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New Music | Mothlite Not being of the most stable disposition, I would usually steer clear of music that places me on the edge of a panic attack but Mothlite's music is so immediately arresting and beautiful that it's well worth the risk. In fact, I would go as far as to say that I'd happily have the panic attack, figuratively curled up under the bracken on a damp forest floor, only to emerge a stronger and more attuned individual, probably some kind of druid. Just saying. Comprised of Daniel O'Sullivan (multi-instrument [...]

• Mothlite - The One in the Water

Twisted Licks & Mean Fiddler presents… The Outside Royalty & House of Brothers Saturday 13th June 09 @ The Borderline Orange Yard, off Manette St., London W1D 4JB Doors: 7pm. Tickets: £8 available from: www.seetickets.co.uk"This is a master class in how to purvey experimentalism without foregoing accessibility, and for that alone, Jonquil need to become huge" Clash Magazine"The times

In my mind, remixing is all about respect. Taking something that's already there and making it stronger, stamping a different identity onto a song whilst retaining something of the original. The electronic whizz behind Modernaire, Oscar Wildstyle, takes the glorious vocal of the original - arguably Metronomy's best track since You Could Easily Have Me - and imprints his own style on it. Playfulness is the key to all his work to date I feel, allied to a sense of glamour and chic that never gets anywhere near the cheesiness that often undermines glossy electro sounds. Easily the [...]

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