Nicolas Jaar, Jeff Mills, Holly Herndon, and More Billed for Club to Club 2015

Turin’s Club to Club Festival, which XLR8R named Italy’s best festival in 2014, has divulged the first wave of acts set to appear at this year’s 15th edition. Taking place from November 4 through 8, the event will be headlined by Nicolas Jaar, Detroit techno icon Jeff Mills, new industrialists Carter Tutti Void, Syrian vocalist Omar Souleyman, and digital experimentalist Holly Herndon. Also billed are Jamie xx, Shackleton, Battles, Mumdance + Novelist feat. The Square, SOPHIE (plus his QT project), Apparat, and local favorite Vaghe Stelle.

The festival runs concurrently with Torino’s Contemporary Art Week and takes place at various venues throughout the city. A number of preview parties are also in the works for Milan, Istanbul, London, and Rome. For more complete info on line-up and ticketing, head here. (via Resident Advisor)

Preview Damon Bell’s Debut Album on Deepblak

Deepblak mainstay Damon Bell has revealed details of a forthcoming debut long-player on Aybee’s label, which is due for release at the end of next month. On Blues for the Libyan, the Oakland, California-based producer is said to mix tradition and experimentation, varied African polyrhythms and future-dancefloor funk. Labelmate and recent PAN signee Afrikan Sciences lends his talents to LP cut “Lybian Ether,” and vocalist Khalil Anthony features on opener “Chromosome Replacement.”

B​lues for the Libyan follows from a string of similar-spirited EPs on Deepblak, Do Over, and Sound of Speed, and will see an official release on June 29. Until then, album clips can be streamed below, where we’ve also included a complete tracklist.

A1 Chromosome Replacement ft. Khalil Anthony
A2 Concrete Caravan
B1 Blood
B2 Striving To Be Who We Are
C1 Rhythm Meat ft Afrikan Sciences
C2 Libyan Ether ft. Son of Ororo
D1 Broken Feathers
D2 Kampala

Premiere: Hear A Track From Catz ‘N Dogz Latest EP, Killing With Kindness

Following on from their recently released From Your Heart, Polish duo Catz ‘N Dogz return with Killing With Kindness, their latest EP that consists of five tracks: two from their forthcoming Basic Colour Theory LP and three stand alone productions.

Each of the five tracks deliver the alluring and joyful electronic sound that the duo have made their own, not just in their studio work but also in their live performances.

The instantly recognisable Catz ‘N Dogz bassline is ever present throughout each track, highlighted particularly through “Killing With Kindness” featuring Detroit born rapper Phat Kat. Included also is the darker, duskier collaboration with Chicago’s Green Velvet for “Keep On,” and “I Can Do Anything,” which is set to be another big room dance track.

Killing With Kindness will be released on May 22 via Pets Recordings, with “Killing With Kindness (Club Mix)” streaming in full via the player below.

Tracklist:

1. Killing With Kindness ft. Phat Kat
2. Keep On Ft. Green Velvet
3. I Can Do Anything
4. Killing With Kindness (Club Mix)
5. I Can Do Anything (Instrumental Mix) – Beatport Exclusive

Vaghe Stelle Arrives on Other People, Streams Lead Single

Turin’s Vaghe Stelle (a.k.a Daniele Mana) will debut on Nicolas Jaar’s Other People imprint this summer with a seven-track mini-LP. Mana is an affiliate of the Gang of Ducks collective and currently serves as one-third of production unit One Circle with Lorenzo Senni and A:RA. On his upcoming Abstract Speed + Sound LP (which takes its name from Giacomo Balla’s early-1900s work), his melding of Italian film samples and synthwork is said to connect digital networks with the Italian Futurist Movement. “Just as Italian Futurists obsessed over the innovations of the automobile industry, Daniele is fixated on the digital networks that connect the art and culture of the modern age,” a press release states.

Abstract Speed + Sound is out on July 6, and until then, lead single “Multiple Concentric Hexagons” can be streamed below.

XLR8R Podcast 387: An Intro From Mathew Jonson

Mathew Jonson chats with Bruce Tantum about his XLR8R podcast.

We here at XLR8R have a longstanding love affair with anything that Mathew Jonsontouches, and here’s why: Whether working as a solo artist or in one of his collaborative projects—the most known being Cobblestone Jazz, his partnership with Tyger Dhula and Daniel Tate—Jonson, who heads up the Wagon Repair label, has always walked a musical tightrope that’s few others can match with his grace and style.

