Le Monkey: Geode

With a healthy dose of considered, electronic optimism, Grenoble, France-based producer Le Monkey delivers “Geode.” It’s four and a half minutes of developing, narrative musical landscapes that rise to pleasurable heights. Off of Substance Matinale (released today via PUZL Records) the track is uncommonly accessible, perhaps because of its upbeat beauty.

Lapsley: Operator (DJ Koze’s Disco Edit)

If ever there was a modern-day disco anthem that makes listeners imagine what Studio 54 must have been like the night Bianca Jagger rode in on her white horse, then this is it. German DJ/producer Koze’s perfect and unabashedly disco remix of Lapsley’s pop track “Operator” sounds timeless in all the right ways. Soaring strings, cowbell flourishes, glorious tambourine, a driving kick-drum and the voice …

Sofi Tukker: Drinkee

This gem of a song, Sofi Tukker’s “Drinkee” will forever be a reminder of summer ’16. It oozes the season’s vibes. The repetitious Portuguese chanting and the relentless groove makes this jam undeniable and completely hypnotic. Almost like a mantra, it—in essence—forces you to lose a sense of space and time and just inhabit the song. That’s why it’s genius. This week’s Listen is curated …