Broadcast live from London on 10 October 2025, New Music International (NMI) continues its global journey through jazz, ambient, experimental electronics and borderless club sounds.
Curated by The GRIN.io, this week’s edition moves through spiritual improvisation, modular meditations, hybrid bass mutations and traditional forms reimagined for the future.
Each selection connects continents — from Bristol’s deep dub laboratories to Tokyo’s glitch studios, from Istanbul’s cosmic psych to Arnhem Land’s ancestral chants — reflecting a worldwide network of musical imagination.
Tom Skinner – “The Maxim (feat. Meshell Ndegeocello)”
Brownswood / International Anthem — released 26 Sep 2025
London drummer-producer Tom Skinner expands his palette on Kaleidoscopic Visions, pairing intuitive piano improvisations with psychedelic textures and cameos from Portishead’s Adrian Utley and bassist-vocalist Meshell Ndegeocello. “The Maxim” is a smoky centrepiece; Skinner’s polyrhythms orbit Ndegeocello’s velvet basslines in a dialogue that bridges UK jazz and trans-Atlantic soul.
Eusebeia – “Triumph” from The Wyrding Way (LIVITY070)
Livity Sound — released 10 Oct 2025
Bristol producer Eusebeia (Seb Uncles) brings introspective depth to Livity Sound’s catalogue. The Wyrding Way is an ambient-leaning jungle suite “evoking Radiophonic textures and pastoral Boards-of-Canada landscapes”. “Triumph” drifts between submerged breakbeats and warm synth washes — a meditative close to an already transcendent record.
Layla Rehana & Sebastian Mullaert – “Lullaby for the Wandering Tides”
Bigamo — released 5 Sep 2025
Barcelona-based sound artist Layla Rehana and Swedish techno mystic Sebastian Mullaert (Minilogue, Circle of Live) craft tidal, slow-breathing electronica. Their Solar Paint EP juxtaposes field-recorded textures with modular improvisations; Bigamo described the lead single as “a lullaby that blurs the edge between ritual and dream.”
Islandman – “Eros” from Island 5
Rest in Space Records — released 19 Sep 2025
Turkish trio Islandman extend their signature fusion of Anatolian folk and cosmic electronics. “Eros” unfolds through slo-mo funk and vaporous synths recorded in Berlin, sliding between Balearic calm and ecstatic release.
Max Graef – “Superswiss (Atmosphere Mix)”
Tartelet Records — single released 24 Sep 2025
Berlin beat-maker Max Graef revisits his cult LP Rivers of the Red Planet for its 10-year anniversary. The Atmosphere Mix of “Superswiss” is warm, dubbed-out soul — layered horns and MPC drums glowing in analog dust.
Ashkara – “Shardet Legzaleh” from Fake Lines: Sono Levant
Fake Lines — released 17 Oct 2025
Levantine producer Ashkara contributes a microtonal groove to Fake Lines: Sono Levant, a 36-track compilation uniting artists from Syria, Lebanon and the wider diaspora. The project, benefiting grassroots initiatives in Palestine, channels resilience through hypnotic percussion and maqam-based melodies.
Nils Petter Molvær – “Solid Ether” from Khmer Live in Bergen
Edition Records — released 12 Sep 2025
The Norwegian trumpeter revisits his landmark 1997 album Khmer in a visceral live recording. “Solid Ether” captures Molvær’s molten fusion of jazz improvisation and electronic ambience — his horn slicing through shimmering drones and breakbeat drums.
O’o – “Foetus” from More Wishes, Less Bones
InFiné — released 12 Sep 2025
French duo O’o (Victoria Suter & Mathieu Daubigné) merge chanson, field recordings and ambient pop. “Foetus” unfolds like a dream, whispering vocals over glistening synths — described by InFiné as “music for glistening plant organisms and estranged lovers.”
Waak Waak Djungi – “Black Crow”
Waak Waak ga Min Min (Efficient Space — 2018 Reissue)
A landmark of Indigenous Australian music. Yolngu songmen collaborate with producer Peter Mumme, blending ceremonial chant with ambient electronics. “Black Crow” is both an elegy and celebration — a dialogue between ancient knowledge and studio alchemy.
Thundercat – “Children of the Baked Potato (feat. Remi Wolf)”
Brainfeeder — single released 15 Sep 2025
The LA virtuoso returns with joyful absurdity. Over nimble funk basslines and playful synths, Remi Wolf joins Thundercat in paying homage to the iconic jazz club The Baked Potato — a delirious slice of neon soul.
Aki Rissanen – “Black Narcissus” from Imaginary Mountains
Edition Records — released 12 Sep 2025
Finnish pianist Aki Rissanen re-imagines Wayne Shorter’s classic through lyrical minimalism and crystalline trio interplay with Antti Lötjönen and Teppo Mäkynen. Edition Records describes him as “one of Europe’s most inventive pianists.”
Gonçalo F. Cardoso – “Piedras Húmidas / Castro Waves / Teide Stones”
Impressões de Várias Ilhas (Discrepant — 25 Jul 2025)
The Lisbon sound-artist weaves psychogeographic collages from field recordings captured across the Azores and Canary Islands. Layered drones, rustling winds and tidal resonance create a sensory travelogue of Atlantic island life.
