Lavalu x Fusus caught our attention with the release of their new single Milk (reimagined). The dark moody melodic nature evolves intriguingly at the songs midpoint, clashing with an undeniable beauty before retreating to the corruptive chaos of the song first dark movement. The affect adds to the cinematic essence of the moment, evolving stylistically from the realms of Radiohead or Portishead into a realm familiar to Florence Welsh.
The gorgeous melodic adaption is matched by an impressive arrangement. Overall it’s a big bright spot within the world of dynamic dramatic indie. The aura cites a classic trip hop influence as well, connected with crossover works by artists like Fiona Apple and even Bjork. Check it out.
Milk (reimagined) is featured on our Best New Trip Hop Playlist.
There’s a nostalgic lofi haze that sways gracefully over the aura of Forgotten Nights, the new single from Artificial Disco. The music screams with authenticity, citing electronic musics unmistakable connection to old school dub music.
Singer Áróra Sif has offers a lush sultry gyspy swagger to her delivery. She embraces how dark smoky jazz lounge compositions influenced trip hops vocal legacy. It’s an exotic urban presence. She pairs it elegantly with a dark groovy contrast that could draw similarities to Moloko and Portishead. We find it entrancing with the live trumpet adding to the sentimentality and authenticity.
Hear Forgotten Nights now on our Women of Trip Hop Playlist.
With her haunting hush delivery Iskwē lands cinematic on the lucid new single A Little Piece. The ability to absolutely control your mind is at the core of this narrative, one that explores the psyche of survival.
The artist injects a powerful dark dramatic production design, taking elegantly from both contemporary and electro realms. She blends them effortlessly with added sonic reverence to enhance the expressive nature.
This musical timepiece is most significant in how it recalls our most delicate historical tragedies, but it’s also entirely relatable to our new corporate prisons. Break the cycle. A Little Piece blends the trip hop legacies of Bjork with some of the added dark tension of Massive Attack or Leftfield.
Hear A Little Piece now on our Women of Trip Hop Playlist.
Raga the SON and Nalan team up for their impressive new single, Spell. Exotic with tribal instincts, Spell feels drawn from an ancient musical unconscious. It delves convincingly into eastern melodic modes through its closing moments.
Up until then Nalan and her siren seductive devilishly divulges lyrical trials from this tale of toxic lost romantic disruption. We hear evidence of M.I.A with an added theatrical aura in the realm of Erykah Badu, with Raga the Son combining elements of trip hop and underground lofi boombap in the vein of Thievery Corporation. We can dig it.
Hear Spell now on our Women of Trip Hop Playlist.
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