Gelli Haha has been dynamite lately getting a glowing review for her debut album in Paste Magazine. As the article describes: "Switcheroo is a dance party of primary colors, Electrix effects, and strange samples (did you hear the bear attack on the back half of “Dynamite”?) that emerged through Abaya’s careful songwriting and a love of twisted disco shared with co-producer Sean Guerin of De Lux. Together, they warp dance and synth-pop with a post-punk gloom that underscores Abaya’s aestheticized and verbalized absurdity."
In addition, she hits a guest selector set on KCRW's Freaks Only.
Geneva-based L’Eclair released LP, Cloud Drifter, earlier this summer. To coincide with the release - the band teamed up with Aquarium Drunkard to do a Lagniappe Session. Here they reimagine some 1979 disco heat via Anita Ward’s “Ring My Bell,” embrace the street soul of Lisa Baron’s 1990 “Lovin N Affection,” and engage with something more recent in the form of Beach House’s now decade-old “Space Song.”
Off the heels of "Countryman '82" release, Allah-Las release a second instrumental from the Zuma 85 sessions. It's called "Dume Room" and it's available on all listening platforms.
Rarelyalways thrives on asserting himself in the lines that exist between genres. Born in London to a West African family, he excelled in music from a young age, absorbing gospel, R&B, and – especially – jazz in the process. Accepted into the BRIT School, he’d swap gigs depping on double bass in a jazz septet with heavy rock concerts, constantly challenging himself. As he grew as a songwriter, Rarelyalways came to stand for something defiant, a specific spirit within his chest.
After creating quite the buzz on his debut album in 2023, Rarelyalways returns with a new single "Paid," early 2000 UK Grime fused with horn lines inspired by John Coltrane as both lyricists go back-to-back
The kings of California cool, Allah-Las return with another laid back summer chiller that takes you on a journey from Malibu to Montego Bay incorporating sunshine sounds of dub, reggae, funk & jazz. From the archives of the Zuma ‘85 sessions, a small sampling of oddities and lost recordings left on the mixing room floor.