Guardian Music — 2 December: Our 24 plays of Christmas continues with another Spotify playlist, this time from Warp's the Hundred in the HandsAs we shuffle one day closer to Christmas, the Hundred in the Hands have created a Spotify playlist to help banish those wint... more info

Guardian Music — Londoner Philip Gamble is keeping the flag flying for freaky sonics with his winning blend of dubstep, juke and dragHometown: London.The lineup: Philip Gamble (music, production).The background: Girl Unit is our favourite new dubstep producer/artist ... more info

Nialler9 — The latest State mix comes courtesy of Bryce Isbell aka FUR and features tracks from Goblin, Audion, James Blake and much more. Fur – Introduction Bobbi Humphrey – Please Set Me at Ease John Roberts – Lesser Christian Naujoks – TTT Goblin –... more info

XLR8R — Surely the UK's youngest highly revered singer/musician/composer/producer/DJ, 22-year-old James Blake has been brewing his unique style of R&B-infused bass music (or is it bass-infused R&B?) for years now, releasing a small number of EPs and sin... more info

The Culture Of Me — Experimental music front-runner and owner to one of the most enigmatic voices of this generation James Blake will be bringing his debut album, cleverly called Album, to the world on February 7, 2011 via AAM. The London, UK twenty-two year-old mixes d... more info

Guardian Music — Batty Bass Presents, LondonWith a brand-new venue and a brand=new take on wowing the Friday night crowds, east London's Batty Bass gang will be continuing to show the spick'n'span surrounds of XOYO how to get down and dirty, and how to do it with som... more info

DrownedInSound — This week's Spotifriday playlist featuring some supreme cuts from the likes of Napoleon IIIrd, Errors, British Sea Power, James Blake, Twin Shadow and much, much more. Well, a little bit more anyway. Read the full story on DrownedinSound.com ... more info

Guardian Music — Facing the Sun, the lead single from this Danish band's debut album, is one of the most glorious things we've heard all yearHometown: Copenhagen, Århus and Jutland in Denmark.The lineup: Mathias Sørensen (drums,vocals), Morten Winther Nielsen (guit... more info

DrownedInSound — Following on from two of the finest EPs released this year in CMYK and Klavierwerke - it's fair to say that a James Blake full-length is being quite hotly anticipated. Which is why it's good news that we now know the release date of it and a possible... more info

Guardian Music — Touted as one of dubstep's new breed, this DJ turns beats, basslines and bursts of 8-bit mania into abstract R&BHometown: Manchester.The lineup: Stephen Gomberg (music, production).The background: Yesterday we got told off by a reader for only writin... more info