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CMU Approved
🎧Approved: Tracey public
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🎧Approved: Tracey

One of London’s mythic new groups, Tracey blend UKG, R&B and rave pop into something glitchy and addictive. Their latest single ‘Sleazy’ is a chaotic sugar-high; all hiccuping beats, warped vocals and Y2K flair…
Kaya Robertson
Kaya Robertson
🎧 Approved: Earthly Measures public
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🎧 Approved: Earthly Measures

London duo Earthly Measures step out from behind the decks with ‘From Earth’ - a six-track EP fusing Afro-Latin rhythm, UK club energy and rich live percussion. Lead track ‘Que?’ (featuring OKRAA) is bold, borderless and built for movement…
Kaya Robertson
Kaya Robertson
🎧 Approved: Babeheaven public
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🎧 Approved: Babeheaven

Babeheaven return after four years with ‘Beloved’ - an intimate track built on soothing keys and Anderson’s soft but assured voice. After cancelled tours and time out, ‘Beloved’ doesn’t try to reclaim ground. Instead, it offers a new starting point - careful, quiet and completely sure of itself…
Kaya Robertson
Kaya Robertson
🎧 Approved: Snooper public
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🎧 Approved: Snooper

Snooper started as a scrappy home-recording project in Nashville and accidentally became one of the most exciting live bands around. New single ‘Worldwide’ finds them pulling that chaos into sharper shapes without losing the weird…
Kaya Robertson
Kaya Robertson
🎧Approved: MCBAISE public
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🎧Approved: MCBAISE

MCBAISE is the sun-drenched alias of Cannes-born artist mcbess, blending yacht rock, woozy funk and surreal visuals. New single Cold Cuts (with Muthi) is a groove-soaked trip through playful nostalgia, with flickering guitars and velvet synths in tow…
Kaya Robertson
Kaya Robertson
🎧 Approved: TROPICS public
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🎧 Approved: TROPICS

British producer and multi-instrumentalist Chris Ward (aka TROPICS), originally from Southampton and now based in LA, refines gentle psychedelia, melted keys and slow-pour vocals into something beautifully understated. Recently released single, ‘Ionian Mirage’, is a gentle, sun-soaked escape…
Kaya Robertson
Kaya Robertson
🎧 Approved: Georgia public
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🎧 Approved: Georgia

London producer, songwriter and drummer Georgia makes club music with a pop heart. After collabs with Gorillaz and Shygirl, she returns with ‘Wanna Play’; a spiky, elastic and playful synth-driven track inspired by The Knife and Depeche Mode.…
Kaya Robertson
Kaya Robertson
🎧 Approved: Maruja public
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🎧 Approved: Maruja

Maruja fuse post-punk, free jazz and spoken word into something urgent and unflinching. New single ‘Saoirse’ builds from eerie flute and plaintive vocals into a chaotic swell of sax, strings and protest - a visceral plea for freedom in dark times…
Kaya Robertson
Kaya Robertson
🎧 Approved: Coach Party public
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🎧 Approved: Coach Party

Isle of Wight four-piece Coach Party grew up orbiting the same island music scene: working at venues, sharing bills and forming the kinds of friendships that eventually turned into bands. That DIY background still defines their sound - not lo-fi, but self-sufficient…
Kaya Robertson
Kaya Robertson
🎧 Approved: Sijya public
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🎧 Approved: Sijya

South Asian artist Sijya blends distorted synths, filtered through “battered guitar pedals”, with intimate, unguarded vocals. Her new single ‘Do I Know’ is a raw, tactile exploration of vulnerability and sound, framed by a striking video set in a reimagined Delhi…
Kaya Robertson
Kaya Robertson
🎧Approved: PARADE public
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🎧Approved: PARADE

Mysterious new eight-piece PARADE fuse off-kilter electronics with live instrumentation, where woozy synths, cinematic brass flourishes and punk guitar lines move together in unexpected ways. New single ‘It Moves’ is a fittingly strange introduction to upcoming EP ‘Lightning Hit The Trees’…
Kaya Robertson
Kaya Robertson
🎧 Approved: Sylo public
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🎧 Approved: Sylo

Rooted in alt-R&B, Toronto-born Korean-Canadian artist Sylo crafts music that edges into pop and electronic territory, always anchored in feeling. His new single, ‘Carve Me Out’, blends the spectral textures of The xx with the weight of a pop ballad…
Kaya Robertson
Kaya Robertson
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