{"id":1859145,"date":"2026-04-01T09:51:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T06:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1859145"},"modified":"2026-04-01T09:51:00","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T06:51:00","slug":"10-great-albums-you-may-have-missed-in-the-last-three-months","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1859145","title":{"rendered":"10 great albums you may have missed in the last three months"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/1200\/0-0-1200-800\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1440\/2\/1442864.jpg&#8221;]<\/p>\n<article class=\"main-article standard \">\n<div class=\"article-main-content article-wrapper has-media-but-its-an-image\" data-status=\"loaded\" data-primary-article=\"true\" data-url=\"\/music\/article\/70014\/1\/10-great-albums-winter-best-new-music-2026-julianna-barwick-hasji\" data-article-id=\"70014\">\n<header class=\"article-header has-square-image no-media\">\n<div class=\"wrapper dg-max-width\">\n<div class=\"inner\">\n<figure class=\"main-img has-figcaption\" data-img-aspect-ratio-type=\"square\" data-img-aspect-ratio=\"1\" data-template=\"Standard Article\"><span class=\"has-css-custom-props image-container\" data-aspect-ratio-type=\"square\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"SY3, SLEEPWALKER\" class=\"img\" height=\"1200\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/1200\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1440\/2\/1442864.jpg\" width=\"1200\"><\/span><\/span><figcaption class=\"img-caption\"><span class=\"inner\"><span class=\"credit\">SY3, SLEEPWALKER<\/span><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"meta\">\n<div class=\"inner\"><time datetime=\"2026-04-01T09:51:00+00:00\" class=\"timestamp\" title=\"01 April 2026\"><span class=\"month\">April<\/span>\u00a0<br \/>\n<span class=\"day\" data-day=\"1\">1,<\/span>\u00a0<br \/>\n<span class=\"year\">2026<\/span><\/time><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<div class=\"titles\">\n<div class=\"tags\">\n<div class=\"sections\"><a class=\"category vertical - music\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/music\">Music<\/a><br \/>\n\/<br \/>\n<a class=\"series\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/lists\">Lists<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"standard-tag-container\"><a class=\"standard-category\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/music\">Music<\/a> \/<br \/>\n<a class=\"standard-series\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/lists\">Lists<\/a><\/div>\n<h1 class=\"title\"><span>10 great albums you may have missed in the last <span class=\"nowrap\">three months<\/span><\/span><\/h1>\n<div class=\"standfirst\">\n<h2>Featuring Mon R\u00f4via\u2019s calming Afro-Appalachian folk music, Florence Sinclair\u2019s enigmatic fusion of rap and dream pop, and Scratchclart\u2019s <span class=\"nowrap\">shuffling grooves<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<p><time datetime=\"2026-04-01T09:51:00+00:00\" class=\"timestamp\" title=\"01 April 2026\"><span class=\"month\">April<\/span>\u00a0<br \/>\n<span class=\"day\" data-day=\"1\">1,<\/span>\u00a0<br \/>\n<span class=\"year\">2026<\/span><\/time><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><time datetime=\"2026-04-01T09:51:00+00:00\" class=\"timestamp\" title=\"01 April 2026\"><span class=\"month\">April<\/span>\u00a0<br \/>\n<span class=\"day\" data-day=\"1\">1,<\/span>\u00a0<br \/>\n<span class=\"year\">2026<\/span><\/time><\/p>\n<div class=\"providers\">\n<div class=\"contributors\"><span class=\"contributor\" data-contributor-role=\"Text\"><span class=\"contributor-role\">Text<\/span><a class=\"contributor-name\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/user\/martynpepperell\">Martyn Pepperell<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"article-body-container\">\n<div class=\"article-body wrapper\">\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<p><span>Recently on Dazed, we\u2019ve looked at <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/music\/article\/69875\/1\/rawayana-the-venezuelan-tropical-pop-band-exiled-by-maduro\"><span>how a Venezuelan pop band became political exiles<\/span><\/a><span>, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/music\/article\/69938\/1\/genre-soup-rap-band-whatmore-new-york-interview-laguardia\"><span>met the sound of New York adolescence<\/span><\/a><span>, and explored <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/music\/article\/69842\/1\/two-tribes-one-scene-uk-ug-esdeekid-chav-emo-aesthetics-2000s\"><span>the UK underground\u2019s new identity crisis<\/span><\/a><span>. We\u2019ve also explored <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/music\/article\/69928\/1\/angry-chaotic-story-behind-prodigy-firestarter-video-walter-stern-keith-flint\"><span>the story behind The Prodigy\u2019s \u2018Firestarter\u2019 video<\/span><\/a><span>, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/music\/article\/69843\/1\/kim-gordon-selects-what-to-listen-to-watch-read-syllabus-spring-2026\"><span>asked Kim Gordon what to read, listen to and watch<\/span><\/a><span>, and hosted a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/music\/article\/69738\/1\/dazed-mix-evissimax-milan-blade-black-vampy-sexy-dj\"><span>Dazed Mix by Evissimax<\/span><\/a><span>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Three months into the year, and we\u2019re still in a mad world. Despite the uncertainties that colour the day-to-day realities of many, music continues to offer the potential for shared communal spaces and to serve as a source of collective solace. The global music community continues to face ongoing economic challenges related to touring, releasing, and promoting music, but the heart wants what the heart wants. Expert difficulty level settings be damned, new and under-discussed talents from the world of underground music will always continue to use connection and craft to find their way.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>For the first edition of our 2026 quarterly roundup, we continue to reflect on and acknowledge musicians, artists, producers, and DJs from around the globe, all with strong communities, real visions, and important statements to make. Here are ten essential Q1 releases, all available on Bandcamp.<\/span><\/p>\n<h1><strong>SCRATCHCLART, <\/strong><strong><em>STOP MAKING EDITS VOL.1<\/em><\/strong><\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html-embed\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<p><strong>WHO: <\/strong><span>The London producer-DJ-broadcaster maverick turning out dance-tempo covers of classics that shuffle to a different groove.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>WHY YOU SHOULD BE LISTENING: <\/strong><span>If you know him from his NTS radio shows, DJ sets, or productions, you know Scratcha DVA, aka Scratchclart, always has a strong point of view. Circa 2026, he\u2019d like the DJ scene to stop making edits. Leading by example, he\u2019s created <\/span><em><span>Stop Making Edits Vol. 1, <\/span><\/em><span>a collection of covers of classic soul, R&amp;B and dance records reimagined for today. One of the highlights is his syncopated version of Minnie Riperton\u2019s slow jam classic \u201cInside my love\u201c featuring Calista Kazuko &amp; Paris Cesvette. Scratchclart\u2019s squad-heavy remake of \u201cI am the Black Gold of the Sun\u201c is a wonder as well.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>FOR FANS OF: <\/strong><span>EL-B, 4Hero, Minnie Riperton.<\/span><\/p>\n<h1><strong>JULIANNA BARWICK &amp; MARY LATTIMORE, <\/strong><strong><em>TRAGIC MAGIC<\/em><\/strong><\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html-embed\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<p><strong>WHO: <\/strong><span>Two celebrated American musicians, a harpist and a keyboardist\/singer of wordless songs, making magic together in Paris.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>WHY YOU SHOULD BE LISTENING: <\/strong><span>Recorded over nine days with harp, vocals and an array of vintage analogue synthesisers, <\/span><em><span>Tragic Magic <\/span><\/em><span>is a testament to the musical telepathy at the heart of Julianna Barwick and Mary Lattimore\u2019s friendship. Longtime collaborators, Barwick and Lattimore have honed their instinctual understanding of each other over tours and recording sessions. When they lock in, as I witnessed live once at the Dark Mofo festival in Hobart, Australia, they reach into the sublime. Arriving in France after the 2025 wildfires in Los Angeles, they transformed their feelings of loss into catharsis. The album\u2019s title is a perfect fit. <\/span><em><span>Tragic Magic<\/span><\/em><span> indeed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>FOR FANS OF:<\/strong><span> Vangelis, Nala Sinephro, Ennio Morricone<\/span><\/p>\n<h1><strong>MON ROV\u00ceA, <\/strong><strong><em>BLOODLINE<\/em><\/strong><\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html-embed\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<p><strong>WHO: <\/strong><span>A contemporary Afro-Appalachian folk singer-songwriter and instrumentalist bringing people together.