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WHTKD

Say to Me

WHTKD loops a soulful, pleading vocal over a warm, rolling deep house groove, a track that sounds like late afternoon turning into evening.

deep house electronic house

Whilk & Misky

Babe I'm Yours

A hushed, smoky vocal floats over plucked folk guitar and a slow electronic pulse, turning a simple declaration of devotion into a late-night confession.

indie folk electronic

Tiggs Da Author

Georgia

Tiggs Da Author's raspy, swaggering vocal rides a vintage soul feel and a hip-hop bounce on the 2015 love song, produced by Show N Prove, that followed his first single Run and became his breakthrough.

soul r&b pop

Santé, Richard Judge

Awake

Santé lays a deep, rolling groove under J.U.D.G.E's grave, soulful voice, six minutes of dark-room house that feels like the first clear thought after a long night.

deep house house techno

Joss Stone

Less Is More

A teenage Joss Stone leans into a lilting, reggae-kissed soul groove and sings about wanting less with the husky authority of a singer twice her age.

soul r&b reggae

Hindi Zahra

Music (Remastered Version)

Hindi Zahra sings a love letter to music itself, her warm, smoky voice swaying over interlocking guitars and soft percussion that blend folk, soul and Berber roots.

world folk soul

Her

Her

The French duo Her name their manifesto after themselves: a slow, sensual indie soul track of muted beats, warm bass and a voice that leans right into the microphone.

soul indie pop r&b

Gabriella Cilmi

Cry Me A River (Live Version)

A sixteen-year-old Gabriella Cilmi takes Justin Timberlake's 2002 break-up hit into smoky, live soul territory with a three-piece band: a 2008 B-side recorded by Xenomania, her husky voice carrying all the hurt.

soul cover pop

DJ Fitchie, Joe Dukie

Midnight Marauders

Seven unhurried minutes of Pacific dub-soul from two Fat Freddy's Drop mainstays, Joe Dukie's honeyed voice drifting over a deep, patient bassline built for the small hours.

dub reggae downtempo

Chet Faker

Talk Is Cheap

A wistful, treated saxophone line, a lazy, warm beat and Chet Faker's husky croon make this Built on Glass lead single the definition of late-night electronic soul, and triple j's number one song of 2014.

electronic soul downtempo

Chet Faker

Gold

Chet Faker's smoky late-night soul over a slow, finger-snapping electronic groove, a minimal track that gets all its heat from his weathered voice and a bassline that barely moves.

electronic soul r&b

Ayọ

Down On My Knees

Ayọ pleads for a lost love over acoustic guitar and a gentle reggae lilt: the 2006 debut single, recorded with a live band in five days in New York, that made a German-Nigerian singer a star in France.

soul folk acoustic

Avicii

Feeling Good

Avicii wraps the standard Nina Simone made famous in soft, swelling synths and lets Audra Mae's smoky, soaring voice carry a song about new dawns, recorded for a 2015 film about his own recovery from years of touring.

electronic soul pop

Alicia Keys

Fallin'

A twenty-year-old Alicia Keys at the piano, pouring gospel-sized yearning into a stark, minor-key confession about a love she cannot stop falling into.

soul r&b ballad

Electric Guest

This Head I Hold

A piano-driven, falsetto-led romp produced by Danger Mouse, 'This Head I Hold' was Electric Guest's 2012 debut single: retro soul-pop swagger wrapped around a reminder that you don't have to follow the steps society lays out.

indie pop alternative

Headman

Moisture (Headman Club Version)

Headman's own club version of Moisture, his song with the singer Luca Santucci: a sleek, hypnotic nu-disco and house groove stretched for the dance floor, a bonus track on the 2016 deluxe edition of his album ON.

deep house electronic club

Aloe Blacc

I Need a Dollar (Live)

A hard-times plea set to a Brooklyn retro-soul jam: Aloe Blacc's 2010 hit, the theme of HBO's How to Make It in America, heard here live in Berlin in 2011, where a chorus about a job lost and a dollar borrowed is made for a room to sing.

soul r&b alternative

AnnenMayKantereit x Parcels

Can't Get You Out of My Head (Cover)

AnnenMayKantereit and Parcels join forces on a stripped-back cover of Kylie Minogue's 'Can't Get You Out of My Head', trading the original's cool electronic pulse for Henning May's rough voice and close band harmonies.

acoustic indie cover

Roseaux

Walking on the Moon

The French collective Roseaux and the American soul singer Aloe Blacc turn the Police's 1979 reggae hit into an unhurried soul song, the most famous track of their 2012 album of covers.

soul cover indie