Badtaste, the creative vehicle of Czech-German artist Anna Kristina, has dropped a conceptual diptych titled "Hedonism, Sobriety." Now operating out of Paris, the singer, songwriter, and dancer has constructed a release that thrives on friction. It is a project that looks directly at the messy, often contradictory nature of human desire and refuses to tidy it up for easy consumption. The music operates in the...

Chinese producer and DJ STRlighT maps the architecture of emotional repair on his studio album, "Ever Lasting (永·恒)". Calling himself "just a sadboi with soulful melodies," the artist has carved out a distinct presence in the Chinese melodic EDM sphere by treating gigantic dance structures as intimate confessionals. The record frames itself as an archive of youthful memories and redeemed sentiments, asking whether the...