This year has been a challenge for all of us and we were lucky enough to have such tremendous records on our side to comfort us in difficult times. From gentle melancholia, to raging fury - the albums of 2020 had a lot of stories to tell and these are the ones our staff enjoyed the most. If you haven't listened to all of them you now got a whole lockdown winter ahead of you to do that.
How do you keep an overview about the countless new releases in the world of music? Well, easier said than done but thank god the staff of NBHAP keeps an overview. In this column one from the team personnally reflects on the past four weeks and the music that matters during this time. For the start of this new column it's the turn of NBHAP head Norman to ramble about our favourite passion in the world.
In search of cool vibes for increasing temperatures and - hopefully - declining Covid case numbers? Don't look any further since we got yourself covered with our extremely smooth summer playlist including tracks by The Avalanches, Poolside, Jorja Smith, Peggy Gou, Khruangbin, Four Tet and a few other hidden treasures.
Busy days for British producer Kieran Hebden aka FOUR TET. Yesterday he already gave us his surprising rework of Suit & Tie, the latest single by US superstar JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE, now he is back with a brand new song. For These Times is taken from an upcoming label compilation of Nonplus+ which goes by the name Think And Change. The new FOUR TET material is quite straight forward techno beats and represents the dedication to the dancefloor by Hebden. Listen to it right here.