Amadou & Mariam (Photo: Pat Beaudry)

Psychemagik’s Healin’ Feelin’, a series of re-edits of songs, delivers a thumping four on the floor groove experience throughout its 10-track playlist. The album is heavily influenced by funk and disco music. It’s the kind of thing you would expect to hear at an after party or maybe just as easily while lounging around enjoying a few summertime cocktails. The aesthetics added to these re-interpretations are fun and playful.

There's something magical about merging the naive with the lo-fi: both feature in everything we love about pop music. Simple structures, clear hooks, and danceable beats, can undercut the gloss and the pomp that are often mistaken for high production values. Lyon-based Camille Bouvot-Duval, the one-woman show behind De La Montagne, cites Tracy + The Plastics, The Knife and Cansei de Ser Sexy as influences, and it shows. This is brash, coy electro that plays to the sexual politics of the dance floor while subverting them.

On Tuesday August 7th tune in to the Phantastiq Cypha as Conn Shawnery drops by to discuss his new album CS02:CONNDUCTION and what else he has planned for the near future. Don't thnk you can wait a week, check out Conn's bandcamp and his twitter to keep up on everything.