The otherworldly feeling MANX has created with her art-pop is impressive and truly unique. Her latest single, ‘JASMINE’, is a glitchy cut that juxtaposes gritty beats with a luscious synth-led soundscape. At times, it almost feels like an experimental take on trip-hop, and at others, a chaotic dance track. Despite this, her edited vocal lines keep the track focused, and allows it to indulge in these changes of direction. “Suddenly I started making fiery dance tracks out of nowhere,” she says. “I felt the need to inspire both myself and people around me to grow out of something, and be unapologetically alien and radically proud of it.” Maria Nyström seems to have created a world in which she can turn daydreams and synesthesia into amazing music. -Dan Peeke.