20 year old producer from Liverpool SG Lewis has dropped No Less, the first track from his upcoming EP. Featuring vocals from Louis Mattrs, its a soulful, sexy piece of R+B that flows calmly with an arousing exuberance. The hook of the song ‘I just wanna do you right’ may sound crass, but accompanied by Lewis’s lush production it is the perfect lyric. The simple beat is hypnotic, and…
Oliver Heldens is a dutch producer that has very quickly made his name in the charts. If you don’t recognise the name I can guarantee your ears will be familiar with his debut banger “Gecko”. Oliver Heldens first caught my attention with his original mix of “Gecko”; a version featuring no vocals, just certain funky grooves mixed with commercial house. I instantly knew it would dominantly make itself an essential track in club sets, and…
I first heard Aquilo about 6 months ago with the track ‘Part Of Your Life’. It was part of a delicate EP released shortly afterwards, which shows exactly how pop melodies can be crafted into a soundscape of unadulterated bliss. I was immediately excited after hearing this and since then have been looking forward to the time I would see them live. Coming from the Lake District, this was their first London show, which they…
Royksopp and Robyn Source The Norwegian electronic duo, Royksopp decided to share a remix of their latest released single, featuring Robyn. Monument, was remixed by the British singer and composer Kindness and it also features the South-African singer and poet Busiswa. Speaking about the song, Kindness said that: It’s been a pleasure seeing how “Monument” started stretching its legs over time: from 5 to 7 to 12 minutes at one point. When…
Silent Strike – Carousel artwork Source The Romanian electronic music composer, Silent Strike released a new single from his upcoming EP with the same name, Carousel, which will be officially released on August 27. Silent Strike released 5 albums so far, and collaborated with many artists and bands from the Romanian scene. He is also best known for opening the concerts of Faithless, Bonobo, Jazzanova and many other names from the international…
Ninja and Yolandi Source Die Antwoord just released their third studio album, Donker Mag. The album is available on iTunes and Amazon and it contains 15 new tracks. If on their first albums they were trying to be a little bit funny and twisted, on this new album I think they tried everything to make this album the most NSFW album of the year. The album’s artwork (check out the album cover here)…
I made the decision to listen to this version of the track when I saw the link, rather than go and listen to the original first. Immediately I was was hooked and felt it stood up as a song on its own, which is always a good sign when it comes to remixes, which can often be simply remixes for the sake of remixes. Labeled on soundcloud as ‘bleepstep’, its glitchy and unexpected, but not…
I listened to ‘Part Of Your Life’ by Aquilo on a train coming out of London in the rain, and it was the perfect accompaniment. Trains make me think, and the electro-hypnotic flow of the track makes it easy to either zone out, or stay deadly focused. This is not a summer song, it suits the rain, but that doesn’t mean it’s in any way dreary. It flows smoothly through an abyss of calculated noise…
Combichrist – We Love You album artwork Source One of my all time favorite bands decided to share their upcoming album almost one week before its release. The album, We Love You is set to be released on March 24 and it contains 13 tracks and the deluxe edition contains 6 more bonus tracks. Check out iTunes in order to pre-order the album. Below is the album’s tracklist without the bonus tracks….
††† Crosses – Album artwork Source The band ††† (CROSSES) is Chino Moreno’s (the singer from Deftones) side project which also includes Shaun Lopez the guitarist from FAR. The Epilogue is one of the songs from the band’s self-titled debut album which was actually released in February this year. The album is also available on iTunes. According to Chino in an interview for Rolling Stone, the sound of this band is more like…
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