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Embrace the Weird, 10 Tracks to Groove, Think, and Feel
You know those moments when you’re just not in the mood for the usual? When your brain craves something off-kilter, something that challenges your ears and makes your mind wander into unexpected places? That’s when it’s time to get your weird on, to deep dive into a groove that’s not only intriguing but emotionally and mentally stimulating. Whether it’s a glitchy beat or a haunting melody, these tracks will take you on a strange yet satisfying journey.
Tipper, a master of psychedelic, glitch-heavy soundscapes, creates an otherworldly experience with Tiny Face. This track is full of layered textures, micro-edits, and a bass line that grooves beneath the bizarre, making it an addictive listen for anyone who loves immersive, detailed production.
Tipper has synesthesia, a condition where he perceives sounds as shapes and colours. This explains why his music feels so multi-dimensional and visual—you’re not just listening, you’re almost seeing it. In Tiny Face, every beat feels like it’s shaping the space around you, bending reality as you listen.
If you want to get funky with a weird twist, Spoonbill’s Framed by Funk is the perfect track. It’s a playful blend of quirky samples, live instruments, and electronic beats that seem to dance around in unexpected ways. It’s groovy, yet unpredictable—perfect for when you want your brain and body to both move.
Spoonbill often incorporates field recordings from nature and urban life into his music. In Framed by Funk, you might hear sounds like birds chirping or random objects clinking, all seamlessly woven into the rhythm. It’s like walking through a city with a beat-making brain—every sound becomes music.
KOAN Sound is known for their intricate, bass-heavy productions that feel like they’re straight from the future. Liquid Levity is no different, with glitchy, dynamic rhythms that ebb and flow like a river of electronic liquid. The track has an ethereal quality that makes you feel like you’re floating, while the groove keeps your feet tapping on the ground.
KOAN Sound’s name comes from the Zen Buddhist term “koan,” which refers to a paradoxical question or statement used to challenge conventional thinking. Their music often embodies this principle, pushing listeners to experience sound in unconventional ways, which is exactly what Liquid Levity does it defies gravity.
Latitude & Solitude by Craftal is a slow-burning, deeply atmospheric track that blends organic textures with electronic beats. The delicate layering of sounds gives it an introspective quality, making it perfect for moments when you want to get lost in thought while still keeping a subtle groove goin
Craftal is a relatively elusive artist, with little information available about their background. This air of mystery adds to the allure of the track—when you listen to Latitude & Solitude, it feels like you’re tapping into something hidden, a sonic exploration of uncharted territory.
Marina Herlop’s shaolin mantis is a mesmerizing blend of classical influences and experimental electronic production. Her voice floats in and out like a ghost, while the track's complex rhythms feel almost insect-like in their precision, true to the title’s reference to the mantis. It’s an eerie, otherworldly listening experience that defies categorization.
Marina Herlop draws a lot of inspiration from the natural world, and in shaolin mantis,she uses her voice almost like a biological instrument. The intricate vocal layers are meant to mimic the movement of insects—sharp, unpredictable, and utterly fascinating.
Bubbles by Yosi Horikawa is exactly what it sounds like—an auditory experience that mimics the playful, erratic movements of bubbles in water. The track is filled with organic soundscapes, blending percussive water sounds with electronic beats, creating a quirky yet meditative vibe.
Yosi Horikawa is known for his use of environmental recordings in his music. Bubbles actually incorporates the sound of real bubbles recorded by Horikawa himself. His obsession with capturing the sounds of everyday objects and natural environments gives his music a unique tactile quality—you can almost feel the bubbles popping as you listen.
Another Tipper masterpiece, Emerald Hooves is a lush, atmospheric track that mixes glitch with deep, ambient basslines. The shimmering highs and ground-shaking lows create a sonic landscape that’s both serene and unsettling. It’s a perfect track for when you want to sink into the weird and lose track of time.
Emerald Hooves was designed with a heavy emphasis on spatial audio. Tipper’s music is often mixed with 3D sound in mind, making the track feel like it’s moving around your head, almost as if you’re inside the music itself. This makes listening on a good sound system or headphones a totally immersive, almost physical experience.
Feinheitsbrei’s Forest of Souls is a haunting, cinematic journey through an eerie, mystical forest. The track layers deep bass with ethereal melodies, making it feel like you’re wandering through a landscape filled with spirits and ancient energy. It’s meditative yet unsettling, the perfect balance of beauty and the bizarre.
The track’s mystical vibe is no coincidence—Feinheitsbrei draws inspiration from folklore and mythology, aiming to create soundscapes that feel like they come from otherworldly realms. Forest of Souls was reportedly inspired by Germanic forest myths, where forests were seen as liminal spaces between the human world and the supernatural.
Four Tet is a master of blending organic and electronic elements, and Loved is a perfect example. This track uses soft, twinkling melodies layered over a pulsing beat, creating a sense of warmth and intimacy, while still being abstract and experimental enough to keep you intrigued.
Kieran Hebden, the mind behind Four Tet, famously samples sounds from unexpected sources, like video games or found objects. In Loved, you can hear subtle background textures that give the track a natural feel, almost as if the sound of the room where it was made is part of the music itself. Four Tet’s ability to weave these elements into a cohesive whole is what makes his music so entrancing.
If you’re in the mood for something truly offbeat, Charlotte Adigéry’s HAHA is a must-listen. The track is built around a repeating sample of Adigéry’s laughter, which she layers into a funky, minimalist beat. It’s quirky, infectious, and a little unnerving, as the laughter morphs into something almost mechanical.
HAHA was born from Adigéry’s fascination with how laughter can be both joyful and unsettling. By manipulating her own laughter into a rhythmic, robotic element, she plays with the line between human expression and artificiality, giving the track a weird, hypnotic edge that’s as thought-provoking as it is groovy.
Music is a portal, a way to tap into the strange, the unfamiliar, the beautifully bizarre. Sometimes, stepping out of the ordinary and letting yourself be swept away by an odd groove is exactly what the mind needs. There’s something liberating about surrendering to music that makes you feel like you’re wandering through a dream, or glitching through an alternate reality.
These tracks aren’t just about filling the silence; they’re about disrupting it. They challenge the way you think about sound, about rhythm, about what it means to create. It’s in those unexpected textures, those moments where the music makes you stop and go, What was that? where the real magic lies.
So next time you're craving something different, something that feels like a sound experiment gone wonderfully left, let these tracks be your guide. The beauty of weird music is that it doesn’t just make you listen it makes you feel like you're discovering a new world. A world where bubbles, laughter, and the sound of a forest can groove together. Where bass lines are liquid and every sound has a soul. Love Jelly Wobble xxx
