The Bach Guitar Duo (Florindo Baldissera and Victorinus Nalato) has a gorgeous album of baroque works, Obstinatum: Chaconnes e Passacalles , on the AlchEmistica netlabel. The chaconne and passacaglia are types of musical composition first found in the early 1600s in the baroque era in Spain. They were vehicles for variation on a repeated short harmonic progression. Both usually had a bass-line serving a compositional outline for variation, decoration, figuration and melodic invention. The bass-line typically descend stepwise from the tonic to the dominant pitch [...]
Winning OWSLA remix contests usually leads to big things, just ask Zedd or Candyland. Au5, one half of the production team that took the top prize for Seven Lions' "Days to Come" contest, is swiftly showing his selection was no fluke. The New Jersey producer has teamed up with his close pal Fractal to deliver an original melodic drumstep leviathan on Monstercat . "Halcyon" is a dynamic production on which its producers' intricate attention to sound design detail has paid dividends. Glitched vocals flit above a deep atmospheric soundscape dotted with mystic [...]
Zoo Brazil has long been one of Sweden’s more eclectic house forces. Aligned with Defected Records off the back of consecutive compilation duties for Raveline and Deeperfect earlier this year, the long serving producer drops a taste of things to come with “You Don’t Know Me.” Flowing grooves and sparing instrumental leads are the weapon of choice, employing the hypnotic wordplay of Ursula Rucker to forge a mesmerising high-point of versatile club fuel away from the deep house paradigm. Accompanied by a more ominous remodel courtesy of Santè, Defected Records adds to a considerably abundant playbook enroute to the summer clubbing season. [...]
At Nicky Romero's Protocol Recordings , the ethos is quality, not quantity. Though only seven songs have been released since "WTF!?" launched the label, Romero has stacked his deck with such releases as "Like Home," "Pandor" and "Iron." John Dahlback is the latest to join the Protocol family, making his force heard with "Nuke." A pounding progressive house tune with a drop that goes subatomic, "Nuke" keeps a touch of electro and a melodic quality that shows Dahlback at his nuanced best - setting off Geiger counters and car alarms the world over. [...]
Le label Sud-américain Comeme fait de nouveau parler de lui, avec la sortie d'une nouvelle compilation sur vinyl sobrement intitulée El Untitled. Rassemblant sept morceaux, cette release propose une bonne demi heure de musique électronique déjantée comme on prend plaisir à en retrouver régulièrement sur ce label. Entre autres, vous aurez droit à un inédit de Matias Aguayo , une nouveauté de notre petit protégé Alejandro Paz ou encore les travaux du remarquable Christian S auxquels s'ajoutent trois autres oeuvres de Carisma , Gladkazuka et Lechuga Zafiro ! Envie [...]
Avec seulement une année de succès et de gloire au compteur, grâce notamment à leurs premiers singles Hurricane et Fantasy , le duo MS MR nous dévoile enfin les secrets de leur tout premier album intitulé Secondhand Rapture et annoncé pour le 14 Mai. Un nouveau disque dont le groupe a déjà présenté le cover et la tracklist complète, mais qui est disponible dès maintenant en écoute complète via Hype Machine. On vous laisse découvrir ces douze pistes d'un univers pop énergique et coloré, qui nous ont totalement séduit. [...]
Nicole Moudaber has worn several different hats in this industry - working as a promoter, label manager, and now label owner for Mood Records - but her clear strength lies in production and DJing. Both because of the reliable quality of her production and rapid pace at which she releases music (more than 5 EPs under her belt in 2012 alone), she's earned the title in many circles of the unofficial empress of her genre. As a DJ, she leans heavily on many of techno's customary frameworks while filling clubs and festivals with her spirited personality and straightforward bass lines. [...]
Pour fêter leurs deux ans, le collectif français Les Frères James nous propose une compilation inédite et originale. Une toute première sortie dès aujourd'hui, sur laquelle on retrouve les artistes proches de l'équipe, à savoir Sarah Maison, Lliw, Mathilde Fernandez, The Squarewave Surfers, Sophie Geller, Pako, Chickyeah! et Les Diamantaires . Une ambiance sonore éclectique comme le veut l'esprit du collectif avec un très bel artwork concocté par le londonien Roberto Poqueras .
R.A. The Rugged Man returns with his first album in almost ten years. While he may be rapping faster than ever-and is incredibly vile at points-some of the production on this LP sounds incredibly dated and obvious. WATCH THE REVIEW
Savages' Silence Yourself , one of the finest albums of the year so far, is the highlight of this week's music releases. Other notable releases this week include Noah and the Whale's Heart of Nowhere , She and Him's Volume 3 , Deerhunter's Monomania , and The Great Gatsby soundtrack . What new releases are you picking up this week? What can you recommend? Have I left anything noteworthy off the list? [...]
