Chrome Sparks, Angelica Bess, Jorge Elbrecht and Deniro Farrar contribute
Published Jul 29, 2021
Following last year s collaborative outing
A View of U, Machinedrum has got another group of musical friends together for a follow-up EP. Producer Travis Stewart will share
Psyconia on September 10 through Ninja Tune.
The six-song
Psyconia features work with
A View of U collaborator Chrome Sparks, Body Language s Angelica Bess, North Carolina MC Deniro Farrar, and visual artist and musician Jorge Elbrecht.
Opener Only One, featuring vocals from Bess and drums from Ian Maciak, is the first song to arrive, and you can hear it below.
Psyconia s title combines the words psychic and syconia, the latter being the plural form of syconium. A press explains that in botany, syconium is a fleshy hollow receptacle, containing numerous flowers which develop together into a multiple fruit, as in the fig. The fig-like instrument that appears on the EP s cover, seen above, was
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The 2021 Polaris Music Prize Short List has been revealed. Mustafa, The Weather Station, Cadence Weapon, the OBGMs, DijahSB, and TOBi are among the artists nominated for the award, which annually honors the best Canadian album of the year, as determined by a panel of journalists, broadcasters, bloggers and programmers. Other nominees include Leanne Betasamosake Simpson, Dominique Fils-Aimé, Klô Pelgag, and Zoon. Find the full list below.
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Who here remembers 2012 to 2014? You know, when everyone from the Black Eyed Peas to Rihanna was making feel-good, dance-pop slammers for the summer? Everything was super shimmery, the beats were steady four-four rhythms and all the lyrics were about “tonight” and “this love.” Calvin Harris was the undisputed king of that era, and while he’s spent the past half-decade flexing his creative muscles, taking on everything from funk to ‘90s house, he must currently be feeling nostalgic.
Indeed, Harris’ latest single “By Your Side” is an instant throwback to simpler times. It sounds like fruity cocktails enjoyed poolside, each sip numbing your brain until you forget that you’ve ever heard the terms “pandemic” or “fake news.” The sunshine single features vocals from Tom Grennan, who dance fans may recognize from his work on Chase & Status’ “All Goes Wrong.” If you’re looking for something to blast at the vaccinated family barbecues this summer, “By You