From bubblegum bass to mutant reggaeton, we roundup our favorite releases of the week. Hear beneath.
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COBRAH – Model New Bitch
A part of the brand new guard of pop provocateurs, COBRAH’s components is equal elements Brooke Sweet, hyperpop, and Britney Spears. Her mix of unbridled bubblegum bass and tongue in cheek spoken phrase is wildly infectious, her picture an amalgamation of the underground with iconic pop iconography. Her new single Model New Bitch is not any exception to the rule; a bouncing home/bass hybrid, COBRAH spits vapid lyrics about intercourse, fame, and movie star. It’s witty, vapid, and sinfully scrumptious.
I.JORDAN – All the time Been
On their 2020 breakout For You, UK producer I.JORDAN wore their queer influences on their sleeve. Effervescent and at occasions transcendent, For You took the euphoric home and physique music DNA of the homosexual membership and wove it into traditional UK dance types. Their newest single, All the time Been, features equally however displays on a distinct a part of the queer expertise: romance. After popping out as non-binary, it is sensible that I.JORDAN’s music ought to replicate this era of immense progress and self-discovery. Beneath the 4 on the ground, All the time Been’s soulful disco pattern is combined in amongst sepia filtered chimes, making for a breathlessly romantic pleasure experience.
Mura Masa – hollaback bitch
Mura Masa’s string of latest singles has seen the producer go additional into his love of early 2000’s kitsch and questionable pop tropes, giving them a brand new probability at life by way of his astute pastiches. Roping in frequent collaborator Shygirl and hip-house rapper Channel Tres, Mura Masa’s latest is obvious, raucous enjoyable. The juxtaposition of Y2K raps and Nokia polyphonic samples with poolside downtempo home is efficacious sufficient, nevertheless it’s the jazzy sax riff that seals the deal on hollaback bitch being, above all else, ridiculously cool.
Azealia Banks – I Rule The World
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Actually, I Rule The World shouldn’t be Azealia Banks’s greatest. Neither does it present any continuation of the path she hinted at along with her earlier two singles, Tarantula and Wings Of A Butterfly. It’s type of a return to her earlier hip-house circa-1991, and will in all probability move for one thing salvaged off the slicing room flooring of that album. Its existence although, is… vital. Not solely did I Rule The World slip below the radar, it occurred to take action at a second when a lot of the hip-house innovation pioneered by Banks was appropriated by the likes of Drake and Beyoncé on the mainstream. For that motive, credit score have to be given the place credit score is due. So give this one a spin.
Security Trance, Arca – El Alma Que Te Trajo
Venezuelan artist Luis Garban is perhaps higher often known as Cardopusher, however now he’s including the moniker Security Trance to his arsenal. For his debut single below the Security Trance umbrella, he brings in pal and collaborator Arca. Garban made numerous appearances on Arca’s latest KICK Cycle, and it’s a inventive pairing that works seamlessly. Arca lends her voice to El Alma Que Te Trajo, a mutant reggaeton observe that includes humid dembow beats and a spinning rave synthline. It veers extremely near Arca’s work on Kick ii, specifically Prada and Rakata, current as a type of companion piece that completes the triptych.
