Lydia – Dauwd

Today is a throwback to a 2014 classic by US-born, Welsh-raised electronic music producer Dauwd.

Lydia is beautifully weird composition. For me, it conjures up some kind of mythical battle – maybe the opening credit sequence of Golden Axe 2. It pounds and shimmers in a hugely original, deeply moving kind of way. Check it out.

Bonus track: basically, there’s a lot more where that came from. This EP scores 3 bangers out of 3 for me. Oh, and the guy is a genius live as well.

Satan Baby – E.J. Garrison

In honour of Hallow’en, this track is a funky little bluesy creeper. Spooky.

Props to Dauwd for somehow including this track in his B2B set at Printworks.

Open Your Head EP – Jackson Almond

Jackson Almond describes himself as a Northerner. He releases his tracks on WotNot Music. The rest you’ll have to do yourself.

Anyway, Open Your Head is a tasty EP. Smooth house with some obvious afro influences. My two picks are Common (Dauwd-y fare with some crashing piano drops and tasty Romare-y samples) and Ee Ye.

Bonus track: for you, my loyal reader, you get another taste – on this number Frits Wentink meets Laurence Guy. Not a bad matching if you ask me