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Sami Yenigun
NPR producer
NPR producer
Paula Temple's "Deathvox" is one of our favorite tracks this month. Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Bing & Ruth's new album, Tomorrow Was The Golden Age, comes out Oct. 14. Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Xosar's full-length for Opal Tapes' vinyl imprint Black Opal is scheduled for a December release. Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Wildwood, N.J., can be a playground for adults. Frank DiBona/Flickr hide caption
Kyle "KMFH" Hall. Jeremy Deputat/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Vancouver producer Jack J. Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Kyle Hall's "Our Love" is one of his finest productions to date. Karl Mathias hide caption
Floating Points' "King Bromeliad" is one of our favorite electronic jams of the year. Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Avalon Emerson's remix of Some Ember's "The Thrashing Whip" is one of our favorite tracks of June. Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Jason Haughton sings an original tune composed by the PS 177 Technology Band. Eric Westervelt/NPR hide caption
Dutch producer Shinedoe teamed up with The Knife's Karin Dreijer for one of our favorite dance tracks of May. Jos Kottmann/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Entertainer and entrepreneur Sean Combs delivers Howard University's commencement speech during the 2014 Howard University graduation ceremony in Washington, on Saturday, May 10, 2014. Some suggested that Combs, who attended Howard in the late 1980s but did not graduate, was a poor choice of speaker. Jose Luis Magana/AP hide caption
Todd Terje in Oslo. Sigurd Fandango/Courtesy of Pitch Perfect PR hide caption
One of the hottest tracks we heard all month was the live version of "P.A.R.T.Y." by L.A. producer Seven Davis Jr. Courtesy of the artist hide caption