The best songs of the week

Dutch collaborative lo-fi electro.

Betonkust & Palmbomen II are two dutch producers who have teamed up on Center Parxs, a new EP that takes inspiration from a time at the titled holiday park, where they made the EP.

They were the only guests at at the park, and its atmosphere rubbed off on these productions. The opener ‘Leo / Mirjam’ has a retrofuturistic inviting sound to it, echoing a pristine but distant place of utopia.

The EP is released on Vancouver label 1080p.

Danish kids were revealed as XL Recordings’ new signings last week.
I saw Liss perform at Eurosonic in January and I was mightily impressed with their sophisticated indie R&B sound. I wasn’t the only one it seems. XL Recordings will release the band’s four track EP. ‘Sorry’ is the lead track, one that sounds like Jimmy Somerville channeling some modern R&B pop music.

Niall Byrne

Niall Byrne is the founder of the most-influential Irish music site Nialler9, where he has been writing about music since 2005 . He is the co-host of the Nialler9 Podcast and has written for the Irish Times, Irish Independent, Cara Magazine, Sunday Times, Totally Dublin, Red Bull and more. Niall is a DJ, founder of Lumo Club, club promoter, event curator and producer of gigs, listening parties & events in Dublin.

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