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FTSE has created this exclusive mix-tape for i-D Magazine. Listen below.

Premiered today by the very fine Line of Best Fit, here is the lovely desaturated video for Tidal Wave directed by Lily Smith.

Already an exciting blend of pop and groove in its’ original form, East London-based Billy here offers a remix of Caged Animals ‘Cindy + Me’, and an extended 9 minute dub. Across both, freestyle djembe, raw bass, heavily delayed vocals (whispered & chanted) and shards of sitar trade blows in an exotically tribal party style that feels rhythmically and melodically irresistible. Listen to both below and grab the dub for free. ‘Cindy + Me’ is released on June 17th.

We’re thrilled to present to you the video for Caged Animals’ forthcoming single ‘Cindy+Me’, directed by Carlos Lopez Estrada. The single will be released on June 17, ahead of a new album later this year.

Shot in the analogue style of an 80s vintage Corporate film, the basic concept of the video is simple: (Caged) Animal Testing but with a whimsical and absurd twist.

We proudly present FTSE, aka the Midlands’ Sam Manville.

On his debut ‘FTSE 1’ EP, which we will release on July 1st, Sam effortlessly shifts gears and pushes genre boundaries, playing and writing everything himself, but still finding time to write the most incredible sing-a-long pop hooks with exceptionally honest and poignant lyrics.

Lead EP track ‘Tidal Wave’ was premiered today on The FADER and features Saint Saviour as co-vocalist, sensual and sensitive as never before,  “everybody’s got something hidden, spendin’ all my time just to keep a lid on”.

One Man, one MPC, one cracked version of Logic and one blurred vision and as FTSE so succinctly puts it on ‘Tidal Wave’, “move over, I’m feelin’, I’m stealin’, the moment”.

FTSE will make his debut live performance opening for AlunaGeorge at The Electric Brixton on June 20th.