Haykal, Julmud & Acamol – “Sahbi Yisoon”
Kam Min Janneh (Bilna’es — 22 Oct 2025)
Ramallah’s underground scene shines through this urgent collaboration. Arabic verses ride fractured hip-hop percussion and ambient textures, turning friendship and endurance into revolutionary poetry.
Tommaso Cappellato – “Speak It Into Coexistence”
Anti-Planeting (Domanda Music — 1 Feb 2025)
The LA-based drummer’s cosmic jazz mission statement — live drums looped through synth delays and Kaoss pads. Analog warmth meets improvisational freedom, urging a “coexistence” of sound and spirit.
Kuntari – “Parai ii” from Mutu Beton
99CHANTS — released 25 Jul 2025
Indonesian duo Teska Manaf and Rio Arbo summon “primal-core” — cornet, bamboo percussion and distortion converging into ecstatic ritual noise. “Parai ii” roars like gamelan through a cracked amplifier.
Spacetime Continuum – “Fluresence”
Telepathic Fish (Fundamental Frequency — 17 Oct 2025)
San Francisco ambient pioneer Jonah Sharp revisits his ’90s project Spacetime Continuum for a retrospective of early chill-out culture. “Fluresence” remains pure dream-sequence — glassy pads, deep subs and pre-dawn serenity.
Natural Information Society feat. Evan Parker – “descension (Out of Our Constrictions) II”
Momentum (Drag City / International Anthem — 25 Sep 2025)
Joshua Abrams and ensemble channel gnawa rhythms into minimalist trance. Joined by sax legend Evan Parker, this 20-minute journey binds free-jazz improvisation with spiritual repetition — a lesson in collective listening.
Marysia Osu – “until tomorrow comes (Kibir La Amlak rework)”
harp, beats & dreams reworks (Forward Ever — 10 Oct 2025)
The London harpist’s luminous piece is re-sculpted into dub meditation by Kibir La Amlak. Harp cascades meet rolling subs and tape echo, bridging African and Celtic resonances.
Ida Urd & Ingri Høyland – “Duvet”
Duvet (Independent — Oct 2025)
Two Norwegian artists weave Hardanger fiddle and modular synth into glacial dream-folk — songs of sleep, wind and memory.
Shapednoise feat. Loraine James & Moor Mother – “I Saw the Light”
Absurd Matter 2 (Presto?Music — Oct 2025)
Industrial heft meets poetic fire. Italian producer Shapednoise teams with London’s Loraine James and Philly’s Moor Mother for a thunderous statement on survival, freedom and rage.
Tokio Ono – “Mr. Maric”
Peel (Ono Records — Aug 2025)
Tokyo’s glitch-jazz experimentalist twists chopped vocals and off-grid drums into cinematic electronic funk — as playful as it is haunting.
Margaux Gazur – “Madake”
Blurred Memories (Independent — Oct 2025)
French-Tunisian producer explores maqam tuning and modular synthesis, crafting shimmering polyrhythmic techno that feels both ritualistic and futuristic.
Ron Trent – “The Dawn”
African Indigenous Rhythms (Future Vision Records — Oct 2025)
The Chicago luminary channels Afro-Brazilian percussion and deep-house groove into sunrise euphoria — a spiritual continuation of Trent’s decades-long deep-house legacy.
EM + STAV – “Dubwire”
JOYLIFT002 (Joylift Records — Oct 2025)
Bristol’s bass continuum, alive and well. The duo mix cavernous subs and dubstep swing with garage shimmer — a future-roots classic in miniature.
Marie Tjong Ayong – “rodeo of the bugs”
Motherland (QNE015 / Quintessentials — Oct 2025)
Surinamese-Dutch composer combines kalimba, clarinet and analog synths in playful motion — minimalist groove meets insect chorus.
sunroof – “Chapter 4” (from Hardwired curated by JakoJako)
Moon Building — Aug 2025
Daniel Miller and Gareth Jones of Mute Records fame return to modular improvisation. “Chapter 4” shimmers with voltage and warmth — two producers in conversation with pure electricity.
Denise Rabe – “Immerge Fem” from Transition LP
30D ExoPlanet — Oct 2025
Berlin’s Denise Rabe unites techno propulsion and aquatic ambience. “Immerge Fem” pulses with submerged percussion and glacial pads — a sonic deep-dive.
Beatrice M. – “Oval” from Midnight Swim EP
Midnight Swim — Oct 2025
Italian producer Beatrice Massini delivers a lush deep-house debut. “Oval” glides through breakbeat rhythms and dreamy pads — a sun-lit echo of Mediterranean nights.
Marcal – “Perpetuity Wing” from Enchant & Deceive
Klockworks — Oct 2025
Brazil’s Marcal pushes minimal techno to muscular extremes. The track spirals with clipped vocals and mechanical drive — precision engineering built for warehouse acoustics.
Photonz – “You Don’t Get To Have It”
Incantation EP (GLXY007 / Galaxy — 3 Feb 2025)
Lisbon’s Photonz injects acid-house grit into rave futurism — 303 lines, breakbeats, and emotional catharsis — carrying the torch of the city’s queer underground.
Dub Phizix – “Wasted”
Self-released — 2 Oct 2023
Manchester’s drum-and-bass architect strips things back to pure impact. “Wasted” hits with half-time swagger, monstrous bass and razor-edged minimalism — a reminder why Dub Phizix remains a scene cornerstone.