Jimmy Edgar and Machinedrum Return as JETS; Hear a Track Now

Jimmy Edgar and Travis “Machinedrum” Stewart return with their collaborative project JETS and a new four track EP on the duo’s ULTRAMAJIC label. The Chants also features a vocal performance by Jamie Liddell on EP cut “U-N-I”, which pairs Jamie’s soulful palette with JETS raw analog drums. “Our first record was more of us finding out space and creating a new environment of sound to work with. This release was much more about exploring the building of our creation.” the duo said.

The title track can be streamed below ahead of it’s May 11 release date, with full track listing and upcoming tour dates.

A1) “The Chants”

A2) “U-N-I”

B1) “Pyrite Blue”

B2) “Pink Beat”

Tour Dates:

– 5/25 – Movement Festival / Detroit, MI

– 5/30 – We Love Green Festival / Paris, FR

– 6/6 – Parklife Festival / Manchester, UK

– 6/18 – Sonar Festival / Barcelona, ES

+ MORE TBC

George Clinton, Mala, Gerd Janson, Blawan and Daniele Baldelli Added to Dimensions Festival 2015

Photo: Dan Medhurst

Joining an already stellar lineup which includes Four Tet (live), Floating Points (live), Surgeon, Moodymann, Ben Klock, and the Hessle Audio team of Ben UFO, Pearson Sound, and Pangaea, Croatia’s Dimensions Festival has dropped it’s second wave of artists for the 2015 addition. Among the new names is the Festival headliner, and the Parliament and Funkadelic mastermind, George Clinton, Digital Mysticz’ Mala, Gerd Janson, cosmic disco pioneer Daniele Baldelli and UK techno powerhouse Blawan.

You can check out more info and the full lineup of artists performing here, while a new hype video can be found on the Dimensions Festival Facebook page; the five day festival takes place overlooking the Adriatic at Fort Punta Christo in the city of Pula, Croatia from August 26-30.

Stream New Mixes from Tama Sumo, Jamie xx, and Four Tet

To start off the week, new mixes have surfaced from Panorama Bar resident Tama Sumo (pictured above) and a collaborative session between Jamie xx and Four Tet.

On Saturday, Jamie xx and Four Tet teamed up on BBC Radio 1’s Essential Mix. The two producers chat about their first meeting before kicking off a session that features selections from Caribou, Throwing Snow, Roots Manuva, and a handful of unreleased Four Tet collaborations with Champion and Designer. Also included are tracks from Jamie xx’s recently announced debut album, In Colour. The two-hour mix can be streamed in full here, where a complete tracklist has also been included.

Out today is the latest installment of Resident Advisor’s podcast series from Berlin-based DJ and so-called cult favorite Tama Sumo. “The idea behind the mix was to bring in a mixture of old and new records that move my feet and my soul and to create a variety within the mix without losing the flow,” she explains in the accompanying Q&A. “Basically I tried to do what I also do as a DJ in a club context, just with a bit more of a time limit.” No tracklist is on offer, but the mix is available for download here.

Enjineer “Untitled Birds”

Last week, Moscow’s Incompetence label released the Public Housing EP by relatively unknown newcomer Enjineer. The EP features five rugged techno cuts each with their own erratic, stylistic nuances held together by an industrial haze. “Untitled Birds” immediately recalls classic Detroit influences with it’s thumping kick and rolling toms being offset by sharp, chirpy percussion; synth phrases slide in and out throughout, underpinned by shifting chords, giving the track a slight softness. The EP can be listened to in full via Soundcloud, with links to buy the release, and “Untitled Birds” is available for free down below.

Untitled Birds

Premiere: Stream Pixelord’s Debut Album, Places

Let’s be honest, Pixelord has probably amassed enough material to put out a number of LPs by now. The Moscow-based producer and visual artist has maintained a prolificness virtually unmatched by his Russian contemporaries, delivering quality releases from across the beat and bass spectrum for the likes of Leisure System, Error Broadcast, Car Crash Set, Infinite Machine, and Civil Music (not to mention, contributing an impressively hyperactive mix to the XLR8R podcast series last year). Now, Pixelord is set to return to his own Hyperboloid label with his proper debut long-player, Places, a 10-track effort that shows yet more depth to the tireless beatmaker’s craft.

Places is said to have been largely inspired by Pixelord’s travels in recent years, with each production serving as an extension of his memories and impressions of cities around the world. From electronic music capitals Berlin and Chicago, to Ottawa, Beijing, the Thai province Phuket, and his own Moscow, Pixelord uses this array of locales to explore a wide swath of production, at times toning down his affinity for glowing melodies, but always keeping his penchant for immaculate rhythmic constructions nearby. Concluding with the pensive “Home,” Places weaves a sonic narrative fitting of a debut LP from an artist who has covered so much ground already.

Out tomorrow via his own Hyperboloid label, Pixelord’s Places LP can be streamed in its entirety below.

