Taking the Gen Z hit for your ears
At a midweek gig watching Caribou in Camden, Gen Z was in close proximity. This despite Caribou first releasing an album in 2000 and so, you’d think, the Canadian producer’s demographic would have grown with him.
Towards the end of the set, their music fused almost garage house/techno and the youngish crowd lapped it up. For the record, their lengthy mix of Never Come Back was the undoubted highlight.
It got me thinking. Gen Z dance music and the tosh beats of soulless EDM music is never far away these days (Caribou doesn't fall into the category) for this mid-life music doctor, be it heard in high street stores or music on mainstream TV.
But delve deeper and there are artists out there producing some excellent tracks. Below, I have done the hard work and sifted through two recent releases to bring the standout tracks.
None of the teens I spoke to over the weekend had heard of them (Blessed Madonna being the most famous), so readers of a certain age can earn some parental points straight from Music Dr’s prescription note…
FKA twigs - Eusexua (album on Spotify)
Ex Vogue cover star Twigs’ third album, her first for five years, brings club music into her sensual, supernatural world. “Eusexua is a practice. Eusexua is a state of being. Eusexua is the pinnacle of human experience,” says the album blurb. Yup, Gen Z mumbo jumbo clearly, but a good LP all the same.
The Blessed Madonna - Godspeed (album here)
“Godspeed sounds like raving with your friends. It sounds like the early days of club culture”, wrote Forbes. Yet it is also modern and futuristic.
The final track on the album, Happier, has a cool 85m listens and sums up the sound of house/ music today.
💃 Dance single of the month
Ela Minus - Broken
This Columbian electro-pop artist has released quite the euphoric number here. She used to play drums in Bogota punk bands before studying jazz drumming and synthesisers. It has paid off.
⏺️ Album of the month
LP Giobbi - Dotr (album on Spotify)
We are hearing more and more artists use 90s house or piano influences from the era in today’s dance music scene. LP Giobbi produced this album while grieving the deaths of three people close to her. Yet, this LP opens up for the dance floor, bringing joy through the pain behind the scenes.
♯ Indie single of the month
Released on Friday, Sharon Van Etten has teamed up with her band, the Attachment Theory with a new LP. First up is Afterlife, below.
You may know Van Etten for her excellent track Seventeen...
☺️ Time to go Electronic
This track by the Australian producer Tornado Wallace is a long-time prescription favourite. Perhaps for its Big Blue-type entrancement. Too good not to share.
🙏 Chill out track of the month
Don’t know too much of this chap, longtime electronic explorer Jon Tye, but it’s sensory bliss.
Until the next time.. do share Music Dr's regular prescription to your friends and family and get them to sign up.