Blippy percussive bird-watching expeditions from Toronto’s Fermi Lëkundë, whom I covered a couple of years ago. Lëkundë has a real knack for crafting tracks with displaced percussive accents that take traditional 2-step club rhythms into unexpected places–and he does so without being too heady. Against serene pads, this makes for a nice balance of body and mind. Lëkundë was generous enough to let me share with you the mp3 here, but grab this and his past work on bandcamp, or catch it for streaming wherever you do that sort of thing.
Fermi Lëkundë – “2 Steps” (mp3)
Some delightfully unconventional bassy stuff from Taipei’s Patchin’ (Wenchin Liu). Centered around found sounds recorded at the edge of a bay far from the city, Patchin’ frames it all with a sentimental little melody about pining for childhood freedom. Add to that some hyper-clean percussion and teardrops of ear candy, and you’ve got some delicious nostalgia. Check the rest of Patchin’s work too, it’s all really great. Grab this on bandcamp or find it for streaming.
Patchin’ – “on the bay we used to play” (bc)
Finally today, a change of pace from the stuff I’ve been covering lately. I still listen to a good deal of hiphop, especially laid-back contemporary stuff that I usually categorize for myself internally as sweet hop, but I don’t tend to post much of it. Some of that is just a question of exposure–I don’t necessarily get a lot of stuff in that vein sent to me that I particularly connect with, so a lot of what I’m listening to in that realm is pretty well known and likely wouldn’t be fitting for an outlet primarily geared towards discovery. But occasionally, something sweet pops in. That was the case here; Akanimo, an artist from Charlotte, NC, sent this over a few weeks ago. Consistent with the song’s subject matter, Akanimo’s flow, timbre, and subject matter on this are sleepy and hypnotic; that and the beat make this all about achievable leisure–phone off, clean sheets, scrambled eggs, and mimosas in bed. Streaming only on this, but Akanimo was kind enough to let me share the mp3 with you here.
Akanimo – “Room Service” (mp3)