ECLECTIC PICKS - 2024

+ MAY 2024 PART II

Any artist is welcome to send us a track via freshonthenet.co.uk anytime between Monday lunchtime and Wednesday evening (or when we receive 200 submissions, whichever is sooner) - and all our moderators, including Tom Robinson, will listen to every track. This is our full inbox from the week beginning Mon 13th May: from Friday afternoon you'll be able to hear our shortlist and pick your favourites on this week's Listening Post which will appear at freshonthenet.co.uk/batch529

If a track you submitted does not appear in this list, it’s probably because another of your tracks appeared in our Fresh Faves or on the BBC Music Introducing Mixtape during the last three months — we ask that artists featured on either wait three months before resubmitting to give others a chance. 

We also don’t accept short previews or SoundCloud Go tracks that can only be heard as 30 second previews, and tracks made private after submission, which cannot be included in playlists. You will be able to resubmit the track in future. Tracks (and remixes of tracks) that have been previously submitted, and tracks from banned artists will also be removed.

ENTIRE INBOX: Batch 529

Our moderators listened to every track we were sent this week and have picked their favourites for your listening pleasure this weekend:

Listening Post: Batch 529

Thanks to everyone who came by Fresh On The Net at the weekend to check out Listening Post XXX and tell us which tracks they liked best. Here, in alphabetical order, are our readers' top favourites. Our reviews are written by Fresh On The Net's Poppy Bristow- and you can read them at http://freshonthenet.co.uk/faves529

Fresh Faves: Batch 529

A fresh, curated collection of newly released ambient, electronica, synthwave, experimental, dubstep &amp; trip-hop, from electronica.org.uk

Essential Electronic Music: Downtempo | Electronic | Experimental

FOTN: ECLECTIC PICKS - 2024

A fresh, curated collection of newly released ambient, electronica, synthwave, experimental, dubstep & trip-hop, from electronica.org.uk

Essential Electronica - Emerging Downtempo, Experimental, Electronic Vibes

Safety Second

Safety Second (Live)

High Kingdom Pt. 1

Painted Ladies

Exist

Nina

Portamento

Disorder is taken from Keening's second album - James Francis Diaries.
Preorder available here - https://darkliberationrecords.bandcamp.com/album/james-francis-diaries-2
James Francis was the lead singer of the cult band Strange Ones. He disappeared in 1993 from the island of Losse in Scotland where he was recording his debut album.

In 2022, James’ tapes and diaries were given by James’ parents to the band Keening. Keening had discovered and fallen in love with the Strange Ones' records and learned about James’ disappearance. The original demos themselves, even with digital restoration are unlistenable as James distorted the recordings and overdubbed them with found sounds from the island. Instead of replicating the songs, Keening decided to write their own music inspired by James’ diary, the mystery surrounding his disappearance, his lyrics, and the island of Losse. James’ edited diary is included here for interest and with the permission of his family.

releases January 20, 2024

James Francis Diaries

Disorder

DOPAMINE by Bjørn Felle, out now on AnalogueTrash

Dopamine

Enhancer

second hand living room

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AnalogueTrash is an independent record label, promoter, and new music blog based in Todmorden that specialises in post-punk, indie/alternative, electronica, and leftfield pop. We release records, we put on grassroots gigs and we shout about great music via our blogs, podcasts, and playlists.

The Long Way Home

The Long Way Home EP

Stream and buy

Lines Of Silence - The Long Way Home (Amaury Cambuzat's La Route des Choux Edit)

Here's one from the back catalogue!

[English below]
Mae fy mrawd a finnau wedi bod yn sgwennu caneuon gyda'n gilydd ers cyfnod hir rŵan. Dyma gân o'n "back-catalogue", wedi'i ysgrifennu nôl ym Metws-y-coed yng nghanol y 2010au, wn ni ddim pryd yn union. Roedd y gân yn poblogaedd iawn gyda'n gynulleidfaoedd ar y pryd (roedden ni'n berfformio o dan enw arall adeg yna). 

