Don’t Watch That Girl Unit Just Jam Mix

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December 10, 2012
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Is there anything better than watching your favorite DJ’s perform in front of goofy green screen imagery? Well yeah, I guess there is, but Don’t Watch That TV’s Just Jam programming is up there on the entertainment scale. Recently, the Night Slugs cohort took to the online airwaves for several hours to play out space age club music like only they can. For our money, Girl Unit’s set came out on top, but when matched with Bok Bok, Lil Silva and Jam City everyone is a winner. After throwing indulging in some “Sexual Eruption”, Mr. Unit got right into the chunky percussive elements and blast off synth experimentation. The set isn’t as mind-bending as the joint hardware set he did with Bok Bok in London last month, but any chance to see Girl Unit spin is a treat. Especially in front of that green screen. Stream below and download here.

Unknown to the Unknown Gives Away Nightwave’s ‘Night Heat’ EP As Holiday Gift

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December 10, 2012
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You’ve probably heard about London-based producer/DJ/vocalist extraordinaire Maya Medvesek. Formerly monikered 8Bitch, Medvesek now goes by Nightwave and is somewhat of a universal rising star in the UK, bumpin’ uglies with LuckyMe and Unknown to the Unknown, throwing down some of the best sets this side of the Numbers crew and constantly improving her production acumen. Unknwon to the Unknwon released Medvesek’s Night Heat EP last year, and in a bout of holiday spirit, released it as a free download late last week. Along with the original release’s three tracks, a slow and fast mix of “Night Bird” has been tacked on to add to the festivities. If you’re a fan of wonky, psychedelia-infused, juke-informed, euphoria-inducing techno then Night Heat has just what you need. It’s far from a polished product though and represents a collection of ideas more than a cohesive EP. Nonetheless, the ideas are there and the potential for brilliance is readily apparent. Read Medvesek’s interview with Truants to get inside the head of the Londoner and look for new material in the near future. Download Night Heat here and stream “Palenque” and the “Night Heat 160 Mix” below.

Knxwledge Remixes House Shoes’ “Crazy”

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December 10, 2012
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House Shoes is something of anomaly in 2012, opting not to engage in the average histrionics and/or internet antics to gain fame. Instead, the Detroit native has slowly garnered a loyal fan base largely due to outworking, out-digging and out-producing the competition. Like Black Milk and other Detroit-based producers, Shoes’ sound is indebted to Dilla, but you would be shorting him if you defined him by that affiliation. Anyways, Mr. Shoes finished up a brief tour of the Pacific Northwest along with Guilty Simpson, Knxwledge and Samiyam. To celebrate the tour, Knxwledge took on Shoes’ “Crazy” which also features Simpson and Black Milk. As he’s prone to do, Knxwledge flipped “Crazy” into an impossibly smooth bit of soul-searching hip hop that even takes some of the edge off of Guilty’s toss you around verse. Sad you missed the tour (we are)? Listen to this. It’s not quite as visceral, but you’ll get the point. Stream below and download here courtesy of Fresh Selects.

Sounds From The Astral Plane (Fuck Lists)

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December 9, 2012
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Over the past week or so, everyone and their mother have begun posting year end lists in one form or another. While perusing these song/album/mixtape/EP/single/live show/remixes/album art/video/DMX moment lists, you’ll probably come to the realization that you disagree with 90% of them and feel the urge to leave a vindictive comment on one article or another noting the surfeit of fecal matter spewing out of writer A or blogger B’s mouth cavity. First of all, resist the urge. Year end lists are silly and pointless, but they are someone else’s opinion. Anyways, we will not be writing any year end lists,  because of the aforementioned clusterfuck that has already ensued. We will post a (brief) roundup of general shit we’ve enjoyed this year and maybe link to some other lists that are prescient or that mirror what we enjoy to a certain extent, but probably not. We have a bunch of amazing sounds for you this week, including Benjha’s brilliant “Flight Simulator, so maybe you should just hit the jump and enjoy some positive music. Maybe fanute around your room to it. You know we will. Just don’t think about lists.

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DJ Sliink Remixes Lazy Flow’s “Ogazma”

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December 7, 2012
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Over the span of the last 12 months, Jersey Club has risen from relatively insulated regional sound to one of the key signifiers of the direction American dance music is heading. As one of Jersey’s most highly touted producers, DJ Sliink has been at the forefront of this rise to prominence, pushing his  divergent sound, in both his remix work and his EP for Body High, on an increasingly “mainstream” audience. Pop remixes have always been integral to the Jersey Club sound so it’s no surprise that Sliinky has taken on everyone from Usher to The Weeknd, but it’s our opinion that his best work comes from remixing lesser known artists. Case in point, his recent take on Parisian producer Lazy Flow’s “Ogazma”, a distinctly Jersey song with a universal sound. The percussion loops and vocal chops are as Jersey as it gets, but the breaks and song structure are more implacable. The result is a Sliink remix that succeeds at Jersey Club to a larger audience, as well as transcending the sound itself. The remix is off of Lazy Flow’s Jet-Lag EP, dropping December 11 via Moveltraxx, but you can download it here courtesy of XLR8R.