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>WHY YOU SHOULD BE LISTENING: <\/strong><span>When Mon Rov\u00eea sings, you can feel the whole atmosphere relaxing around you. Hushed, intimate, and inviting, yet somehow endlessly expansive, his ambient folk and country sensibilities are a calming balm in troubling times. A Liberian refugee who was raised in the Caribbean and East Tennessee by his adopted family, he makes music that explores the relationship between West Africa and Appalachia. <\/span><em><span>Bloodline<\/span><\/em><span> is his finest moment yet. Here, he shows off a rare but hard-won level of empathy that feels inspiring and needed right now. Standout songs include \u2018Black Cauldon\u2019, \u2018Heavy Foot\u2019 and the title track.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>FOR FANS OF: <\/strong><span>Fleet Foxes, Anjimile, Annahstasia.<\/span><\/p>\n<h1><strong>SY3, <\/strong><strong><em>SLEEPWALKER<\/em><\/strong><\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html-embed\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<p><strong>WHO: <\/strong><span>Three Chinese-American artists who found common ground in Los Angeles over music and cinema.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>WHY YOU SHOULD BE LISTENING: <\/strong><span>SY3 (pronounced \u2018sigh\u2019) is the group project of Kelly Guan, aka Jia Pet (vocals), Alex Ho (keyboards, saxophone) and Phil Cho (guitar, bass). After bonding over Hong Kong\u2019s Y2K cinema new wave, Faye Wong and Zhou Xun\u2019s downtempo pop experiments, and Japanese producer Yoshinori Sunahara\u2019s <\/span><em><span>Lovebeat<\/span><\/em><span> album, they landed on a neon-lit ambient pop sensibility. There\u2019s something of the old on <\/span><em><span>Sleepwalker<\/span><\/em><span>, but even as they evoke a melange of cantopop, R&amp;B and 90s digital dub dance records, SY3 keep looking for new ways in sound. Released through Music From Memory, <\/span><em><span>Sleepwalker<\/span><\/em><span> feels like one of 2026\u2019s sleeper hits.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>FOR FANS OF: <\/strong><span>Tomoko Aran, Inrain, Nite Jewel.<\/span><\/p>\n<h1><strong>SHY ONE, <\/strong><strong><em>MALI<\/em><\/strong><\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html-embed\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<p><strong>WHO: <\/strong><span>The London selector, broadcaster and DJ who draws on the past, while imagining new futures for club music.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>WHY YOU SHOULD BE LISTENING: <\/strong><span>Like Scratchclart, Shy One is one of those musical figures who always has a clear point of view. When she isn\u2019t sharing it via her NTS radio shows and DJ sets, it comes through in her work as a producer. Her new album, <\/span><em><span>Mali<\/span><\/em><span>, is a personal history of a lifetime spent in the UK\u2019s grime, broken beat, house and R&amp;B scenes. Released by Touching Bass, it also reaches out to the music she feels an affinity with in the US, Africa and the Caribbean. When she teams up with vocalists like Private Joy and George Riley, the results speak for themselves.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>FOR FANS OF: <\/strong><span>Kaidi Tatham, Silhouette Brown, Wookie.<\/span><\/p>\n<h1><strong>HASJI, <\/strong><strong><em>PAH\u016a<\/em><\/strong><\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html-embed\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<p><strong>WHO: <\/strong><span>Aotearoa New Zealand\u2019s first, and perhaps only, gorge music producer.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>WHY YOU SHOULD BE LISTENING: <\/strong><span>Made under a Gorge Public License (GPL), Gorge is a style of music with roots in Nepal, India and Japan. It follows three rules: Use toms, call it Gorge, don\u2019t call it art. <\/span><em><span>Pah\u016b<\/span><\/em><span> is the second project from Hasji, a T\u0101maki Makaurau Auckland-based Gorge musician. Across 7 tracks, Hasji uses the M\u0101ori slit gong, other taonga puoro (traditional M\u0101ori instruments), synthesised noises, nature recordings and human voices to reflect on environmental damage through a blur of eerie, technonaturalistic beatscapes and ambient expeditions. \u20182b Real\u2019 featuring Urtica Ferox is a staggering example of rhythmic dream-pop. Out now through Noa Records.