Today’s playlist features the return of the Chicago jazz/electronic outfit Tortoise, the UK’s answer to Flying Lotus, and an exclusive stream from Planet Mu’s Herva
With the mashed chords and bumping hip-hop tempo of his Treetunnels cassette last year, teenage producer Iglooghost was angling to be the UK’s answer to Flying Lotus. FlyLo has clearly taken the compliment, signing him to Brainfeeder for the Chinese Nü Yr EP, out later this month. Iglooghost’s productions have really stepped up a gear, featuring Rustie, Visionist and the shiny plastic aesthetic of PC Music. His own explanation of his sound is … well, have a read: “The EP is a story about a gelatinous worm-shaped creature who wears a witch hat called xiāngjiāo. He/she is really sad because his/her existence consists of infinitely being blasted through endless wormholes into different worlds that don’t make any sense – full of floating fruit and pink mist. He/she has a voice played by my little sister but sometimes my dad. He/she is perennially sad and terrified because it doesn’t make any sense why he/she was randomly born into this existence, but he/she is also shit scared because being shot at light speed through wormholes is probably fucking terrifying.” Got it?
Continue reading...by Ben Beaumont-Thomas via Electronic music | The Guardian
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