Makaya McCraven releases four new singles, one from each of his four upcoming EPs – Techno Logic, The People’s Mixtape, Hidden Out!, and PopUp Shop – which will be released on October 31st. The new singles – ‘Boom Bapped (feat. Theon Cross & Ben LaMar Gay)’, ‘The Beat Up’, ‘Dark Parks (feat. Jeff Parker)’, ‘Los Gatos’ – and subsequent EPs are all compiled on a 2xLP and 2xCD physical release...
Joy Orbison continues his journey into the boldest areas of electronic music with his latest single ‘play it again’ out now. ‘play it again’ sees the London-based innovator taking inspiration from his love of 80s New Wave and 90s electronica, rebooting them for 2025, and landing in a liminal musical space between headphone introspection and dancefloor abandon. Featuring a manipulated, mantra-like vocal, the single sees Joy Orbison (aka Peter O’Grady)...
To celebrate its 25th anniversary, XL Recordings announce a special, expanded version of Leila’s acclaimed second album Courtesy Of Choice. Originally released on 11th September 2000, the album followed the success of her Rephlex Records debut Like Weather and felt like a broadcast from a futuristic radio station no one else could tune into. Twenty-five years on, alongside collaborations with the likes of Bjork, Aphex Twin and Terry Hall and...
Blawan – aka Jamie Roberts – will release his long-awaited debut XL Recordings album, SickElixir, out Friday 10 October. Crafted between Berlin, Leeds, Paris, and Lisbon, the 14-track record is his most personal work to date; a manifesto for the way he sees music and himself. Channeling grief, family trauma, and seismic life shifts, SickElixir expands on the sounds of his recent EPs – BouQ, Dismantled Into Juice, and Woke...
Overmono – aka brothers Tom and Ed Russell – are deep into their biggest summer yet. From headline festival appearances at Glastonbury (West Holts) – featuring special live guests Kwengface and For Those I Love – to All Points East, Boomtown, and Love Saves The Day, the duo have further cemented themselves as one of the UK’s most vital live electronic acts. Their reimagining of High Contrast’s legendary drum &...
Baltimore singer-songwriter and producer Nourished By Time releases his highly anticipated new album The Passionate Ones via XL Recordings. Crafted between Baltimore, London, and NYC, The Passionate Ones is a sermon, a twelve-track catharsis, howled from the underbelly of late-stage capitalism, a blueprint for building your own altar in the ruins of the American Dream. Initially created in Los Angeles’ in late 2019, Nourished By Time emerged as Marcus Brown’s escape from the monotony of his day jobs and a continuously crushed...
Internationally acclaimed drummer, producer, and sonic collagist Makaya McCraven returns to announce four distinct yet interconnected EPs – Techno Logic, The People’s Mixtape, Hidden Out!, and PopUp Shop – to be released on all music platforms 31st October. The four EPs are also compiled on a 2xLP and 2xCD physical release titled Off the Record, available for preorder now and in stores 10th October via XL Recordings. In line with the project announcement, Makaya McCraven releases the first single from each EP, ‘Imafan’ (PopUp...
Dutch experimental producer Torus and London-based musician, composer and producer Danny L Harle release Starlight Divergence, a nine-track project made by Torus using stems of Harle’s acclaimed recent single ‘Starlight’ – a collaboration between Danny L Harle and alt-pop icon PinkPantheress as the source material for each track. Torus (Joeri Woudstra) is a multidisciplinary artist who operates at the intersection of visual art and experimental music. Taking the hyper out of hyper...
Baltimore singer-songwriter and producer Nourished By Time shares ‘BABY BABY,’ the third single from his upcoming album The Passionate Ones, out August 22nd via XL Recordings. Crafted between Baltimore, London, and NYC, The Passionate Ones is a sermon, a twelve-track catharsis, a blueprint for building your own altar in the ruins of the American Dream. A deadpan dispatch from the frontlines of desire and dysfunction, ‘BABY BABY’ unpacks hyperreality and arrives with an accompanying music video directed by Marcus Brown,...
Everything Is Recorded return with a bold new twist on ‘Porcupine Tattoo,’ a standout track and the first single from this year’s acclaimed album Temporary — now reimagined by none other than genre-defying sonic alchemist DJ Koze. “Richard asked me to approach this remix not with reverence – but with disrespect. It was liberating. Now it sounds a bit like a midlife crisis meets The Prodigy. You’ve been warned.” — DJ...
London-based musician, composer and producer Danny L Harle heralds the start of a new musical era with the release of ‘Starlight’. A collaboration with alt-pop icon PinkPantheress, the single sees Harle searching for euphoric melancholy via his love of Elizabethan Madrigals, 90s Eurodance and 2000s trance to stunning effect. Despite a prolific period for the GRAMMY-nominated artist as a producer, writer and remixer for some of the most luminous names in contemporary culture – including Caroline Polachek, Charli XCX, Dua Lipa, oklou and Shygirl –...
Richard Russell’s collaborative music project Everything Is Recorded announce and release Solstice Equinox – a new album comprising forty pieces recorded in four days between 2023 and 2024 at The Copper House, Russell’s West London studio. Solstice Equinox is the fourth Everything Is Recorded album and comes four months after the third, Temporary. Each session took place on a solstice or equinox — the Summer and Winter Solstices, and the...
Joy Orbison and Overmono come together once again. This time, they’re stepping into fresh territory with ‘Lippy’, a collaborative new single featuring original vocals from rising Montreal rapper Skiifall. The single premiered as the Hottest Record on BBC Radio 1 with Jack Saunders. ‘Lippy’ started during a session at the XL Recordings studio, where Joy Orbison and Overmono began exploring more melodic ideas beyond their previous club-focused collaborations ‘Blind Date’...
Giggs and XL Recordings are proud to announce the 15th anniversary reissue of Let Em Ave It, the British rap icon’s seminal second album, which will be available on vinyl for the very first time. Originally released on 21st June 2010, Let Em Ave It marked Giggs’ bold introduction to a wider audience and laid the foundation for one of UK rap’s most uncompromising and influential careers. Emerging from South...
XL Recordings releases a new single by Four Tet ‘Into Dust (Still Falling)’ which features a sample of Mazzy Star’s ‘Into Dust’. One of his most sought-after gems from the last few years, ‘Into Dust (Still Falling)’ is released globally alongside a limited edition 12” vinyl – available exclusively via the XL webstore – and an exclusive screen printed t-shirt. Four Tet was also announced to play Mode Festival on...
Nourished By Time returns to share ‘9 2 5,’ the next single from his forthcoming album The Passionate Ones, out August 22nd. ‘9 2 5’ chronicles the emotional toll of a working-class artist stuck between the grind of a meaningless day job and the relentless pursuit of his artistic dreams after dark, driven by a beat echoing the syncopated spirit of Baltimore club music. This latest single from Nourished By Time’s highly-anticipated new album...
