dbe: This Week's Release Roundup

We like to keep up to date here at dbe, even though our lack of recent blog posts may not show it! But we're always busy selecting and seeking out the best records we can in order to keep you ticking over with something fresh before the next event! So we've picked 5 of our favourite records that are officially out TODAY! Make sure you seek them out on boomkat or juno though after listening so you can get your hands on some high quality business! Let's go!

1. Jamie xx - Far Nearer



This long awaited dubplate has finally seen the light of day along with a b-side on the fantastic numbers label. Steel drums are the distinctive component of 'Far Nearer' and the record has been around since last summer, but release might have been put off another year in order to soundtrack sunny sessions this time around. It's melancholic, joyful and undoubtedly appealing to anyone lucky enough to be drawn in to its wide cast net.

2. Von D - You're The One Ft. Phephe



Von D releases his 'Daydreaming' album today and it features a number of his idiosyncratic jazzy dubstep workouts on, aswell as a few left turns and even a bassline track! The highlight of the contrasting styles featured on the album though is this dainty piano led track featuring regular collaborator and vocalist Phephe. Almost a step above 'Show Me' in terms of arrangement, the track again is bound to be played to death during the incoming Summer months aswell as by us here at dbe HQ!

3. Holy Other - Touch



Something a little deeper now on the great Triangle label. These guys keep coming up with the goods and new boy Holy Other has just released an incredibly strong debut 5-track release featuring ghostly and atmospheric percussive jams. 'Touch' has got those James Blake type pitched vocals sparring with some deeep synth sounds and bass, but comes across more in touch with Burial or even Lil B beatmaker Clams Casino (check him out). A proper jam, this ones not for the faint of heart.

4. Synkro & Indigo - Guidance



Exit records is back! It's been time since we've heard some touching Drum n Bass music and we've come across two in one week! Aswell as the new Bop record on Hospital records, we were torn between that and this release, Synkro & Indigo are bringing back the love to half step. Another atmospheric aura surrounds 'Guidance' but the mood is more hopeful and outward reaching as if it's calling out to be heard. A heart-wrenching vocal is again cut up to masterful effect and the instrumentation is on another level. One for the sunset.

5. Fatima - Red Light



Floating Points and the Eglo fam are some of the hippest cats around. They don't often release alot, but when they do its all ridiculously good stuff and always what you wouldn't expect. Fatima manages to steer clear of another funk-jam record and is strictly on soul-diva form here, something that suits her voice perfectly. Along with FP's unparalleled instrumentation and synth work, the two interplay perfectly here, Fatima's tones riding the waves of rising synths and bumping percussion. This one's already a classic in our book, and probably not bound to become world-renowned, we're sure people will be coming back to this one for years to come. Joyous.