Goin’ Old School isn’t a trip down music memory lane, it’s a mugging in the dark alleyway of nostalgia: today we’re kicking off with Bomb The Bass ’ raucous Hip-House monster Megablast from 1988 . Here’s The Art Of Noise ’s haunting, yet Industrial, Moments In Love from 1985. Finally funkin’ out with Tina Cross’ Koo De Tah ’s hit Body Talk , again from 1985. You can buy most [...]

A concise snapshot of what's been getting us - and you excited - in the world of music these last seven days. As April showers ruled the UK, we were sat at home getting hot under the colour about some incredible sounds. A new track from Brighton's Cave Painting premiered early in the week followed by the video to accompany NY trio Neonfaith 's 'Escape' - a song which we first heard last Autumn but finally got [...]
Art of Noise - Moments In Love

Been workin away today on various projects, as well as taking in some new stuff from Warp I've picked up, as usual tracks will be down there, streaming player from Grooveshark tho cos I can't upload stuff at the minute! First up is a lovly tune from the new Clark LP Iradelphic . Now as I've said before I usually pick tunes based on their title when sampling, and when Warp put this up on their youtube channel it was my pick. I [...]

Rising star of the African music scene, Baloji was born in the Democratic Republic of Congo and raised in Belgium, where he paid his dues with acclaimed hip hop crew Starflam . His 2007 solo debut Hotel Impala - a biographical response to his estranged mother asking him what he'd done with his life at that point - showcased a frenetic style that borrowed as much from poetry and modern fable as the standard lyrical tropes. He recently performed as part of the 2012 Africa [...]

With Daft Punk 's crossover reach as wide as it is, it's hardly surprising for their influences to be any different. And here's a new mix from the electronic pair, widely tipped to drop a new album this year, with an eclectic mixture of everything from Armand van Helden to Brian Wilson. It's called Teachers: Volume II as it follows on from a likewise mix surfacing back in 2011 . Listen to this new one beneath: The full tracklisting is as below: [...]

While most of the world's music industry partied it up over in Austin, Texas for the annual South by Southwest showcase festival, there was a distinctly reduced set of choice tracks dropping this last week. So listen below to a truncated recap of the biggest and best tracks from the last seven days of Best Fit, including a sparkling Lulu James remix from Brolin , the return of the original Sugarbabes ( MutyaKeishaSiobhan ) and that weird Disney cover by AlunaGeorge ....

Once again there is a large Canadian contingent in Austin for SXSW this year. Indeed, two venues will see an entire Canadian takeover, becoming Canada House ( Friends Bar, 208 E 6th) and Planet Québec ( Swan Dive, 615 Red River Street) respectively. Now, we can't all be in Texas for a week - but that is no reason to miss out! As well as hosting their BBQ in Brush Square today, Canadian Blast have put together a sampler featuring over 4 hours of new music. You can enjoy it below or head to Canadian [...]

Revealing an insight into their many influences, Norway's experimental pop trio Highasakite kindly put together a six track mix of some of their favourite songs. With a largely Scandinavian feel and featuring classic tracks from Fever Ray and Sigur Rós, the mix climaxes with a brand new track from Highasakite entitled 'The Heron' - unheard until now. Fever Ray - When I Grow Up the XX - Intro Sigur Rós - Ny Batteri Susanne Sundfør - Silicone Veil Wildbirds and [...]

Creating a mix as eclectic and genre defying as the music he creates, Vinyl (Lionel) Williams has curated an epic 105 minute long mix which is available to stream in full below. Featuring cuts from Foxygen, Joe Meek, Tinariwen, Harmonia and No Pain In Pop label mates Echo Lake, the 24 track compilation offers a fascinating insight into one of the most creative new talents on the underground scene. Lionel will be heading out to SXSW in March for a handful of showcases, check out the official site for full info. Meanwhile, the flawless debut album Lemniscate is [...]

Moduloktopus starts of the new year with a Retwerk (REMIX) of Art Of Noise smash hit. Listen Below and Download HERE . Jam To This . Also checkout the official video for Wiggizm below.
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Many good things come in three's. The Techno Kittens for example..! Here are three fresh tracks we're enjoying today. Boddika revamps his massive hit with Joy Orbison 'mercy' for 2013. It was big already and it just got BIGGER! Our fave cheeky little German Thomas Kern reworks Chet Faker 'No Diggity' making an upbeat slice of tech-house that will get even the stiff-ist bottom wibblin'. It's a party starter...let's all sing 'baby your a perfect ten, I wanna get in..' It's another rewerk! This time Moduloktopus [...]

We wanted to kick 2013 off with a bumper Oh! Canada compilation for your listening pleasure. Oh! Canada 22 features tracks we have loved over the last few months of 2012. Throughout the year we will be bringing you more exciting discoveries, emerging artists and new work from long time favourites. We hope it will help you to discover some of your own favourites for 2013. As ever a huge thanks to all who made it possible. We hope you enjoy the tracks. Stream and download the compilation via the Soundcloud player below. Underneath that, you [...]

One of the many many incredible acts set to appear at this January's Bugged Out Weekender, DJ EZ - the don of UKG - has put together a playlist of some of his very favourite new garage cuts. EZ will appear alongside Best Fit favourites Disclosure, Annie Mac, Joy Orbiso, Ben UFO and loads more. Taking place at Butlins, Bognor Regis between 18th - 20th January 2013, a very limited amount of tickets for the Bugged Out Weekender are available now .

It is with great pleasure that we present the fourth edition of our Ho! Ho! Ho! Canada compilation. We put Ho! Ho! Ho! Canada together as a celebration of some of our favourite Canadian artists, inviting them to contribute or record a seasonal song as an antidote to the same 8-10 songs that you hear everywhere you turn from mid-November onwards. Proudly rising to the challenge, the result has a mixture of new original tracks, traditional songs and carols, some er, unusual cover versions and seasonal rarities. A huge thanks to everyone involved in making this years compilation [...]
Goin’ Old School isn’t a trip down music memory lane, it’s a mugging in the dark alleyway of nostalgia: Let’s kick off with what is probably Nitzer Ebb ’s most iconic track, 1987’s Let Your Body Learn. And from 1983, Experimental Art-Pop sampling pioneers The Art Of Noise with Beat Box. I don;t know why we haven;t featured A-Ha ’s biggest hit, Take On Me from 1984, but here it is. [...]
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Dark-pop songstress Charli XCX dropped her mixtape today — Super Ultra. The mix features a brand new track ("Cloud Aura", ft. Brooke Candy ), along with production from the likes of Art of Noise , Baths , and How to Dress Well . Charli describes the mix as "about love. Sometimes it’s stupid [...]

Charli XCX is in the finishing process of her album and last week she gave you a listen of her Brooke Candy-featured 'Cloud Aura' off her mixtape "Super Ultra" and here goes the full mixtape. 8 tracks with productions from Art of Noise, Giraffage, Sinjin Hawke, Baths, Jackson, How To Dress Well, Jakwob and of course J£zus Million. " I cried a lot whilst making this mixtape, which is funny because some of the songs seem quite light-hearted and a bit... I dunno... Gangster. To me they're all sad songs in some way though. Some songs were [...]

One of the most exciting things about electronic music artists gaining positive publicity these days is the formation of legitimate side-projects. We're starting to see it within the future bass movement alot, one such project being 2NUTZ , comprised of the assaulting space bass producers Atomic Reactor and kLL sMTH both out of Colorado. Surprisingly the collaboration yielded much mellower results than what each producer is known to make on their own. They take on the classic Art of Noise track Moments In Love and add some sexy, squishy bass turning [...]