Mike Bloom “Lush”

Rising New York City producer and DJ Mike Bloom has been on a steady ascent the last few years, appearing regularly and holding residencies at some of the city’s best-known institutions, including Output, Le Bain, and Le Baron. 2015 looks to be his biggest year to date and will see him release on fellow New Yorker Curses’ label Safer At Night as well as launching his own imprint Maddjazz Recordings, combining his love of Jazz and world music with his knowledge of dance floor ready sounds.

This dance floor expertise is front and center on “Lush,” a track Bloom recently sent XLR8R‘s way, which opens with a thumping kick and sub bass groove that are complimented with chopped and delayed vocals. Over its nine-minute run, “Lush” adeptly moves between various synth phrases and vocal mutations, building and releasing tension to great effect. Bloom will be playing B2B with Milo McBride this Saturday at Le Bain at The Standard, NYC and in the meantime, you can grab “Lush” below for free.

Lush

Listen to Two Previously Unheard Frankie Knuckles Mixes

To mark the one-year anniversary of Frankie Knuckles‘ passing, BBC Radio 1’s Essential Mix has aired a pair of previously unheard mixes from the so-called Godfather of House. The first mix was recorded live at an event in Shoreditch, London in 2011, and the second is a studio session from that same year. Both mixes—running two hours in total—can be streamed in full here, where a tracklist is also on view. (via FACT)

Hunee Preps Debut Album, Hunch Music

Selector-turned-producer Hunee (a.k.a. Hun Choi) will return to Amsterdam’s Rush Hour label this spring with his debut long-player, Hunch Music. Choi, who is currently based in the Dutch capital after a decade in Berlin and brief stint in LA, is known as an avid vinyl collector—earlier this year, he curated a Rush Hour compilation highlighting Japanese house label Far East and the producer Soichi Terada. But he’s stayed relatively quiet on the production front since 2012, following releases Amsterdam’s Rush Hour, W.T., and Internasjonal. His forthcoming 10-track effort shows off his eclectic tastes and features everything from acid and organic house grooves to melancholic strings and jazz interludes. “‘It is what it is,'” Choi says. “This has been my guideline in the process of making this music: not thinking about a specific function, not imagining another place or time outside of it. Rather focusing on the process, the sound itself, the colors within.”

Hunch Music is due out in spring although no official release date has been shared as of yet; further info is available here via Rush Hour’s website. A teaser for the album can be streamed below, where its tracklist and a listing of Hunee’s upcoming North American tour dates have also been included.

01. Woods
02. Crossroads
03. Silent Sensations
04. Rare Happiness
05. Burning Flower
06. Error of the Average
07. Failed Movement
08. Bruises
09. Hiding the Moon
10. Amo (Admiration)
11. The World

Tour dates:
April 10 – Pittsburgh, Hot Mass
April 11 – Vancouver, The Fox
April 17 – San Francisco, Public Works
April 18 – Los Angeles, TBA

Cherushii “Wild Abandon”

San Fransisco’s Chelsea Faith (a.k.a Cherushii) is a composer, producer, live performer, and most importantly, an artist who knows how to craft a hard-hitting house track. It’s easy to see why 100% Silk have signed her up for another release, this time around a new 12″ and cassette album dropping later in the year. Before those come out though, Cherushii will be kicking off a free EP series on her Bandcamp page. The first EP, Nobody’s Fool, is available now and includes the track we’ve been gifted here. “Wild Abandon” is a nine minute hardware driven groover, with sexy vocal chops and a rolling TR-303 bassline. It’s not hard to draw the reference with the title of the track and the effect it would have on a dance floor. You can get the rest of the EP here, with a free download of “Wild Abandon” below.

Wild Abandon

Preview Eduardo de la Calle’s Forthcoming EP

As reported over on Resident Advisor, Spanish veteran Eduardo de la Calle is to join the ranks of Boddika’s NonPlus imprint later this month. The Sequoia Symposium EP—four cuts of tumbling analogue techno—is to be de la Calle’s first release for the label. We’ve included the record’s artwork and tracklist below, and preview clips of the tracks can be found on the Above Board Distribution website ahead of The Sequoia Symposium‘s full release on April 13.

A. The King Parikshit
B. Sudha Nityananda Parivara Vaisnava
C. The Sudama Song
D. Sri Sri Ragendra DAS

Premiere: Watch a Video for Cio d’Or’s “XXII”

Cologne “sound architect” Cio Dorbandt (a.k.a. Cio D’Or) has been creating eerie, minimal works for over a decade now, releasing on an array of labels and collaborating with the likes of Gabriel Ananda and Donato Dozzy along the way. In 2009 she released her lauded debut LP, Die Faser, on Prologue, and later this year she’ll turn out her second, all in all, this time for Svreca‘s Semantica imprint. Ahead of that, she has shared with us the striking video for album track “XXII.” Directed by the29nov, the video is an undulating throb of liquid plumes, shadows and abstract shapes that’s a little redolent of the otherworldly landscapes mapped out by Andreas Fischer to accompany Egyptrixx’s A/B To Infinity album. It can be viewed in full below, ahead of the LP’s full release early May, with the CD and EP following shortly after on May 19 on Semantica.

