In both the Knife and solo, the Swedish producer has honed a uniquely playful style. On his long-awaited debut LP, he turns it toward a radically global vision of pop and dance music.
The self-professed “queer joy mini-skirt rollerblade” band embraces a darker palette and angstier themes on its fourth album, though pleasure, community, and sex remain lodestars.
The Brooklyn producer’s dance music has always felt unusually introspective; now she adds her own vocals, attempting to coax her fusion of footwork, techno, Jersey club out of the shadows.
The jazz quartet interprets the work of Thelonious Monk, expanding classic compositions into absorbing experimental journeys that stretch beyond free jazz.