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 15th July: 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/batch538

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 538

I made my own playlist from the Fresh On The Net full inbox (batch 538).

Some cool textures and really surprising moments packed into this week’s selection.

You can find the FOTN full inbox here:

https://on.soundcloud.com/SADpq9hp3j8u2SDJ9

FRESH ON THE NET 538 - MY FAVS

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 538

Thanks to everyone who came by Fresh On The Net at the weekend to check out Listening Post 538 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/faves538

Fresh Faves: Batch 538

Slow Mood

FOTN: ECLECTIC PICKS - 2024

TASTY BADASS RIDE

A little splash of liquid D&B... A haunting vocal and a hint of menace

Second Flow

High Kingdom Pt. 1

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

I Kind Of Liked It

DOPAMINE by Bjørn Felle, out now on AnalogueTrash

Dopamine

Heaven Sent

Be Made For Me

How can I piece things together?  Show me how to make it good like before.

Good Like Before

Violet

Love Her Anyway

LOVE IS OVERRATED

shed.your.skin.

Fresh off the back of his latest EP ‘Dead Beat Poet’, Martin Badder teams up with critically acclaimed singer- songwriter Katey Brooks and dance hit writer Katie Marne (Judge Jools, Lange) to deliver his next big single on BADDER Label.

‘Who Am I' explores the stark emotions of unrequited love, weaving its way into the euphoria of freedom in surrender through breakbeats, moody pads and driving bass lines to deliver a moving track that will have you tearing up and dancing in equal measure.

Badder is a classically trained, electronic music producer and DJ, who writes emotive and deep, dance-floor oriented beats. With recent support from Radio 6 Music’s Tom Ravenscfoft, Deb Grant and Craig Charles, plus previous radio support includes Radio 1’s key dance tastemakers, Martin's momentum is building and marks a perfect time to be releasing with such a talented vocalist as Katey Brooks.

Brooks is a UK-based singer, songwriter and producer whose vocals have featured on records with Brian May (Queen), Bill Wyman (Rolling Stones), Nick Mason (Pink Floyd) and Paloma Faith. Her music has been used in the West End, TV and film, earning her several Best Original Song awards at independent film festivals. She has had radio play from BBC Radio 1, 2, and 6music, as well as Canada’s CBC, Jazz FM, and Amazing Radio.

Martin has had his own music remixed by the likes of John Digweed, Bob Sinclar and Hayden James, and has himself re-mixed house music royalty, Basement Jaxx. Martin has collaborated with some of the most renowned vocalists in house, including Clementine Douglas, Roland Clark and Robert Owens to name just a few.

Over the last few years Martin has performed at Printworks and numerous warehouse raves, appearing on lineups with the likes of Gorgon City, Sahsa and Dusky. This summer will see Badder performing at numerous UK festivals in including a headline, main stage live show at 'On The Road Festival' as well as select club bookings throughout the year.

Who Am I

Stream/DL

Our first single ‘FAT MAN’ takes its name from the nuclear bomb. It's an apocalyptic tale about our collective apathy in the face of self-destruction, all wrapped up in an upbeat, synthy love song we hope our gran will like.
Oh and our cover art is a magic eye 👀🤔

FAT MAN

The camera lucida projects an optical superimposition of the subject being viewed, onto the surface upon which the artist is drawing. The artist sees both scene and drawing surface simultaneously, as in a photographic double exposure. This allows the artist to duplicate key points of the scene on the drawing surface, thus aiding in the accurate rendering of perspective.

Camera Lucida

SugarFüt - Mirrors

Make Your Mind Up

Glaciers

We are the broken shattered glass left from last nights masquerade 
We were the few sporting pills in hand grasped tight but tucked away
And so we stayed up to greet the sun when it came
Smoking cigarettes like they’re going going gone out of fashion
So here’s our last chance to come get you something good

We are the echoed scattered past left from long lost yesterdays
We are the few holding to the feel we grasp tight but it’s slips away
So we stayed up and walked the streets in the rain
Soaking it all in
Yeah let the good times flow right out the window
Well who could have known that this was that something good

Take me back to when , when those days were sunny , take me back to when life wasn’t bout the money , take me back to when everything was alright , take me back to when we’d party every damn night
Life’s a trip must have slipped man I’m falling hard
Lost my ticket now they saying I can’t come aboard
Watch the train pass by from the platform
Familiar faces turn to blurs as they pass by
Left behind yeah, not alone no, couple like minded fellas I met on the road
Trudging through the cold , just some wandered souls with our packs on our backs yeah we hit the tracks
Who’d have thought after all these years we’re just some lost boys under the influence of music yeah
Can’t stop even if we could
We just keep pushing for that something good

The Feel

Nu Lova

Halfway to Paradise

Heartless (with SAHXL)

Brooklyn Cowboy

Better

In this SoundCloud-exclusive commentary, Chromeo’s Dave 1 offers a glimpse into the making of key tracks from the electro-funk duo’s 2024 album, ‘Adult Contemporary,’ including deep cuts from the deluxe version. Known for fusing nostalgia-stirring funk, soul and disco with modern electronic flair, Dave 1 opens up about how he and longtime collaborator P-Thugg make creative decisions together, including how they layer their synth-driven sound, what inspired them to return to their blog house roots and much more. Listen now, only on SoundCloud.

Hear the full experience here: https://soundcloud.com/soundcloud-stories/sets/voice-notes-chromeo

Voice Notes: Chromeo on "Real Breezy"

Voice Notes: Chromeo on "Lost And Found"

Dark Dark Dark

Electronica with a soul. Funky darkness with a heavy dose of melody and a film quote or two. 
Also, check out my UNDISCOVERED playlists - shining a light on unknown, unsigned, and under-appreciated artists. 7 carefully curated playlists covering different genres.

Click here to listen:

https://open.spotify.com/user/verygrubby?si=bRk5LdP4SaKjXEOmPeKd0Q

Second Flow

Grubby