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>FOR FANS OF: <\/strong><span>Foodman, Wrack, KMRU.<\/span><\/p>\n<h1><strong>DAGMAR ZUNIGA, <\/strong><strong><em>IN FILTH YOUR MYSTERY IS KINGDOM \/ FAR SMILE PEASANT IN YELLOW MUSIC<\/em><\/strong><\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html-embed\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<p><strong>WHO: <\/strong><span>The Nicaraguan-American singer-songwriter, guitarist and producer who unlocked her sound in Norway, Greece and Georgia.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>WHY YOU SHOULD BE LISTENING: <\/strong><span>Every aspect of Dagmar Zuniga\u2019s music, from her elegant guitar work to her ethereal voice and hazy production choices, is impressionistic and transportive. If we\u2019re lucky, a singer-songwriter like this comes along every half-decade, seemingly emerging out of nowhere, while somehow channelling everywhere. After spending a year as a lo-fi gem in the digital underground, Zuniga is now sharing <\/span><em><span>in filth your mystery is kingdom \/ far smile peasant in yellow music <\/span><\/em><span>with a wider audience via a range of reissues through AD 93. From the opening notes of \u201cEven God Gets Stuck In Devotion\u201d (featuring Austyn Wohlers), this is the good stuff.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>FOR FANS OF: <\/strong><span>Karen Dalton, L\u2019Rain, Grouper.<\/span><\/p>\n<h1><strong>SHANE PARISH, <\/strong><strong><em>AUTECHRE GUITAR<\/em><\/strong><\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html-embed\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<p><strong>WHO: <\/strong><span>A cult American guitarist covering one of the UK\u2019s electronica greats in a vividly expressive fingerstyle.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>WHY YOU SHOULD BE LISTENING: <\/strong><span>Shane Parish is a guitarist, composer, improviser and interpreter from Athens, Georgia. When he isn\u2019t playing fingerstyle solo, he leads the avant-rock band Ahleuchatistas and plays in the Bill Orcutt Guitar Quartet. With <\/span><em><span>Autechre Guitar,<\/span><\/em><span> he builds on his 2024 album <\/span><em><span>Repertoire<\/span><\/em><span>, which included songs by Alice Coltrane, Kraftwerk and Aphex Twin, with a full set of guitar interpretations of songs from UK IDM leaders Autechre\u2019s \u201890s discography. Apparently, the first time Parish attempted to transcribe an Autechre song for guitar was over twenty years ago. Sometimes, it&#8217;s all about the timing. And with <\/span><em><span>Autechre Guitar<\/span><\/em><span>, he\u2019s right on time.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>FOR FANS OF: <\/strong><span>Autechre, Ayane Shino, Jonathan Bockelmann.<\/span><\/p>\n<h1><strong>LAUREL HALO, <\/strong><strong><em>MIDNIGHT ZONE<\/em><\/strong><\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html-embed\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<p><strong>WHO: <\/strong><span>The Los Angeles-based musician, DJ, and record label boss turning her hand to film scores.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>WHY YOU SHOULD BE LISTENING: <\/strong><span>For her second time around as a film composer, Laurel Halo, a journeywoman producer, DJ and musician who has turned her hand to lo-fi synth pop, abstract techno and modern classical, heads under the sea.<\/span><em><span> Midnight Zone <\/span><\/em><span>is the soundtrack to visual artist and filmmaker Julian Charri\u00e8re\u2019s aquatic exploration of the same name. Following a Fresnel lighthouse lens, the film traces a descent into one of Earth\u2019s last untouched ecosystems, the Clarion-Clipperton Fracture Zone. Working with a Montage 8 Synthesiser, a Yamaha TransAcoustic piano, violin, viola da gamba, and ocean recordings, Halo takes us deep into the abyss as well.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>FOR FANS OF: <\/strong><span>Nurse with Wound, Thomas K\u00f6ner, John Luther Adams.