When we stop to think about it, there’s not a whole lot separating the kids of the chillwave scene from those in beat music’s many disparate hubs. Both genres are made up primarily of youngsters creating music inspired by electronic manipulations and the not-so-distant past, and, whether decidedly melodic or not, offer a great deal to the world’s private and public dancefloors. Keeping that in mind, this new project from LA’s Matthewdavid and Atlanta’s Dog Bite, Veux, is less of a surprise. This first taste from the collaboration, “Late Key” (that’s the cover for it up there), is a poignant number that matches loads of twinkling pop-friendly melodies, distant-but-hard-hitting dance beats, massive bass drops, and even a large amount of guitar and vocal work to great effect. We’re not going to try to coin a new genre title for Veux’s marriage of recent production styles. We’ll just call it good.

Late Key