New music: LB9 - Back In Town

LB9 is a dance act that I created in 1999. Back In Town was part of my second album, Mist, recorded in 2003 and is a 90s dance song influenced by the likes of ATB and Eiffel 65.

Today the track has finally been released on all of the major streaming and download platforms for the first time, joining my previous release Breathe, also first recorded in 2003, both issued on the label Poppy's House.

Listen or download below, and for more information contact me at richardstuartturner@hotmail.com

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/3BzvuVjpDIyshMbn1WKVAz

iTunes: https://music.apple.com/gb/album/back-in-town/6792788188?i=6792788195

Tunes I'm currently loving // 2026 // Volume 7

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New music: Esther - Savage Love

Introducing the brilliant Esther with her new single Savage Love. Stockholm-based Esther (Lennstrand), who incorporates the vibraphone into her electronic pop music, launched in 2019 but only last month released her excellent debut album Fragmentality, which features a lot of lovely and unusually structured electronic pop songs.

Two and a half minutes of pop perfection, Savage Love has twinkly laidback production almost reminiscent of Zero 7 at times, but with an urgency and quirkiness usually only found in Swedish indie-pop. I saw Esther supporting The Cardigans in London last month – the band hand-picked her as its support act so you knew she was bound to be good – and good she was; such a talent on the vibraphone, and this delightful track interpolates Satie's classical masterpiece Gymnopédie No. 1.

Throw in a video full of charm and you can see why renowned Swedish radio station P3 has been playing it a lot. Esther has also toured with Lykke Li, Kite, Amason, bob hund, Deportees, and Miike Snow.

Check out Savage Love below:

Tunes I'm currently loving // 2026 // Volume 6

1. Taylor Swift - I Knew It, I Knew You
2. Esther - Savage Love
3. Alex The Astronaut - Business Man
4. Delta Goodrem - Hologram
5. Rogue Traders - Forever
6. Madonna - Love Sensation
7. Angelina Mango & Marco Mengoni - Canto D'amore
8. Modern English - I Melt With You
9. Shakira & Burna Boy - Dai Dai
10. She Past Away - Mizantrop
11. Ayşen - Nerdesin
12. Helene Fischer - Heute Nacht
13. RABO - Wide Eyed Wonder
14. Madonna & Feid - Read My Lips
15. Olivia Rodrigo - stupid song
16. Antoon - Chaos
17. Katy Perry - Watch It Burn
18. The Cardigans - Communication
19. KitschKrieg, Blumengarten & Shirin David - Gut Genug
20. sombr - My Body Isn't Ready

Tunes I'm currently loving // 2026 // Volume 5

1. Camera Obscura - Lloyd, I'm Ready To Be Heartbroken
2. DARA - Bangaranga
3. Benefits feat. Zera Tønin - Land Of The Tyrants
4. Mona Wessman - Gå och göm dig, Åke Tråk
5. Nerina Pallot - Come Bring The Sun
6. Ariana Grande - hate that i made you love me
7. Youssou N'Dour - The Lion (Gaiende)
8. Public Service Broadcasting - Go!
9. Freya Ridings - If This Is A Dream
10. The Fizz - A Crazy Shot In The Dark
11. Thaiboy Digital & swedm - Destiny
12. Keisha White - Don't Mistake Me
13. Jasmine Jethwa - I'm Alright Now
14. Charlotte Perrelli - Todas nacemos con alas
15. My New Band Believe - Love Story
16. Lola Young - From Down Here
17. Remember Monday - Delusional
18. Tori Amos - Provincetown
19. Alexandra Căpitănescu - Choke Me
20. Clouds - Diesel Halo

Tunes I'm currently loving // 2026 // Volume 4

1. Four Jacks And a Jill - Master Jack
2. Frances - Don't Worry About Me (Live At Union Chapel)
3. Crustation & Bronagh Slevin - Purple
4. Madonna & Sabrina Carpenter - Bring Your Love
5. Olivia Rodrigo - drop dead
6. Sanna Nielsen - Vågar du, vågar jag
7. DR. GABBA - BBYLUV
8. Loren Kramar - Gay Angels
9. Little Sister - Dear Abbie (One Night of Passion)
10. Sarah McLachlan - All This Disaster
11. Naomi Scott - Cherry
12. Wet - Swinub
13. Leléka - Ridnym
14. Sanna Nielsen - Till En Fågel
15. Winding Stairs - Don't Stay Up Too Late
16. Ruby Roberts - Crush
17. Sheppard - Sayonara
18. Valtos Feat. Ruairidh Gray, Finn MacPherson and Euan McLaughlin - Fal Do Re Ro
19. Maria Rådsten - Vad Som Än Händer
20. Natalie Imbruglia - Upside Down

Tunes I'm currently loving // 2026 // Volume 3

1. Delta Goodrem - Eclipse

2. Ziyad Al-Samman - Ya Habibi
3. Joshua Idehen - Mum Does The Washing
4. Helena Bergström - Aldrig ska jag sluta älska dig
5. Dolcenera - My Love
6. Courtney Barnett - Same
7. SIENNA SPIRO - The Visitor
8. Bleach Lab - My Favourite Game
9. LOOK MUM NO COMPUTER - Eins, Zwei, Drei
10. Eleh & Kwesta - Ndi A Ni Funa
11. Ed O'Brien - Blue Morpho
12. Robyn - Into The Sun
13. Prefab Sprout - Where The Heart Is
14. No Angels - Let's Go To Bed
15. 4hero & Carina Andersson - Les Fleur
16. Michaela - Take Good Care Of My Heart
17. RAYE Feat. Hans Zimmer - Click Clack Symphony
18. Davina Michelle - Still Champagne
19. Olivia Rodrigo - The Book Of Love
20. waterbaby - Srs Ice