Buom ni'n recordio'r gân yn 2018 yn Rhydychen gyda'n ffrindiau, Nico a Jakes (sydd bellach yn berfformio o dan yr enw, Pecq, ewch i wrando arnyn nhw!), ond ni ryddhaom y gân oherwydd doeddwn ni ddim yn gigio lot gyda'r prosiect erbyn hynny, gan fod ni'n ddau yn bwy mewn dinasoedd gwahanol. 

Mae gennon ni prosiect newydd yn bellach, fel rydach chi wedi sylwi, felly, dyma chi'r gân "bwdl ldl lwm bwm bwm", o'r diwedd! Mwynhewch.

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My brother and I have been writing songs together for a while now. Here's one from our back catelogue. We came up with this little ditty while jamming on the piano in our family home in Betws-y-coed at somepoint towards the middle of the 2010s, not sure when exactly. It was a hit with audiences at the time (we performed under a different name back then).

We recorded the song in Oxford in 2018 with our friends Nico and Jakes (who now perform under the name Pecq, checl them out!), but then we ended up not releasing it, because we weren't gigging that much with that band at the time due to us living in different cities. 

Since then, as you've noticed, we started this new project! :D So, the time came to release the "bobl lobl lom bom bom" song at last! Enjoy :)

Music video: https://youtu.be/VCpibcH2lDs
Smart link: https://kycker.ffm.to/mylove

My love, my love
is bigger than your whole world. 
It grows, it grows
and conquers everything
My heart, my heart
is beating just for you,
And for your love
I would do anything
      
I can't help it, I'm in love with you 
You're the only thing I want to do

My heart, my heart,
is hotter than the brightest star
It grows it grows,
and burns up everything
Your eyes, your eyes,
they carry me oh so far
And for one look,
I would do anything

For    your eyes
For    your heart
For    your love   
        
I can't help it, I'm in love with you    
You're the only thing I want to do

My love is bigger and brighter than anything
My love will set you on fire and burn you up
My love is bigger and brighter than anything
You can imagine

My love is bigger and brighter than anything
My love will set you on fire and burn you up
My love is bigger and brighter than anything
You can imagine

Credits:
Siôn Rickard - lead vocals, ukelele, main composer
Liam Rickard - backing vocals, guitar, bass
Niko O'Brien - drums, e-guitar, production
Hannah Jakes - keys, production

Recorded & produced in Oxford by Upcycled Sounds

My Love

Parasite - Angel B Valentine

Found a Job

Dig (feat. Rhian Teasdale)

A song about the relentless demands made by some people and the reaction. Comical, heavy, hard beats and basslines.

Written by China Shop Bull 2023
Recorded by Rob Hobson and John Yates
Mixed by Rob Hobson
Drums by Sam Tempest

Av It!

'Grim Iconic...(Sadistic Mantra)' (Release Date: August 2, 2024)
Order / Stream Now: https://music.subpop.com/jrcg_grimiconic

J.R.C.G.: 
Bandcamp: https://jrcg.bandcamp.com
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On Tour: https://www.subpop.com/artists/j_r_c_g
 
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Grim Iconic...(Sadistic Mantra)

Dogear

J.R.C.G. - Dogear

STREAM 'JUST WANNA GET TO THE OCEAN' - https://found.ee/justwannagettotheocean

PRODUCED BY THOM SOUTHERN
WRITTEN BY THOM SOUTHERN/STEVIE SCULLION

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JUST WANNA GET TO THE OCEAN

Opening track from the album Here Comes The Actual Band, out on 29th May.

Here Comes The Actual Band

When I Close My Eyes

Ever since we released MetaGoth#1 back in 2022, we have been promising to create a MetaGoth#2. We are thrilled to tell you that we have at last done exactly that!

At a cracking 165bpm, MetaGoth#1 was a danceable track full of palpable tension, anger and defiance. As its name suggests, it was also a playful take on familiar gothic tropes and sounds, plus a lot of what came after those heady days in the early ‘80s, when the two of us helped, in our own small way, to bring this musical genre into being. 

