Friday's never disappoint when it comes to new music, and for this week's
Enlightened Listening, I've honed in on a couple albums, and the latest
Afterlife EP, alongside a handful of fantastic singles. As always stream below, find individual releases linked with brief descriptions at the bottom and enjoy!
Rudimental - Toast To Our Differences
Massive album from the masters. More features than you can count, including Jess Glynne, Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Maverick Sabre, and more. The kind of quality and range you can expect from one of the world's best outfits. Some easy listening poppy bits with its share of heavier, DnB stompers.
BOT - BOT New World
Serious callbacks to his crazy
Crookers days with weird, often times trippy deliveries. Colourful, vibrant and transportive techno. If this means we're coming back to this style, I'm game.
Fideles - Endless Sacrifice
I cannot get enough of
Afterlife at the moment, and while I would've loved to have got my hands on some of the IDs in
Tale Of Us's Voyage mix, this is certainly satisfying. At times overpowering and others spine-tingling, each track has an engulfing energy that, like
BOT above, takes you places.
Sheridan Grout & GXD - Dam
Was not expecting this kind of banger, but I am most certainly here for it. Reminds me of one of my favourite mixes of all time,
Cosmic Gate's 2011 Essential Mix. Beyond brilliant, absolutely euphoric!
Ducky - Day Zero
Lyrically and sonically punchy. Captures the same kind of energy as early
Porter Robinson/
San Holo.
QUIX - Stronger (ft. Elanese)
QUIX keeps innovating and moving the bar, keeping not just us listeners on our toes but his peers too. The consummate quality he always brings is astounding, and while we may already know that, it's hard not to get blown away by the drums and brass in the second drop. Wow, just wow.
Rusko - Squeeze (Burnin)
The world is a better place with
Rusko pumping out beats, and that's exactly what he did with this one:
pump. Fat af, this simple stunner is sure to get rinsed out all summer long, in fact it might just speed summer along, and I don't think anyone's complaining about that...
Haus Of Panda - Kick It
I don't know what I like more: 1) that
Haus Of Panda's been dropping fire like this with incredible regularity for over a year now, or 2) that he seemingly raises the bar with each release. Certainly seems as though speed house is here to stay!
Dr. Fresh x BIJOU - Gangsta Party
The masters of menacing g-house combine for a couple chest rattlers. Not for the faint of heart, these are sure to do damage on the dance-floor.
