FLASHLIGHT

Mister Mellow by Washed Out released June 30, 2017

Particle Fields Reimagined by Robot Koch and Savannah Jo Lack

Royal Blue 3000 by Ladi6 released June 2, 2017 Produced by Parks and Brandon Haru

All Of This by Perera Elsewhere released June 2, 2017

IT WILL BE FOREVER by Sun Glitters Traveling sideways in time, Sun Glitters’ IT WILL BE FOREVER is a cinematic cruise that illustrates a retro-future landscape of wildlife. Brimming with its own synthetic nature, the album’s foundations of heavy bass, complemented and contradicted by electronica melodies, carve a panoramic view as he journeys between apprehensive, haunting tension and bright, revelatory scenery. Victor Ferreira (aka Sun Glitters) spent his formative years as a teen in the 1980s, naturally gravitating to the luminous synth sounds characteristic of that time. Now, with a copy of the Drive OST under his arm and witnessing his own children’s inquisitive nature about the world, Victor found himself drawing inspiration from within–opening the door to nostalgia and taking a trip down a memory lane paved by dreams drawn on an Atari ST. The result is IT WILL BE FOREVER, a love letter to a time of not so distant past–or perhaps so far in the future that it defies imagination–and a contemplative soundtrack that acknowledges the paths leading to this point, both personally and communally. Painting a vivid Tech Noir world layer-by-layer, It Will Be Forever reflects the cautious anticipation many of us feel today in the digital age: a sense of something bigger looming. Spanning 11 tracks, the album depicts a version of the seven stages of grief, with the conclusion being the most poignant as it closes with a wonder and zest for life that the author hopes to impart on us. released May 26, 2017

We've Met Before by Rounds 'We’ve Met Before’ is the long-awaited, debut album from Rounds - a London-based three piece consisting of Robert Cooper (vocals, synths), Andrew Chapman (guitars, synths) and Ashley Kemp (drums, samplers). After 2013’s ‘Falter’ EP and regular plays across Radio 1, 6 Music, XFM and the NME, plus a more recent hat tip from globe-trotting house pusher George Fitzgerald, ‘We’ve Met Before’ propels Rounds further forward, showcasing their most cohesive blend of vocals, electronics and live instrumentation to date. Still impossible to pin down, the band's influences continue to be myriad - fusing indie, bass music and everything in between. released May 5, 2017

Compassion by Forest Swords Forest Swords, aka acclaimed Merseyside-based producer Matthew Barnes, returns with his eagerly anticipated new full-length record. “Compassion" is the follow-up to 2013's critically lauded debut “Engravings” and released via Ninja Tune. The album will be followed by a set of projects across multiple mediums by Forest Swords’ own Dense Truth, a new experimental studio and record label, including a series of music videos. releases May 5, 2017

WILD by Nuage “WILD” is the most complete musical work by Nuage up to date. Following a thought-out plan from beginning to finish – with a real introduction, development, and conclusion – the album is influenced foremost by the sun, sea and tropics. The music slowly evolves from warm and uplifting songs towards colder and more mysterious realms. releases May 5, 2017

PERPETUAL by Stac Co-Produced by STAC & Memotone Released on 28th April 2017 2 Points Records

Unset by Almeeva releases April 19, 2017 Written & composed by Gregory Hoepffner Except Track 5, written by Junior Torello, composed by Dee Dee Halligan Recorded and mixed by Gregory Hoepffner Mastering by Naweed at Whitfield Mastering Artwork by Gregory Hoepffner, Anna Klein & Pelle Lannefors iF3058 Published by InFiné éditions, except track 5 by Hanseatic Musikverlag GMBH CO KG (p) & © InFiné / 2017

Abysma by Geotic Ask Will Wiesenfeld to contrast his project Baths with the music made under his Geotic alias and you’ll get a simple response: Baths is active listening, Geotic is passive listening. But behind this straightforward duality exists two projects that are equally poignant yet starkly distinct, reflective of the emotional complexities of its creator. Don’t mistake “passive listening” for anything remotely resembling apathy. Released on Ghostly International, Geotic’s Abysma might be dance music created for at-home listening, but it’s replete with a quiet beauty and private communion that can rival anything made to command the totality of your attention span. In a world riven by noise and distraction, Abysma is as subtle as Sunday morning ritual, a tender epiphany in a bombastic fireworks show. released March 31, 2017

Clean House by Moon Bounce moonbouncemusic.com soundcloud.com/moonbounce facebook.com/moonbouncephilly twitter.com/moonbounce_ releases March 10, 2017

Digging A Tunnel by sir Was sir Was’ debut full length, Digging A Tunnel, is an album that constantly bucks trends and confounds expectations. Boasting a continually evolving sound that remains nonetheless unified, it comes as close as any record can to defying description. It boasts, an effortless flow, reflected in Wästberg’s vocal delivery, which shifts from falsetto to a groove-like spoken word which circles round the beat rather than landing on it. It is, in short, brilliantly restless and boldly alive. releases March 10, 2017

Human.exe VIP by Pixelord Human.exe VIP is a special collection of live versions from Pixelord's LP and some new tracks related to the album. LP - hyperboloid.ru/album/human-exe video - vimeo.com/184604084 HYPR049 follow Pixelord - soundcloud.com/pixelord released February 27, 2017

Distance by Pick a Piper Ontario electronic experimentalist Brad Weber aka Pick A Piper releases his most gripping and emotional collection of songs yet, Distance, on March 3rd. Weber – also known for his role in dance favourites Caribou – has ventured everywhere from Chernobyl and Guatemala to the Canadian Arctic, northern mountains of Japan and south America since his first release as Pick A Piper. On this new album, he lets that influence show. A bewitching slow-rave travelogue of sounds and stories picked up along the way, it’s a record that simmers with both the excitement of adventuring to these locales, and the melancholy of the people you leave behind to visit them. “It’s a great source of heartache, but also a great source of joy,” Weber explains of an album “about trying to balance connectivity with chronically being away.” Distance, like the scene in all good postcards, you’ll long to return to again and again. released February 24, 2017

form/a by Half Waif Nandi Rose Plunkett writes, records and performs under the name Half Waif. Her music is deeply personal and engaging, reflecting her lifelong endeavor to reconcile a sense of place. Rasied in the bucolic cultural hub of Williamstown, Massachusetts, Nandi was the daughter of an Indian refugee mother and an American father of Irish/Swiss descent. She was one of Williamstown’s only non-white residents. As a kid, she listened to a wide mix of music that included everything from Joni Mitchell and Tori Amos, to Celtic songstress Loreena McKennitt and traditional Indian bhajans. In college, she studied classical singing and became enamored with the works of Olivier Messiaen and Claude Debussy. Her output as Half Waif reflects these varying influences, resulting in a richly layered collage of blinking electronic soundscapes, echoes of Celtic melodies and the sad chord changes of 19th-century art music. released February 24, 2017

Skin Companion EP II by Flume released February 17, 2017 P & C 2017 Future Classic