Alone (MetaGoth#2) carries on in this same vein. It takes the same riffs and augmented samples that we used to create MetaGoth#1, but this time it broods along at an imperious 61bpm, and hosts a new set of fabulous percussion and vocals, referencing an altogether more melancholic and poetic facet from the postpunk scene. Complementing this are the lyrics, drawn from that most gothic of writers, Edgar Allan Poe. 

Why not have a listen to MetaGoth#1 after you have heard Alone (MetaGoth#2), and see how many shared samples and sounds you can spot!


From childhood's hour I have not been 
As others were - I have not seen 
As others saw - I could not bring 
My passions from a common spring. 
From the same source I have not taken 
My sorrow; I could not awaken 
My heart to joy at the same tone; 
And all I lov'd - I lov'd alone.
(from the poem, Alone, by Edgar Allan Poe)

Alone (MetaGoth#2)

Gradients

Air Lock

Sputnik Snare

Living and dying are inseparable, two sides of the same coin. One cannot exist without the other. It is only when you embrace the reality of death that you unlock the power to truly rise and live again

Auferstehung

Music From The Merch Desk (2016 - 2023)

42DIMENSIT3 e3 [London 03.06.17]

Where Things Are Hollow: No Tomorrow

Northern Safety Route

Landscape from Memory

Catherine

Nothing is intrinsically good or bad, according to Spinoza. But we tend to apply these terms to anything and everything, typically to serve our own advantage. This track, inspired by the philosophy of Baruch Spinoza, as are the other tracks off our latest EP, strives to offer an unique soundscape, but in no way do we want to suggest that it is "good."

Nothing is good in and of itself

In Emotive Intelligence, Imo Kashi blends tight breakbeat percussion with a nostalgic piano to craft a soundscape that speaks directly to our emotional intelligence. This ambient electronic track takes the listener on a deep journey into the subconscious, where rhythm and introspection merge to explore the most intimate shades of the human experience.

Emotive Intelligence

When asked about this release, BRĀN said:
”Trying to keep the same vibe I’m known for but always wanting to go heavier “ 
And yes, he goes heavier, he bangs that nail on it’s head fulfilling the intention with one blow and bangs it again for good measure.
These three tunes bring that glitchy sound that in the USA is often associated with artists like Tipper, Joe Cicada, Resonant Language, KLO etc, however BRĀN has been dropping goods like this for quite some time and has utilized that time to refine his sound into something unique.
These tunes hit hard with a clarity that knocks the kilter off-kilter and then, to keep you on your toes, knocks it back on and off-kilter a few more times. The glitch is strong in this man and he makes it known, the production is top notch, the sound is crisp and clean and the bass hits you in all the good spots.
We hope you enjoy these tunes as much as we do.

Prominent YesPleez! gang member Bran Richards is known for his aggressive off-kilter beats. With a unique style, Bran delivers sets that are as unpredictable as they are electrifying, mixing wompy half time bangers with basshouse and more! With each drop, he unleashes a barrage of distorted basslines and squelchy sounds, leaving listeners craving more.

The Paper Guy

BRĀN Richards - The Paper Guy

Mastered by Last Take Studio - www.instagram.com/lastakestudio/

Title: Laguna Profonda
Artists: @straahl
Label: Abyond
Catalog: ABY018S2
Release date: 06.06.2025
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“Laguna Profonda” is an electronic track with a deep, cinematic sound that moves between breakbeat, glitch hop, and dark electronic.
It opens with rarefied atmospheres and evolves into a dense, layered progression built on hypnotic grooves, fluid synths, and finely crafted sonic details. The piece creates a subtle yet constant tension, drawing the listener into a nocturnal and visceral landscape, suspended between introspection and mystery.

Buy/listen

Straahl - Laguna Profonda

https://breakroom.ffm.to/future-sight
out now w/ @breakroomrecs !

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future•sight

get it

Gas Mask Replicant

Razzle

Listen on Spotify

Razzle | Matthew Greasley

Railwave

Reach | Matthew Greasley

A song about passing things down
Lyrics by The Wizard Of Problem Town - https://some-triangles.tumblr.com/

James Outside The Academy

Independent label, promoter and blog specialising in post-punk, indie/alternative, electronica, and leftfield pop. Est. 2009.