Yes, we’ve covered the work of trill wunderkind Kaytranada here at EMPT not too long ago. But this young man has a treasure trove of scintillating productions just waiting to be dredged up. So, would you leave a diamond mine you knew was still full of that glittering good stuff? All done with the oil well after you’ve filled up your gas tank? Hell no! Now I’m not gonna front; I’m not familiar with the original cut. My exposure to Janet Jackson’s body of work has been extremely limited to say the least. I [...]
Interview by Tom Johnson There's a big difference between being a recording artist and being a 'voice'. 23 year-old Winston Yellen is a voice. I don't just mean he has a great voice, I mean there is something markedly unique about the music he's putting out. His debut LP is released on UK shores this February - via the ever-brilliant Dead Oceans label and as far as first-time efforts are concerned, it's pretty astonishing. First single Even If We Try has us mesmerised from the very first listen; almost gospel [...]
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[Kaytranada] Montreal's own Kaytranada has a certain way with R&B originals. Listing his influence as "The city of Montreal... mostly" Kaytranada is becoming more and more relevant in the tasteful electronic music scene with each passing day; from opening for Baauer and Araabmuzik last weekend, to reworking tracks for Montreal's Booty Bakery , and playing a set at Montreal's forthcoming Igloofest . His spike in publicity did not come undeservedly either, take a listen to Kaytranada's funky rework of Janet Jackson's If below. Be [...]
For reasons that I won't go in to right now - for fear of completely losing my way - there seems to be fewer and fewer times when a song genuinely stops me in my tracks. Maybe its wistful romanticism on my part, or maybe it's because of the cultural shift in the way we consume art and media these days, but I rarely seem to find myself dumb-struck my music quite as often as I used to. There have been less than a handful of moments this year where I have been completely overwhelmed upon first hearing a song; but then [...]
There is something bizarrely heartwarming about raw sin/saw waves. Maybe it's pacman & nintendo brainwashing a whole generation or maybe it's the mathematical perfection they provide to our ears.Somehow our generation has deeply engrained the unnatural as the natural. Whatever it is, these sounds that no living creature's ears had the opportunity to hear until a century ago are here, and they are here to stay. To cut a long story short, I miss electroclash . Menace- Hz & Tones (Right Click to Download) [...]
I just love what Moon Boots has done with this Janet Jackson classic. Totally fresh with a cool Electro vibe. For your free download click here .
Tidelands follows their instincts on We've Got A Map, resulting in a lovely album that truly represents who they are as a band.
In Ecclesiastes, Solomon laments that "there's nothing new under the sun." Sure, it's tough to accept that true originality is a myth, especially in the world of art, but once you get past the initial nausea that comes along with that realization, you start to remember that great artists are not, in fact, unique, but master synthesizers - expert collagists. Vensaire is a band that has clearly studied the modern indie rock landscape - from the Fleet Foxes to The Dodos to Grizzly Bear to Animal Collective - and have effectively used the pick-and-choose method to cultivate a sound that [...]
Uno de los productores mexicanos a los que vale la pena tener en la mira es Paul Ginsburg con su proyecto Bad Panda. Su gusto por la música es tan solo una parte de lo que le da el tinte ecléctico a este joven productor. También es la gran destreza que tiene al mezclar y producir lo que logra generar resultados que pocos se pueden imaginar, como es el caso de un tributo a Lenny Kravitz en versión cumbia romántica. Si bien solo es necesario que una canción inspire a hacer cosas nuevas, es requisito saber como crear [...]
The much raved about American producer White Shadow released his new single“If You Like It” on Kitsuné last week. A typically 90s rave track some soulful female vocal samples lifted straight out of a 70s New York block party. The result sounds both haunting and timeless. Today download for free the remix of "If You [...]
The much raved about American producer White Shadow releases his new single “If You Like It” on June 11th on Kitsuné! White Shadow definitely knows how to make people dance! On “If You Like It”, the Chicago based dj/producer layers over this typically 90s rave track some soulful female vocal samples lifted straight out of [...]
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James Allan es mucho más conocido como el frontman de Glasvegas , quienes están trabajando en lo que será la sucesión de Euphoric Heartbreak y ahora dieron a conocer la versión demo de "If"***, que es una canción basada en una conversación que tuvieron a través de mensaje de texto con nada menos que **Alan McGee , quien es famoso por ser un manager más que respetable del mundo de la música. En una entrevista que le dieron a la NME Allan aseguró que todo surgió porque el creador [...]
That's right folks, it's Monday again... Sigh... Yes, already. So yeah, you could fight it, but it's so much easy to give up, isn't it? This could help keep you unmotivated: 1. Nick Drake: River Man ("Five Leaves Left," 1969) 2. Pink Floyd: If ("Atom Heart Mother," 1970) 3. Beck: Guess I'm Doing Fine ("Sea Change," 2002) 4. David Crosby: Orleans ("If I Could Only Remember My Name," 1971) 5. Simon & Garfunkel: April Come She Will ("The Concert In [...]
Bill Ryder-Jones - If... By Melanie McGovern If... is a new take on the soundtrack; composed as a response to Italo Calvino's novel If On A Winter’s Night A Traveller ; a modernist literary piece focusing on the art of writing and its responding act of reading. And so, admiring the likes of Morricone and Jonny Greenwood's scores for film, and as a jumping off point from Abel Korzeniowski’s musical accompaniments for A Single Man and Michael Galasso's compositions for Seraphine , ex-Coral's member [...]
With how amazingly full a sound that Tidelands produces it's hard to believe that there are only two members behind it all. Gabriel Montana Leis finds himself manning the Guitar, Flugelhorn and vocals while Mie Araki is behind the drum kit, synthesizer and also contributes to the vocals, often all at the same time. Along the way to producing their debut album If... , the duo has been able to collaborate with some of the greatest minds in indie rock. John Vanderslice introduced Leis to Minna Choi of the Majik*Majik Orchestra which Vanderslice recorded his latest album [...]
De voorbereidingen voor TodaysArt zijn inmiddels in volle gang. Het is een komen en gaan van vrachtwagens en vorkheftrucks op het Haagse spuiplein, dat aankomend weekend als festivalhart zal dienen. In de kas op het plein staat, naast de gebruikelijke bar, dit jaar een kleine radio-studio van internet-station Intergalactic.fm . De zender is een project van deejay/producer I-F, de Haagse cult-legende die met zijn label Viewlexx in de voorste linie van de disco-revival vocht. Zijn radio-project, IntergalacticFM, functioneert als platform voor deejays en muzikanten uit de Westcoast Sound of Holland scene [...]
Bill Ryder-Jones , formerly of The Coral, has announced the release of his debut album If... on November 15th and, in anticipation, you can listen to Give Me A Name below. Hopefully, the song is indicative of what is to be expected from the album as it really is quite a sublime piece of songwriting. With its delicate piano, dramatic strings and meditative vocals it certainly makes for an affecting, melancholic piece of music. It is, quite frankly, a beautiful and haunting song, the tone of which I sincerely hope is carried over into his first [...]
Tidelands' debut album, If…, is a beautiful indie force to be reckoned with, hypnotic in its musicality.
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