On ‘Whispering Glades’ the gothic songwriter Nicole Dollanganger digs a ditch and wields bouquets like daggers somewhere in the vicinity of the Hollywood Hills. Fatima Al Qadiri marks her return to Hyperdub with daydream simulations inspired by the classical poems of Arab women. And on ‘Brujita’ the primal throb, cosmic sirens, and locked basslines of Throwing Snow come clad in visuals generated by a neural network.
Freddie Gibbs mixes things up with heavyweights from Tupac and Nas to Steph Curry and Mike Tyson. Mdou Moctar breaks through the barriers of silence as he reckons with colonial violence on the title track from Afrique Victime. Prozak spins wobbly bass and stutterstep breaks in search of dancefloor euphoria, while Lina Tullgren turns her hand to the arch and bow of avant-garde violin. Cornelia Murr asks for a little curiosity, ZOMBIE-CHANG suffers the twin anxieties of nicotine and caffeine, and Olivia Rodrigo diagnoses a case of dĆ©jĆ vu.
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Freddie Gibbs – ‘Big Boss Rabbit’
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Quelle Chris & The Alchemist – ‘Iron Steel Samurai’
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Nicole Dollanganger – ‘Whispering Glades’
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Half Waif – ‘Take Away The Ache’
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Sons of Kemet – ‘Hustle’ (feat. Kojey Radical)
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Vic Mensa – ‘FR33DOM’ (feat. Zacari)
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Mdou Moctar – ‘Afrique Victime’
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ZOMBIE-CHANG – ‘CAFFEINE & NICOTINE’
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Rylo Rodriguez – ‘No Apologies’
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Olivia Rodrigo – ‘deja vu’
