On āWhispering Gladesā 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 āBrujitaā 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 ā āBig Boss Rabbitā
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Quelle Chris & The Alchemist ā āIron Steel Samuraiā
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Throwing Snow ā āBrujitaā
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Fatima Al Qadiri ā āMalaakā
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Nicole Dollanganger ā āWhispering Gladesā
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Half Waif ā āTake Away The Acheā
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Lina Tullgren ā āGRAVEL FOOTā
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Sons of Kemet ā āHustleā (feat. Kojey Radical)
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Vic Mensa ā āFR33DOMā (feat. Zacari)
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Mdou Moctar ā āAfrique Victimeā
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Bill Callahan ā āCowboyā
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Cornelia Murr ā āHang Yr Hatā
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ZOMBIE-CHANG ā āCAFFEINE & NICOTINEā
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Rylo Rodriguez ā āNo Apologiesā
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Olivia Rodrigo ā ādeja vuā
