Hot damn! Love Ssega is back with ‘Hot Electrolytes’.
The Kat Hassan-directed video bursts with colour, mirroring the warm tones throughout the track.
Explaining the track, Love Ssega says “This track has hopefully raised two eyebrows and a wry smile. To me it feels like a sledgehammer of passion, colour and sound, as that’s what I was going for. If it’s not surprising, it’s not exciting.”
‘Hot Electrolytes’ is taken from Love Ssega’s forthcoming ‘Emancipation!’ EP, which is set for release later this summer.
Sounds like: Talking Heads, LCD Soundsystem, Tom Tom Club, Kindness, LA Priest, Prince
Greek artist, Σtella has just released her highly anticipated sophomore album, ‘Works For You’.
To celebrate, Σtella has put together a playlist for us. Enjoy!
Moscoman, Manfredas – Dévoué (Manfredas Remix) First time I heard this song I kinda felt like I was tripping, in a good way. I’m happy to have shared the stage with Moscoman once.
Arthur Russell – Springfield Arthur Russell will always remain a mystery to me. It ‘s music from outer space in a way.
Yello – Oh Yeah Really don’t know how to comment on this. Just a good listen and a place for phantasies.
Unknown Mortal Orchestra – Multi-Love “She don’t want to be a man or a woman”. Good for her.
Grace Jones – Pull Up To The Bumper I love this song so much. It explodes in my head every time.
Julian Casablancas – 11th Dimension
This track takes me back in time, it’s got that heart ache feeling you just can’t miss.
KAYTRANADA – BREAKDANCE LESSON N.1 A DJ and a good friend of mine introduced me to this song by Kaytranada, and now I play it whenever I wanna shake my head a little.
Red Axes, Abrão – Balma (feat. Abrão) Loving Red Axes this year, they did a show In Athens last month. Good boys.
Jean-Jacques Perrey – Cat In The Night I sadly found out about Jean Jacques Perrey the day he died, late 2016. This man was a genius and is really worthy to listen to pretty much everything he’s done.
Toro y Moi – Lilly “This place is up for grabs, I give it to you for free”, that line was stuck in my head for a long time. Really good sound.
Fleetwood Mac – Never Going Back Again – Remastered The album “Rumours” has been one of my favorite albums ever, but just recently I gave a lot of attention to this track in the album. How sweet.
LA Priest – Lorry Park
LA Priest hit me in the stomach at around 0:50 with that beat, oh man, thanks.
Alan Hawkshaw – Beach Journey Super fine tune by Mr Alan Hawkshaw. This track takes me places I didn’t know existed.
Vulfpeck – Back Pocket
Bravo, Bravo, Bravo to Volfpeck for this massive funky smart track.
‘Works For You’ is out now via Inner Ear Records and is seriously good. Listen to ‘Way To Go’ below.
Sounds like: Kaleida, Annie Lennox, New Order, Depeche Mode, The Human League, Cash+David, Christine & The Queens
Bright Sparks share another catchy and shimmering electro pop number, called ‘Slow Motion’.
It perfectly encapsulates that feeling when a relationship makes you feel numb and spaced out, perhaps because one person wants more from it than the other.
Alongside the awesome ‘Wildfire‘, ‘Slow Motion’ appears on their debut EP, out later in the year.
Sounds like: Disclosure, Years & Years, Aluna George, Salt Ashes, Lxury, LA Priest, TCTS, Karma Kid, Le Youth, Moon Boots, Friend Within, Feist, Ben Khan, Oh Wonder
Whilst the sound of Bright Sparks might be familiar (they’ve been featured on tracks with Sam Feldt and MÖWE), ‘Wildfire’ is their first ever solo release.
Already working with high flyers (the track has also been produced by Years & Years producer Andy Smith (aka Lxury)), ‘Wildfire’ offers that flying electro pop that we love at Indietronica.
Bright Sparks will release their EP in early 2017.
Sounds like: Disclosure, Years & Years, Aluna George, Salt Ashes, Lxury, LA Priest, TCTS, Karma Kid, Le Youth, Moon Boots, Friend Within, Feist, Ben Khan, Oh Wonder
Following on from the catchy, ‘Nobody’, shapeshifter and musician, Fwar, shares the video for opposing track, ‘Everybody’.
Industrial twangs and minimalistic layers of Eastern tendencies, the video was choreographed by Barnaby Booth and edited by Isaac Eastgate (LAPriest, Kindness, DjangoDjango).
Fwar says that, “Everybody is about allowing yourself the freedom to form a new identity by flirting with alternative outlooks, seeking new experiences & becoming alien to all that you took for granted. Nothing compares to being able to look at life with the curiosity of a child.”
Sounds like: Gold Panda, Hot Chip, Caribou, Jungle
Some of you with a keen ear may recognise Ssega’s vocals. He was featured on Clean Bandit‘s ‘Mozart’s House’, which he also co-wrote as a former member of the band, following his time at Cambridge University where he studied chemical engineering.
It seems Ssega has also found some time to extensively study a decent tune. ‘Minds’ cleverly channels a mix of New Wave, 80s hip-hop and NYC disco into smart modern pop.
He is signed to Hometown/Sony.
Sounds like: Talking Heads, LCD Soundsystem, Tom Tom Club, Kindness, LA Priest, Prince
