Kicking off this weekend, Hacienda Beach Club will host a series of pool parties running in conjunction with Coachella. The daytime series will be curated by a different host each day and features a big list of heavy hitters from the electronic music world including Loco Dice, Jamie Jones, tINI, Jamie xx, and Lee Burridge. You can check the full lineup below, with tickets available here.
[infobox title=”Lineup”]Weekend 1 4/10 – Special Guest 4/11 – All Day I Dream : Lee Burridge, Matthew Dekay, and Hoj 4/12 – Hot Creations : Jamie Jones, Lee Foss, Luna Cazal, and Lauren Lane Weekend 2 4/17 – Bromance : Brodinski & Friends 4/18 – Annie Mac Presents : Annie Mac, Duke Dumont, Jamie XX, Kaytranada, and Redlight 4/19 – Used & Abused : Loco Dice, MK, and tINI[/infobox]
Highly regarded Danish producer and live performer, Kölsch will release his new album 1983 on June 8, via Kompakt. The new full length from Kölsch is inspired by travel and the long trips he would take with his family as a young boy, “When I was a kid in 1983, we used to drive through Europe every summer on the way to the south of France”, he explains. “A lot of my early music memories stem from these long travels, as we would listen to all my father’s favorite records on the cassette deck. After getting a walkman, I would make up my own soundtrack for travelling, with early electro and hip hop creeping into my life. My father of course did not like it, and it never grace the official cassette deck of the car, obviously.”
These symbolic memories form the basis of the album and manifest themselves into a melancholic melange of explosive techno and beatless excursions which Kölsch, and Kompakt for that matter, have made their names on. The album also features a cast of revered collaborators including Talbot, Gregor Schwellenbach, and Tomas Høffding of WHOMADEWHO. 1983 will be released as 2xLP, CD, and digital on June 8, with album cuts “Two Birds” and “DerDieDas”, which can be previewed below, appearing on Speicher 84 out April 20.
Today, UK label Don’t Be Afraid have released the latest album from US based artist Eecee (a.k.a. Doubt), called Cosmic Trigger. The album has been released as a cassette and free download via Don’t Be Afraid’s Bandcamp page and as expected, it’s an experimental leaning affair and a beautiful, mostly ambient journey through mesmerising textures and atmospheres. Both sides of the cassette can be streamed below, with the full album available here.
Yousef has been one of the leading figures in underground house music for well over a decade now and after releasing on labels such as Cocoon, Saved, and Renaissance, he will join Ellen Alien’s BPitch Control for his latest EP, To Be Remembered. The EP finds Yousef in fine form, using his lengthy experience as a DJ to craft three masterful, dance floor focused pieces. “The Courtship” and “5 Weeks” open proceedings and are both darker tinged, slow burners, giving us a taste of Yousef’s range. Title track, “To Be Remembered” is a swinging, jazz inflicted number; complete with a deep, sub bass groove and rolling percussion. You can stream “To Be Remembered” in full below, before the EP see’s an official release April 13.
Yard One is a duo consisting of London based producer Jordan Bruce and Manchester’s Larry Jones. The two kicked off the Yard One project in 2014 with a remix of Dutch duo Ester Duijn & Steady Douglas on Tact Recordings, a label also founded by Bruce. On April 27, the duo will release the Memory Echoes EP, a four track outing in support of their upcoming LP, When Elements Collide. Both releases will come via Tact and in anticipation of the EP, Yard One have offered up the title cut “Memory Echoes,” a hypnotic slice of skipping electronica, filled with moody chord progressions and hard hitting, club ready percussion. The track unfolds fluidly over it’s seven minute run, patiently teasing the elements in and out. Keep an eye on Tact Recordings for the upcoming releases and in the meantime, you can grab “Memory Echoes” for free below.
It might be a bit of an exaggeration to term Dauwd’s career arc as meteoric—his output rate hasn’t exactly been shooting-star fast—but it’s certainly fair to say that the U.S.–born, Wales-raised, London-dwelling artist’s rise has been impressive. It was only two years ago that XLR8R featured Dauwd as one of our Bubblin’ Up artists to watch; up till then, he had put out all of two twelves. But both of those records, the What’s There EP (featuring “Ikopol,” previously released on Adult Swim’s Unclassified compilation) and the “Could It Be”/“Shimmer” single, were stunners—gentle, sensual, garage-tinged tunes lifted from a beautiful daydream.
That’s certainly not a bad way to kick things off, but Dauwd was just getting started. Since then, he’s been busy creating music that the sees him retaining his propensity for tunes that swoon and glide, while toughening up his sound just enough—a bit less shuffle, a bit more pump—for the clubs. Since coming out with Heat Division in 2013, released jointly by Pictures Music and Ghostly International, he’s become a core member of the mighty Kompakt—and the beloved German label has just released what might be his best record yet, the utterly groovy Jupiter George three-tracker. Add to that an emotive, slow-burn remix of the Kiasmos duo’s “Held,” about to drop on Erased Tapes, and you get the feeling that 2015 is going to be Dauwd’s year. And to underscore that point, here’s a superb mix of four-to-the-floor rhythms from the man himself, featuring music ranging from the classic house of “Tonight I’m Gonna Love You” from Pal Joey (in his House Conductor guise) to hot-off-the-press chuggers like Voiski‘s “A Sad Party,” culminating in the sinuous, haunting and utterly gorgeous Traumprinz version of Efdemin‘s “Parallaxis.”