<\/span><\/p>\n<h1><strong>FLORENCE SINCLAIR, <\/strong><strong><em>ALL OF A SUDDEN<\/em><\/strong><\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html-embed\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<p><strong>WHO: <\/strong><span>A riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>WHY YOU SHOULD BE LISTENING: <\/strong><span>Florence Sinclair\u2019s <\/span><em><span>All Of A Sudden<\/span><\/em><span> EP feels like a dream within a dream. Built from endless samples, production, and vocal signifiers, they weave a rich tapestry of rap, dream-pop, indie rock, and electronica. By letting the ghosts of the \u201890s and 2000s haunt a set of songs that feel like a late-night walk through empty inner city streets under misty conditions, they land on a sensibility that\u2019s addictively listenable, revealing new depths and details with every repeat play. <\/span><em><span>All Of A Sudden\u2019s <\/span><\/em><span>spectral centrepiece, \u201cfamily affair\u201d suggests Florence Sinclair could take their sound anywhere. They probably will.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>FOR FANS OF: <\/strong><span>Dean Blunt, Loraine James, Space Afrika.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"newsletter-inline-last\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-small\">\n<div class=\"inner\">\n<h1 class=\"newsletter-title\">Escape the algorithm! 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album<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"swiper-slide list-element\">\n<div class=\"scard-latest__section\">\n<div class=\"card-latest__wrapper\"><a class=\"card-latest\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/music\/article\/69997\/1\/fcukers-debut-album-o-interview-harry-styles-tour\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"card-latest__img-wrapper\"><span class=\"image-container\" data-aspect-ratio-type=\"landscape\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Fcukers photographed by Yoan Zdravkov for Dazed AW25 issue \" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/480\/252-0-2157-1435\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1440\/2\/1442611.jpg\"><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"card-latest__content\">\n<h3 class=\"card-latest__title\">\u2018A cig in one hand and an inhaler in the other\u2019: Fcukers know how to party<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/a><a class=\"card-latest\" 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Get The Drop<\/h1>\n<div class=\"meta-row\">\n<p class=\"meta\">Get must-see stories direct to your inbox every weekday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/privacy-policy\" class=\"meta-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\nPrivacy policy<br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"confirmation\" aria-live=\"polite\">\n<p class=\"confirmation-title\">Thank you. You have been subscribed<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/privacy-policy\" class=\"meta-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\nPrivacy policy<br \/>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"article-body wrapper\">\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<p><span>Recently on Dazed, we\u2019ve looked at <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/music\/article\/69875\/1\/rawayana-the-venezuelan-tropical-pop-band-exiled-by-maduro\"><span>how a Venezuelan pop band became political exiles<\/span><\/a><span>, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/music\/article\/69938\/1\/genre-soup-rap-band-whatmore-new-york-interview-laguardia\"><span>met the sound of New York adolescence<\/span><\/a><span>, and explored <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/music\/article\/69842\/1\/two-tribes-one-scene-uk-ug-esdeekid-chav-emo-aesthetics-2000s\"><span>the UK underground\u2019s new identity crisis<\/span><\/a><span>. We\u2019ve also explored <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/music\/article\/69928\/1\/angry-chaotic-story-behind-prodigy-firestarter-video-walter-stern-keith-flint\"><span>the story behind The Prodigy\u2019s \u2018Firestarter\u2019 video<\/span><\/a><span>, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/music\/article\/69843\/1\/kim-gordon-selects-what-to-listen-to-watch-read-syllabus-spring-2026\"><span>asked Kim Gordon what to read, listen to and watch<\/span><\/a><span>, and hosted a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/music\/article\/69738\/1\/dazed-mix-evissimax-milan-blade-black-vampy-sexy-dj\"><span>Dazed Mix by Evissimax<\/span><\/a><span>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Three months into the year, and we\u2019re still in a mad world. Despite the uncertainties that colour the day-to-day realities of many, music continues to offer the potential for shared communal spaces and to serve as a source of collective solace. The global music community continues to face ongoing economic challenges related to touring, releasing, and promoting music, but the heart wants what the heart wants. Expert difficulty level settings be damned, new and under-discussed talents from the world of underground music will always continue to use connection and craft to find their way.