Chancha Via Circuito – Jardines (ft. Lido Pimienta)
Four years since his last full-length record, Chancha Via Circuito is returning with album Amansara, and has released new single Jardines with an accompanying video. Chancha Via Circuito doesn’t stray far from his already recognisable brand of cumbia, layering elements drawn from a variety of traditional South American musical styles over a teched-out dub rhythm, allowing the voice of Lido Pimienta to be one’s guide in his sonic jungle. Jardines is a slow-burning and hypnotic piece of dance music from what is one of the world’s most exciting music scenes at the moment, and bodes well for the rest of the album, released September 23.
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Huxley – I Want You
Huxley is perhaps better known as a DJ rather than a producer, but he has still been behind some massive releases in recent years: 2012’s Box Cleaver is probably up there as one of the better releases of the contemporary house revival. I Want You is the lead single off debut album Blurred, set for an October release. The single itself is a charming piece of upbeat house, not a million miles away from something you could imagine Disclosure producing, undercut with a squelching bassline and twinkling synths.
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DJ Spoko – Mshongoville
Already hugely popular in certain circles in his own native South Africa, DJ Spoko looks set to start gaining an international following with his upcoming LP release War God, which he has previewed with new single Mshongoville. DJ Spoko plays bacardi house, his own name for his brand of grimy kwaito – it’s like a more hyped up version of the sound that Kingdom has been peddling with his Fade To Mind label. Mshongoville is moody and raw, and its more minimalistic take on South African house looks set to propel DJ Spoko to the levels of acclaim he should rightly have been awarded for DJ Mujava’s Township Funk, the 2008 Warp single that ended up being one of the best releases in dance music of that year and which DJ Spoko largely produced.
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