Mockasin, Connan - Caramel (2025 Reissue)

Whether bending genres or collaborating with artists like James Blake, MGMT, and Charlotte Gainsbourg, Connan Mockasin has always manoeuvered in mysterious ways. After touring with the likes of Radiohead and Neil and Liam Finn (Crowded House), the R’n’B surrealist continues assembling a cult around his theater, nay spectacle of life.

Caramel boasts a unique brand of mutated, lustrous soul that was almost wholly self-recorded over a month in a Tokyo hotel room. Described by Clash Music as “a true cosmonaut of inner space,” the album explores different regions of Mockasin's singular galaxy, guided by his truly adventurous songwriting that favours reconfigured pop structures with a skewed funk sensibility.