On today's episode we welcome Athena Koumis to the table. Athena is the current Head of Music Culture and Curation at XITE and former editor at Spotify. We go deep on a range of sounds like London’s 10 piece avant-Jazz collective SEED Ensemble, to New York’s own genre defying band IGBO. We discuss a mesmerizing delivery from the Long Island band Mr Twin Sister, and a cutting, deeply personal demo from an artist named Chris Miles. We bop with Claud’s “If I Were You,” ride with Slowya.Roll’s “Broken,” and drift out of heartbreak with Baby Rose’s “Sold out,” amongst more.

01 "First Impressions" by IGBO

02 "Afronaut (feat. XANA)" by SEED Ensemble, XANA

03 "Alien FM" by Mr. Twin Sister

04 "Crashed My Bike" by Chris Miles

05 "If I Were You" by Claud

06 "Broken" by Slowya.roll

07 "Sold Out" by Baby Rose

08 "Zero%" by Jean Dawson

Amuse Pick: "Bes'Mam" by Siimba Selassiie

Art: Eric Ramirez  

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