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>For the first edition of our 2026 quarterly roundup, we continue to reflect on and acknowledge musicians, artists, producers, and DJs from around the globe, all with strong communities, real visions, and important statements to make. Here are ten essential Q1 releases, all available on Bandcamp.<\/span><\/p>\n<h1><strong>SCRATCHCLART, <\/strong><strong><em>STOP MAKING EDITS VOL.1<\/em><\/strong><\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html-embed\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<p><strong>WHO: <\/strong><span>The London producer-DJ-broadcaster maverick turning out dance-tempo covers of classics that shuffle to a different groove.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>WHY YOU SHOULD BE LISTENING: <\/strong><span>If you know him from his NTS radio shows, DJ sets, or productions, you know Scratcha DVA, aka Scratchclart, always has a strong point of view. Circa 2026, he\u2019d like the DJ scene to stop making edits. Leading by example, he\u2019s created <\/span><em><span>Stop Making Edits Vol. 1, <\/span><\/em><span>a collection of covers of classic soul, R&amp;B and dance records reimagined for today. One of the highlights is his syncopated version of Minnie Riperton\u2019s slow jam classic \u201cInside my love\u201c featuring Calista Kazuko &amp; Paris Cesvette. Scratchclart\u2019s squad-heavy remake of \u201cI am the Black Gold of the Sun\u201c is a wonder as well.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>FOR FANS OF: <\/strong><span>EL-B, 4Hero, Minnie Riperton.<\/span><\/p>\n<h1><strong>JULIANNA BARWICK &amp; MARY LATTIMORE, <\/strong><strong><em>TRAGIC MAGIC<\/em><\/strong><\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html-embed\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<p><strong>WHO: <\/strong><span>Two celebrated American musicians, a harpist and a keyboardist\/singer of wordless songs, making magic together in Paris.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>WHY YOU SHOULD BE LISTENING: <\/strong><span>Recorded over nine days with harp, vocals and an array of vintage analogue synthesisers, <\/span><em><span>Tragic Magic <\/span><\/em><span>is a testament to the musical telepathy at the heart of Julianna Barwick and Mary Lattimore\u2019s friendship. Longtime collaborators, Barwick and Lattimore have honed their instinctual understanding of each other over tours and recording sessions. When they lock in, as I witnessed live once at the Dark Mofo festival in Hobart, Australia, they reach into the sublime. Arriving in France after the 2025 wildfires in Los Angeles, they transformed their feelings of loss into catharsis. The album\u2019s title is a perfect fit. <\/span><em><span>Tragic Magic<\/span><\/em><span> indeed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>FOR FANS OF:<\/strong><span> Vangelis, Nala Sinephro, Ennio Morricone<\/span><\/p>\n<h1><strong>MON ROV\u00ceA, <\/strong><strong><em>BLOODLINE<\/em><\/strong><\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html-embed\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<p><strong>WHO: <\/strong><span>A contemporary Afro-Appalachian folk singer-songwriter and instrumentalist bringing people together.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>WHY YOU SHOULD BE LISTENING: <\/strong><span>When Mon Rov\u00eea sings, you can feel the whole atmosphere relaxing around you. Hushed, intimate, and inviting, yet somehow endlessly expansive, his ambient folk and country sensibilities are a calming balm in troubling times. A Liberian refugee who was raised in the Caribbean and East Tennessee by his adopted family, he makes music that explores the relationship between West Africa and Appalachia. <\/span><em><span>Bloodline<\/span><\/em><span> is his finest moment yet. Here, he shows off a rare but hard-won level of empathy that feels inspiring and needed right now. Standout songs include \u2018Black Cauldon\u2019, \u2018Heavy Foot\u2019 and the title track.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>FOR FANS OF: <\/strong><span>Fleet Foxes, Anjimile, Annahstasia.