Dan Deacon: Opal Toad Segment

Off a forthcoming experimental music compilation, I Said No Doctors!, from NYC-based music label Dymaxion Groove, musician Dan Deacon’s “Opal Toad Segment” conveys a different sort of chaotic charm than we’ve come to expect from the mastermind. Here, a vibrant tinkling—of “MIDI-triggered pinpoint notes from an acoustic grand piano”—rises and falls with a binaural boldness. It’s quite beautiful and entirely out of the ordinary.

The Avalanches feat. Freddie Gibbs: Bad Day

Australian outfit The Avalanches released their second record in 2016, following a 16-year break, and evidently they have plenty more where that came from. Recently a rough version of the group’s track “Bad Day,” featuring Indiana-born rapper Freddie Gibbs, found its way online—and like much of what we’ve come to expect from The Avalanches, it blends several genres via guest spots and countless samples (including …

Dan Kye: Tolle

From the four-track EP Joy, Ease, Lightness, Dan Kye’s “Tolle” is made for the dance floor, but is far from a vacuous, empty feeling dance track. Rather, it’s deep, soulful and very funky—with just the right level of sultriness. This is pared-back, sexy electronic at its best.