The LA-based duo of Rosselinni and Anton Floriano return with another banger for the alternative dancefloor. As Will Smith grows more tragic, Die Sexual gain in power. Is there a correlation?
Lifted from Päiväkahvit, this track sits in the playlist somewhere between Sigur Ros and Virginia Astley.
The PR from Beacon Sound notes: “When the trio of Sontag Shogun gathered at Laura Naukkarinen’s home on the Finnish island of Kimitoön in the summer of 2019, they had not the slightest inkling that the world was about to change irretrievably with the onset of a long-predicted pandemic the following year.”
The material on Päiväkahvit draws on material from that visit. It is full of artefacts of a pre-Covid world and the ambience of the North in bloom. “The Vala River” has been reworked by Post-Dukes.
The Korgis’ best song gets an industrial dub makeover, courtesy of the team of Mark Stewart and Adrian Sherwood. Stewart, who died two years ago, left an album in the vault. While we wait for The Fateful Symmetry (released by Mute on 11 July 2025), this will keep us consciously bopping against the New World Order.
Fans of Stewart’s work will be interested to learn about two events timed to the album’s release.
“Taste Is a Form of Censorship” is an exhibition featuring the work of BombArt – Stewart’s collaboration with Peter Harris – and other related material. It takes place at London’s Farsight Gallery, 4 Flitcroft St, London WC2H 8DJ, from 16-18 July 2025. The 16th is a private view, but free tickets are available through eventbrite.co.uk.
“Mad Max Meets Rockaway Park” follows, from 25-27 July 2025, with events at Bristol’s Rockaway Park. The artists taking part include Peter Harris, DJ Milo, Smith & Mighty, Tessa Pollitt, and Janine Rainforth. A screening of the documentary about Stewart, On/Off, is also planned. See rockawaypark.co.uk for details.
Norway’s highasakite return with a slick track designed for the charts. Polished and sleek, it is like a Tom Ford suit in song.
James Knight returns with a Britalo track to fuel summer evenings. Currently on tour in Europe with Andy Bell, KNIGHT$ continues to build its fan base while knocking out party tracks with their roots in the music genre that dare not speak its name.
Sakura season is behind us, but Serein charms with a track that sits somewhere between Radiohead and Julee Cruise in its vibe.
A cover of the Skeeter Davis country classic, written by Arthur Kent and Sylvia Dee in 1962 and brought up to date by Lonelyklown’s Dave Baker.
Rendered in a synthesised style, the track takes on a slow-tempo space-disco feel that is trippy and magical.
The descendents of the Silicon Teens return with modular-synthesis and attitude in spades. Intrusive Pinky have smashed together a four-song EP that can be reduced to an image stencilled on the nails of their middle fingers.
“Hoops on Fire” is a jaunty, post-industrial, jump-on-the-bed kind of track. It’s the dab of lube for the songs that follow.
Dreams, as New Order once wrote, never end. The problem is, you really need to be awake to deal with some of them.
Bird & Beast, the duo of Malin Mared and Kim Gravander, have conjoured up a sizzling, tense track to put the fear into you. “Nightmare” was originally released in 2023, but it comes on vinyl now, courtesy of the åtåmåtån label.
Recorded at the duo’s studio, deep in the forest outside of Gothenburg, it tears at your soul with jagged fingernails.
“Come closer – I won’t bite!”
Promises, promises.
Stockholm’s aux animaux returns with a single celebrating primitive feelings and dancefloor instincts. Armed with her trusty Theremin, she launches a pulsing campaign that sweeps through the night like a heat-seeking missile.
