Formerly known as Rio En Medio, avant-garde musician and songwriter Danielle Stech-Homsy shares a dizzying new single under her latest moniker The Blue Knots. Aptly formed of concentric melodies, 'Bike By' replicates a sense of infinite rotation as hypnotic 3/4 bass parts repeat for the entirety of the piece. Accompanied by vibey keys, that sit between the novel sounds of Broadcast and jazzy lounge music, percussive beats punctuate the psychedelia, adding movement and dynamics at crucial moments. Elevated by Stech-Homsy breezey vocals, the subject matter is almost as abstract as the music itself, as she explains: "The opening line of ‘Bike By’ refers to being in silence, but it's not the silence of turning away from confronting hard truths, or not speaking out about them...It's the stillness that lets you see more clearly what's going on below the surface. The song examines humanity's gifts and weaknesses and attends to the paradox of being human. It also marvels at mutual interdependence, reaching beyond what's familiar and comfortable to see how we're all bound up in it together.” The Blue Knots' debut album Becoming Noise will arrive on the 25th of April. -Holly Mullineaux