Treat your taste buds to these mouthwatering leftovers!
Good music is dropping daily, and it’s easy to miss some good stuff. That’s why every week, we sift through emails, blogs, and streaming services to pull out five gems worth your time and make sure the good stuff, the really, really good stuff, doesn’t slip by unnoticed. This week, Kutiman & Dekel, Mystic Jungle, Freda, and more. Dig in and savour the finds.
Kutiman‘s Hope finds him in a beautifully relaxing space with long-time collaborator Dekel, turning years of shared instinct into something warm, smooth and deeply soulful. Built from live instrumentation, the glowing harmonies of Odeliya Ilouz and understated brass, it trades in subtle soul rather than experimentation. A world apart from the trippy psych-pop sounds that laced his, 2022 album, ‘Open‘ which heavily featured Dekel on many of the projects standout moment. Think SAULT, Michael Kiwanuka, and Khruangbin, you’ll be somewhere close. If you’re familiar with Kutiman, you’ll know he loves to experiment, but he tempers his experimental leanings, and it’s this restraint that gives this record its quiet strength. So listen and enjoy!
Here’s an old friend who hasn’t appeared on the site for a while. For his Full Time Hobby debut, Jeffrey Silverstein goes all Loner-folk choogle on ‘Coming Back Around‘. I love his unhurried, chest-heavy growl, which rides over a patient, rhythmic strum. We’ll say no more about this one, just hit play. Oh yes, Silverstein gets in some killer guitar licks by the end.
West Hill Music just dropped their second release, curated by Mystic Jungle, founder of Periodica Records. The two-track features U.S. singer Roxana and Yugoslavian guitarist Igor Sekuloviฤ. The A-side ‘Can’t Make You Out‘ presents a laid-back vibe, while the B-side offers a minimalistic mutant-funk experience.
After more than eleven years of orbiting Freda through Moonshoe, Weltsinn finally lands, a debut fullโlength that feels like it’s been quietly fermenting in odd corners of time and space. Its fifteen pieces carry the distant pulse of the club, the grit of Sydney’s industrial edges, and clear nods to electronic music’s wider lineage, all woven into a world with Freda’s unmistakably curious touch. Composed and released on the unceded lands of the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation, the album acknowledges this ground with respect, drawing inspiration from cultures whose endurance continues to shape the future. Weltsinn is both a culmination and an opening, a debut that listens outward as much as inward, alive to the spaces and histories that shaped it. It’s a wonderful album that was well worth the eleven-year wait – listen below.
‘Hรฌeratico’ by Nicolas Remondino unfolds in the rich hues of crepuscular spaces. A night-tuned, percussion-led album where prepared drums, flickers of spoken word, acoustic instruments and muted electronics meet notable collaborators including Limpe Fuchs, Pierre Bastien, Marco Baldini, Roberto Musci, Giuseppe Ielasi and Massimo Silverio. The chiming percussion and sinister spoken word from Limpe Fuchs on blue hymne, along with the sombre soundscapes of Tombal, make for standout moments, but there are many standouts. Drift with the hypnotic boku ga, unwind to lode, or sink into the meditative calm of sospire. This album demands real focus, but the rewards run deep, deep, deep.
