Choose your weapon: In 2023, you could have opted for a blunt object (Yaeji's With a Hammer) or a garden (Marina Herlop's overgrown Nekkuja). You could have thrown down with an all-out Rumble with Skrillex, Fred again.., and Flowdan, or the kind of Gentle Confrontation that Loraine James sought on her profoundly personal album. Brazil's DJ K reminded us about panic in the underground, Lisbon's Danifox gave free rein to his anxiety, and Medellin party-starter Verraco mischievously stirred up an Escandaloo. The best electronic releases of 2023 were defined by their unique and individual perspectives.
Like his Cairo peersZULI, ABADIR, and the community of artists represented on the did you mean: irish compilation seriesthe anonymous musician known as 3Phaz creates tracks that skew club music's traditional geographic center, displacing American and European reference points in favor of regional sounds like shaabi and its electronic variant, mahraganat. 3Phaz's tactile timbres shapeshift between leathery drum hits, metallic drones, and pier
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