Dear fellow readers,

what time is it? That’s right, it’s podcast-time again! So, here’s another episode of the HUGO Tracks Podcast, our monthly rundown of the freshest tunes we’re
listening to over here at the HUGO lab. This time, we have an exclusive track made just for us by Nina Kraviz (our infatuation phase just won’t seem to pass…).
There’s also new music from such great artists as Boska, Tom Dermac, Matthew Dear and a lot of other goodies included as well. You know how they say that the best things in life are free, right?
So please go ahead and download the podcast right here or on iTunes and be sure to take this baby on the road with you!

Marie Madeleine is a lovely French that coos and chants her way through super catchy dance tunes. Or at least that’s what we thought. On the newest Marie Madeleine song, “The Nihilist Song,” there’s no trace of the vocals that first caught our attention in “Swimming Pool,” but instead cooing and chanting about absurdist philosophy from a deep-voiced man. Well, whatever Marie Madeleine is, there’s a great new remix of “The Nihilist Song” from Rubinskee, and we’re streaming it here.

Shadowbox is the nom de plume of Bonnie Baxter, a Brooklyn-based producer, singer and songwriter who made today’s HUGO Track. The song is called ‘AM’, and it pulls on a lot of the sounds of the moment – droning synths, psychedelic harmonies, noises that make you think of the word ‘witch’. We’re giving it away for free, and there’s a nice video to go with the song below.

We’ve always loved the classic sounds of bossa nova, but, as you know, we’re suckers for new music, which is why we’re really into this new song from Sloane Alabaster. Masterfully sampling and contorting Getz and Gilberto’s rendition of “Quiet Nights Of Quiet Stars” with Astrud Gilberto on vocals, the Tokyo-based producer has brought the timeless song straight into the future.

Mind Fair is a project by producers Dean Meredith and Ben Shenton, who’ve released music on the Uruguayan label, International Feel, and are set to release some more material on one of our favorite labels of the moment, Golf Channel. Before that happens, though, Mind Fair is debuting a side project called 21st Century Fox, a collaboration with vocalist Lauren Faulkner. We’ve got our favorite track from the new EP here (it’s called ‘Serious Love’) for free download. Don’t sleep. It’ll be gone before you know it.