From bass-heavy techno and understated deep house to transportive ambient music and drum & bass here's September 2022's list of upcoming talent you should be keeping track of
VRBA
On her new release for London experimental electronic label TT, Pittsburgh’s VRBA wants to take you to another realm, somewhere that “makes you want to sit on the ground and have your eyes roll back into your head and start levitating”.
Across nine tracks of eerie ambience, lucid sound design and deep, hypnotic beats, VRBA builds a sonic world inspired by personal experiences, late nights and early mornings dancing with friends in the underground LGBTQ+ music community, and a fascination with frequency, satanism and meditative musical zones. It’s a striking introduction to the artist, who has been exploring deeply personal themes through electronic music production for almost a decade, but who fully hit her stride in 2019 and has gone on to self-release several EPs through her Bandcamp.
February 24, 2021
The second instalment in CC:DISCO!’s ‘First Light’ compilation series offers listeners an open invitation to discover prolific upcoming and unsung talents not only from Australia, but from across the globe in Russia, Japan, Zambia, Spain, Sweden, Indonesia, US, Canada and beyond. 24 exclusive tracks, and an eclectic journey which explore the scopes of jazz, Balearic, disco, house, trance and techno, affirming her status as a dedicated tastemaker.
CC:DISCO! – “With Vol II I really wanted to capture my overall sound and bring artists together from around the world. It’s definitely a body of work you should listen to from start to finish, it’s a natural progression. From Balearic core shakers, to hard AF Italo and back again. It covers everything you could think of from home listening to 4am club bangers!”