Close to the ground?

The Social Registry - based in Brooklyn, NY - are home to a host of brilliant artists with diverse sounds, such as Psychic Ills, Electroputas, Blood On The Wall, and Gang Gang Dance. They are one of those independent labels that I will always want to follow and it's definitely safe to assume that whatever they put out is going to sound different to the vast majority of what you will come across elsewhere, making them a must-check-this-out destination for anyone with an ear for something fresh. The track I selected from the August released Troubled, Shaken Etc. by UK act Sian Alice Group is something of an enigma. It opens with an insistent vibraphone volley that melts into a beautiful world of softly-distorted keys and a four-to-the-floor ambient bump that gallops - especially when the the afro-rhythmic percussion drops in. Sian Ahern has a haunting voice that floats above it all, and cuts to the core. But this is not music to talk about - go listen, and while you're at it, check out the video too:

“Close To the Ground”

Close to the Ground? More like close to God.