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THE VENICE KID pulled up with a grin and a mantra on Say Less, a Christmas Day drop from the Venice Beach-raised wordsmith, producer, and melodic mood-setter. Known by those

HAWC GRIFFIN turned his pen towards purpose in Share the Gift featuring Harlem Cason and Craig Winfrey, a seasonally harmonic hymn that places faith, unity and reflection back at the

KOLIHA delivered pure syncopated seduction in The Love I Give, a track that draws from the sonic bloodlines of Björk, PJ Harvey, Massive Attack, and Portishead, while keeping one foot

LOFTY may have made his debut with the downtempo mix, Quiet Steps, but his entry into the UK electronica scene was anything but tentative. The emotionally lush track brings with

Stranger Things producers knew that hearing a synth swelling like a corridor light flickering in a vast expanse of darkness is a recipe for spine-tingling visceralism from the outset. Long

ANOU slowed the world right down on So Much Better, a spoken-word revelation that treats language as both shelter and mirror. For fans of the poignant introspection of Kae Tempest

MUSKAAN DEOL proved that hyper dream pop should never be boxed in by logic or genre rules in her latest single, In Your Arms, I Overdose. A kaleidoscope of mellow,

VIRIS VALENTINE plugged her fans into an 8-bit odyssey with Player One, a glitched-out, hyper-pop fever dream soaked in retro-futuristic rebellion. Steering through pixel-burnt synths and basslines that slam with

THOMASG offered a masterclass in tonal delicacy with Beginnings 1983, the latest ambient electronica release from the Burton-on-Trent solo producer. Released after a string of singles and a full-length debut

ALEN HIT dialled up the retro warmth on Love is the Answer (Christmas Version), the sugary, spirit-lifting rework of his coming-album centrepiece. A nod to the old-school crooners but delivered