Category: dance music

Throwback: Happy Belated 39th Birthday, Tom Furse!

JOVM’s William Ruben Helms belatedly celebrates Tom Furse’s 39th birthday.

New Audio: L’Eclair Teams Up With Phoebe Coco and A Ghost Column on Dance Floor Friendly “ODESSOS”

With recorded output that includes 2018’s full-length debut, Polymood, 2019’s Sauropoda, 2020’s Noshtta EP and 2021’s Confusions, the acclaimed Swiss-based group L’Eclair, founded and led by Bulgarian-born siblings Stef and Yavov Lilov established themselves as masters of a mind-bending, spacey grooves. Along with two live sessions for KEXP, which amassed over 900,000 views combined, the Swiss-based group have built up an international following, while landing on the playlists of adventurous listeners and DJs seeking deep grooves,.

L’Eclair’s fourth album Cloud Drifter is slated for a June 20, 2025 release through Innovative Leisure. Meticulously crafted over the last four years, Cloud Drifter makes a decided departure from the group’s signature instrumental music, with the album’s material featuring vocal contributions from a wide array of frequent collaborators they’ve worked with over the past few years, including Pink Slifu, Girl Named GOLDEN, Gelli Haha, A Ghost Column, and more. Having toured with The Cinematic Orchestra and W.I.T.CH. — including writing and recording W.I.T.C.H.’s 2023 effort Zango and The Cinematic Orchestra’s forthcoming album this year, and production work with Varnish La Piscine and Maston, the Lilov brothers have assembled a vast network of likeminded musicians. And across the entire album, they keenly curate a cohesive vision incorporating many disparate contributions.

Cloud Drifter‘s first single, “ODESSOS,” features Phoebe Coco‘s and A Ghost Column’s ethereal vocals paired with twinkling and oscillating synths and a dub-inspired motorik groove. Arguably one of the most club friendly songs the Swiss outfit has ever released, the new single is a bold, sonic left turn that retains their long-held penchant for crafting mind-bending grooves. And unlike their previously released material, “ODESSOS” manages to convey the freewheeling, improvisation-driven and infectious energy of their live shows.

New Audio: Sunglow Teams Up with Rachael Brianna on Rapid-Fire “figure 8s”

Daniel B. Lynch is a Savannah, GA-born, Chicago-based DIY electronic artist, best known as Sunglow. Lynch can trace the origins of his career in electronic/computer music back to when he was 12. Starting off with experimental, electronic songs, then gradually transitioning to weirdo pop, Lynch’s relocation to Chicago marked a return to his experimental roots.

His collaborations with Furious Hooves Records and Company Businesses Inc™ have led to some rather innovative sonic explorations, which have led to defining his unique “hypo-pop” style.

Lynch’s latest album, the recently released Chocolate, Strawberry, and Pistachio, a collaborative album that sees the Savannah-born, Chicago-based producer and artist working with a series of vocalists. The recently released album’s latest single “figure 8s” feat. Rachael Brianna is a rapid-fire bop anchored around squiggling and squawking electronics, twinkling synth arpeggios and skittering beats serving as a playful and sugary bed for Rachael Brianna’s sarcastic delivery. The song seems to say, when shit has gone dark, might as well make fun on of it.

New Audio: Cape Town-Born, London-Based Sibling Duo Roi Turbo Share Two Funky Bops

Benjamin McCarthy and Conor McCarthy are Cape Town-born, London-based musicians, who have different musical backgrounds:

  • Benjamin McCarthy had more of background in electronic music
  • Connor McCarthy was in several alt-rock and alt-pop projects

Since the siblings were in high school, they wanted to collaborate on a musical project that was just the two of them. Their project together Roi Turbo sees the Cape Town-born, London-based musicians blending a mix of African and Western influences from the 70s, 80s an 90s, including Larry Levan, William Onyeabor, Air and Pino D’Angiò.

“We were listening to ‘70s and ‘80s African disco and funk records at the time, and the contrast between the synths and raw live elements of these records really inspired us,” the members of Roi Turbo explain. Over the years we bought as many synths, drums, guitars and microphones as we could get our hands on and would experiment for weeks on end until we got the sound we were going for. We wanted to create a project that encompassed all our niche tastes in music, fashion, automobiles and design, free of any pretentiousness, just quality music that gets you moving!”

Over the past month, the pair have released two singles:

  • “Dystopia,” features squiggling Nile Rodgers-like funk guitar, glistening and fluttering synth arpeggio and a strutting bass line paired with a motorik-like groove.
  • “Bazooka” is anchored around some phaser-drenched synths and squiggling keytar and a sinuous 80s-styled, two-step inducing groove.

The two singes bring to mind a slick synthesis of Zazou Bikaye‘s Mr. Manager and Synthesize the Soul: Astro-Atlantic Hypnotica from Cape Verde Islands 1973-1988, 80s synth funk while revealing a duo with an uncanny knack for funky grooves and remarkably catchy hooks.