There is a peculiar friction to the digital textures of Skylarka and her new album, "Somnorine". It’s supposed to be chiptune-influenced synthwave, but listening to it feels less like browsing the internet and more like chewing on aluminum foil while watching Blade Runner on a CRT monitor that’s slowly degaussing. It’s a sensory contradiction bright, crystalline pop hooks wrestling with the deep, existential dread...

Crystal Asige - Lenga (Official Video) What better way to inject a fresh feel of hope into 2021, than with the word ‘Lenga’!  Singer and songwriter Crystal Asige has today released her coastal-inspired, double-entendre single – ‘Lenga’.  The song is as much about aiming for higher (the glass ceilings), as it is about ignoring the whispers and rumours that many often come across on their way to...