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Leo James

Ahead of the release of Leo James new EP for London’s eagle-emblazoned label Berceuse Heroique, the Body Language boss serves up a stunning hour-long mix mingling the finest of spacious tribal house chillers, twitchy electronics and off-kilter techno to lift your mood and awaken your senses as spring arises.

Marsesura: Barry Hats / Sandra Breaks

Following DIVISI 62’s line of “blurring the long lineage of musical idioms in the process”, Marsesura’s new single ‘Barry Hats/Sandra Breaks’ sees the pair bridging remote sound polarities, delving from the Asian continent’s colourful instrumental richness to the US twin cities’ profuse legacy with equal poise.

Todd Modes: Native Visions EP

For his debut incursion on Aaron Siegel’s FIT Sound, Todd Modes delivers what is without a doubt his most accomplished slab to date. Equally at ease with an unlikely elixir of ’80s hard-rock solos and ancestral drum patterns or more typical Detroit house tropes, Cochell proves if needed that the Motown’s still there to provide some of the most exciting dance music around.

Abu AMA: Arabxo Ishara

“Arabxo Ishara” by Abu Ama isn’t a political work of art. It’s simply an album of electronic music – samples, beats and rumbling bass. Through it’s collage style production however, it somehow captures all that’s good about living in a culturally diverse community, locally and globally.

Black Merlin: Hipnotik Tradisi

On ‘Hipnotik Tradisi’ Black Merlin navigates away from the clichés of “postcard soundtracking”, putting on what Segalen once defined as an exote’s view, effectively implementing the “Hindu mechanism” – a process by which the conscious being finds himself face to face with his own self, rejoicing in his diversity rather than assimilating completely.

Premiere: Abu AMA – Kufi Wood Art

Today we are premiering Abu AMA’s ambient soundscape ‘Kufi Wood Art’, the seventh track from his new album ‘Arabxo Ishara’, scheduled for release 22nd August 2016 on Bokeh Versions. ‘Kufi Wood Art’ effortlessly eschews beats for a more timbral affair of woodwind and downtempo electronica.

Mixtape: Montezumas Rache & Dominik Von Senger

Montezumas Rache and Dominik Von Senger’s soberly-titled ‘EP’ has a lot to offer with its mind-bending elixir of eerie funk, ambientish tropes and drawn bars of mesmeric kraut grooves. We sat back with the triplet to find out more about their one-off studio session, MZR’s raison d’être and asked them to select some of their most influential cuts.