Video: Dauwd discusses his XLR8R podcast
01 Quintessence “Prisms” (Island) 02 King So So “Interlude in the Sky” (Hippie Dance) 1.20 03 Nicholas Desamory “Berlin Blues” (I’m So Blasé) 2.09 04 Kiasmos “Held” (Dauwd Rmx) (Erased Tapes) 4.46 05 House Conductor “Tonight I’m Gonna Love You” (Love Mix) (Cabaret) 8.48 06 Scott Grooves “Expansions” (Ballistic Brothers Pyramid Bonus Beats) (Soma) 11.43 07 Rolando Simmons “Montignac” (030303) 14.11 08 Mr.G “Conscious Mindfood” (Phoenix G) 17.45 09 Dauwd “Ritter Sport” (Kompakt) 21.45 10 Sanasol – Flush (Connaisseur Recordings) 27.15 11 Kenny Larkin – Cirque de Soul (Original mix) (Planet E) 30.17 12 Self Oscillate “Tunneling” (Shima Records) 34.36 13 Orbe “Bromothymol Blue” (Orbe) 35.19 14 ? “Lenny” (BDOH) 40.00 15 Voiski “A Sad Party” (Sheik ‘N’ Beik) 44.41 16 Efdemin “Parallaxis” (Traumprinz’s Over 2 the End Version) (Dial) 49.06
During the last weekend of April, Malmö’s Inkonst will bring CTM and Unsound, the experimental music and art giants, to the city for a prodigious celebration of sound, light, and art. Elektronmusikstudion, Sweden’s center for electronic music and sound art, will also play a large role in the festival, which features a tantalising lineup from “abstract experiments in sound to new and inspiring dance music”. Some of our picks from the world class list of artists include the audio and visual mastery from Pole & MF, the pioneering analog techno of Hypnobeat, and the premiere of the collaboration between left-field house and techno artists, Porn Sword Tobacco & SVN. The festival will also feature several artist talks within the concept of Gram[m]ofon, in which journalist Mats Almegård invites artists to bring along their favourite records to be listened to and discussed in front of a live audience. After hour sessions will also take place over the course of the weekend at Sorgenfri Kultur. More information on the festival, including ticket link can be found here, with the full lineup posted below.
[infobox title=”Lineup”]Artists:Pole & MFO / Frank Bretschneider & Pierce Warnecke ”SINN + FORM” / Hypnobeat / Porn Sword Tobacco & SVN / The Durian Brothers / Vinyl Terror & Horror / Klara Lewis / Rashad Becker / We Will Fail / Zamilska / Lumisokea COH & Tina Frank / RSS B0ys / Marcus Schmickler / Mats Lindström / Frederikke Hoffmeier aka Puce Mary / BNNT KABLAM / Lotic / Daniel Araya / Fjäder / Daniel Skoglund / Acousmatic for the People
Other:Ephemera (installation) / Discussion panel with Mathias Holmberg / Gram[m]ofon (talk) / Finn of Tomland & Kliin (DJ) / Third (DJ) / Prins Emanuel (DJ)[/infobox]
Bruce Tantum chats to Dauwd about his XLR8R Podcast.
It might be a bit of an exaggeration to term Dauwd’s career arc as meteoric—his output rate hasn’t exactly been shooting-star fast—but it’s certainly fair to say that the U.S.–born, Wales-raised, London-dwelling artist’s rise has been impressive. It was only two years ago that XLR8R featured Dauwd as one of our Bubblin’ Up artists to watch; up till then, he had put out all of two twelves. But both of those records, the What’s There EP (featuring “Ikopol,” previously released on Adult Swim’s Unclassified compilation) and the “Could It Be”/“Shimmer” single, were stunners—gentle, sensual, garage-tinged tunes lifted from a beautiful daydream.
Fort Romeau chats to Bruce Tantum about his XLR8R Podcast.
Greene’s self-assurance isn’t limited to his productions—he’s also a talented spinner, with a sound that’s oozes Fort Romeau warmth, but ramped up ever so slightly for extra-added oomph. He describes this podcast as a truncated version of his club sets, one put together simply by “pulling out my record back and doing a mix with the records that I’ve been playing out every weekend for the past couple of months.” The methodology may be simple—but we love the results, and think that you will, too.
French producer High Wolf has announced his psychedelic new album, Growing Wild, to be released via Matthewdavid‘s Leaving Records on June 8. High Wolf has created a truly immersive world in Growing Wild, pulling in influences from around the globe. The LP is inspired by the head spinning rhythms of Shangaan, the West African and Malian styles, and Tuareg guitar music, all held together by High Wolf’s psychedelic glue. “The sounds are those of a celebration of life and fraternity, the colors are warm like an African dress, feelings are positive and strong, thoughts are accelerating and multiplying the same way the universe is expanding,” says High Wolf.
Ahead of the June 8 release, High Wolf has shared LP cut “Wild At Heart,” an eight and a half minute trip into the hallucinogenic, worldly sound of Growing Wild. The album can be pre-ordered here, with a full stream of “Wild At Heart” below, along with the Adam Ferris directed video clip.
