“Dark Christmas” is the highly anticipated second volume of Tarja’s 2017 album "From Spirits and Ghosts (Score for a Dark Christmas)" – a surprise hit and on-going strong seller. This time, Tarja has added a haunting twist to classic Christmas hits and carols with the addition of a children's choir. For those who want to embrace the holiday spirit while exploring a more mysterious side of the season, Dark Christmas is the perfect album.

Composed between 2015 and 2022, this collection of orchestral and ensemble works is unified by a concern for colour and gesture, timbre and texture. It reflects the influence of textural and spectral composition, the modernist impulse to organise and express inherited materials in new ways, and the ascendancy of electronic music. The music reaches outward, distinctively, to a global cultural context, beyond Aotearoa yet rooted here.

Yann Tiersen has announced details of a new album and shared a taste of what to expect with the first track, ‘Ker al Loch’. The new album, Kerber, is set for release on Mute on 27 August 2021. The first single sets the scene for the album – ‘Ker al Loch’ builds up from Tiersen’s gently played piano keys to a full on sensory assault as pulsating electronics cloak the song.

Lunatic Soul is the solo studio music project of the multi-talented creator, vocalist and multi-instrumentalist Mariusz Duda. As the lead singer of the hugely popular prog-rock band Riverside, Lunatic Soul was created in 2008 as an opportunity for Duda to explore musical territories outside the rock domain.

For fans of Karat, City, Silly, Peter Maffay - The legendary Puhdys' first major TV appearance on West German television in February 1977 on Bremen's "Musikladen Extra" Mike Leckebusch, creator of "Beat Club" and "Musikladen," - impressive picture and sound quality - The Puhdys performed in their original lineup with Dieter "Maschine" Birr, Harry Jeske, Dieter 'Quaster' Hertrampf, Peter Meyer, and Gunther Wosylus - The band played their classics "Wenn ein Mensch lebt" (from the DEFA film "Die Legende von Paul und Paula"), "Geh zu ihr" (Go to her) and "Reise zum Mittelpunkt der Erde" (Journey to the center of the Earth)

Redshifts marks the debut collaboration between artists Zeena Parkins and Cecilia Lopez. Recorded in January 2025, the album features a striking interplay between two singular instruments: Parkins’ self-invented electric harp and Lopez’s RED—a large-scale, handwoven electronic instrument made from speaker wire. This collection of pieces captures a vivid sonic dialogue between Parkins’ masterful, expressive performance and López’s sculptural approach to sound and instrument design. These are one-of-a-kind instruments performed by their creators

BSX Records, presents the original motion picture soundtrack release of STRANGE BEHAVIOR aka DEAD KIDS (1981) with music composed by Tangerine Dream. Michael Murphy (MANHATTAN), Dan Shor (BILL & TED'S EXCELLENT ADVENTURE) and Fiona Lewis (THE FURY) star in this grisly saga of bizarre experiments, butchered teens, New Zealand doubling for suburban Illinois, and a killer in a Tor Johnson mask. “Considered pioneers of the early days of electronica, the Tangerine Dream ― whose most classic line-up was Froese, Christopher Franke and Johannes Schmoelling ― released over 100 albums (without counting compilations and unofficial releases by fans). Over three decades, from the 1970s to the 1990s, they also made the original soundtrack for between 50 and 60 films and TV series in the United States ― twenty of them only in the 1980s, one of the group’s most productive decades.” – Felipe M. Guerra

One year after …But Seriously, England's best-selling album in the year of its release, Phil Collins followed up with a live worldwide tour. The former Genesis drummer was at the height of his fame, and this Berlin concert on July 15th, 1990, perfectly documents his impressive performances from that time. Surrounded by four virtuosos (Leland Sklar on bass, Daryl Stuermer on guitar, Chester Thompson on drums and Brad Cole on keyboards), here Phil Collins reveals a kind of ‘best of’ album with the hits Against All Odds (Take A Look At Me Now), One More Night, In the Air Tonight as well as a rather muscular cover of You Can't Hurry Love by The Supremes. Everything here is XL! Brass, rhythm and melodies! And the remastered edition of this live album in 24-Bit Hi-Res quality makes the experience even more powerful. © Clotilde Maréchal

Taylor Swift has reminded fans on Tuesday that the deluxe editions of Folklore feature the bonus song, “The Lakes” which is now available on streaming platforms. You can check the track out below.

Lena Mary Calhoun Horne (June 30, 1917 – May 9, 2010) was an American singer, dancer, actress, and civil rights activist. Horne's career spanned over 70 years appearing in film, television, and theater.

One of the hardest swinging and best-loved of his 1980s recordings wraps listeners in the astonishing group sound that defined Wynton Marsalis. Firey performances by the players jazz writers dubbed “The Young Lions”

The White Buffalo returns with his eighth studio album titled Year Of The Dark Horse, released through Snakefarm.

The Best of Muddy Waters is a greatest hits album by Muddy Waters released by Chess Records in April 1958.

Natty Dread is the seventh album by Bob Marley and the Wailers, released in 1974. Previously Marley had recorded with Peter Tosh and Bunny Wailer as the Wailers, and this was his first record without them.

**RADIO FAMILY - It's finally here!! Yes, London Elektricity's beautiful new album drops this week. Our FOCUS track for the release is opener LOVEBOMBS. Thank you for all of your support on the singles to date. Tony is still available for Radio Interview and mix requests / opportunties. So do get in touch.** Tony Colman has always thrived in the in-between spaces: between styles, between scenes, between the sensible and the joyfully irrational. With Lunatics & Legends, the Hospital Records co-founder - operating here under his own Fast Soul Music imprint - builds an album-length love letter to what happens when you let go of guardrails and invite the glorious chaos in.