Andrea Edits AlunaGeorge’s “Attracting Flies”

By
February 27, 2013
New Music, Remixes
Leave a comment

andrea

Along with AlunaGeorge’s latest single, “Attracting Flies”, came news that Baauer and S-Type would be featured on the remix. In the past, the British duo have been remixed by Astral Plane favorites Samo Sound Boy, Bondax and Lil Silva, so the announcement came as no surprise. Before the aforementioned acts get their hands on “Attracting Flies” though, Paris-based producer Andrea has laid down his take. With a sound similar to the R&B inflections of Kastle’s Symbols imprint, Andrea’s remix is hook-heavy and reflective, opting for a slow, half-step pace rather than the original’s glowing speed. The edit is only a bootleg, but is sure worth more than that. Stream and download below.

New Dark Sky – “Confunktion” & “Double U”

By
February 27, 2013
New Music
Leave a comment

dark skyIn this day and age, just about anyone can download a copy of Logic, Ableton, Reason etc. and make “bass music”. I’m referring less to the actual collection of techno, house, garage and dubstep that has come to be known as “bass music” and more your average bedroom producer’s ability to use software to create bass heavy tracks. Spend 10 minutes watching a Youtube tutorial and your music will “bump”. This development isn’t genre-specific or anything, but it reduced the importance of precise in the production and consumption of sub-bass. There are few producers making truly soundsystem-specific music and even fewer making it in the dubstep realm. Dark Sky are one of the few and should be lauded for their adherence to the low end. The London trio’s next release is dropping on March 18 through (fittingly) Pinch’s Tectonic imprint. Stream “Confuktion” (an ode to the Funktion maybe) below and check out the ecstatic “Double U” after the jump.

Read More

Pcoat Remixes BenZel’s “Fallin’ Love”

By
February 27, 2013
New Music, Remixes
Leave a comment

pcoat

In which Friends of Friends affiliate and DC/LA resident Pcoat reduces BenZel’s much remixed “Fallin’ Love” into a primordial soup of choppy synth work, heavily pitched vocals and clicking percussion. The remix repeatedly sounds like it’s going to fall off the tracks into an off-beat “experimental” mish mash, but Pcoat stays the course and steadies the project. I would expect to hear much more from this dude in the future. Stream and download below.

Ryan Hemsworth Contributes The FADER Mix

By
February 27, 2013
Mixes, New Music
Leave a comment

ryan hemsworth

Fader mixes have become synonymous  with “the jump” in recent years, from LOL Boys’ sound/year defining effort to the major www introduction to Samo Sound Boy and Body High, many a DJ has separated themselves from the aspiring masses. Ryan Hemsworth is the latest and greatest to contribute to the series and threw together a much talked about tracklist that includes Broken Social Scene (edited with Flocka) seamlessly tied in with Boys II Men and the latest hip hop inspired electronic music (or the other way around if you prefer). It’s eclectic to say the least, but we’ve come to expect that from the Wedidit prankster and most importantly, it works. Shlohmo’s “Out Of hand” (off of the upcoming Laid Out EP) is mashed up with Spaceghostpurrp’s “Osiris Of The East” and then transitioned perfectly into a slowed take on Nosaj Thing’s “Snap”. The last half of the mix appears to be comprised of the tactful pop Hemsworth is either listening to at the moment or has derived some of his sensibilities from. Contemporary acts Chrome Sparks and RAJA appear, as do classique acts like Bjork and Depeche Mode. We can’t predict when (because it’s definitely a when) Hemsworth will emerge from the internet cocoon and into full-blown stardom, but it might just be one or two more mixes like this. Stream and download below.

The Natasha Kmeto Interview

By
February 27, 2013
Interviews, New Music
Leave a comment

natasha kmeto

Photo by Patti Miller

Last week, Natasha Kmeto let loose the Dirty Mind Melt EP on Portland label Dropping Gems, an eclectic collection of vocal-driven tunes that balance precariously on the precipice of a number of contemporary electronic music genres. We were lucky enough to catch up with Natasha and get the lowdown on the new EP, her favorite “Ableton performers” and her upcoming Sophomore LP. One might expect such a new, yet highly respected artist to feel some pressure going into only her second official release, but Natasha was/is as cool as ever and is ready to take on the world. Plus this girl loves to dance. Read on below to get the inside scoop on a truly inspirational musician…

Hi Natasha, where are you right now?

I’m just chilling in my apartment in Portland.

So you just finished up a little tour of Colorado and California, how did that go?

It was good. I had four flights in five days so it was a little bit brutal for travel, but I had fun.

Despite your traditional musical upbringing, your music is decidedly experimental, what has influenced you to think outside of the box in that respect?

