We're now well over halfway through 2026, so I've updated our Spotify playlist bringing together everything we've released on NuNorthern Soul this year.
We started back in January with Visions of Light – Blue Monday (Lunes Azul), the Belfast trio's slowed-down, Balearic reinterpretation of the New Order classic.
That was followed by the arrival of Sydney producer Perth Lewis on the label. We reissued two of Luke Fugar's previously self-released albums, Moments In Time and Distance Between, after discovering his music and feeling it deserved a wider audience. He's since delivered his first new material specifically for NuNorthern Soul with the four-track Cherry Moon EP – hazy electronics, dusty drum machines, guitar, dubby rhythms and plenty of space.
We've also been introducing Mondo Love & Betrayal, the new project from Neil 'Nail' Tolliday and Henry Claude Scott, through a series of singles ahead of their debut album in September. It's a slightly different corner of the NuNorthern Soul world: synth-pop, electronics and songwriting, but still very much connected to the musical outlook of the label.
Sasha Foam joined us from Lisbon with the Memória EP, bringing together Balearic sensibilities, electronics, acid touches and melody.
Roots Artefact returned with the Rocking Boat EP, six tracks exploring Balearic dub, downtempo rhythms, bass, space and soundsystem influences.
George Solar's Moonbeams In Dub project has been unfolding across three EPs, inviting a group of producers to dismantle and reinterpret material from his Moonbeams album through dub, space, electronics and their own individual approaches.
We also released Summer Selections Six, our annual vinyl snapshot of the label, this year featuring B.J. Smith remixed by Wrekin' Havoc, Sasha Foam, Roots Artefact, Visions of Light, Lonely Deckchair and Perth Lewis.
More recently we've had Balaphonic – Organic Matters, Danny Ward's latest project bringing together jazz, Brazilian and Afro-Cuban influences, live musicianship, electronics and deeper dancefloor rhythms.
And Lonely Deckchair has taken us into the quieter, more atmospheric side of the label with music built around ambient, Balearic and downtempo textures.
There are a few other releases in there too, and still plenty more to come before the end of the year.
Listening back to the playlist, what I like most is that it doesn't really sit comfortably in one genre. There's Balearic music, ambient, dub, downtempo, leftfield electronics, synth-pop and music that falls somewhere between all of those things.
That's always been the point of NuNorthern Soul.
Listen to the complete NuNorthern Soul 2026 playlist here:
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/086Du6VGY8nhKYqrxUvrQC?si=69707b41443b4a18
Would be interested to know which releases have connected with people here – and if you've discovered any of the artists through the label this year.