October is often busier than a wild ferret building its igloo for the autumn. Does that metaphor work? Pretty sure I saw that on a David Attenborough documentary once.
I haven't had much blogging time, so before the month is out, before we discard October onto the laundry heap of forgotten month-pants (really need to work on those metaphors), let's listen to some music.
Here are some tunes I have recently enjoyed. Five tracks that are worth a pause in your day, when you stop to listen and decide that these tracks are "yeah, okay I suppose". That's enough for me.
Let's go.
Alexander Kulikov – Sunset
A foggy offering from this LA producer signed to Scotland's Soma Records. This is murky stuff, and although the bass drum is a real pile-driver, it's so incredibly distant - maybe even absent without headphones. Minimal, ambient and a perfect autumnal meditation.
This is from a recent EP. I don't think it includes this track, but look out for the new album Radio Edit out later this month on Greyscale.
Blawan – NOS
Yorkshire producer Blawan is turning heads at the moment. Then making those heads spin and go all vomitty. One review called his new headphone-exploding album SickElixir "a victory lap against his demons".
See what you think. Razor-bladed ASMR electro.
Djrum – Three Foxes Chasing Each Other
Let's get pastoral. This tropical groove starts light, with a playful picturesque patter emphasising the "OK" in "evoke". And then comes the staccato charge of the machine-gun bass. A really interesting piece of work: tropical, tribal and ever-so teasing.
This is taken from the Oxford experimentalist's upcoming new album Under Tangled Silence.
James K (pictured) – Hypersoft Lovejinx Junkdream
A breathy swoosh-gaze meditation from this New York producer's third album Friend. It's a song about disappointment, I guess, but it's disappointment cushioned by marshmallows, clouds and teddy bears made of marshmallows and clouds.
This pairs quite well with the Djrum piece, although it's a lot more silky.
Kneecap + Paul Hartnoll – Sayōnara
Well this was fun, wasn't it. Let's do it again sometime. We finish with subversive euphoria from Kemi Badenoch's least favourite rabble rousers Kneecap, with a little help from one half of Orbital. The video is worth a look-in: they're having a ball(gag).
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