“DJ Ambulance” – “Tumanine”
At the very end of the summer, the national industrial group “DJ Krankenwagen” managed to release a summer song “Tumaninė”, which “acts on the body like a warm caress of the south wind, but sometimes also stirs larger waves, which give the listener a great opportunity to jump on a surfboard accompanied by music. ” The radio version of the single was recorded in the “Gateris” studio, but those who attended the public rehearsals of “DJ Krankenwagen” in Aleponia also experienced the alternative version of the song. In the public test, both the group and the visitors democratically agreed that the version currently being listened to on the “Radio Naba” airwaves will be the real one.
Tumaninē (Gaterī) by DJ Krankenwagen
“Podruga” – “Surrender”
On September 21, the long-awaited debut album “Sextasy” by the alternative pop group “Podruga” will be released. The first single from this album was “Don’t Let Me Down”, which provided a captivating insight into not only the auditory but also the visual world of Sextasy with a wonderful video. “Surrender” is the “next episode” in the world of “Sextasy”. The last single “is the moment when the lights go out and the listener becomes part of it dark movie inspired story. “Submission is the first step to (un) ecstasy,” the group comments on the song. Shortly after the release of the album, on September 23rd, “Podruga” reps will join me and Atim in the “Heart of Music” program to talk about both “Sextasy” and the presentation of the album concert, which will have takes place on 7 October, in the Vagonu room (Vagonu iela 21).
“Brothers of Pain” – “Why”
At the end of this year, the local post-punk group “Bēdu brāhdi” will release their debut album “Duende”, which released the first single of the album “Kādē” at the end of the summer. “The single combines a lively sound with avant-garde elements, echoing the best post-punk traditions. As usual in the music of” Brothers of Sorrows “, the single” Kāēt “also sings a story that is both existential and quite. ambiguous to resonate with many, “said the first an insight into the next album is commented by the group consisting of Oskars Tupuriņš (” Cassetes “,” Bobijs Velns “,” Boys Will Be Boys “), Pēteris Ozols (” Noise “,” Pyro Alberi “) and Jānis Liepiņš (” Cassetes “,” Tribe of the city “). In addition to “Bēdu brāšiem”, Frank Pirog also took part in the recording of the single. The single, like the entire future album, was recorded in the sound recording studio “Frida Records” and the sound processing was performed by Pēteris Ozols. Last year, the group released a four-song live short film with the aptly named “Džīvais”.
Rūta Ķergalve – “Long way”
Latvian singer and music author Rūta Ķergalve has released a song inspired by Latvian folklore called “Garu četu”. The singer “Radio Naba” will surely be remembered by listeners with the previously released single “Vārdi”, as well as her participation in this year’s contest for young performers “Hadrons” together with the group “Melk”. The latest single was released in collaboration with music producer and co-author Arvīda Saulīti. Similar to Ruta’s previous works, in the song “Garu tjevu” you can hear a magical interplay of electronic, alternative and folk music.
“Free lots” – “Thank you”
Music created in seemingly forgotten but very recent times of self-isolation still finds its way to listeners. The work created at that time also includes the fourth studio album “Closure” by post-punk Brooklyn duo “The Vacant Lots”, which will be released at the very end of September. “Thank You” is the second single from this album, after the previous “Chase”. The group of singles with a broken relationship comment: “When it’s over, it’s much easier to look back and see what it really was like. To see the duality of love and hate in a relationship. Sometimes it’s more devastating to waste time than the person. you thought you loved. It’s nothing worse than wasting time. “
“PVA” – “Bad Dad”
The London trio “PVA” offers listeners the latest single from their debut album “Blush”, which will be released on October 14th. Between magical tunes from synthesizer, live and drum electronics, “Bad Dad” also has anxiety. “PVA” tried to capture this and other mental health concerns on the upcoming album. “‘Bad Dad’ explores the inner world of a young father as he puts his son to bed at night, fearing the masculine side of his family tree and how it will affect someone so uncorrupted,” comments singer Ella (Ella Harris).
