DJ Seinfeld’s tune instantly evokes sunny afternoons in Ibiza, where you can imagine it seeping from the speakers of a beach bar as you sip on a cocktail.

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Gilla Band return from a four-year hiatus with a techno-influenced new tune, Giraffe, that proves they’ve lost none of their abrasive power.

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The Fall made their national TV debut on The Tube thanks to John Peel – five years after I first saw them play in London.

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Sophia Stel is a Canadian electronic artist who blends her emotional vocals with elements of hyper-pop and, on this mellow breakup tune, trip-hop.

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This bass-heavy slice of minimal industrial techno by Maquina may be another first for me – a band from Lisbon.

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Song of the Day

A Certain Ratio’s 1982 single Knife Slits Water gets an updated remix from Andy Meecham, aka The Emperor Machine.

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Do we like to funk on a sunny summer’s day? Yes we do. And we very much do when the soundtrack is Big Time by Rick James.

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Here’s a heavenly marriage of the glorious harmonies of The Congos and the madcap production genius of Lee Perry.

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The Controllers enjoyed a brief moment in the first wave of LA punk bands, including this love song for an amputee.

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The Chi-Lites used this euphoric five-second earworm 33 years before it became the sample that launched the solo career of eyoncé Knowles.

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