With half the planet currently mired in a sweltering summer, we’re reluctant to reach for metaphors about dancefloors heating up — but these past few months have been absolutely stacked with quality new electronic music offerings. Each week, host Shawn Reynaldo highlights the best of the new releases, and this week’s episode finds him exclusively premiering a track from Marquis Hawkes' upcoming album on Houndstooth. Elsewhere, he speaks with playful producer and Brainfeeder affiliate Iglooghost, who makes plenty of self-effacing jokes while also talking about the inspiration behind his two new EPs, _Clear Tamei_ and _Steel Mogu_. Also joining the program is Djrum (pronounced “drum”), a stylistically hard-to-pin-down artist who discusses his arrestingly cinematic new album for R&S, _Portrait with Firewood_, and why he chose to fill it with “real” instrumentation and performances.