I’ve always been more inspired as a fan—with all forms of art—with art that’s more progressive and trying to break new ground. I think the idea of doing something that’s trying to be different is just exciting for me.

Hit the jump for the full interview…

Read More

Friendzone Debut ‘Kuchibiru Network 3’ Mixtape

By
February 26, 2013
New Music, Remixes
Leave a comment

friendzone kuchibiru network 3

So Friendzone’s long-awaited Kuchibiru Network 3 mixtape has finally hit the webs today and it is even greater than we ever could have imagined. Exclusives from Jerome LOL, Main Attrakionz, Ryan Hemsworth, Keyboard Kid and more were the first lines to catch our mind’s eye, but Silkky Johnson, Finally Boys and Shady Blaze also feature prominently and more than hold their weight on an impressive lineup of contemporary MCs and producers. You can stream and download individual tracks below, but you should really just grab the entire tape in one fell swoop right hurr.

Scuba And George Fitzgerald Go B2B At Hotflush Boiler Room Takeover

By
February 26, 2013
Live, Mixes
1 Comment

george fitzgerald

If you haven’t noticed, Hotflush Recordings is kind of taken over and whether you appreciate Scuba and his antics or not, it appears that the rising imprint is going to be staking its claim for quite some time. Recently, Mr. Paul Rose and George Fitzgerald got in on the action, closing out the recent Hotflush/Boiler Room event and laying down more than a few juicy exclusives in their 70 minutes behind the decks. My personal highlight came in the form of Fitzgerald’s never-heard-before “I Can Tell (By The Way You Move)”, a feel-good, peak-time stomper that has the potential for “Au Seve” like reach. It’s just that damn infectious. Dusky, xxxy, Jimmy Edgar and others also feature prominently in the mix. Stream below and find a (mostly correct) tracklist after the jump.

Read More

The-Drum Remixes Shy Girls’ “Under Attack”

By
February 26, 2013
New Music, Remixes
Leave a comment

the-drum

Chicago production duo The-Drum first piqued our attention through their production work Barbados MC Haleek Maul and their profile has soared since then. Yesterday, we caught the duo’s remix of Shy Girls’ “Under Attack” and were immediately drawn in by its overwhelming sensuality. Honestly though, Yours Truly said it better than we ever could:

It’s the last dance of the night and you’re hoping she hasn’t noticed the thudding in your chest through the fabrics of your two shirts. You’re holding her close and barely moving, waiting urgently for the song to end but hoping it never does.

This girl is like the one from last weekend and all the weekends before, but there’s something about her. Her laugh has a different texture, her hair smells like peppermint, her lips look heavier and heavenly. She makes you feel tipsy, but also more sober than you have in a long time.

Stream below and keep your eye on this and/or that space for download/release information.

Stream Anthony Naples’ Debut EP For The Trilogy Tapes

By
February 25, 2013
New Music
Leave a comment

anthony naples

Next month, Anthony Naples will christen The Trilogy Tapes imprint with their eighth release to date. To date, the London-based label has released tunes from Dro Carey (as both Carey and Tuff Sherm), Willie Burns and MGUN, but Naples’ El Portal EP might just be their most high profile output yet. Featured at the center of this whole convoluted “left field house” business, Naples has already released a few absolutely huge jawns and the four track El Portal is no different. As much as I deplore the hype ramifications of the “left field” label, it is true that Naples’ brand of house tunes do seem to originate from a different set of influences than a lot of dancefloor-oriented music coming out of the UK and elsewhere. It’s a busy deepness that shares some qualities with acts like Gerry Read and Tuff Sherm, but is surely independent from them as well. Anyways, stream “El Portal” and “Busy Signal” below and stream the entire EP here.

SBTRKT Remixes Portico Quartet’s “Line”

By
February 25, 2013
New Music, Remixes
1 Comment

sbtrkt

Since the release of his 2011 debut, Aaron Jerome aka SBTRKT has been striving for harder edges with every new one off and remix. SBTRKT will probably go down as one of the touchstones of the “bass” music era, an amorphous melange of garage, house, dubstep and techno elements. In 2012, Jerome dabbled in more straight-laced productions, throwing out some harder techno and house tracks. His latest remix, of Portico Quartet’s “Line”, is straight out of UK garage’s early years,  all meticulously arranged bass weight and skittering vocals. This is not the garage many associate with Disclosure, Bicep, etc., it’s the garage that eventually helped spawn Coki, Mala and Loefah. There are light-hearted moments, but they are usually subsumed in a deluge of heaping sub bass. There’s no release date attached to the below video so you’ll just have to stream and enjoy.