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Loner

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Loner Album ∙ Electronic ∙ 2025 Barry Can't Swim “I found myself in a new world of touring and chaos so quickly that I built a separation between myself as Josh and Barry on stage to deal with it,” Josh Mainnie tells Apple Music. “But when it came to writing this album, I knew it had to be for me as Josh. I wanted to bring those two parts back together.” As DJ and producer Barry Can’t Swim, Mainnie has had a meteoric rise since the release of his 2021 debut EP  Amor Fati  and 2023 album  When Will We Land? . Blending emotive melody with thumping electronic percussion and expertly chopped vocal samples, Mainnie’s signature has become a feel-good dance-floor communion. For his second album,  Loner , Mainnie turns inwards to explore his rise to fame, moving from the spoken-word soul-searching of “The Person You’d Like to Be” to the trance synths of “About to Begin” and soulful horn fanfares of “Childhood,” all while keeping his introspection anchored in the joy that has...

Summertime Sounds 2025 (DJ Mix)

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Summertime Sounds 2025 (DJ Mix) Album ∙ Dance ∙ 2025 Barry Can't Swim Producer and DJ Barry Can’t Swim is gearing up for a jam-packed summer with the release of his album  Loner , spinning hits at Glastonbury, and headlining All Points East festival in London. For his Summertime Sounds mix, Barry Can’t Swim delivers a mix filled with tracks he likes to play in his DJ sets. “It’s a mix of filter and French house, some disco, and tougher acidy bits,” he tells Apple Music. “I love that sound from the late ’90s and early 2000s. So many hidden gems and amazing producers from that era, like Kid Creme and Tim Deluxe.”