Jamie xx 55 Minute Boiler Room Mix

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December 7, 2012
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What can we even say about Jamie Smith at this point? Besides guiding The xx’s sophomore LP and producing for the likes of Drake and Alicia Keys, Sir Jamie (he’s a Knight in our book) has somehow found the time to hone his disc jockeying acumen. Laying down a 54 minute set at last night’s Young Turks/Boiler Room event, Jamie not only demonstrated flawless song selection and sonic progression, but improved mixing ability. After opening with what is presumably his own remix of Coexist bonus cut “Reconsider”, Jamie continues on to match the beatific qualities inherent in his The xx material with the heavier techno he’s been known to play out in live sets. It’s not an easy balance to attain, but Smith handles it with aplomb, brightening and darkening the mood effortlessly. It’s difficult to pinpoint exactly what makes a great mix, but whether you exemplary mixing ability or protean song selection, Smith has you covered. Stream and download below.

Suzanne Kraft Releases New Original, Plus Prelude Edit

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December 7, 2012
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Since releasing the Horoscope single on Young Adults back in September, Diego Herrera aka Suzanne Kraft has been quiet on the recording front, focusing his energies on playing out. “Horoscope” has really never left our rotation though and Kraft’s brand of slow house is as refreshing now as the day it was released. Yesterday, Herrera blessed us with a brand new original and an edit of an old disco joint (from a Prelude Records release) that shed a little light on where he derives his current taste from. Stream and download both below.

Daedelus, Machinedrum And More Feature On Percussion Lab Compilation

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December 6, 2012
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In 2002, Praveen Sharma aka Braille aka 1/2 of Sepalcure founded Percussion Lab, an organization that has assisted the proliferation of electronic music in the greater New York area through live events and a non-profit hosting service for mixes and live sets. Recognizing that most bedroom producers just need an outlet for their music, Sharma and Percussion Lab have put on dozens of artists over the past ten years. To celebrate a decade of existence, Sharma has put together Cambio, a protean compilation of songs from the likes of Daedelus, Lando Kal, Shigeto, Mux Mool and Machinedrum. The tape benefits Percussion Lab’s various operational costs, as well as Hurricane Sandy relief efforts, and is a measly $5. We don’t usually hawk releases in this manner, but you really should pull 500 cents out of your velour coin purse (we all have on of those, right?) and throw it Sharma’s way. Stream below.

Psychemagik Remixes Justin Velor’s “Flameout”

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December 6, 2012
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Looking back on the past 11 months, it’s impossible to avoid the conclusion that a maximalist ethos has taken over electronic music. From top 40 radio on down, the call for more more more is readily apparent. In recent weeks we’ve featured a few prominent examples of this, namely Don Froth’s voluminous “VAP”, but the shear amount of obsequiously busy tracks being released is becoming overwhelming. Enter Justin Velour (who usually goes by Dom Thomas) and Psychemagik, two British acts working (consciously or not) to re-instill the attitude that less is more. The latter recently reworked the former’s “Flameout” into a nine minute space age opus built on a simple yet effective bassline. Beyond the foundation, quiet percussion shakes and various sound effects ping in and out, but the song remains remarkably subdued for the entirety of its runtime, slowly morphing into a psychedelia-infused slow disco effort. The remix is off of a Velor 12″, out now via his own Brutal Music. Stream below and download here courtesy of XLR8R.

Ben UFO 45 Minute Boiler Room Mix

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December 6, 2012
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Ben UFO, Jackmaster and Oneman have always been linked together, for the most part because they represent an outdated model: the DJ’s DJ. Rarely producing their own music, the trio have garnered respect from across the electronic spectrum via their magnificent deck skills and their ability to turn in variegated sets night after night after night. The three Brits have essentially established themselves as the premier tastemakers in all of the land so when we receive mixes from 2/3 of the crew in the span of two days, it’s reason to get excited. Yesterday, we received Numbers kingpin Jackmaster’s marathon Mastermix 2012 and today we’re lucky enough to bring you Hessle Audio boss Ben UFO’s 45 minute set from a recent Red Bull Music Academy/Warehouse Project/Boiler Room event. As is expected, Ben threw in plenty of exclusives including unreleased Bok Bok and Joy Orbison. The fine folks at Boiler Room haven’t posted the mix to their Soundcloud just yet so you’ll have to settle for the video.