Gryr – Drift
Cloudy electronica from Gothenburg-based Gryr (Jonatan Josefsson). The A-side, “Drift,” is music perfect for driving through foggy tundric expanses—it evolves deliberately, its rhythm and chords cruising steadily in a trance. The B-side, “Sand,” is slightly more propulsive but no less aerial– its lilting melodies tumbling through many of the same lofty spaces as the first one, but with a touch of low-end tug. These are the first set of singles from Gryr’s upcoming Hymn EP. No bandcamp for these, unfortunately, but you can grab them below or find them for streaming all over.
Gryr – “Drift”
Gryr – “Sand”
Brecon – Angular
Following a similar thread is a new song from Brecon (Will Brown), the Welsh artist whose excellent collaboration with Verity Standen I covered last month–and which has been a real favorite of mine in the time since. As was the case that one, this new one marries a gentle, reflective introductory melody with an eruptive release: cascading, theatrical melodies set against a wall of synth and drums. Gorgeous stuff. No bandcamp for this yet, but Brown was kind enough to let me share with you the mp3 below. You can also find this for streaming.
Brecon – “Angular”
ERRx – golden hour
Finally today is a new one from ERRx, the nameless artist whose work I’ve covered a couple of times before–including in the first post in which I coined the lazy term online jungle to describe the breakcore-adjacent microgenre of frenetic, melancholy, short-form song, all heavy with breakbeats and drenched in big pads. This new song from ERRx takes that same formula and notches up the optimism for sunny day walks and thinking about your crush. The beautiful Windows critical error sound is there too. I’ve also included a song I’ve posted in the past, with a new housier remix by ERRx themselves (together with an artist I can’t find any information about, WALKDONTRUN). I know I describe this stuff as within a microgenre, but as is often the case with online subcultures, they have a way of infiltrating the mainstream. The original of this has generated over 100m views and plays and has been included in ad campaigns by the likes of Fanta. You can grab all these on bandcamp, or find them for streaming. ERRx was also kind enough to let me post the mp3s of a couple of these below.
ERRx – “golden hour”
ERRx – “breaking down”
ERRx – “breaking down” (Remix)