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A casual conversation between the extraordinary producer known as Kimyan Law, and Outtallectuals writer, Molly Sisson; carried out during the Coronavirus lockdown about the artist’s unique musical character & masked aesthetic. We’ve long been fans of Kimyan Law’s music which always tiptoes within the liminal states between liquid drum n ...

A lot of good music came through our doors in 2021, be it through the curation work we do via Shivelight, the playlist submissions we receive on Submithub, or generally through our network’s discovery reach. This year, we don’t have the capacity to do a full genre-by-genre breakdown like last ...

 Written by Molly Sisson | Edited by Baxtak The French dub scene has been thriving these past years, ever evolving with different collectives popping up all around the country. Names such as Panda Dub, High Tone and Kanka have been paving the way for an electronic perspective on the ...

Joaquin Cornejo – Las Frutas EP {Released by Earthly Measures} Joaquin Cornejo is back with his eagerly awaited vinyl debut ‘Las Frutas EP’, showcasing earthly tenderness, umbrous textures and accomplished sound design. Cornejo’s six track project channels ambient and footwork with Latin percussion, coated in a shadowy omnipresence of dub-techno. ...

Review Spack in the Box Allstars Vol. 1 from Spack in The Box and Cederick Knox quickly establishes itself as one of the most unique albums of 2021. The project features original drumming from YouTube and TikTok star, Spack In The Box (a name inspired by his cerebral palsy) as ...

In a scathing takedown of what can only be described as ethnic-cleansing, Jayli Wolf releases her debut single, ‘Child of the Government’ and proudly bursts into the music scene with confidence in her heritage. Jayli Wolf is a multi-disciplinary (musician/actor/director/activist) artist whose work pivots on reclaiming her Anishinaabe/Cree identity. After ...

Haru Nemuri has unleashed their sleeping giant through their new single “Inori Dake Ga Aru”, a critical response to the traumas of a post-COVID world, and the cultural expression of this reality in their universe. Assembling a crew of close collaborators, Haru Nemuri channels a delicate, yet deceivingly fierce strain ...

What can we expect from the conjunction of a soulful vocalist and a versatile musician and beat maker? The answer can be found in Jevon Ives and Chalky with their new single, “Why Do We Run”. The track, which seemingly pertains to the meaning of this ever-faster life, presents clear ...

Shivelight Summary In the last few years, through our curation partnership with Samaya‘s Shivelight YouTube channel, research into the world fusion genres has become the bread and butter, and the main focus of our curative work. This means that in all the curation that we can fit into a day’s ...

Top Glitch & Leftfield Electronic Music Discoveries of 2020 Summary A playlist dedicated to those artists that are pushing the boundaries of experimental electronic music, from neuro and leftfield bass to the depths of breakcore and IDM. Here’s some of the most weird and wonderful sounds we came across in ...

Worthsmiths’ Lair Summary Avant-garde hip-hop for spiritual warfare; global raps with innovative rhyme schemes, unique leftfield vocabulary, triple entendres, intellectual social commentary & soul-searching introspect. Street poets who might have you opening dictionaries & Wikipedia to decypher tunes. Here’s our top hip-hop discoveries in 2020. Playlist cover photo is of ...

Beautiful Decay  Summary Emotive tracks for cold winter busrides, rainy afternoons, saudade in the dusk & generally, navigating hope within the dystopian industrial purgatory. Here are some of the most emotionally engaging and unique downtempo songs we received for review or came across on the interwebs. From the Dalai ...

Rainbow Pitstop – Top Nu Jazz / Jazztronica Discoveries of 2020  Taking a pitstop somewhere along the rainbow, sit down & spruce up your brew with technicolour spices. Here you’ll find the intricate and delicate melodies of progressive music, as voiced by the softer sounds of instrumentation. Here are ...

Riff Eternal 2020 was a pretty good year for all that distorted heavy music. Probably all the angst from the shit-show everything relating to politics, environment, pandemics and social issues, right? In the past we used to go gig it out and headbang our way back to sanity when things ...