Djrum Has a DJ-Kicks on the Way

Featuring Skee Mask and Clark exclusives, plus four new originals of his ownPhoto by Vasso VuDjrum has barely taken a breath since returning in spectacular fashion with the EP Meaning’s Edge in late 2024. Within two years, the British producer has released the stellar Under Tangled Silence, various remixes, and, just last month, another EP, I Wander. Now, he is completing the cycle with a DJ-Kicks mix, set for release on October 16 via the series’ !K7 home. Among the 33 tracks are exclusives from Skee Mask and Clark (plus—curveball!—the Raincoats deep cut “Only Loved at Night”). There are also four new Djrum originals; listen to one of them, “Psychic Video,” below.Djrum recorded the album by mixing vinyl live before chopping it up in post-production, a press release notes. Also featured are tracks by Cabaret Voltaire’s Chris Watson, Venetian Snares, and Susumu Yokota. “I like things to be a bit bumpy,” Djrum says in press materials, “to have ups and downs and f*ck with expectations!”Read about Under Tangled Silence and “Three Foxes Chasing Each Other” in Pitchfork’s Albums and Songs of 2025.Djrum DJ-Kicks:01 Chris Watson - Glastonbury Ocean Soundscape02 Djrum - Turning03 Venetian Snares - Miss Balaton04 Uwalmassa - Untitled 1205 Clark - Clonk Dual06 Human Resources - New T07 Djrum - Psychic Video08 Idris Ackamoor & The Pyramids - Traponga09 Atrice - Hatara10 Lino Capra Vaccina - Antico Adagio11 Susumu Yokota - Fearful Dream12 Lo.Sai - Voi Siete Qui13 Kimyan Law - Chungwa14 Core Self - Suspiria15 The Raincoats - Only Loved at Night16 Chris Watson - Glastonbury Ocean Soundscape17 Djrum - Leave Me Alone18 Chewlie - Run19 Bugge Wesseltoff - Flimmer20 Chris Watson - El Divisadero21 Emptyset - Point22 Planet Battagon - Salacians of Trans-Neptunia23 Skee Mask - Flip24 Eli Keszler - Sun25 E Wata - U D S2S26 Chris Watson - Adult Cheetah Resting by Baobab Tree27 |||||||||||||||||||| - Causalities28 Mark - Incantation for the Protection of JC29 Upsammy - Relict30 A.fruit - Measures of Dispersion31 Sandro Mussida - EEE32 Djrum - To Do What to Do33 Actual Proof - Maybe We’ll Stay [Sileni Remix]Jazz Monroe is a music and culture writer based in London. His work also appears in The Guardian, The Independent, and elsewhere. ... Read More