Selects: Daphni

Selects: Daphni

You may know Dan Snaith from his principal project, Caribou, in which he makes a particularly vibrant, glowing strain of electronics-infused experimental rock. But as Daphni, the Canadian multi-instrumentalist/producer explores his connection with dance music, often fusing lost disco and soul samples into melodic, abstract house and techno. Some of the songs on his third Daphni LP, 2022’s Cherry, “were made in the depths of the pandemic, when I was yearning for clubs to return and experiencing music collectively,” he tells Apple Music. “And there were tracks made as things started to reopen. I wanted something to play at my first DJ gigs and wondered what would connect people after so long away.” For his Selects playlist—in which DJs and producers showcase their favourite songs of the moment—Snaith put together "some of the bits and pieces I've been listening to lately, which have inspired my music making,” he says. "Making Daphni music always involves immersing myself in lots and lots of other people’s music. All sorts of music—tracks that can be played out in a club and some that don't make sense in that context.” Explore all his Selects, and if you hear something you like, add it to your library.

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