Nazar’s “Demilitarize” sees the artist channeling Ghost in the Shell

Nazar’s Demilitarize, out this month on Hyperdub, is essential listening – reimagined Angolan kuduro DNA woven into a sound world inspired by processing trauma and absorbing the ethos of anime classic Ghost in the Shell. It follows two releases that responded to the civil war with an imaginative, intimate coda.

Check out this exquisite new single by Loraine James, a chilled 12 degrees

New Loraine James is on the way, bringing temperate sounds in these days of climate extremes. The full album is due on Ghostly in March, but you need the single right now.

Peter Kirn - January 17, 2025

Here’s the music in 2017 that gave us strength

Music can make us stronger, helps us face challenges. So forget talking about which music was “best.” Here’s some music that made us better.

David Abravanel - January 2, 2018

Dancing Nomads and Afro Futurism: Fhloston Paradigm Chasing Rainbows Video, from King Britt

- August 17, 2013

Good Trips: Bubbling Colored Goo in Live AV for Laurel Halo [Hyperdub], Konx-om-pax

Peter Kirn - October 10, 2012

King Britt, in the Studio: Fhloston Paradigm and Making Music Like It’s 1983 [Video]

Peter Kirn - March 27, 2012

Analog Frontiers: Listen to King Britt’s New Fhloston Paradigm EP [CDM Track Stream, FACT Mix]

Peter Kirn - March 27, 2012

Faces Traveling Through Worlds of Glitch, Geometry, and Particles in Darkstar Music Video

Peter Kirn - October 7, 2010

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