While these autumn months still hold music festivals outside of the summer heat, the elongating evenings and cooling temperatures invite moments of introspection. Audius finds this balance on our Hot & New playlist this week with beautiful ballads and badass beats!

Tutara Peak grows a midnight meadow in their most recent single, “Telescope.” Teaming up with vocalist Jessie “Leith” Munro, together the two musicians come together seamlessly for this mystical song. Tutara Peak’s dreamy instrumentation floats alongside Munro’s misty singing, and together this silken pairing flows like wind blowing tall grasses. The sky above their musical meadow is a celestial masterpiece beyond imagination that beckons for listeners to bring out their “Telescope” and leave this secular realm for just a few hours. Indeed, “Telescope” gives us this feeling of floating through the sky, peacefully surrounded by stars.

Escaping these feelings, we turn to the festival stage with G-REX and Sully, two heavy-hitting producers that joined forces for a flip of “Backbone.” Originally by producers Chase & Status and featuring legendary grime rapper Stormzy, “Backbone” exploded as the latest drum and bass heater from the UK duo. Now, G-REX and Sully add their own twists in their rendition. Enforcing the strength of “Backbone” is the combination between G-REX and Sully’s affinity for gritty and grumbling bass. Composed to embrace the cavernous feeling of deep dub and the rhythmic danceability of trap, this flip of “Backbone” drags junglists to the dark depths of bass music.

Finding the centerpoint between festivals and feelings, Just A Gent presents “Changes,” his latest single in collaboration with OddKidOut. Gentle yet bouncy and rejuvenating, “Changes” is an exploration of chilled out future bass decorated with iridescence. This track is written in a whimsical technicolor sound font, giving it a sense of joy. The vocal sample encourages the subject to not ever change, like they are perfect as they are. Interestingly, “Changes” itself jumps to a jersey club inspired beat in the latter portion. While Just A Gent and OddKidOut maintain the playful energy, the sonic experience seems to imply that “Changes” are inevitable.

Returning to the mainstage, RYNS eviscerates speakers with “Juice,” the third single off of their upcoming body of work, Sadflex. In this energetic genre-fluid track, whirring synths contrast with quavering saw frequencies. RYNS merges UK composition with American bass and dubstep sound design in “Juice,” synthesizing a unique merger of these two electronic cultures. This addictive beat displays that no has the “Juice” like RYNS while also leaving listeners excited to sip on Sadflex!

Producer The Kuzari re-invents “Like That” in his future beats trap imagination. Originally a hit by Future, Kendrick Lamar, and Metro Boomin, The Kuzari’s flip of “Like That” takes on a laidback energy that would be perfect for a walk in the park. From the haunting, intense trap rap to a glistening beat featuring a manipulated version of the original verses, this reworking of “Like That” manages to completely recreate the mood.

A happy life calls for balance; in this instance, finding the equilibrium between festival immersion with soundsystem heaters and meditative emotional moments with calming eclectic sounds. Audius helps maintain that stability in delightful sonic variety on this week’s Hot & New playlist!

Source : Audius - Sep 24, 2024