“Junior Boys” – “Night Walk”
The latest album by Ontario band “Junior Boys” “Big Black Coat” was released in 2016. After a six-year hiatus, the electro-pop duo is back with a hit single and news of an upcoming album. titled “Waiting Game” due out in late October. “Night Walk” is about “someone who is lost and doesn’t want to be found,” reveals Junior Boys member Jeremy Greenspan. The song’s aesthetic is seamlessly complemented by its video, which uses footage from the 1980s TV show of the same name.
“Drahla” – “Under the glass”
After touring with “METZ” and “Ought”, as well as several own concerts, in 2019 “Drahla” released the well-received debut album “Useless Coordinates”. These events have created enough interest in Leeds’ new outfit, which is now back, to remind us that this interest is worth keeping. “Under The Glass” is the first release from the band’s debut album, which “represents a moment of reunification with creativity as much as a sense of euphoria in the darkest moments – a welcome, however small, break from reality.” While it’s not yet known whether the song is a harbinger of a new album, “Under The Glass”, the band reveals, is a reworked set of ideas for 2020.
“Five Exposed” – “Sweet Escape”
Cinque Exposed is a Belgian electronic music producer who started posting his work on streaming sites earlier this year. About the same amount of information about this artist is available on the Internet. Furthermore, we can only mention a comment on the musician’s “Spotify” profile, where it is mentioned that “” Five Exposed “aims to burn deeply”, which is also heard through the sound layers of “Sweet Escape”.
“Totally huge extinct dinosaurs “-” When the lights go out “
In early September, British producer Orlando Higginbottom, aka “Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs”, released his last album in 10 years. The album “Trouble”, released in 2012, was followed by several singles, short albums and participations in projects by other musicians, but the experience and ideas accumulated over ten years culminated this year in a full-length entitled “When The Lights Go “. “Radio Naba” charted the album’s title track, which, highlighting the album’s general idea, “raises a magnifying glass to keenly personal thoughts and experiences that are often indescribable, postulating that the depth of feelings, not their specificity is something we can still appreciate, considering their importance in our life “.
“Röyksopp” enterprise. Alison Goldfrapp – “The Night”
The Norwegian electronic music duo “Röyksopp” has set particularly ambitious goals for this year. “Profound Mysteries III” will reach listeners on November 18, which, as the name already reveals, is the third release in the “Profound Mysteries” album trilogy of 2022. Previous plates in this series were released in April and August respectively. this year. Regarding the final part of the trilogy, the association comments that “beneath its golden and glittering sheen lie layers of ambiguity and contrast; the sweet and the painful, the wonderful and the wrong. We are human, we dream.” , which also includes musician Alison Goldfrapp Goldfrapp), is one of the first two singles released from the upcoming album.
“Tinariwen” – “Arghane Manine”
Tuareg blues group Tinariwen reissued two of their records earlier this year: 2001’s The Radio Tisdas Sessions and 2004 follow-up Amassakoul. Well, the association has announced that the 1992 album “Kel Tinariwen” will be reissued in early November, which until now could only be found on cassettes released in Mali. Along with Kel Tinariwen, reissues of Aman Iman: Water Is Life from 2007 and Imidiwan: Companion from 2009 will also be released. The closing track of the album “Arghane Manine” is the first single from “Kel Tinariwen”. Of all the reissued records, “Kel Tinariwen” stands out not only as one of the oldest, but also as a record available only in cassette format. Regarding the importance of this format, the head of the association comments that “the tapes have been an important communication tool particularly dear to us. They have helped to raise awareness and awaken the conscience of those who thought that everything was already lost or that we they didn’t have the means to win our battle. They allowed the Tuareg world to develop its consciousness and move on. In our environment, the only thing that can make us think about ourselves is music. Because we listen to a lot of music, we love music, we love poetry. We don’t read. We are not human, we read. Therefore, the only reading material we have about ourselves and the outside world is music. “
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