Sha Ru - Crawl
Dancefloor destroyers Sha Ru at it again today with "Crawl", the 2nd single off their upcoming EP 'They Are textural'.
https://sharu.lnk.to/Textural
Masha’s mesmeric vocals drift atop warm currents of bass, while sparse yet resolute rhythmic figures allow space for everything from softness and euphoria to obsession and heartache.
"Crawl" into your ears, on all streaming platforms via the link above.
Mahne Frame WALK LIKE
This is Mahne Frame.
https://mahneframe.lnk.to/snake
Formerly based in Tokyo, the Australian returns as a hermit with his guitar to his hometown of Katoomba, dropping the genre-warping, blunted ballad of the year "WALK LIKE", the first single off his upcoming EP 'I gave my legs to a snake', due out 5 January 2024 on Monkeytown.
"WALK LIKE" takes full advantage of the extra room for self-reflection, ruminating on the irony of being an introvert, only to pursue a very public-facing career as a musician and performer. Frame’s trademark reverb frays at the edges of the track, throat singing, slacker vocals and rumbling drones dissolving into infinity - delivered with surprising nonchalance and wry, self-knowing humor.
The video, directed by Mahne Frame, sets his warped instrumentation against a psychedelic collage of imagery - from Australia’s majestic Blue Mountains shot by drone, to one of Frame’s ostentatious sculptures, his own make-up and more. Together, the music and visuals coalesce to immerse the listener in an contemporary aussie folklore that has never felt so tangible and pregnant with meaning - creating a story where nothing is left to chance. Never tasted better.
Watch the video now, and pre-order ‘I gave my legs to a snake’ via the link above.
Kenyan rising popstar KABEAUSHÉ barge in with "BANGUK", the 3rd single from their forthcoming album.
https://kabeaushe.lnk.to/HODLTABBBY
The new single is another undeniable demonstration of their incredible versatility. Onomatopoeia transformed into instruments, spellbinding synth waves, keyboards with trap accents, claps, phlegmatic rhymes... these sounds race from the speakers, chasing after one another before eventually coalescing into a shimmering prism that reflects the multifaceted nature of KABEAUSHÉ's creativity. Like a druid, who mix all their best potions, KABEAUSHÉ combines seemingly disparate elements with alchemical genius, always with an absence of calculation and palpable playfulness that gives the track total freedom of form. "This ain't no magic" chants the magician, who would believe it?
Stream "BANGUK" and watch its official visualizer, a perfect introduction to KABEAUSHÉ's shapeshifting pop sophistication ahead of the release in three weeks of their new album "HOLD ON TO DEER LIFE, THERE'S A BLCAK BOY BEHIND YOU!”.
Links above
Sylvere & Le Diouck - Épiphanie
out now on all platforms!
www.monkeytownrecords.com/releases/ep3/
The second single off his forthcoming 'EP3' on Monkeytown, "Épiphanie" is a dazzling collaboration where Sylvere’s glassy synths are enhanced by the silky flow of Parisian rapper Le Diouck.
Stream via the link above this trailblazing new work - a radical testimony of Sylvere's ever-morphing research into bass territories.
KABEAUSHÉ's latest single "GO WITH GUT" is out today.
https://kabeaushe.lnk.to/HODLTABBBY
Opening with thunderous carnival-esque drums, KABEAUSHÉ offers a joyous, soulful and irresistibly catchy heater that speaks straight to the spirit. It's a triumphant exaltation where walls are pushed back, sprayed with "move out the way", and the entire room erupts as the track shifts from syncopated claps into a full-on frenzy.
Throughout, KABEAUSHÉ playfully shifts personas to suit the track as needed - going from MC officer-in-chief to pop hitmaker in a matter of seconds, their inimitable elegance the only constant.
Stream "GO WITH GUT" via the link above and pre-save #HODLTABBBY (10.11)
Sylvere returns with "Ah Oui Ah Oui", the incendiary first track from his upcoming 'EP3', the third and final installment of a three-part series for Monkeytown.
https://bit.ly/3P4fZf4
"Ah Oui Ah Oui" is a blazing end-of-summer thumper. Even the title gives a sense of submitting to the late summer heat and humidity, savoring those final moments of the season. Bass pressure rises like warmth from the concrete, evaporating into the evening air, with Sylvere building fragmented cowbell and a sweaty synthetic glissando into a caustic breakdown that gives way to scrappy chaos.
Stream now and pre-order via the link above the EP digitally and physically, due for release on 20 October.
© Video - PFA
KABEAUSHÉ - THESE DISHES AIN'T GONNA DO THEMSELVES
"THESE DISHES AIN'T GONNA DO THEMSELVES"
Introducing KABEAUSHÉ. The Nairobi-based artist unveils the first single from their upcoming album - an eclectic collection of prismic avant-pop gems with a rugged edge, bursting forth from the speakers with an irresistible energy.
Watch the video and stream the first single from "HOLD ON TO DEER LIFE, THERE'S A BLCAK BOY BEHIND YOU", due out on 10 November on Monkeytown. #HODLTABBY!
kabeaushe.lnk.to/HODLTABBBY
Catnapp Boiler Room Marseille
Watch a replay of Catnapp's dazzling gig in Marseille on 06.05, co-organised by Boiler Room and Metaphore Collectif.
youtu.be/jWIzlxLNOxU
The new TRUST Remixes EP is out, and Catnapp continues her festival & concert tour this weekend at Fusion Festival, and in July in Bremen on the 15th, Stuttgart 22nd and Benidorm 28th.
TRUST Remixes, the reimagined version of Catnapp's latest album, is out now on all streaming platforms.
catnapp.lnk.to/TRUSTRemixes
The release sees seven fellow club visionaries give their own twists on Catnapp’s incendiary productions, featuring edits from Diessa, Kamixlo, Lila Tirando A Violeta & Sueuga, Scratchclart, Talpah and Tufi Meme.
Alongside Scratchclart's amapiano chef-d’oeuvre of 'time on me' and the astounding 'despierta' by Catnapp and Tufi Meme passed through the particle accelerator, Diessa provides an equally British take on ‘the way back’ (feat. Modeselektor), albeit in a more amphetamine-fuelled sonic space, filtering Argentinian pop experimentalism through hi-NRG UK dance hedonism for a crunchy speed garage roller. Lila Tirando A Violeta & Sueuga’s rumbling flip of the same track revels in crackling distortion, leaning into Catnapp’s more abrasive influences.
Talpah’s edit of ‘forget’ amps up the bass pressure, Catnapp’s sugary vocals gliding atop rolling subs, while Kamixlo’s reimagining of ‘stay unsaved’ (feat. Aamourocean) shifts on a knife-edge from dreamy deep reggaeton to pummeling gabber stabs.
Listen now via the link above.
Track: stay unsaved - Kamixlo Remix
Animation by Maeldan Delpy
The official music video for Catnapp - 'despierta' featuring O.L.I.V.I.A is out now.
youtu.be/iax834M-OEM
The final track on TRUST, 'despierta' is a collaboration between the two Argentinian artists and finds Catnapp returning to her roots, a closing of a circle - with a song where the producer sets aside one of her personal fears and sings in her native tongue for the first time in years.
'despierta' casts Catnapp and O.L.I.V.I.A. as wingless, sleepwalking fairies attracted by a magnetic darkness, drawing them into a forest and an enchanted tree that awakens nocturnal spirits.
Watch the video directed by Gustavo Taretto via the link above.
Catnapp & O.L.I.V.I.A - despierta
Official music video this Friday 19.05 on Monkeytown
