Synthesist and composer Nick Schofield has shared ‘Sky Cafe’, and ‘Magic Touch’ the opening two tracks from his upcoming new album, Blue Hour, a synth-jazz suite inspired by Miles Davis’s classic In a Silent Way. Listen and fall in love.

Press play and fall head over heels for a little musical gem. Meet Manizeh Rimer, the Pakistani-born spiritual jazz singer, and her mesmerising single ‘Ashem Vohu’, featuring the enchanting ganavya. Those delicate harps by Miriam Adefris provide a dreamy backdrop for the heavenly vocal duo. Pop in your earphones, tune out the world, and savour these blissful few minutes.

Indonesia’s BABON makes an unforgettable debut with Tropical Desert. This cinematic, groove-rich odyssey transforms climate anxiety into rhythm and colour. The trio fuses the pulse of gamelan and dangdut with Afro-funk swagger, Latin brass, and Morricone-inspired drama, creating something that feels both ancient and futuristic. It’s a concept album about ecological collapse. Still, its tone is defiant rather than despairing, a celebration of the living world amid decay. The track, ‘Cacti Traveler’ encapsulates that mood perfectly: spiralling horns and hypnotic percussion evoke a desert caravan caught between a dream and a dust storm. Later, ‘Mirage” unfolds into a heat-hazed reverie, with surf guitars shimmering against Afro-Latin rhythms that fade like hallucinations under a burning sky. Together, they reveal BABON’s gift for storytelling without words. Across ten tracks, Tropical Desert plays like a lost global soundtrack, equal parts protest and prayer. BABON’s debut doesn’t just imagine the tropics turned to sand; it reminds us that music, like nature, can still bloom in the driest places.

Following the flowing calm of their previous single ‘River’, Berlin-based duo Modha returns with ‘Find Me (Underneath the Sun) ‘, the second single from their upcoming sophomore album At Your Pace (out March 13th on Sonar Kollektiv).

Butterfly’ is the first single from the upcoming second album from Kiiōtō (comprising Mercury Music Prize-nominated singer/songwriter Lou Rhodes, formerly of Lamb, and multi-award-winning pianist and composer Rohan Heath). The sleazy bass, coupled with the warbling drums and sombre piano chords, sounds just right with Rhodes’ endearing tones. There’s a warmth to her voice despite her words of a man who uses power and wealth to get what he wants, at any cost. Listen below, it’s a stunner!