Alex Hitchcock, the UK saxophonist and Ivor Novello-nominated composer known for his captivating sonic creations on both sides of the Atlantic, announces his new album, ‘Letters From Afar’, set to release next month via New Soil. The lead single from the album, ‘Wishbone’, is streaming below for your listening pleasure.

A bold new collaboration is underway as the Danish instrumental sextet Sunbörn teams up with acclaimed Italian producer and DJ Clap! Clap! for their album ‘Earth Is Begging’. This vibrant project celebrates global culture by fusing Afrobeat, Middle Eastern textures, jazz harmonies, and electronic dance music, creating a high-energy soundscape of hypnotic grooves and soaring melodies. Get a taste below.

Drummer-composer Tom Skinner recently announced Kaleidoscopic Visions, his second solo album, out next month via Brownswood Recordings and International Anthem. Listen to the title track ‘Kaleidoscopic Visions’, an intricate and beautifully realised expression of the album’s prism-like multitudes, where Skinner’s trance-like rhythm section anchors feather-light instrumental interplay and lush melodic flourishes. Enjoy!

Twistedsoul fave, Yazmin Lacey, is set to release her second album, Teal Dreams, in October. Our second taste of this record is the soulful and irresistibly upbeat single ‘Two Steps’.

Turkish psych outfit Meral Polat continue to lift the lid on their forthcoming album, ‘Meydan’. A powerful and incendiary call to arms, ‘Meydan’ is a testament to conviction, featuring compelling messages and spellbinding musicianship. Boyun Eğmem’, (translating to ‘I Do Not Bow Down’) is the third track from their upcoming album. It is a wild, unfiltered anthem of political expression and social change. Press play below!