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Cliff Martinez picks this week's PrivateJam, Air releases a vinyl-only museum-inspired album, Para One channels early '90s dance parties and more

ListenUp is a Cool Hunting series published every Sunday that takes a deeper look at the music we tweeted throughout the week. Often we’ll include a musician or notable fan’s personal favorite in a song or album dubbed #PrivateJam.

Sonzeira: Aquarela do Brasil (Mark E Remix)

From Georgia to Giorgio with Caribou in between, the songs we tweeted this week

Recognized by the BBC as the “Best Singer of the Millennium,” legendary Brazilian chanteuse Elza Soares is an essential contributor to Gilles Peterson’s new concept album Brasil Bam Bam Bam. Peterson tapped some of the country’s leading artists to represent the nation’s different music styles under the group name Sonzeira. Soares features on the classic Brazilian track “Aquarela do Brasil”—a song she’s actually never recorded …

Georgia: Be Ache

From Georgia to Giorgio with Caribou in between, the songs we tweeted this week

Georgia Barnes is a fierce female drummer who’s played some serious live beats for Kwes, Kate Tempest and JUCE (a rad trio recently making waves for breaking girl group stereotypes), and she’s slowly sidling her way into the compositional spotlight with her first track “Be Ache.” While the vocal filters she uses feel a little familiar to the ear, it’s the noisy rhythmic textures that …