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Christine And The Queens Returns With Powerful New Single

This week saw Nantes born & Paris based pop artist Héloïse Adelaïde Letissier aka Christine & The Queens gift us her powerfully intimate new single  ‘People, I’ve Been Sad’. It’s a poignant and purposeful work of dramatic synth pop built on a slow hard hitting beat and a commanding bass line that wraps proceedings in […]

Flora Hibberd Releases The Absentee EP & Shares New Video

Yesterday Paris based English singer-songwriter Flora Hibberd released her debut EP, the idiosyncratic and immersive The Absentee. Produced by J.C. Wright, it contains the two substantive singles she released earlier this year plus two others that, while at some 3 plus minutes brief in comparison, are no less pertinent in carrying forward its dark yet […]

NEW & NOTABLE: LUIGI TOZZI (ITA) – WASTELANDS EP

It’s always a good day when Italian Luigi Tozzi releases new material. It’s even better when he appears on two EP’s in one day. His solo release sees him return after a two year interval to Swedish label Hypnus with Wastelands, a minimal and deep techno four tracker that will satiate the sonic appetite and […]

KAREN GWYER REMIXES DEENA ABDELWAHED; DANIEL AVERY REMIXES MARIE DAVIDSON

Indie30 doesn’t usually cover remixes but when two tracks from two of your favourite albums of 2018, Khonnar from Tunisian artist/producer Deena Abdelwahed and Working Class Woman from Canadian equivalent Marie Davidson get remixes from the likes of English left field electronic and techno luminaries Karen Gwyer and Daniel Avery respectively exceptions are mandatory. Listen […]

LUIGI TOZZI DROPS TENDER IS THE NIGHT

Paris based Roman DJ/Producer Luigi Tozzi dropped his superbly technical and deeply affective new EP Tender Is The Night for Spanish label Non Series yesterday. Consisting of four ultra smooth cuts beginning with, on the more minimal A side, the exacting purr of the industrially tinged ‘Allergic’ and ‘Eos’, a track that sees Tozzi understate the […]

JANE OAK UNVEILS DO NOT REVENGE

Paris based Belgian Techno DJ/Producer Jane Oak has released an addictive three cut set in the form of her new EP Do Not Revenge. It follows up on her impressive debut Low Pressure Zone released on Swiss label Caduceus earlier this year. The title track establishes the EP’s consistency immediately dominated as it is by […]

CLÉA VINCENT SHARES NEW SINGLE + VIDEO

Photo: Kamila K Stanley Parisian pop artist Cléa Vincent has just released her exceptional new single ‘Nuit Sans Sommeil’ (Sleepless Night). One of great contrast, on the surface it’s an eminently dance-ready ode to the night but delve beneath the instantly enticing sheen and you’ll find an unsettling bittersweetness represented by a subtle combination of […]

RYVOLI RELEASE POIGNANT NEW SINGLE

Folk/pop duo RYVOLI have released the poignant second single ‘Roots’ from their forthcoming EP, Theories. Heartfelt vocals float above and heightened guitars sit astride a broken folk inspired rhythm while a one part melancholy, one part hopeful sounding cello takes centre stage. The captivating song traces the difficulties experienced reluctantly returning home after years abroad […]

OKLOU UNVEILS WONDROUS EP, THE RITE OF MAY

Yesterday London based French artist and producer Marylou Mayniel, aka Oklou, released her diverse and affecting new EP, The Rite of May. January and February saw the member of Parisian All Female DJ/Radio collective TGAF* (These Gyals Are On Fiyah) release two high calibre singles from it in the lead up, the drama filled ‘Friendless’ […]

POPOF’S CONFUSION EP

Long standing Paris DJ/Producer Alexandre Paounov aka Popof, recently released his new Confusion EP on Nicole Moudaber’s Mood Records. The title track is an impressive piece of work. Acid inspired effects simmer away during the intro before becoming spiralling weapons as the track hits on its deliberative swing complemented by a pulsating power driven bass […]