Gian Manik’s contrastive ‘Knock on the Door’ mix follows spooky paths & portals that scare off anything unseen in the distance aqnb, Thursday sound
BLOODZ BOI 血男孩 enlists bod [包家巷] & Tohji on the solemn pop ballad ‘across the sea my dreams are born in silence’ that provokes shared introspection aqnb, Thursday sound
Peruvian duo Dengue Dengue Dengue take their seasoned cumbia & bass music melt to Mexico’s NAAFI label with ‘Menestra’ aqnb, 9 October 2020 sound
lil rhiz0me captures fleeting intimacies on the short-lived, Auto-Tuned ballad ‘Monaco’ & its yearning for affection aqnb, 9 October 2020 sound
Precious Metals announces label with the ethereal maximalism of Severin Glance’s Caveat that honors American rap music of the 2010s aqnb, 2 October 2020 sound
Hyph11E subverts self-image on the fractured drum n bass & growling ambience of ‘Infiltration’ out on Shanghai’s SVBKVLT aqnb, 1 October 2020 sound
Cairo’s irsh debuts new compilation format with the obscure & granular ambience of Kareem Lotfy’s ‘Molten Tactics’ aqnb, 18 September 2020 sound
The funky house of Maria Minerva’s “Down Low (Motor City You Make Me Wanna)” marks an exciting return from a six-year solo hiatus aqnb, 16 September 2020 sound
Ivy’s ‘sa lina’ captures the melancholy of club-unreadiness in the wilting emotions & heavy feelings of their debut on SPA Recordings aqnb, 11 September 2020 sound
Nick León enlists Lila Tirando a Violeta for ‘Luna Y Sol’ & its topography of drums & earthy samples as part of kebrada’s Latin American compilation aqnb, 4 September 2020 sound
Torus’s ambient ‘Chroniko’ rises & falls with the euphoric hope of escape from his A/V collaboration with Mark Prendergast aqnb, 3 September 2020 sound
Basura explores mysticism & underworlds in ambience that amasses a deafening intensity on the cinematic post-club of ‘Völva’ aqnb, 28 August 2020 sound
Himera’s #keepsakecore reflects on the romance of platonic relationships with the sparkling bubblegum trance of ‘Broken Friendship Bracelet’ aqnb, 27 August 2020 sound
Oroboro reflects on banality & anxiety on the frayed hyper-rhythms of ‘Ever Wandering’ aqnb, 21 August 2020 sound
RUI HO embraces her pop star ego on the soaring trance melodies & contemplative lyrics of ‘Hundred Thousand Ways’ aqnb, 20 August 2020 sound
Casey MQ hybridizes ambient & post-club to create a pop-ready ballad on the uplifting production of ‘What About Us’ aqnb, 7 August 2020 sound
Thoom navigates transience & Lebanese heritage on the visceral acoustics of ‘Sound of a Heavy Stone’ aqnb, 6 August 2020 sound
Lil Asaf & Khadije mesh experimental dub beats with forceful rap lyricism on the provocative electronics of ‘Balki’ aqnb, 24 July 2020 sound
Renick Bell’s ‘Organize & Unite’ brandishes rave algorithms to challenge perception & control aqnb, 17 July 2020 sound
Eterna leans into post-club’s rising wave of emotional fuzz & feedback for the guitar-based grunge with an electronic edge on ‘Moth’ aqnb, 13 July 2020 sound