The Criterion Collection releases a Blu-ray edition of Jean-Luc Godard's Band of Outsiders . Shane Carruth's Upstream Color and Joann Sfar's animated adaptation of his graphic novel The Rabbi's Cat are the week's theatrical highlights. New television DVDs include 30 Rock: Season Seven , Fringe: The Complete Fifth Season , and seasons one and two of the 1975 science fiction series Space 1999 [...]
With releases on 50-odd labels under their belts, Chocolate Puma's Zki and Dobre made their debut on Mixmash Records this week, pouncing on a a party hit with "2000 People." The Dutch duo took to the horns section for the tune, creating a bouncy and brassy house sound with pumped up reggae vocals and an electro-fied drop. A fitting groove for the Mixmash roster, "2000 People" marks the scene veterans' 200th-something success. Purchase: Beatport You just finished reading Chocolate [...]
Dubsective's Serene EP & Rudebrat's Astounding New Free Masterpiece "Always Wonder" Hailing from the island of Gibraltar, Dubsective is Simplify's newest addition to the roster and the man behind the new "Serene" EP . Australian rising star FarfetchD contributes with a glitch hop remix of the liquid dubstep track. Whether you are looking for fresh Dubstep or Glitch Hop, "Serene" is destined to be a Summer anthem moving dancefloors around the world! We've also included here the new free download track [...]
Rattle those bones and start the new week rocking! Here are six metalcore albums from around the globe. RAARRH! Various Artists - Core In China from P.R.C. Brutal Whiskers - Fallen World from Russia ( site ) [...]
DubVision's remix of “ Committed To Sparkle Motion ” has been an undisputed anthem of 2012 and continues popularity in 2013. The big room, hard-hitting electro escalates with chords as it escalates through DJ sets, but the original tune is taking another direction with its latest remix. Now that Axwell has got his hand on "Falling" from Discopolis, the former Swedish House Mafia member is turning back the clock, embedding the sounds that he grew up on. Opposed to its anthemic counterpart, Axwell's rendition dishes a groovy, afterhours, Swedish nightclub vibe circa 2006. Purchase: iTunes [...]
Before Armin van Buuren released his latest studio album, Intense , this past Friday, his lead single with Trevor Guthrie had swept the world with a remix from W&W. Today, “ This Is What It Feels Like ” has a slew of new remixes, adding to sounds contributing to diverse selection of trance showcased on Intense. Antillas & Dankann and Giuesseppe Ottaviani turn up the bpm in similar taste, but no one switches up the pace like David Guetta. On his rendition, Guetta gives extra attention to the acapella and delivers a distorted beat with the [...]
Y'all wanna roll wit me down to Hotlanta? Pop in Life In Technicolor Vol. 1 by Spree Wilson and The Flush (Grammy nominated producers for Outkast, Janelle Monae, Little Dragon, RaeKwon, Phantogram, etc.) and you will find yourself immersed in Atlanta, Georgia, USA culture. This concept album recorded at renowned Stankonia Recording Studios is a fun slice of "blazin' hot hip hop and R&B" with crazy Atlanta radio segments leading you from song to song. Life In Technicolor Vol. 1 liner notes [...]
Laidback Luke is responsible for a string of original productions, most of which carry similar charisma, indistinguishable by his signature sound - from “ Pogo ” to " Dynamo ." This week, Luke is bringing something new (or old) to the table, with his latest remix away from his MixMash imprint. Taking on Wallpaper's "Good 4 It," LBL drifts away from the bulky electro bleeps that he has been sticking to of late to summon the Dutch house that shaped his earliest material. Ironically, Luke "Goes Melbourne" for his throwback stylings this time around. Purchase: Beatport [...]
Avant de nous livrer son tout premier album studio, The Child Of Lov nous offre de quoi patienter jusqu'au 6 Mai, date de sortie officielle, avec cette nouvelle mixtape. Intitulée Crying Thunder , cette sélection confectionnée par l'artiste nous fait découvrir cinq morceaux inédits dont une reprise de Helter Skelter des Beatles . Téléchargez gratuitement cette mixtape et nous vous en dirons un peu plus sur l'album d'ici ce weekend.
If you have even a passing interest in drum & bass – or electronic music in general for that matter – you will already be well acquainted with J Majik & Wickaman . During a career that has spanned over a decade, countless genre-defining records, a worldwide touring schedule and even chart success, the duo have written their names indelibly on to the DNA of British dance music . Five years on from the release of their seminal debut album ‘ Crazy World ’, the production pairing are now ready to unleash their eagerly anticipated sophomore [...]
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