Welcome back to On Our Radar, a music feature where the team at Reform select their hottest tracks of the week. This week we’re checking out screeching organs, atmospheric melodies and four-to-the-floor beats.
THE NATURAL YOGHURT BAND
“Wigged-out library music from the enigmatic Natural Yogurt Band fuses thick funk with woozy psychedelia” – Bandcamp 2022.
DAWUNA
An atmospheric and progressive take on R&B and Soul by Brooklyn artist Dawuna. Dark and lingering notes make up the album, against Lo-Fi melodies and vocals, setting them aside from other musicians in these genre categories.
SARAH ANGEL X LASHIMBA
Amazing beat on this tune coming from Dimos. Sarah Angel and Lashimba met during Soundcamp 2021 and this year they got together in London and created this masterpiece one morning, before Lashimba’s 3 PM train back to Manchester. Watch the video now.
EZRA COLLECTIVE
London’s five-piece band Ezra Collective are singlehandedly “pioneering the new wave of UK Jazz music” (Boiler Room), nodding in the face of traditional Jazz and adding their own urban twist. Fusing together the sounds of Afro-Beats and other percussive thrills the song really sounds like a ‘Victory Dance’.
GHETTO89
Pulsing dance track with a strong four-to-the-floor beat by Ukrainian DJ and Producer ghetto89. Based in Kyiv, the repetitive element of ‘Germination’ alludes to the resilience of the Ukrainian people, as touched upon by ghetto: “Living in a country in which there is a war, at first it is difficult to come to your senses and put your life in order. But any trials make us stronger, and therefore more resilient and, most importantly, wiser”. An air of calmness is palpable from when you hit play, perhaps mirroring the process of germination to some degree.