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Palms Trax returns to their own CWPT label for his first single since 2021, ‘One Thousand Waves’, featuring French songwriter and producer, Myd.

Written and recorded between Berlin and Paris, and later completed at Phillipe Zdar’s legendary Motorbass studio, ‘One Thousand Waves’ captures Palms Trax, aka Jay Donaldson, in fresh, pop-oriented pastures, while reinforcing the emotive musicality that has earned him a role as one of club culture’s most beloved aficionados.

Having previously collaborated with Mac DeMarco and Bakar on his 2021 solo album ‘Born A Loser’, Myd proves to be a perfect foil for the rich, vivid synth pop emerging from Palms Trax’s studio. His yearning vocal performance invites listeners and slow dancers to lean into a track that conjures shades of classic Parisian electro with a foundation of bittersweet balearica, building to an explosion of cathartic percussion from guest drummer, Antoine Bourachot.

One Thousand Waves

Palms Trax & Myd - One Thousand Waves

Otik's debut on Aus Music, the Xoul Trap EP back in May 2023, showcased his unique blend of atmospheric and breakbeat-powered techno. It is one of many releases over the last decade that have helped establish Ashley Thomas as an artist with a left-of-centre perspective. As well as curating his own Solar Body label he has dropped his singer sounds on Mall Grab's Steel City Dance Discs and Martyn's 3024, where he served up his debut album Cosmosis late in 2024. 

The lush 'Retrograde' is doused in loved-up synth layers and beautiful arps that swirl around a dusty, driving beat. The celestial charm is heightened with angelic vocal motifs that drift through the mix as the lo-fi drums drive on and lock you into a hazy trance.  
'X-Dream' is another melodic masterclass, this time with a garage-tinged and shuffling groove. Gorgeously tender keys rain down from above next to more echoing vocal coos and heavenly synth smears. The whole thing has a hint of melancholy that makes for an even more lasting impact.

Retrograde/X-Dream EP

Retrograde/X-Dream

Otik - X-Dream

Perpetual Emotion Machine

Don't Be Seen With Me

Treat Mode

Memoria

On It Goes

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Soulwax “All Systems Are Lying” — out now via DEEWEE / Because Music. 
Described by the brothers as “a rock album made without any electric guitars” All Systems Are Lying was built entirely from modular synths, live drums, tape machines and processed vocals. It’s a fractured mirror held up to modern society on the brink — where truth is distorted by filters, algorithms and noise.

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All Systems Are Lying

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Daphni - Clap Your Hands

Mike Redfields feat. Eileen Jaime - Shadows
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Lyrics:
Lights flashing, the room is alive
Feet hit the floor like bees in a hive
Shadows stretch where the neon dies

I see you move, you're pulling me in
Whispers of fire under my skin

Shadows dancing under the moon
Chasing rhythms, we're out of tune
Shadows, shadows, we're breaking through

Smoke blooms and the air is thin
Heart beating loud, let the chaos begin
We're lost but it feels like a win

You spin me round, I'm caught in your thread
A tangle of dreams inside my head

Shadows dancing under the moon
Chasing rhythms, we're out of tune
Shadows, shadows, we're breaking through

Whispers of fire under my skin

Shadows dancing under the moon
Chasing rhythms, we're out of tune
Shadows, shadows, we're breaking through

Shadows

Shadows (feat. Eileen Jaime)

https://avalonemerson.com/andthecharm

Now one of dance music’s most respected DJs, Avalon Emerson first made a name for herself in the storied warehouse scene of her birthplace, San Francisco, before relocating to Berlin in 2013. Over a decade of performances at the famed Berghain led to appearances at numerous festivals around the world which all cemented Emerson, and her evocative, genre- and decade-spanning sets, as perennially in demand. 

In 2020, she released her first full-length collection: a contribution to the longrunning DJ-Kicks series (which Resident Advisor described as “The sound of a well-honed DJ at the top of her game.”), nestled alongside a steady stream of remix releases for the likes of Four Tet, Slowdive, Robyn and more.

Next up was 2023’s Avalon Emerson & The Charm, an instant classic which saw Emerson exploring her singing voice and more traditional songwriting outside of the boundaries of her dance music work.  Created after a move to New York, the resulting & The Charm album was released to critical acclaim, landing on numerous critics’ best-of-the-year lists.

The stage is now set, then, for her to carve out a wholly unique path, and with the help of new label home and indie giant, Dead Oceans, Emerson is poised to connect her various musical endeavors to create an untouchably rich output of material. First up is Perpetual Emotion Machine, consisting of songs created for her DJ sets, delivered via a living, evolving project and announced ahead of her worldwide tour.