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Seven years after the haunting resonance of Voids, electronic pioneer Martyn returns to the album format with Music For Existing. Arriving on 15 May 2026, the record is more than a collection of tracks; it is a profound exploration of what it means to remain devoted to a craft in an era of relentless noise.

The album’s announcement is heralded by the lead single "Heavy Sound." The track serves as the perfect bridge between Martyn’s past and present - a masterclass in tension and release that previews the album’s dialogue between the producer, the musicians, and the audience. We live inside a culture that has prioritised and monetised restlessness. The modern apparatus runs on the continuous production of "next," driven by algorithms that value novelty over depth.

Music For Existing serves as a love letter to the communal act of making music - something that is both healing and inherently defiant. For Martyn, a musician often finds solace in musical conversation with others; in the moment we press record, we simply exist together. This record is an invitation to build human infrastructure around what we love, leaning into the fluid nature of community and seeing exactly where the music takes us when we choose to listen.

The album is a sprawling, "off-the-grid" tapestry that echoes Martyn’s profound appreciation for jazz - free, instinctive, and bursting in every sonic direction. This collection features an expansive cast of collaborators, including Duval Timothy, Dan Only, Lucinda Chua, and Mark Cisneros. The record is further elevated by the contributions of jazz talents Mischa Porte and Cees Bruinsma, alongside the evocative words of writer and poet Musa Okwonga.

While the acoustic textures and improvisational spirit of this record may feel like a departure, they represent a homecoming. Jazz has always been ingrained in Martyn’s work; even in his most stripped-back club tracks, the DNA of swing, syncopation, and free-form structure was always present, if not always visible.

Music For Existing marks the beginning of an exciting journey that will continue from the studio to the stage, celebrating the radical act of existing in the moment. — (via Label)

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After years of releasing dubstep/techno hybrids, the Dutch-born, D.C.-based producer recruits his instrumentalist friends for a dynamic fusion of jazz and bass music.

Not long after Martyn Deykers had a heart attack, in 2017, he was listening to an album by jazz drummer Max Roach when he discovered an unusual side effect of returning from the brink of death. “It was like I could hear more space in the music,” he said. “It was almost 3D hearing.” The artist known simply as Martyn can count his blessings twice: first, for surviving the cardiac event, and second, for discovering how to harness that newfound energy for his own work. Music for Existing is not his first album since the heart attack; that was 2018’s Voids. But Music for Existing marks the first time that he has accessed such a dynamic, almost extrasensory perception of depth. Perhaps not coincidentally, it’s also the first time he has definitively abandoned dance music’s strictures in search of unbridled stylistic freedom. Martyn has been in the game for more than two decades, but Music for Existing feels like a rebirth. — (via Pitchfork)

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Label: 3024
Format: 2 x Vinyl, LP, Album
Released: 2026
Genre: Electronic, Jazz
Style: Broken Beat, Space-Age, Bass Music, Fusion, Acid Jazz

File under: Leftfield
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