ESTRADA Music Project’s new single, "We Are Not God," presents a fascinating study in contrasts, much like its creator, Dr. Alejandro Estrada. When not navigating the complex corridors of NHS Scotland urology, he’s here, a multi-instrumentalist weaving the intensity of that world into these evocative soundscapes. And "evocative" barely scratches the surface; this track certainly pinged some unexpected bells in this old mind. https://open.spotify.com/track/0pyP1Nd4wxDXx8lHJmkywK?si=ry3i0edRSYWg61cDpIWQ9A The song...

Rubanq’s “Worldwide Dead” slides into your listening not with a bang, but with the gritty inevitability of a slowly tightening knot. Joel Patric, the Gothenburg mind behind this introspective project, isn’t serving up easy comforts. Instead, he’s crafting a heavy-hearted chronicle of our digital descent, a sort of sonic warning flare fired from a shoreline most of us are too screen-addled to even see. https://open.spotify.com/track/7EW97ayWhXaAWreULBkoOB?si=43235d208a2a4ea3 The...