Podcast 387: Mathew Jonson Mutek 2015 Festival Edition by Xlr8r on Mixcloud

Premiere: Stream A Track From Stephan Bodzin’s Upcoming EP, Singularity

German techno producer/DJ/live artist Stephan Bodzin is set to release his latest EP at the end of the month.

Entitled Singularity after its leading track, a beautifully melodic production that creates an entire world of its own and asks you to inhabit it for a while, losing yourself in the process, the three-track EP is completed by two blissfully captivating “Singularity” edits by German DJ/Producer Monoloc (a.k.a “Sascha Borchardt”).

Singularity will be released via Life and Death on May 25, with “Singularity (Monoloc Edit 01)” streaming in full via the player below.

Tracklist:

Digital:
1. Singularity
2. Singularity (Monoloc Edit 02)

Vinyl:
A1. Singularity
B1. Singularity (Monoloc Edit 01)

Stream a Track From Antigone’s Latest EP for Token

At the start of the week, Kr!z’s Token Records released Cantor Dust, the latest EP from Parisian producer Antonin Jeanson (a.k.a. Antigone). The EP is Jeanson’s inaugural release for the Belgian label, following on from ø [Phase]’s Tunnel Vision/Internal Conflict 12”.

Cantor Dust explores Jeanson’s penchant for unusual sounds, mixing abstract elements with more functional club-ready beats. The release opens with a spacial and ambient piece, before rolling into the producer’s dance-floor focused techno cuts. The anthemic “Prime Mover” fuses a heavy low end with driving percussion, icy pads, reverberant synth stabs, and dense, evolving atmospheres, using tension and release to great effect. You can stream “Prime Mover” in full below, with the full EP available for purchase here.

Watch the Hallucinogenic New Video for Rone’s “Acid Reflux”

Rone‘s latest album, Creatures, was released via Infiné in February of this year to great acclaim. Now, album cut “Acid Reflux” gets a hallucinogenic new video, directed by Ilan Cohen and Boris Levy. Part live action, part animation, “Acid Reflux” is an immersive journey centred around an LSD-like trip caused by bad 7-11 sushi. The video focuses on “the anxiety associated with a solo journey on a higher plane of consciousness with total loss of reality and no idea where the exit is.” You can check out the full video below, along with Rone’s upcoming US tour dates.

Tour dates:

MAY

23 – Chicago – Primary Night Club

24 – Detroit – Movement Festival

26 – Philadelphia – The Dolphin

27 – Washington DC – U Street

28 – Boston – Middlesex Night Club

29 – Brooklyn – Good Room

30 – Montreal – Theatre Fairmount

JUNE

2 – Toronto – Wrong Bar

4 – LA – Los Globos

5 – San Francisco – Rickshaw Stop

6 – Seattle – The Crocodile

Premiere: Hear Two Tracks From Livio & Roby’s Latest EP, Here and There

Barcelona-based outfit Drumma Records will celebrate 4 years in business with the latest EP from Bucharest duo Livio & Roby, due out in June. The four-track Here and There EP finds the Romanian pair on a roll, with their hardware-based collaboration with George G, Premiesku, garnering quite a lot of attention of late.

“Bis Aid” kicks off the EP with a tight and groovy low-end, rolling metalic synths, and sharp percussion, with a highly detailed, polyrhythmic feel to it. The track chugs along building tension before “Here and There” drops with its thumping kick and rubbery bassline. From there, the minimalistic “Sambata” rolls out faint piano chirps and subtle, chopped vocals atop a highly swung rhythm. “Tul Astia” rounds things out with a machine-gun-like conga roll, skittering percussion clicks, and barely there chords.

Here and There will be released on June 20 via Drumma Records, with “Bis Aid” and “Sambata” streaming in full via the player below.

Parra for Cuva “Champa (Kate Simko Remix)”

Berlin based label Lenient Tales released Parra for Cuva’s Champa Remix EP at the start of the month. Joining the original cut—which is a single from the German artist’s latest LP, Marjouré—will be reworks from Aparde, Trashlagoon, and the one in question here from London-based composer and electronic music producer Kate Simko. A softer affair in its original form, Simko fuses “Champa” with club-ready beats without losing the beautifully intricate feel of the original; floaty pads slide on top of delicate melodies, complimented by the ethereal vocals from Moonsiren. Simko also has an album on the way with frequent collaborator Tevo Howard, titled PolyRhythmic—which is due out in September. You can purchase the full Champa Remix EP here, with Simko’s stellar remix available below.

Champa (Kate Simko Remix)

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