Keeping track of new music, media and industry news.

The Frenchman Jean-Baptiste de Laubier has been making music for over ten years. Starting out as a hip-hop producer those influences still feature heavily on this latest release on Because Music records. Second track ‘Wake Me Up’ has a glitch-y dub feel which sounds like what a more credible Magnetic Man might’ve been able to achieve. By the third track, ‘Every Little Thing’, he’s already jumped to synth pop sounding like a combination of Hot Chip and an urban r’n’b artist.

It certainly doesn’t let the fun stop. ‘You’ channels the disco love into a Daft Punk-esque summer tune which probably wouldn’t sound too out of place in Ibiza. Meanwhile ‘Lean On Me’ uses an off beat garage-y feel.

If it’s variety you’re after, Passion has it in buckets. Those years of work have more than paid off here.