Hey there!
We’re back at it after a short hiatus and getting back to the roots of this Mango tree. Some new tings, some old tings, morning music, downtempo chuggers, and peak-time groovers. A double dose and a radio show ditty up there at the top to make up for lost time, and because there’s so much good stuff coming out.
Spring is in the air and although there’s some strange overtones, we’re moving and grooving. Here’s what we’ve been digging up this week 🥭🥭🥭
Album: Radart - Blips & Bleeps (2025)
Nick: Lovely little album filled with ambient, downtempo, and dub grooves from Melbourne-based producer Radart. If you’ve been enjoying James K, Fila Brazilia, or some of the other downtempo chug that’s been shared in here, this will hit that sweet spot, particularly ‘Flying Fox Colony’.
Album: Yetsuby - 4EVA (2025)
Matt: Korean producer Yetsubi’s latest release is a cute and bubbly electronica kaleidoscope of sounds. A bit of ambient, downtempo, trip-hop, and hyperpop strewn throughout the album – the standout track here for me is ‘FLY’.
Album: Vegyn x Air - Blue Moon Safari (2025)
Nick: Add this to the pantheon of top-tier remix/reworked albums. One of the current torch bearers of existential chill out giving the proper treatment to an all-time classic of the genre for Record Store Day this year. Nailing the Mango melancholia we’re all about in here.
Album: DJ Koze - Music Can Hear Us (2025)
Matt: DJ Koze’s approach to production when it comes to a full album is always a mystery box of genres, influences, and especially features (see: Hit Parade with Róisín Murphy), and his latest offering is no different. This one’s not for the dancefloor, but is loaded with beautiful arrangements across the downtempo spectrum and left-field features – Damon Albarn, Sofia Kourtesis, Marley Waters to name a few.
Album: Laurie Torres - Après coup (2025)
Nick: Gorgeous little piano record that’s been getting me through many a morning. On the spot piano improvs, experimental jazz, and ambient, all with a bit of lo-fi production fuzz and warmth to it.
Tune: Night Tapes - babygirl (like n01 else) (2025)
Matt: We love dreampop in here, and of course we also love East London band Night Tapes. They recently released a couple singles with ‘babygirl’ and ‘television’ that are a good starting point for their catalogue, which surprisingly doesn’t feature any LP releases. Hopefully there will be a full album in the not-too-distant future.
EP: Joseph Shabason, Spencer Zahn, Vibrant Matter, Thom Gill - Buds (2025)
Nick: Got put onto Joseph Shabason as he was the saxophonist for The War on Drugs and was instantly taken by his immersive ambient jazz albums and left-field approach, like with his album “Welcome to Hell”, inspired by legendary skate company Toy Machine. This two-tracker is right in that pocket of lush, stripped-back soundscapes with plenty to keep your attention.
Album: Bon Iver - SABLE, fABLE (2025)
Matt: It’s been a while since we got a new Bon Iver album, and Justin Vernon delivers once again in tugging on heartstrings and jerking tears. He also tapped some of my recent musical darlings for a feature with Dijon (‘Day One’) and Mk.gee co-writing and providing his signature guitar sound (‘From’).
Tune: Purelink - Rookie (Feat. Loraine James) (2025)
Nick: New album on the way from the ambient supergroup, and the leading singles are just stunning, gorgeous stuff to get lost in. A staple of this newsletter, and will likely continue to be.
Archive: The Cry - Beautiful Reasons (1990)
Matt: An old album from a 90s “Lostwave” band I’d never heard of that I discovered via Flo’s Breakfast Show on NTS, The Cry are a wonderful blend of The Smiths and The Cure – Morrissey’s voice and Robert Smith’s sad boy songwriting style. ‘Beautiful Reasons’ appears to be their only album and not much is known about the band, but the album is a top-to-bottom banger of emotional catharsis. My favorite tune is ‘Alone’, but the whole thing is worth a rinse.
Album: Logic1000 - DJ-Kicks (2025)
Nick: A lovely, transportive DJ-Kicks from Aussie producer Logic1000 filled with deep dubby gems and euphoric dream pop from the likes of Oklou and Quendrsa. Her track from a couple years ago with Mango fav yuné pinku off her What You Like EP is a great primer.
Tune: HNNY - never gonna be the same (2025)
Matt: HNNY was all over festival lineups and club programming in the 2010s, before he took a mental health-related hiatus from touring and performing. In recent years he’s fired up the DAW again and continued to deliver his heart-tuned emo-electronic anthems. ‘never gonna be the same’ is peak HNNY and a perfect soundtrack tune for warm summer sunsets.
Tune: Mount Kimbie & King Krule - Boxing (DJ Python Remix) (2025)
Nick: If there’s every been a trio of artists in a track title that resonates. DJ Python remixing one of my favorite albums of last year. It’s giving early rave days with Gui Boratto. Gorgeous stuff.
Tune: snuggle - Dust (2025)
Matt: Self-described as ‘a love song for the apocalypse’, newcomer Copenhagen duo snuggle have started to trickle out a handful of dreamy, shoegaze-y tracks. If you love ML Buch (another Mango favorite), snuggle up with snuggle’s music as we await a forthcoming debut from the duo.
Archive: The Solid Doctor - How About Some More Ether (1995)
Nick: Deep in the Pork Recordings/Steve Cobby/Fila Brazilia rabbit hole once again and unearthing this 58-track chill-out slammer from 1995. Front to back, run it.
Tune: Jim Legxacy - stick (2025)
Matt: UK singer-rapper Jim Legxacy has been on a roll with a string of earworm RnB-drill hybrid singles, and ‘stick’ is his latest offering. His album ‘black british music’ is out later this year on XL Recordings.
Archive: My Friend - Clockwork Pigeon (2021)
Nick: One of my favorite DJs in Berlin Narciss has been doing an IG series sharing some of their favorite dancefloor heaters from recent years. This one from English duo My Friend is yearning for the Summer dancefloor.
Tune: Ovrkast. - Small Talk (2025)
Matt: I think I’m a little late to discovering Bay Area rapper Ovrkast., but his latest single ‘Small Talk’ is a chilled out, laid back soulful trap number featuring another rapper I’m just diving into – Samara Cyn.
Archive: Liquid - Time To Get Up (Liquid House Mix) (1993)
Nick: Another early 90s dance floor scorcher that got remastered/polished/re-released via XL Recordings last month. Set closer/peak hour heat.
🥭 Here’s a Spotify playlist that has a taste of everything mentioned 🥭
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Nick + Matt
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