Skin to Skin

If any elements from the music of giants like Mount Kimbie, Burial, Kaytranada, or Overmono are up your alley, this next collaboration should be on rotation for you.

Meet Douvelle19 - a "hungry welsh boy making music" who joins forces with our favourite Kaisha and the result is a bouncy and extremely positive genre-bender delight "Skin to Skin". The Malaysian Brighton-based singer shows time and time again the prowess of her vocal abilities.

This is the title track taken of Elliot's brand new 4-track EP he dropped on the 18th of January. Navigating diverse sonic realms, the Newport-based producer's passion for genre fluidity and connecting varied sounds traces back to his childhood. Growing up on a spectrum from 1930s jazz and blues to early electronic pioneers like New Order, Leftfield, and Faithless.

I like how "Skin to Skin" feels both an ultimate r&b seduction (towards the 2nd part of the song), but can easily be a dancefloor banger. It perfectly oscillates between the two. Yeah, equal parts Kaytra and Overmono.

Get ready to hop on the good-times train.