Welcome back to On Our Radar, a music feature where the Reform team show off their hottest tracks of the week. This week we are diving into compilation and remix albums, as well as taking a look at emerging songwriters from the North.
OBSKURA
All proceeds from this hard-hitting industrial techno compilation go to benefit relief organizations helping Ukraine. Released on the 100th day that the Russian Federation invaded Ukraine, featuring fifteen tracks and an array of contributing artists.
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ILYICH
If bubbly dance music with rubbery basslines is your thing, then this EP will fulfil all your grooving desires. Embracing Jazz, House and Soul, German artist Ilyich synthesises trippy breaks and percussion with out of this word vocals, entrancing strings and voluminous arpeggios.
BRIAN JACKSON
Did somebody say dancefloor-friendly remixes? Brain Jackson’s latest album features the original track ‘Little Orphan Boy’, and a continuation of remixes to follow. With ‘Soul Fusion’, instrumental, Down-tempo and Dub mixes, there’s one for everyone.
BARRY CAN’T SWIM
What a name. ‘Fiorucci Made Me Hardcore’ is from the 4-track EP ‘More Content’. Released on independent Electronic label Ninja Tune, Barry Can’t Swim continues to make forward-thinking, jubilant dance music, impossible not to like.
DEE RAE
Queer Indie Rock artist Dee Rae has just released their first single ‘Silver Wallet’. Twenty-year-old singer from Liverpool has been blowing up, making appearances at some of the most prestigious venues across the North. Through her emotive vocals and upbeat melodies, tales of love, dreams and nature are delegated.