferguson, his own playing of the Fender Rhodes and more, as the album was created, recorded and mixed by Green over the past two years. The album also came into focus as he sought refuge on solo adventures into nature, away from the shutdowns and wild fires and into the blazing California desert.
Tracklist
A1 Polyghost
A2 Shadows
A3 Rosewood
B1 Otomo
B2 Tides
B3 From you
C1 Closer
C2 Age of Phase
C3 Elysian
D1 Counterpart
D2 Sapien
D3 Day by Day

The Music Scene
Blochead

The Music Scene
Blochead
Veteran Ninja Tune producer Blockhead returns with his best album to date. Warm, funky, inspired and eclectic, Blockhead does not disappoint.
Blockhead has produced much of Aesop Rock's best work across several albums, in addition to production work for DJ Signify and Joanna Erdos, amongst others.
Tracklist
A1 It's Raining Clouds
A2 The Music Scene
A3 Which One Of You Jerks Drank My Arnold Palmer
A4 Attack The Doctor
A5 The Prettiest Sea Slug
B1 The Daily Routine
B2 Tricky Turtle
B3 Four Walls
B4 Pity Party
B5 Farewell Spaceman

Karma & Desire
Actress

Karma & Desire
Actress
The UK luminary drops his prettiest record to date.
Actress has been something of a force of nature within electronic music and club culture. His latest album Karma & Desire brings out the different iterations of his sound into something more introspective. Where his previous solo album AZD (2017) focused on the life-as-chrome and machinic selfhood, this album is trying to think in terms of organic viscerality through ideas of reincarnation and karmic action.
Tracklist
A1 - Fire And Light
A2 - Angels Pharmacy feat. Zsela
A3 - Remembrance feat. Zsela
A4 - Reverend
B1 - Leaves Against The Sky
B2 - Save
B3. - VVY feat. Sampha
B4 - XRAY
B5 - Gliding Squares
C1 - Many Seas, Many Rivers feat. Sampha
C2 - Loveless feat. Aura T-09
C3 - Public Life feat. Vanessa Benelli Mosell
C4 - Fret
D1 - Loose feat. Christel Well
D2 - Turin feat. Aura T-09
D3 - Diamond X
D4 - Walking Flames feat. Sampha

To Believe
The Cinematic Orchestra

To Believe
The Cinematic Orchestra
Cinematic Orchestra stalwarts Jason Swinscoe and Dominic Smith have ensnared contributions from Moses Sumney, Roots Manuva, Heidi Vogel, Grey Reverend, Dorian Concept, Miguel Atwood-Ferguson and Taiwah on an album mixed by Tom ‘I’ve got a Grammy’ Elmhirst.
Cinematic Orchestra stalwarts Jason Swinscoe and Dominic Smith have ensnared contributions from Moses Sumney, Roots Manuva, Heidi Vogel, Grey Reverend, Dorian Concept, Miguel Atwood-Ferguson and Taiwah on an album mixed by Tom ‘I’ve got a Grammy’ Elmhirst. Evocative warm guitar notes float and land gently. Powerful and sorrowful vocals release delicately placed notes and sublime harmonies. Orchestrated strings soar around smooth jazzy moods and electronics to swim in a wondrous sea of glory.
Tracklist
A1 - To Believe
A2 - A Caged Bird / Imitations Of Life
B1 - Lessons
B2 - Wait For Now / Leave The World
C1 - The Workers Of Art
C2 - Zero One / This Fantasy
D1 - A Promise

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