Blog: Don't Die Wondering.

A Mix By… Bwana Every now and again a new artist comes along who takes us ever so slightly deeper, and whos psyche we would like explore further via the medium of audio. Twenty year old Canadian born, and currently Leeds-residing, Nathan Michay, aka Bwana , has been producing for not long over a year. His tracks however shine with immaculate veteran craft and ingenuity, juxtaposing byte-size vocal snippets with an airy sleight of hand to weave persistent, emotive hooks over crystalline pads, [...]

Twin Gemz Twin Gemz - Dark Thots

LX Sweat Look out for the upcoming "Sweat Sweat Sweat" debut release on Not Not Fun . LX Sweat - Touch Your Body

Paleman Manchester producer Palemans' tracks hinge predominantly on skeletal 4/4 stomps, used as a fluid palette on which to mount shifting rhythmic layers of daintily metallic percussion and club-ready, icy techno stabs. The result, such as on Sun Dance, is both magnetically groove-laden and ambiguously pensive. Look out for a debut 12" on startup Manchester electronic label Fulcrum , which, judging by their tantalizingly eclectic and smoothly crafted inaugural mix , will be a label to keep an eye out for this year. [...]

Beams "Fine day today". The women looked at him for a moment inquisitively, then lowered her head again to rummage through the content of her bag, undisturbed, "The last time I was here," he continued, "there was a very dense fog all over the town, and you couldn't make out the person walking next to you the street from a foot away. But we are indoors now so that doesn't matter in either case, and I am glad to be able to [...]

We Humans We Humans - Paranoid

Amorphous A pair of pacifying synth pop gems from Japanese duo Amorphous that come down on the frayed nerves like long overdue moisturizing lotion on a pair of chapped, frost-bitten hands, i.e the relief is immediate, if the sensation slightly oily, but quickly dissipating into a vaguely external, if agreeable, homogenous texture. I am a music journalist. Amorphous - My Phantom Amorphous - Delight

Cool Lauren Cool Lauren - Strangers ( mp3 )

Segment Segment - Far From Fallen

Bearcubs Maybe there's something good percolating in the Brighton aquifer… Because we seem to be posting about quite a bit of music from there of late… And that's gotta stand for something… doesn't it!?!?!? Bearcubs - Mountains, Forests

By The Sea Oh how I would like to live in a Heroic age. By The Sea - Waltz Away

Noblique Noblique - What A Day (produced by Jared The Scared) ( mp3 )

Soleman "Is it just me or (…)" Soleman - Don't Even (feat Lake Rescue ) ( mp3 ) Soleman - Captured

Chatte Neuve Chatte Neuve - Flocka Chatte Neuve - Northern Light Chatte Neuve Chatte Neuve

No Fear It is nice to be occasionally reminded of a swelling intensity to musical performance of a certain bold diagonal propensity, rather than contenting automatically with a serene depth, that occasionally borders on being just all too horizontal. New York residents' No Fear tracks provide this elusive diagonal quality with these tracks of free-form, gnawed-around-the- edges, blues-damaged psychedelia, mixed in with jagged strokes of brain-fried distortion. No Fear - Freak Jerk ( mp3 )

These Crooks The light tapping of rain against the window. One of the more universally reassuring of sounds the night may bring. In the snug man-made harbor of four walls and a ceiling, the fall of the cold, wet drops becomes a soothing, nocturnal soundtrack. You lightly elevate your head from the pillow to peer through the window. The dark sky is entirely clear, with no sign of rain. Of course, it's not that that's making the sound. The tapping noise is coming from the dogs [...]

Finally Boys Another uplifting XTZY track from the excellent upcoming Feelings EP by Oaklands Finally Boys. And make sure to out the incredible mix they did for us recently here if you have yet to do so. Finally Boys - Lunar Lovers (mp3 go here )

RNB Millionaires Get the Tequila Chandelier mixt ape here . RnB Millionaires - Morning After Party (ft. Bemie) ( mp3 )

D-Video D-Video, aka the project of Brooklyn based D.V Caputo (previously one member of electro-pop duo Konnichiwa) continues soundtrack the action onboard a fully accessorized interstellar liner, percussion and synth data gurgling as an urgent note is teleported from the Professor up in the command nacelle to the uniformed, erudite (complete with a masters degree in the classics and gender studies) and overly-sensitive (he had left a family back home) amphibian navigator down in the engineering hull, that the solar sails need [...]

Fun Adults Fun Adults - 'Til Sleep