Belgium's Billie Holiday” remixed by a Japanese band in a style that has more than a hint of Brazil? Yes, that's right, we're deep into Gilles Peterson's world here. This beautiful and tripped-out percussive groover is the first taste of a new Melanie de Biasio remix compilation compiled by Peterson out in February which features a killer lineup of remixers including Jonwayne, Clap! Clap!, Seven Davis Jr, plus Gilles himself in a studio team-up with Simbad. If this blend of de Biasio's velvet voice and Toshio Matsuura's enveloping production is anything to go by it's going to be a killer.

Melanie De Biasio "The Flow (Hex Remix)" - Boiler Room Debuts

Tropics 'Rapture,' out now.

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Tropics - Blame (Machinedrum Remix)

Colleen, aka Cécile Schott, is really one of those artists where if you know, you know. Her run of albums from 2003-2007, mostly on The Leaf Label presented an exquisite set of dream-worlds, where you could easily drift away on her loops of cellos, bells, flutes and musical boxes. But then a six-year hiatus from the music world made it almost seem like it HAD been a dream. However, she returned with The Weighing of the Heart in 2013, easily up there with her very best work - and now, teamed up with Thrill Jockey, she's showing that she's stronger than ever. This is the first track from her Captain of None album coming on April 7th, and damn, it's beautiful. 

Colleen "Captain of None" - Boiler Room Debuts

We know next to nothing about this band, other than they're from Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo. You might even have guessed that from the distorted thumb pianos which are highly redolent of Kinshasa's most famous recent export, Konono No.1 - but Mbongwana Star (Mbongwana means "change", apparently) are a very different proposition. There's some very strange dubwise production, courtesy of Parisian and sometime Tony Allen collaborator Doctor L, some eerie postpunk-sounding guitar work, and an altogether unique vibe. They're coming to Europe in April and May and there'll be an album on World Circuit around then too. We will be paying close attention.

Mbongwana Star "Malukayi" - Boiler Room Debuts

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