I've only just discovered Lanterns on the Lake and their wonderful Until The Colours Run album, but I'm rapidly coming to the conclusion that it's one of 2013's best kept secrets. Check out this video of a live piano version of Green and Gold recorded for the Generator Sessions and see what you think.
You can stream Until The Colours Run on Spotify:
Dubby urban chillwave with a weird angst inducing video on this new release from south London's Colo, out on Ki Records via Kompakt. Go lose your head.
I've only recently got into Sampha via his work with Sbtrkt and Drake, but love the fact he could sing his shopping list and make it sound emotional. This edit of Can't Get Close, originally on Sampha's Dual EP, is a lush combination of layered vocals and laid back house beats. It reminds me of Armand Van Helden and Roland Clark's Flowerz, which is no bad thing.
Check out Sampha's Dual EP on Spotify:
Not sure how I've only just discovered this but the new single from Breach is basically the only thing I want in my ears. Take one-part Disclosure, one-part Azari & III and one-part 1990s garage catchiness then shake 'til done. Oh, the video is hot.
Iceland's Ólafur Arnalds turns his hand to techno here having previously focused on new classical sounds. Kiasmos is a collaboration with Bloodgroup's Janus Rasmussen and this track is taken from the forthcoming album.
Says Arnalds: "This song, like most of our songs, was made late on a Friday night while enjoying a glass or two of a nice Scotch. It’s one of our personal favourites of the upcoming album and is usually the point in our live set where things change from ‘slight head-bobbing chill’ to ‘all right, let’s party!'. We want to release this song ahead of the album to get ourselves as well as you all excited for a much more Kiasmos-active 2014!"
There's a real Jon Hopkins vibe to this, in the way it blends piano and techno… So it is perhaps unsurprising that you can them both at Sonar Reykjavík later this month.