<\/span><\/p>\n<h1><strong>SY3, <\/strong><strong><em>SLEEPWALKER<\/em><\/strong><\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html-embed\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<p><strong>WHO: <\/strong><span>Three Chinese-American artists who found common ground in Los Angeles over music and cinema.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>WHY YOU SHOULD BE LISTENING: <\/strong><span>SY3 (pronounced \u2018sigh\u2019) is the group project of Kelly Guan, aka Jia Pet (vocals), Alex Ho (keyboards, saxophone) and Phil Cho (guitar, bass). After bonding over Hong Kong\u2019s Y2K cinema new wave, Faye Wong and Zhou Xun\u2019s downtempo pop experiments, and Japanese producer Yoshinori Sunahara\u2019s <\/span><em><span>Lovebeat<\/span><\/em><span> album, they landed on a neon-lit ambient pop sensibility. There\u2019s something of the old on <\/span><em><span>Sleepwalker<\/span><\/em><span>, but even as they evoke a melange of cantopop, R&amp;B and 90s digital dub dance records, SY3 keep looking for new ways in sound. Released through Music From Memory, <\/span><em><span>Sleepwalker<\/span><\/em><span> feels like one of 2026\u2019s sleeper hits.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>FOR FANS OF: <\/strong><span>Tomoko Aran, Inrain, Nite Jewel.<\/span><\/p>\n<h1><strong>SHY ONE, <\/strong><strong><em>MALI<\/em><\/strong><\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html-embed\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<p><strong>WHO: <\/strong><span>The London selector, broadcaster and DJ who draws on the past, while imagining new futures for club music.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>WHY YOU SHOULD BE LISTENING: <\/strong><span>Like Scratchclart, Shy One is one of those musical figures who always has a clear point of view. When she isn\u2019t sharing it via her NTS radio shows and DJ sets, it comes through in her work as a producer. Her new album, <\/span><em><span>Mali<\/span><\/em><span>, is a personal history of a lifetime spent in the UK\u2019s grime, broken beat, house and R&amp;B scenes. Released by Touching Bass, it also reaches out to the music she feels an affinity with in the US, Africa and the Caribbean. When she teams up with vocalists like Private Joy and George Riley, the results speak for themselves.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>FOR FANS OF: <\/strong><span>Kaidi Tatham, Silhouette Brown, Wookie.<\/span><\/p>\n<h1><strong>HASJI, <\/strong><strong><em>PAH\u016a<\/em><\/strong><\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html-embed\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<p><strong>WHO: <\/strong><span>Aotearoa New Zealand\u2019s first, and perhaps only, gorge music producer.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>WHY YOU SHOULD BE LISTENING: <\/strong><span>Made under a Gorge Public License (GPL), Gorge is a style of music with roots in Nepal, India and Japan. It follows three rules: Use toms, call it Gorge, don\u2019t call it art. <\/span><em><span>Pah\u016b<\/span><\/em><span> is the second project from Hasji, a T\u0101maki Makaurau Auckland-based Gorge musician. Across 7 tracks, Hasji uses the M\u0101ori slit gong, other taonga puoro (traditional M\u0101ori instruments), synthesised noises, nature recordings and human voices to reflect on environmental damage through a blur of eerie, technonaturalistic beatscapes and ambient expeditions. \u20182b Real\u2019 featuring Urtica Ferox is a staggering example of rhythmic dream-pop. Out now through Noa Records.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>FOR FANS OF: <\/strong><span>Foodman, Wrack, KMRU.<\/span><\/p>\n<h1><strong>DAGMAR ZUNIGA, <\/strong><strong><em>IN FILTH YOUR MYSTERY IS KINGDOM \/ FAR SMILE PEASANT IN YELLOW MUSIC<\/em><\/strong><\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html-embed\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<p><strong>WHO: <\/strong><span>The Nicaraguan-American singer-songwriter, guitarist and producer who unlocked her sound in Norway, Greece and Georgia.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>WHY YOU SHOULD BE LISTENING: <\/strong><span>Every aspect of Dagmar Zuniga\u2019s music, from her elegant guitar work to her ethereal voice and hazy production choices, is impressionistic and transportive. If we\u2019re lucky, a singer-songwriter like this comes along every half-decade, seemingly emerging out of nowhere, while somehow channelling everywhere. After spending a year as a lo-fi gem in the digital underground, Zuniga is now sharing <\/span><em><span>in filth your mystery is kingdom \/ far smile peasant in yellow music <\/span><\/em><span>with a wider audience via a range of reissues through AD 93. From the opening notes of \u201cEven God Gets Stuck In Devotion\u201d (featuring Austyn Wohlers), this is the good stuff.