Cloud Sounds #13: The Roots, Golden Teacher, Krokodil, Eno & Hyde and more

On this week's Cloud Sounds, a weekly playlist of new music curated by The Skinny, we present a diverse stew of experimental electronics, broken beat, extreme metal, ethereal R 'n' B and straight-up party music, featuring the return of 80s indie giants Echo & The Bunnymen; an early demo of a classic track from Seattle veterans Soundgarden; the new single from self-described 'party band' and Optimo signings Golden Teacher, and much more.

We kick off with the aforementioned Golden Teacher track, actually an excerpt from each side of their upcoming 12" on Optimo. On Party People, the Glasgow analogue disco collective are channelling some heavy funk grooves, with front-man Charles Lavenac wailing like a man posessed over a conga-driven, DFA-like beat. Then they switch into the heavy electro rhythms of Love, revealing their dub influences with echo-chambered synth-stabs and subtle, whispered vocals. It's the closest they've come to capturing their unpredictable, incendiary live performances on record, and yet more evidence that they deserve to be absolutely huge. The band's Richard McMaster told us that as far as he is concerned, "Sometimes the best parties are the weirdest ones," and we have to agree – read our interview with the band here.

Next up, it's the dynamic duo of Chris Carter and Cosey Fanni Tutti (formerly of Throbbing Gristle), who remix themselves, delivering a slab of brooding, dubbed-out electro, bursting unexpectedly into shimmering synth-pop. It's taken from a remix album, due for release on Record Store Day – Carter Tutti Remix Chris & Cosey. It's a super-limited CD release, so you'll have to head out early on 19 April to grab a copy. After that, another Record Store Day track, this time from German indie-pop experimentalists The Notwist, remixed by fellow German producer/songwriter Ada. It's taken from their Run Run Run EP, also out 19 April.

We keep things on an electro-pop tip with a track from Electric Ocean by Scraps, an Australian producer and singer, offering shades of Julia Holter and Stereolab. Then it's another collaboration, this time between two generations of electronic pioneers – superproducer Brian Eno teams up with Underworld's Karl Hyde, delivering an unexpectedly funky number replete with horn riffs and a melodic vocal from Hyde. It's taken from their forthcoming album, Someday World. We follow that up with the first track shared from the debut album by WIFE, aka James Kelly (also experimental metal artist Altar of Plagues) on the ultra-hip Tri-Angle label – glacial synth-pop is the order of the day on Heart Is A Far Light, taken from What's Between, out 26 May.

The ridiculously talented and prolific Kieran Hebden steps out from behind his Four Tet guise next with a new track under the name Percussions next - this is a more house-oriented, UK-funky-inspired guise for Hebden, and it's a summery, uplifting confection, sure to go down a storm at UK festivals. The new Percussions tracks will drop on Hebden's own TEXT label on 28 April. We follow that with Caribou's Dan Snaith under his guise as Daphni, bringing in Owen Pallet to assist with a slice of deep, bass-heavy rhythmic house. Their split single Julia / Tiberius, is out soon.

Twin Shadow delivers a blast of polished, almost over-the-top power balladry next, stopping just short of epic cheese to deliver a melodramatic torch song with real power. After that, NYC's The Pains of Being Pure at Heart deliver another 80s-inspired track, taken from their new album Days of Abandon, out 13 May. Then we're into classic indie-rock territory with the much-anticipated return of Echo & The Bunnymen. Ian McCullough and co. don't disappoint, serving up a spacious, string-inflected 5 minutes of soaring guitar pop. Their comeback album, Meteorites, is out soon. Then it's the continuing triumphant return of The Afghan Whigs with Matamoros, another glorious soul-inflected track from Do to the Beast – have a read of our track-by-track journey through the album with chief Whig Greg Dulli here.

As we round the final bend of this week's playlist, we check in with legendary US hip-hop crew The Roots, taking time off from their dayjob as Jimmy Fallon's house band to return with new album And Then You Shoot Your Cousin. On the evidence of this first track, it's going to be worth the wait. Then we take a sharp left turn into some intense metal from supergroup Krokodil, made up of members of Sikth, Cry For Silence, Gallows and Hexes. We finish with a classic – grunge titans Soundgarden provide an original demo rendition of one of their most anthemic tracks, Black Hole Sun, taken from the expended and remastered Superunknown, released as a 20th anniversary edition on 3 June. They also offer a limited run of vinyl singles from the album this coming Record Store Day.

That's us for another week! Hear the whole playlist below, and follow The Skinny on SoundCloud to keep up to date with our favourites.