Video: Jai Paul - Jasmine (Demo)

As you no doubt are aware by now, over the weekend we posted what appeared to be the entire debut album by   Jai  Paul , the mysterious and elusive London producer who made his name on tracks "BTSTU" and "Jasmine" . We also posted about all of the possible reasons as to why it might not be his actual album, or why it might actually be his album. It turns out that whilst the music was in fact his, it was stolen from his laptop and uploaded two [...]

The question "when the hell is Jai Paul gonna release an album?" might finally have an answer. Noisey have done a fantastic job of investigating when he might be releasing new material, and they feel it might be this month. Their reasoning is as follows: Wikipedia lists the release date as April 2013 All his other records have come out in April A Mixtape came out in February Radio One have started playing playng his songs again He's going [...]

Reclusive and unpredictable XL Recordings man, Jai Paul looks set to release his long-awaited debut album during April. Those investigative folk over at Noisey have pointed to several clues that the belated LP (thought to be called Rayners Lane)  will drop this month in a new post , with hints ranging from the pattern of previous releases dropping during this very calendar month, the fact that Radio 1 have suddenly started listing his tracks again and a slightly vague release date suggested on bastion-of-internet-rumours, [...]

As we’re approaching the end of the year and have already seen 6 end of the year lists on the blog, we now get to the most exciting lists. In this last few days of 2012 I will be going into the best songs, best albums, most read-posts and this list is all about the first: the best songs of 2012. I had a hard time selecting these, but my most played tracks on iTunes gave me good inspiration. It’s probably one of the lists that can evoke emotions like no other and that’s what proves two [...]

2012 går på hæld, og det betyder i min verden, at det er tid til at kaste et blik ind i det nye år. Efter et år præget af et væld af fantastiske folk-udgivelser, dubsteppen og RnBens opsigtsvækkende (gen)opstandelse som en del af mainstream-musikken og ikke mindst en opløftende skare af dygtige dansksprogede punkpopbands, får 2013 svært ved at leve op til den diversitet og det fascinationsniveau, som 2012 har budt på. Men bare rolig, jeg kan i hvert fald love dig, at 2013 vil indeholde en fascinerende konflikt. En musikalsk og eksistentiel duel, hvor du nærmest bliver [...]

Tweet So, we're counting down our Top 25 Tracks of 2012 . This is part two. No. 17 - Sabre, Stray & Halogenix – Oblique / St Clair We said : Ready for a listen? On the A-side Oblique, featuring the heavyweight soul vocals of Frank Carter III, combines tight, simple but effective drums with sweet warm bass and light keys to create something which [...]

• Melody's Echo Chamber - "Crystallized"

Já algum dia se perguntaram o que andam a ouvir as vossas bandas favoritas? Eu pessoalmente gosto de saber, como se inspiram, o que admiram, os clássicos que mantêm sempre por perto ou a banda sonora para as rotinas diárias. Os The xx revelaram algumas das suas canções favoritas, desde temas actuais de Jai Paul ou 2:54, como aos Everything But the Girl (uma das grandes influências do trio) a uns inusitados The Streets, numa playlist que compilaram para o itunes e que pode ser adquirida aqui . O novo álbum dos britânicos, Coexist, [...]

Fun Song That Everyone Knows is a prestigious title to hold, and with the right combination of tunesmithery, marketing, and a well-timed release date, a pop artist can land his/her/their song in the extremely fortunate position of holding that title in the summer, which is of course the time of year when being the Fun Song That Everyone Knows is a surefire route to crossover success and year-end countdowns in the short-term, and nostalgic playlists in the long-term. Inevitably, of all the anthems churned out by urban warehouse scenesters, white-bread indie rockers, and Top 40 svengalis, only a [...]

DB: This sound of the new ep (sc below) is very strong, how has your mind shifted since the album and did you evaluate a certain new vibe you wanted to bring? L: Thanks. These tracks are actually as... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]