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From<\/strong> Amsterdam Devon Rexi make tripped-out, percussion-heavy rhythms that are as sexy as they are strange. Though the Amsterdam-based group have only released two EPs and maintain an elusive online presence, they have developed a steady cult following in guitar and dance music circles alike.<\/p>\n Formed around 2022 by Nushin Naini and Nic Mauskovic (who also releases music under the alias Nicolini), the mutating band draw on a range of influences dating from the 70s: the percussion, sax and funky bass recall New York no wave and post-punk, and the skulking tempo and echo have their roots in dub. These elements combine with punk\u2019s DIY approach. Much of the instrumentation on their debut EP Tambal comes from undisclosed \u201cmiscellaneous objects\u201d and their short, scrappy tracks have the production quality of some hazy late-night jam between friends: vocalist and bassist Naini likens their bedroom recording set-up to a \u201cfun playground to experiment with sounds\u201d.<\/p>\n They add exciting surprise elements into the mix: the spliced samples and turntablism add a chaotic edge to the otherwise groove-heavy tracks, and Naini\u2019s self-described \u201cfried Farsi\u201d \u2013 a semi-improvised version of the language \u2013 is delivered through pitch-shifted yips and nursery-rhyme chants. It suits the wackiness of the Devon Rexi lore: these self-appointed \u201cdiasporic human snacks are vibrating their sonic manipulations in tribute to the lonely and oblivious Mr Naster\u201d \u2013 which might give an insight to their headspace, if not their approach. Safi Bugel<\/em><\/p>\n <\/span>Debit.<\/span> Photograph: Monse Guajardo<\/p>\n Debit \u2013 La Ronda y el Sonidero<\/strong> Jessy Lanza \u2013 Slapped by My Life<\/strong> Kali Malone and Drew McDowall \u2013 The Sound in My Mind<\/strong> George Riley \u2013 Rain<\/strong> Stella Donnelly \u2013 Feel It Change<\/strong> Casey Dienel \u2013 Seventeen<\/strong> Tortoise \u2013 Layered Presence<\/strong> Subscribe to the Guardian\u2019s rolling Add to Playlist selections on Spotify.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" From AmsterdamRecommended if you like Adrian Sherwood, ESG, Hidden OperatorUp next New charity single benefitting Plant een Olijfboom released 20 September Devon Rexi make tripped-out, percussion-heavy rhythms that are as sexy as they are strange. Though the Amsterdam-based group have only released two EPs and maintain an elusive online presence, they have developed a steady<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":20965,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[54],"tags":[1137,12856,4575,12855,9441,686,1138,12857,1142,5123,969],"class_list":{"0":"post-20964","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"tag-add","9":"tag-devon","10":"tag-diy","11":"tag-dub","12":"tag-experimental","13":"tag-music","14":"tag-playlist","15":"tag-rexi","16":"tag-tracks","17":"tag-wave","18":"tag-weeks"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20964","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=20964"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20964\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/20965"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=20964"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=20964"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=20964"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Recommended if you like<\/strong> Adrian Sherwood, ESG, Hidden Operator
Up next<\/strong> New charity single benefitting Plant een Olijfboom released 20 September<\/p>\nThis week\u2019s best new tracks<\/h2>\n
Mexican producer Delia Beatriz stretches and smears 90s selector Gabriel Due\u00f1ez\u2019s slackened cumbia rebajada<\/em> (slowed cumbia) sound so the beat becomes a twitch, the horns and yells lurching like TV static in search of a signal.<\/p>\n
Written to make her husband smile when he was undergoing chemotherapy, this Lanza loosie is characteristically bright, bubbling club pointillism that flickers like a hummingbird wing \u2013 then shifts surprisingly bassy.<\/p>\n
Intricate yet fathoms deep, the drone doyen and former Coil member McDowall\u2019s monophonic modular synth experiment evokes observing the intricate grain and monumental scale of a Richard Serra sculpture at the same time.<\/p>\n
From a new mixtape, Riley mixes chattering UK garage with the sweetness of Janet Jackson\u2019s All for You and a real earworm chorus about being deluged by romance.<\/p>\n
Wishing on a satellite \u201cthat you still love me\u201d, the Australian songwriter reckons with a relationship\u2019s looming demise, her hymnal composure faltering over an appropriately rainy trudge of drums and guitar.<\/p>\n
<\/strong>Jettisoning the shivery synths of their old moniker White Hinterland after eight years away, Dienel\u2019s comeback bridges the lush 70s studio upholstery and jittery rhythms of Fleetwood Mac\u2019s Rumours and Tusk.<\/p>\n
Tense bass, intricate pulse, a little proggy dissonance: who else could it be? Now dispersed across the US from their Chicago nucleus, the five-piece reunite for their first album since 2016.<\/p>\n