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>FOR FANS OF: <\/strong><span>Karen Dalton, L\u2019Rain, Grouper.<\/span><\/p>\n<h1><strong>SHANE PARISH, <\/strong><strong><em>AUTECHRE GUITAR<\/em><\/strong><\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html-embed\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<p><strong>WHO: <\/strong><span>A cult American guitarist covering one of the UK\u2019s electronica greats in a vividly expressive fingerstyle.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>WHY YOU SHOULD BE LISTENING: <\/strong><span>Shane Parish is a guitarist, composer, improviser and interpreter from Athens, Georgia. When he isn\u2019t playing fingerstyle solo, he leads the avant-rock band Ahleuchatistas and plays in the Bill Orcutt Guitar Quartet. With <\/span><em><span>Autechre Guitar,<\/span><\/em><span> he builds on his 2024 album <\/span><em><span>Repertoire<\/span><\/em><span>, which included songs by Alice Coltrane, Kraftwerk and Aphex Twin, with a full set of guitar interpretations of songs from UK IDM leaders Autechre\u2019s \u201890s discography. Apparently, the first time Parish attempted to transcribe an Autechre song for guitar was over twenty years ago. Sometimes, it&#8217;s all about the timing. And with <\/span><em><span>Autechre Guitar<\/span><\/em><span>, he\u2019s right on time.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>FOR FANS OF: <\/strong><span>Autechre, Ayane Shino, Jonathan Bockelmann.<\/span><\/p>\n<h1><strong>LAUREL HALO, <\/strong><strong><em>MIDNIGHT ZONE<\/em><\/strong><\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html-embed\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<p><strong>WHO: <\/strong><span>The Los Angeles-based musician, DJ, and record label boss turning her hand to film scores.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>WHY YOU SHOULD BE LISTENING: <\/strong><span>For her second time around as a film composer, Laurel Halo, a journeywoman producer, DJ and musician who has turned her hand to lo-fi synth pop, abstract techno and modern classical, heads under the sea.<\/span><em><span> Midnight Zone <\/span><\/em><span>is the soundtrack to visual artist and filmmaker Julian Charri\u00e8re\u2019s aquatic exploration of the same name. Following a Fresnel lighthouse lens, the film traces a descent into one of Earth\u2019s last untouched ecosystems, the Clarion-Clipperton Fracture Zone. Working with a Montage 8 Synthesiser, a Yamaha TransAcoustic piano, violin, viola da gamba, and ocean recordings, Halo takes us deep into the abyss as well.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>FOR FANS OF: <\/strong><span>Nurse with Wound, Thomas K\u00f6ner, John Luther Adams.<\/span><\/p>\n<h1><strong>FLORENCE SINCLAIR, <\/strong><strong><em>ALL OF A SUDDEN<\/em><\/strong><\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html-embed\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<p><strong>WHO: <\/strong><span>A riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>WHY YOU SHOULD BE LISTENING: <\/strong><span>Florence Sinclair\u2019s <\/span><em><span>All Of A Sudden<\/span><\/em><span> EP feels like a dream within a dream. Built from endless samples, production, and vocal signifiers, they weave a rich tapestry of rap, dream-pop, indie rock, and electronica. By letting the ghosts of the \u201890s and 2000s haunt a set of songs that feel like a late-night walk through empty inner city streets under misty conditions, they land on a sensibility that\u2019s addictively listenable, revealing new depths and details with every repeat play. <\/span><em><span>All Of A Sudden\u2019s <\/span><\/em><span>spectral centrepiece, \u201cfamily affair\u201d suggests Florence Sinclair could take their sound anywhere. They probably will.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>FOR FANS OF: <\/strong><span>Dean Blunt, Loraine James, Space Afrika.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"newsletter-inline-last\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-small\">\n<div class=\"inner\">\n<h1 class=\"newsletter-title\">Escape the algorithm! 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