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Mary Lattimore & Julianna Barwick – Tragic Magic / InFiné
Julianna Barwick, a leading figure in experimental ambient music, and Mary Lattimore, blending neo-classical and instrumental dream pop, combine their voices, historic harps, and analog synthesizers for an immersive suite that blends ambient music, raw emotion, and lasting restorative beauty.
“On their debut album together, two longtime friends and peers synthesize their respective styles, seeking out new directions and new ways of connecting.” Pitchfork

YĪN YĪN – Yatta! / Glitterbeat
Since 2017, YĪN YĪN has been refining its psychedelic disco sound and has released a fourth album, recorded live on tape. Born out of a jam session, the Dutch quartet balances global influences and club energy, pushing its quest for cosmic dance further.
“Dutch quartet YIN YIN ignite a joyous mix of disco, funk, surf and psychedelia on their upcoming fourth album ‘Yatta!’.” KEXP

Sam Quealy – Jawbreaker / Music & Craft
Sam Quealy asserts her hyper-feminine and indocile pop on her second album, produced with Marlon Magnée. With this explosive fusion of disco, dance-pop, and anarchic glamour, she transforms the dance floor into a manifesto of freedom, desire, and emancipation.
“Her other major influences? Strong and iconic women like Marlene Dietrich, old Hollywood films, 90s Eurodance, and all forms of movement. But Sam Quealy is also very reminiscent of Madonna and the cosmic artists of the Italians do it Better label.” Numero

Hania Rani – Sentimental Value / Gondwana Records
The Polish composer Hania Rani signs the original soundtrack to Joachim Trier’s Cannes Grand Prix winning film, crafting a deeply intimate modern classical work where piano, strings, winds, synths and field recordings mirror fragile family ties.
“The Polish pianist and composer’s erudite yet accessible work often defies genres, appealing to classical, jazz and electronic aficionados alike.” The Guardian

Daphni – Butterfly / Jiaolong (SRD)
Dan Snaith is back with a new album from his alter-ego Daphni, designed for the dancefloor. The tracks ‘Waiting So Long’ and ‘Lucky’ announce a simple and joyful exploration, as well as a unique encounter with his Caribou project to blur the boundaries.
“A tour de force of dancefloor intuition and emotional release, it has no point to prove; pleasure is the chief, perhaps the only, concern.” Pitchfork

Ulrika Spacek – EXPO / Full Time Hobby
A London collective fueled by ten years of collaborations, Ulrika Spacek crafts modern psychedelia with sharp guitars, airy textures, and sound collages. Recorded between London and Stockholm, this new album champions a common vision with a radical antidote to hyper-individualism.
“The band are pivotal figures in the London underground, with their staunch creativity allowing each release to sit in its own world.” Clash

Uppermost – eternal love / Uppwind Records
Producer Uppermost signs a new instinctive album, conceived without calculation or interference, following the flow of emotions. Heir to the French Touch, he blends nu-disco energy and funk to celebrate love, an invisible force that heals, elevates, and liberates.
“French producer Uppermost has a supremely stylish sound.” Clash

Altin Gun – Garip / Glitterbeat
Altın Gün, a Turkish-Dutch quintet, releases a sixth album in homage to Turkish folk singer Neşet Ertaş. The group modernizes ten folk compositions, blending the bağlama, psychedelic rock guitars, eighties bass, with Arabic strings, saxophone, and electronic touches.
“With roots in Turkey, Germany, France and South Africa, and their style traversing soul, folk and psychedelia and beyond, this thrilling band are refreshingly resistant to pigeonholes.” The Guardian

Nathan Fake – Evaporator / InFiné
The British producer opens a bright new chapter that blends electronica, ambient, and techno. Written in six weeks during the summer of 2024, Nathan Fake recorded it on Cubase in single takes, with Clark and Dextro, aka Ewan Mackenzie, the drummer from Pigs X7.
“The evergreen electronic luminary returns with his seventh album; a radiant work of “daytime music” encompassing ambient, rave, trance, garage and more, featuring Clark & Dextro AKA Ewan Mackenzie (Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs).” Ransom Note

Marlon Magnée – Dark Star / Music & Craft
After fifteen years touring the world with La Femme, Marlon Magnée, co-founder of the band, has released his first solo album… It’s a return to his roots, reconnecting with his early passions as he asserts a free and uncalculated style of writing, combining tension, melody, and immediacy.
“Co-produced with Renaud Letang at Ferber studios, this record extends the rockabilly, punk, cold wave, and psychobilly influences of Marlon Magnée who, as in La Femme, sings in both French and English, and positions himself as a descendant of Jacques Dutronc and Eddie Cochran.” Les InRocks

Lucas Santtana – Brasiliano / No Format
For his tenth album, Lucas Santtana celebrates 25 years of his career and the vitality of Romance languages. Sung in eight languages, this manifesto features Gilberto Gil, Chico César, and Oxmo Puccino, among others, and transforms their voices into a powerful political instrument.
“A contemporary Brazilian master, singer/songwriter Lucas Santtana allows the spirit of bossa nova and tropicália to flow freely through his music, but his ecologically minded songs are also informed by subtle touches of electronica, chamber-pop and a melodic sensibility that is very much his own.” Variety

Vanessa Wagner – Figures of Glass / InFiné
Ahead of the performance at the Théâtre du Châtelet directed by the Collectif Scale, Vanessa Wagner presents edited versions of her interpretation of Philip Glass’s Piano Studies. This complete work, which won the Diapason d’Or award, displays rigor, hypnotic power, and luminous poetry.
“In Étude No. 2, Philip Glass offers a space where restraint becomes poetry, and French pianist Vanessa Wagner enters it with luminous clarity, shaping each phrase with intimacy and breath.” C-Heads

Robert Lester Folsom – If You Wanna Laugh, You Gotta Cry Sometimes / Mexican Summer
A songwriter, composer, and guitarist born in Georgia, Lester Folsom blends soft psychedelia, Americana, and sun-drenched pop. These once hidden archives are seeing the light of day following the reissue of his 2010 work. Between social media, synchs, and sold-out venues, his music is finding its audience.
“What he couldn’t have anticipated is the growing appeal of this type of “lost” art – free of pretence, cynicism, marketing, internet-ification – among young people, in particular.” Far Out Magazine

Barry Hudson-Taylor – Flutter / Moderna Records
Composer and pianist, trained in choral singing and then production at the Leeds Conservatoire, Barry Hudson-Taylor alternates between cinematic writing and solo piano. His pieces capture human imperfections, hammers and clicks, for a nostalgic warmth.
“There’s a conscious lightness in the striking of the keys and the rhythm of this composition that sits delightfully with the listener.” Ear to the Ground Music

José Gonzalez – Against the Dying Of The Light / City Slang
José González, also known as a member of the Swedish folk rock group Junip, returns with his fifth solo album. In English, Swedish, and Spanish, he questions algorithms and calls for preserving one’s attention, empathy, and inner light.
“It’s an album that scores highly on philosophy and intellectual curiosity, providing a welcome moment of relief from the frenzy of modern life.” The Line of Best Fit