Hear a new song from Bicep, “CHROMA 008 TANGZ,” feat. Eliza

In the aftermath of their last album, 2021’s Isles, Belfast electronic duo Bicep have been releasing a string of singles in their CHROMA series, and now they’re up to the eighth installment. Their latest, “CHROMA 008 TANGZ,” is out now via CHROMA/Ninja Tune, and features vocals from Eliza. Hear it below.

The duo said in a statement, “We have both been fans of Eliza for years and actually worked on a remix she sang on over 10 years ago now. Her most recent album ‘A Sky Without Stars’ shows an amazing side to her voice and the direction her sound has developed in recent years. The first single ‘Straight talker’ was so strong, it had all the touchstones of amazing 90s neo-soul and r’n’b we loved, but sounded new and fresh.

“We got in touch with a track we had in mind that might work, and then sent her some ideas and she came back with a full vocal. The track really just fell in place when we listened to her first take. We nearly always take the vocals and pretty much start again from scratch, sort of remixing our own demo. We have been messing around in the studio on faster chopped up breaks and this felt like the perfect opportunity to take a track from almost hip hop feeling to full breaks over the course of the song.“

Isles is featured on our list of the Best Electronic Albums of 2021.