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One to watch: Aziya


Blondie meets J Dilla in the music of this idiosyncratic Londoner who made her name covering the likes of Grimes and PJ Harvey

Now she writes and produces her own tunes, with excellent EPs We Speak of Tides and Lonely Castles bearing her knotty, dramatic takes on relationships. Aziya specialises in dimly lit new wave and thrilling pop-rock, music she imagines Blondie and J Dilla would’ve made together. “Wanna be your ceremonial lie / Take me to the altar and make me your bride / If it’s not right / We’ll just call it off after midnight,” she promises, seconds before the cathartic chorus.

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