Watch: Concordia (Dorian Concept Remix) by Yuma Yamaguchi

Hailing from Tokyo, Yuma Yamaguchi is known for his productions scoring films, drama, animation, and commercials. Concordia started as a soundtrack for an interactive beach art installation in Odaiba, Tokyo. As part of a four-track series of remixes, here Viennese producer and keyboardist Dorian Concept brings a distinctive flair whilst retaining hints of the original.

Both the original tracks and Dorian Concept’s version bask in elements of jazz, but where the original is focused on piano refrains and sweeping strings, the remix basks in loose organic percussion flourishes and glitchy electronics. Dorian Concept is known for his work with Flying Lotus, Thundercat, and The Cinematic Orchestra, and the aesthetics of those artists are present here.

As I write this, I’m sitting on an airplane, about to depart for the sunny beaches of Greece. The lively, organic feeling electronics of this version of Concordia feel perfect — like an early morning sunrise, the earth gently awakening with possibility.

Listen: When I Grace Yr Mantelpiece by Jill Blutt

Shimmering with an 80s soft-focus aesthetic, Jill Blutt’s new single, When I Grace Yr Mantelpiece, is the third and final single to be taken from a forthcoming EP.

With the EP’s first single receiving exposure on Spotify’s Fresh Finds and Fresh Finds Indie playlists, When I Grace Yr Mantelpiece is poised to create further momentum for Blutt’s EP. Spectral vocals feel otherworldly, floating transparently against cools synths and crunchy percussion. The song acts as a plea for success, with unashamedly honest lyrics that ask, ‘please, please make me famous, or I might, quite possibly, die’.

Despite the thematic transparency, When I Grace Yr Mantelpiece has a layered depth to it. The production and instrumentation here creates a dream-like sense of possibility — like waking up and not being quite sure if the glimpsed thrill of success was real or a dream. The song’s bridge, at the one-and-a-half-minute-mark, is particularly wonderful — a lightly textured moment where the bass drops away to reveal Blutt more fully, navigating a maze of ambition.