Alongside a virtual appearance at Pop-Kultur Berlin, Marie Davidson and L’Œil Nu are back this week with ‘Persona’, a single in three shades and three faces as the trio add Jesse Osborne-Lanthier on percussion and synths. Oyisse blends Congolese rhythms with staccato beats as Hakuna Kulala launch their new white label series. And Kedr Livanskiy figures separation through hallucination, with the grain of predawn Moscow or Petersburg and the sunset gradient of the Balearics.
Irreversible Entanglements cleave the sky with squalls of saxophone and trumpet, pushing through the postcolonial debris with a call to open the gates. Curated by the British-Iranian musician Pouya Ehsaei and Harry Follett of MANANA//Records, the multidisciplinary project Parasang welcomes Binker Golding to its London studio while Dafni Krazoudi dances interpretively from Greece. Italians Do It Better pay tribute to Madonna, while on the first song from her debut album, the Milanese vocalist Marta Del Grandi pursues in intoxicating fashion the myth of the virginal Amethyst.
There are new albums this week from the saxophonist Bendik Giske, the indie shapeshifter Indigo De Souza, and Molly Herron and Science Ficta who play the viol with a contemporary twist. Mary Lattimore lifts the lid on her latest assortment of harp improvisations, while Laura Cannell and Kate Ellis continue their series of monthly collaborations alongside Rhodri Davies and the comedian Stewart Lee. Croation Amor and Scandinavian Star double up for a new digital single, and tracks by Esperanza Spalding, Polo G, Shanique Marie, and Lee Gamble also feature in the latest roundup of music.
Playlists: Spotify · Apple Music · YouTube
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Marie Davidson & L’Œil Nu – ‘Persona’
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Molly Herron & Science Ficta – ‘Trill’
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Irreversible Entanglements – ‘Open The Gates’
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Polo G – ‘Black Hearted’
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Laura Cannell, Kate Ellis, and Rhodri Davies – ‘Wings Were In My Head As I Walked’
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Lee Gamble – ‘Newtown Got Folded’
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Parasang feat. Pouya Ehsaei, Binker Golding, and Dafni Krazoudi
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Esperanza Spalding – ‘Formwela 10’
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Mary Lattimore – ‘We Wave From Our Boats’
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Joon – ‘Papa Don’t Preach’
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Shanique Marie – ‘Government Name’ (feat. Exile Di Brave & Raging Fyah)
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Croation Amor & Scandinavian Star – ‘White Stone’
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