Download Nils Frahm’s New Album, Solo

Over the weekend, composer and pianist Nils Frahm shared his latest album, Solo, as a free download. As Resident Advisor reports, the release of the record marked what Frahm has dubbed “piano day” in an accompanying statement, which falls on day 88 of each year. Out on Erased Tapes,Solo follows from 2013’s Spaces LP and can be downloaded in both WAV and MP3 formats here; it has also been released on vinyl and CD. Proceeds from sales of the physical release will be directed toward piano builder David Klavins, who is currently at work on a new model of the instrument.

Solo is out now, and LP cut “Wall” can be streamed below, where we’ve also included a complete tracklist.

01. Ode
02. Some
03. Circling
04. Merry
05. Chant
06. Wall
07. Immerse!
08. Four Hands

Factory Floor’s Gabe Gurnsey Preps Debut Solo Release

Factory Floor founder Gabe Gurnsey is set to let loose his first solo release via Drone, the label recently reactivated by Death In Vegas’s Richard Fearless. A two-track single, Falling Phase features a guest vocal from Factory Floor’s Nik Void on the restless, pulsing title track, and a deliciously blocky synth-funk workout in B-Side “Paraloa”. Check out snippets of the two tracks on Falling Phase on the player below ahead of the record’s full release on May 25.

Full Details Announced of Jamie XX’s Debut LP

As we reported earlier this week, Jamie XX is readying the release of his debut album, In Colour. Now Young Turks, who’ll be releasing the record, has provided full details of the LP, including its tracklist, and shared a video for album cut “Loud Places,” which features a guest vocal from his bandmate in The XX, Romy Madley Croft.

In the artist’s own words, In Colour “is about transition and transformation—going away, coming home, going away again, coming home again—and how that journey changes me every time. I love touring, and the places I’ve visited, but when I’m on my laptop I’m always thinking about home or music. I love being in a band, being a producer, being a DJ. This album is about all of that.”

“Loud Places” and “Gosh” can be heard in full below, and where we’ve also included the LP’s full tracklist, ahead of its release on digital, CD, vinyl and deluxe triple-vinyl formats, on June 1 (June 2 in the USA).

01. Gosh
02. Sleep Sound
03. SeeSaw feat. Romy
04. Obvs
05. Just Saying
06. Stranger In A Room feat. Oliver Sim
07. Hold Tight
08. Loud Places feat. Romy
09. I Know There’s Gonna Be (Good Times) feat. Young Thug & Popcaan
10. The Rest Is Noise
11. Girl

Podcast 379: Fort Romeau

Fort Romeau‘s debut album, Kingdoms, came out on 100% Silk three years ago—and since then, his rather idiosyncratic sound, one that treads a fine line between dreamland reverie and dancefloor efficacy, has become a firm favorite of discriminating dance-music fans. His is a rounded, self-assured and immensely appealing style of house—and as if to prove the point, he’s got an excellent new album, Insides, coming out on March 31 via the Ghostly International label.

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.

Video: Fort Romeau discusses his XLR8R podcast

01 David Bowie “Subterraneans” (RCA)
02 Steve Moore “Aphelion” (Spectrum Spools)
03 Mutant Beat Dance “Polyfonikdizko” (Rush Hour)
04 Roman Flugel “Dishes & Wishes” (Live At Robert Johnson)
05 Todd Osborn “Put Your Weight On It” (Frankfurt Mix) (Running Back)
06 ItaloJohnson “Untitled” (ItaloJohnson)
07 Headless Ghost “Swept Illusions” (Clone Royal Oak)
08 Levon Vincent “Impression Of A Rainstorm” (Novel Sounds)
09 Reese & Santonio “How To Play Our Music” (Remix) (Kool Kat)
10 Jon Dark “Deep Enough” (Chance & Dark Remix) (white label)
11 Massimiliano Pagliara “Long Distance Call” (With Telephones) (Live At Robert Johnson)
12 In Flagranti “Outsider House” (Phonica Records)
13 RüF Dug “Magnetic Atmosphere” (Lectric Sands Records)

Podcast 379: Fort Romeau by Xlr8r on Mixcloud

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Lixo “Splurger”

The last time we heard from Alexander Hislop (a.k.a. Lixo), the London-based producer offered up a full-bodied piece of choppy club music. On “Splurger,” Hislop again displays an affinity for sharp-edged elements and truncated sample splices, but this time utilizing those elements within a more tender framework. With soft, glitchy melodies and sweeping chords somewhat reminiscent of Dntel’s early productions, “Splurger” still keeps its rhythms rooted in UK club sphere, with booming kicks and a light skip pushing the track forward throughout its four-minute run. No word yet on when Hislop (who also heads up the GETME!) label may drop his debut EP as Lixo, but in the meantime, “Splurger” should do a fine job of holding us over.

Splurger

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