Bicep release Air / Lemonder / Viper on Ninja Tune
Resident Advisor’s weekly new-music roundup lists the three-track Bicep release for 25 September 2026, describing its cuts as precise and euphoric while giving each a distinct character.
Weekly roundup
Weekly Music Radar 2026-W39
21 Sept 2026–27 Sept 2026
This source-backed overview groups the week’s published daily coverage. Items are selected by their recorded release, event, or production type rather than by an additional ranking model.
Selected releases
Northern Exposure returns with new ambient and dub reinterpretations
Sasha & Digweed’s 1996 compilation Northern Exposure has reached digital streaming alongside expanded physical editions. Electronic Groove reports that a new third disc uses contemporary production tools for ambient reworks and dub interpretations, extending the compilation’s progressive, atmospheric arc.
Cosmocities continues its Japanese jazz-inflected electronic series
RA’s weekly roundup lists Denshi Ongaku No Bigaku Vol. 3, released 25 September by French label Cosmocities, as a continuation of the label’s moody exploration of Japanese jazz-inflected electronics and experimental design.
Nick Warren returns with the melodic, breakbeat-led ‘Waves’
Electronic Groove describes Nick Warren’s first Through Gods Own Eyes release as an emotion-rich progressive-house original built from a shuffling electro-influenced breakbeat, deep bass, fluttering synths and expansive melodic textures. The September 25 package includes remixes by Paul James Nolan, Richard Norris and Simon Sheldon.
solune balance soulful vocals with a driving electronic groove
Sydney/Eora duo solune released ‘Light in the Darkness’ on September 25. Electronic Groove identifies it as the second single from their debut album and describes a blend of emotive soundscapes, silky basslines, signature vocals, texture and harmony.
Bicep issue the three-track ‘Air / Lemonder / Viper’ package
Resident Advisor’s September 25 new-music roundup lists Bicep’s ‘Air / Lemonder / Viper’ on Ninja Tune as three new cuts spanning distinct corners of the duo’s precise and euphoric electronic style.
VITE & MIGANOVA explore melodic techno on Heals My Soul
Beatport describes the SCI+TEC release as a three-track melodic-techno exploration by Mexican DJ and musical director VITE with Italian producer MIGANOVA, shaped by shared inspiration and transformative moments.
Mercurio presents the three-track Songstar EP
The Last Night On Earth page lists Songstar, Sunday 960 and Polymode, with the 9:17 title track anchoring a release that leaves room for extended club development.
Take 9 debut Believe through independent label Urge To Dance
The Athens-based project of Thodoris Triantafillou, Bouzidi and Mercury releases the 5:25 original mix through Plovdiv independent label Urge To Dance.
Morgin Madison announces Another Eden
Electronic Groove reports that Morgin Madison’s third album is due November 6 via Enhanced Recordings. Created over seven months, it combines melodic electronic production and vocal songwriting with themes of hope, change and sobriety.
FJAAK return to hardware-led club construction on FJAAK 015
Electronic Groove describes the Berlin duo’s four-track self-released EP through stripped-back drums, filtered stabs, industrial texture, atmospheric space and sequenced analogue movement.
2hollis announces Pirouette for November 11
Pitchfork reports that 2hollis will release Pirouette through Interscope on November 11; the album includes the singles “Sex” and “Hurt” and carries cover art by Yoshitaka Amano.
Selected events
Bitter Babe and OK Williams bridge a Berlin recording with RA25 London
RA surfaced a five-hour Bitter Babe and OK Williams b2b recorded at Berlin’s Climate of Fear while previewing Bitter Babe’s audiovisual appearance at the RA25 London launch with Mala and Blawan. The signal pairs a substantial archived set with an active European event context.
AVA London × RA25 foregrounds live and audiovisual club performance
The September 25 Outernet Live programme brought together Blawan live, Mala, Bitter Babe’s commissioned live audiovisual performance with Koch.a, and AliA. The listing frames the night across techno and dubstep while emphasizing evolving live-show formats.
KOKO Electronic maps a wide late-year club spectrum
Resident Advisor’s listing connects KOKO’s London programme with DESIREE, Green Velvet, Hernan Cattaneo, Michael Bibi, Ahmed Spins and other guests across house, techno and progressive territory.
Floating Points brings the circular Sunflower Sound System to the US
Resident Advisor reports that the custom system will use ten speaker stacks arranged around the audience inside an acoustically treated dome, with a programme including Avalon Emerson, Ben UFO, Eris Drew, Octo Octa, Four Tet and Theo Parrish.
Polaris announces its 2026 Verbier lineup
Resident Advisor reports that Polaris will stage its 11th edition in Verbier across November 20–21 and 27–28, with a cross-generational programme including Mike Banks, Carl Craig, Deetron, Dixon, Moodymann, Charlotte de Witte, Jayda G, Prosumer and Move D.
Production observations
Aaron Suiss favors shared sound palettes and arrangements that unfold
In an Electronic Groove interview about Withdraw, Aaron Suiss says the EP’s two originals share related sounds and drums. He emphasizes serious bass and groove, hypnotic detail, organic and minimal textures, and longer arrangements that tell a story instead of relying only on tension-and-release mechanics.
Circuit Haze releases free Howl delay and reverb plugin
Bedroom Producers Blog reports that new London developer Circuit Haze has released Howl, a free delay and reverb plugin for macOS, Windows and Linux.
Wingman 3.0 expands harmony sketching inside the DAW
Mixed In Key’s update adds deeper chord editing, guitar performances and genre-specific drums to a plugin that suggests chords and basslines from captured DAW audio. Its strongest studio use is comparative: audition alternate harmonic movement around the same vocal or sample, then edit rather than accepting the first generated result.
Daily coverage in this week
Editorial disclosure
This page is assembled deterministically from already-published Music Radar entries. AI may assist research and drafting of the underlying daily digests; source attribution and human review remain part of the publication process.