Trax Records Bring Four Decades of Dazzling House Music Heat
This Trax Records compilation is essential because brings these underheard songs into the limelight of streaming services. They appreciation from a new audience.
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FaltyDL’s ‘Neurotica’ Is Inspired By Electropop and Hyperpop
FaltyDL’s new LP is one more nail in the coffin of the idea that pop music can’t be smart or ambitious and the misconception that electronic music needs to be serious.
DJ Koze Plays with Sound and Your Perception of It
Listening to DJ Koze’s Music Can Hear Us is like stepping into a kooky sonic funhouse — playfully warped, pleasantly disorienting, and strangely familiar.
TOKiMONSTA Keeps It Interesting on ‘Eternal Reverie’
TOKiMONSTA’s new LP sports lushly synthesized house and pop hybrids with modern electronic music’s flourish and sheen while recalling dance’s forbearers.
Bad Bunny Creates an Astonishing (Inter)cultural Moment
Bad Bunny uses nostalgia to spark a connection with the fans and denounce the risks of a future without the people or the culture they love.
Eli & Fur’s ‘Dreamscapes’ Casts a Low-Lit Spell
Built on pulsating beats, minimalist synth touches, and immaculate sound design, British EDM duo Eli & Fur’s Dreamscapes casts a low-lit, wee-hours spell.
Justice Dance Through the Decades on ‘Hyperdrama’
Parisian dance duo Justice’s first album in eight years might not bottle the same lightning as their debut, but it’s still got enough charge for a wild night out.
Cymande Are Possibly the Most Sampled British Musical Artists of All Time
Cymande were foundational in the creation of hip-hop, disco, house, drum and bass, and rare groove, passed through generations like so much underground music.
HAAi Uses “Always Ascending” As a Concept for ‘DJ Kicks’
HAAi places older artists in the company of contemporary DJs for a set offering insight into how electronic dance music can be a transportive experience.
Sofia Kourtesis Makes Radiant Dance Beats on ‘Madres’
Madres is Sofia Kourtesis elevated, a contemporary work of electronic dance music powerful on sonic and emotional levels alike.
RP Boo Traces the Chicago House Roots of Footwork
Foundational footwork producer RP Boo takes us through the history of the influential electronic genre, a mutant offshoot of ghetto house that makes you dance.
Jayda G’s ‘Guy’ Is a Touching Tribute to Life, Love, and Loss
Jayda G’s Guy is an admirable and occasionally affecting project that balances both personal vulnerabilities with uplifting and life-affirming music.