Citizenn Announces Debut Album, Shares Lead Single

Ascendant UK house star Laurence Blake (a.k.a. Citizenn) has announced that he’ll release his debut album this summer via Damian Lazarus’s Crosstown Rebels imprint. Entitled Human Interface, the record is said to be unabashedly technology-obsessed, concerning itself, in the Midlands-born artist’s own words, with “its omnipresence in our daily lives and how we have become completely dependent upon it to survive.”

Crosstown Rebels will also drop the album’s lead single “Tied” in May, and for now have made the track available to stream. The reliably old-school vocal house of “Tied” can be heard in full on the player below ahead of its release on May 18 as part of an EP that will include remixes from Murk, Adesse Versions and Denney. The Human Interface LP, meanwhile, will see the light of day on June 15.

Further Future Announces Full Schedule

A global community of nomads, dreamers, burners and music lovers will converge May 1-3 at an awe inspiring location in the Nevada desert, an hour outside of Las Vegas, for Further Future Voyage 001. The event will feature art installations, visionary speakers from the worlds of business, science, and technology, an assortment of food and beverage services; and a ridiculous lineup of electronic music artists including Actress, Damien Lazarus & The Ancient Moons, FaultyDL, Frank and Tony and Bob Moses. The Robot Heart Art Car from Burning Man will soundtrack each sunrise, with more surprises sure to be in store. For more information, the full lineup and ticket info, head here, and check out the latest video from Further Future below.

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Further Future – Wonder from Further Future on Vimeo.

Premiere: Hear A/Jus/Ted Remix Joakim’s “Each Other”

Genre-bending French producer Joakim (pictured above) will return to his own Tigersushi imprint later this month with a remix EP, entitled Each Other. Lead track “Each Other” first appeared on Joakim’s 2014 full-length, Tropics of Love, and is treated to remixes from Pelican Fly’s DJ Slow, New York duo A/Jus/Ted, French newcomer Vicram, and Joakim himself.

In their rework, Justin Strauss and Teddy Stuart of A/Jus/Ted re-imagine “Each Other” as a shuffling deep house cut, complete with swung drums, atmospheric vocals, and sprung bassline. The remix can be streamed in its entirety below, before the EP (tracklist also below) sees an official release April 27 in the UK and a day later in the US.

01. Joakim “Each Other”
02. Joakim “Each Other” (Joakim Remix)
03. Joakim “Each Other” (Vicram Remix)
04. Joakim “Each Other” (A/Jus/Ted Remix)
05. Joakim “Each Other” (DJ Slow Remix)

AIM Festival Drops Full Artist Lineup

AIM Festival has just released the full artist lineup for their inaugural year and we have to say, it’s huge! The ‘Art Innovation Movement’ takes place June 26-28 at Parc Carillon, a beautiful waterfront site on the outskirts of Montréal and will feature three stages, and 32 hours, of non-stop music. All tickets are now available here, complete with camping and RV options, with the full lineup and video below.

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MONTREAL AIM 2015 LINE UP from Montreal AIM Festival on Vimeo.

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TIGA THE MARTINEZ BROTHERS JAMIE XX FOUR TET (LIVE)

KERRI CHANDLER, MARTIN BUTTRICH, PLEASUREKRAFT, KEVIN SAUNDERSON PARANOID LONDON (LIVE), PACHANGA BOYS, WOLF+LAMB, ISOLÉE (LIVE) PIG&DAN, GUY J, THREE, EDU IMBERNON, ALEXI DELANO, CHAIM, AXEL BOMANPAOLO ROCCO, BEDOUIN, FORREST, EEKKOO, TESLA BOY (LIVE), NATURE OF MUSIC, DREEMS, AUNTIE FLO, THOMASH

MONTREAL HEROES

LOST HEROES, PAT BOOGIE, THOMAS VON PARTY, MIGHTYKAT, JAY LONDON, NATHAN BURNS & SOUNDSHAPER, SHASH’U, CRI, SHAYDAKISS, JOUBIN, PFREUD, NYMRA & SOFISTICATED, OHM HOURANI, MIKE LARRY, GREEN & LATEEZ, ADAM HUSA, JALIL, ALICIA HUSH (LIVE), HEAD NODDERS, ELECTRO-ACRYLIQUE (LIVE) … and more!

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