Barry Can’t Swim announces Late Night Tales mix album, shares ‘Chala (My Soul Is On A Loop)’
Barry Can’t Swim has been announced as the latest contributor to the Late Night Tales mix series. You can listen to an exclusive track by the Scottish DJ and producer below, which was made for the compilation.
Set for release on 6th March, the album is the first Late Night Tales release in five years outside of the After Dark editions, and celebrates 25 years since the series’ debut. Previous contributors have included Jamiroquai, Four Tet, Jordan Rakei, Midland and Don Letts.
Barry Can’t Swim’s instalment will feature 20 broad musical selections, ranging from iconic house from Lance DeSardi and a Daniel Avery remix of Factory Floor, to Gothic dream pop from This Mortal Coil and Gnawa-jazz sounds from Magic Spirit Quartet.
Elsewhere, tracks by 1980s jangle-pop group Felt and German experimental techno act Superpitcher have both been reinterpreted by Barry Can’t Swim himself. The album will also feature previously unreleased work from the London-based producer, including ‘Sometimes I Feel So Alone’, originally written for his debut album, and lead single ‘Chala (My Soul Is On A Loop), released today.
“I was absolutely buzzing when I got asked to do Late Night Tales. Over the moon… It was such a significant thing for me,” Barry Can’t Swim shared. “It’s a series that works consistently with really great artists, so it felt like a massive privilege to even be considered to be among the kind of people that Late Night Tales typically works with.”
“I have this Spotify playlist that’s called Barry Can’t Curate,” he continued. “I’d always put electronic music and different things in there that maybe I wouldn’t get to play in DJ sets. Late Night Tales is in the same world really – another place where you can share the music you love, but not necessarily music you’d play on a dancefloor.”
This week, Barry Can’t Swim was nominated as part of the 2026 BRIT Awards. You can revisit DJ Mag’s review of his latest album, ‘Loner’, here.
