New music from sensational UK musician D3's upcoming project, "Product Of Society", is titled "Illuminati", and it is expected to be released later this year. Lyrically, the song is razor-sharp, and the storytelling and direct delivery are ideal for dealing with difficult or controversial topics like the one she sang about here. She incorporates hypnotic, danceable grooves, which provide a contrast to the sombre subject matter...

I spent a solid hour this morning watching dust motes suspended in a single shaft of sunlight, my entire nervous system held absolutely captive by Magdi Aboul-Kheir and his devastatingly immersive new album, "Slow Heat". The Germany-based journalist and classically trained pianist usually writes across a massive spectrum of genres, pivoting wildly from trance to late romanticism. Today, he has dropped an ambient, contemporary...