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| By Luke Morgan Britton

Listen: Zebra and Snake – Burden [Ja Ja Ja Premiere]

On the back of their recent UK touring stint, which saw the group play an impressive NME Radar slot, Helsinki’s Zebra and Snake have unveiled new track ‘Burden’ as a free download and a Ja Ja Ja Premiere. The band are set to release their full-length HEALING MUSIC during April 2012. But until then let these ramshackle 3:32 [...]

| By Luke Morgan Britton

Listen: K-X-P – Easy [Ja Ja Ja Premiere]

It’s not every day that you hear the words “intense Finnish post-Kraut / acid house hybrid” banded about. It’s also not every day that a band whose artwork merely consists of a crude MS Paint-rendered logo of their name turn out to be anything other than utter tosh. But Finland’s K-X-P prove all these initial [...]

| By Luke Morgan Britton

Listen: Korallreven mixtape #3

To the untrained eye Acéphale duo Korallreven may look like Rhod Gilbert and Mr Hudson have teamed up for an unlikely collaboration, but avid readers and any well-informed Scandiphile will know that these pair of Swedes are actually putting out some of most free-flowing electronica at the moment. Following the success of singles ‘Loved-Up’, ‘The Truest Faith’ and ‘Honey Mine’ [...]

| By Luke Morgan Britton

Watch: LCMDF – Take Me To The Mountains [Ja Ja Ja Premiere]

“I think it’s time to talk”, coos Emma Kemppainen of Helsinki’s Le Corps Mince de Françoise. “Time to talk like back in ’94.” And it does feel like exactly that, like we’ve been transported back to the mid-90s, where Jez-like camouflage was the height of fashion and all the cool kids danced like Bez. I [...]