Listening to Arnold J.’s new single, "Muddy Waters," isn't quite like anything else swirling around right now. It arrives with the gentle insistence of incoming tide, pulling you into its specific gravity. Arnold J., Ghanaian-born and now Canada-based, weaves a sound tagged as alt-country and folk, but those labels feel thin, like trying to contain smoke. There’s earthiness, sure, but his soulful vocal lines...

Balthazard is a rising star in London's bustling music industry, where he uses rhythms like a paintbrush to create vibrant soundscapes. In the complex beats of House, Disco, Tech House, and Dance, Balthazard has found his home as a virtuosic artist, a skilled producer, and an electric DJ. Balthazard's creative development from his beginnings as a drummer to his present day as a producer and world-travelling...