JP Sunshine, from Barcelona, Spain, has shared “I Want To Stay” via Steel City Dance Discs, and today we’re offering full XLR8R+ members a new cut, “Minor Steps” with Guim. The track is taken from Mainline’s 1001 Receptes Pel Club compilation. As with “I Want To Stay,” “Minor Steps” is a euphoric slice of feel-good house, destined to brighten up your day. Let the sunshine soothe your soul. Steel City is a label based in Newcastle, Australia.
For those unfamiliar, XLR8R+ is a member-supported music community and curated music experience. Every month, you will get at least three exclusive tracks—sometimes more—by a wealth of amazing artists that XLR8R has supported over the years, as well as access to the member’s area where you can submit tracks and DJ mixes to be showcased in this feature series and to the XLR8R+ community, as well as exclusive editorial content, mixes, FREE passes to music festivals and events, playlists, weekly downloads such as these, and more. You can find out more here.
Tia Maria Produções last came together in 2014 with Tá Tipo Já Não Vamos Morrer. This latest outing features solo tracks from each member, plus a collaboration with DJ Danifox and DJ Lycox.
Opener “Xupetilson,” with its video streaming below, speaks about a hot-tempered DJ who couldn’t resist throwing bad vibes around, so Danifox sings “you’re coming to bite me but you’re not a dog.”
B.Boy keeps the pace with “Kuribotas,” a “no-brainer intense beat track,” we’re told, before Danifox delivers “Aguenta,” working around a dark, rainy soundscape, while going off on a “jealousy trip” with samples of “you showed contempt, you didn’t nurture, so now deal with it.”
The collaboration comes next, before the EP bows out with “the usual heart-breaking grooves” of Puto Márcio, the label says.
We’re told to expect an EP that explores the range of batida styles.
To learn more about DJ Danifox, check out his XLR8R podcast here.
Principe has also released the vinyl version of Niagara‘s Pais & Filhos, originally published back in May on digital, now with a new record cover created by Márcio Matos.
The video for “Xupetilson” is directed by Afonso Mota.
Tracklisting
01. DJ Danifox “Xupetilson” 02. DJ B.Boy “Kuribotas” 03. DJ Lycox “11h Na Lisa” 04. DJ Danifox “Aguenta” 05. DJ Danifox & DJ Lycox “Mete o Bass” 06. Puto Márcio “Coisas da Vida”
Lei Da Tia Maria is scheduled for December 11 release. Meanwhile, you can stream DJ Danifox’ “Xupetilson” in full below, and pre-order here.
Oli XL continues XLR8R‘s partnership with SHAPE, a European platform for innovative music and audiovisual art, with a new mix.
The hour-long mix, which is presented by Insomnia Festival, finds Oli XL in scintillating form, combining a wide-reaching mix of genres and styles into a cohesive, album-like whole. The mix includes hallucinogenic ambient, fractured bass-heavy grooves, pop-style beats, and submerged dub from artists such as Pontiac Streator, Hudson Mohawke, Laksa, Oneohtrix Point Never, Laurel Halo, and more.
You can stream the mix in full via the player below. Full XLR8R+ subscribers can download the mix below.
Tracklisting:
01. Hudson Mohawke “Acoustic Lady” [Warp] 02. Pontiac Streator “Stuck in A Cave” [Motion Ward] 03. Air “J’ai dormi sous l’eau” (Chateau Flight Remix) [Parlophone France] 04. Sam Kidel “Live at Google Data Center” [Latency] 05. Maria Monti “Il Pavone” [Rifi] 06. Oli XL “Clumsy” (AYA Remix) [Unreleased] 07. Oklou “God’s Chariot” [True Panther] 08. Laksa “Ardhall” [Timedance] 09. Hudson Mohawke “Spruce Illest Bumper” [Warp] 10. Simo Cell & Abdullah Miniawy “Locked in Syndrome” [BFDM] 11. Metrist “Qraasi Qraasi” [Unreleased] 12. Happa “Rolling Empires” [PT/5 Records] 13. Knopha “8277-7172” [DCYY/到此一游] 14. Oneohtrix Point Never “Imago” [Warp] 15. Laurel Halo “Like an L” [Hyperdub] 16. Nsos / Tujiko Noriko “Skit / Fly To” [Not on Label] 17. Pontiac Streator “Angelus Spit” (Feat. Mister Water Wet) [Motion Ward] 18. Sweet Robots Against The Machine “Radio” [Colombia]
Oli XL is a 2020 artist of the SHAPE platform for innovative music and audiovisual art, co-funded by the Creative Europe program of the European Union. This online premiere is presented by XLR8R in collaboration with Insomnia Festival.
XLR8R is also featuring a package of exclusive music and content from a selection of SHAPE artists for the latest edition of XLR8R+, including tracks and a sample pack from Jay Glass Dubs, Poly Chain, and Rian Treanor. Check it out here: https://bit.ly/XLR8Rplus_SHAPE
Sultry Venom follows single Exchange, released through Innamind at the start of the year. Throughout the album, EVA808, real name Eva Jóhannsdóttir, from Iceland, builds a rich tapestry through her formidable sound, gliding through style and mood and flirting between the boundaries of genre. Sonically, it touches on dubstep, grime, trap, and everything in between. Each track is delivered in “ice cold fashion and shrouded in a hypnotic yet venomous mystique,” we’re told.
Jóhannsdóttir has been a staple of the bass music scene for some years, having started making grime and dubstep around 2011. Teaching herself FL Studio, she began making melodic, high-tempo drum & bass, drawing on her love for dark, cutting-edge electronics that can be traced back to her discovery of Daft Punk, and, later, The Prodigy. After relocating to Stockholm, Sweden, she became EVA808 in 2014.
Her sound took shape around 2016 with her Psycho Sushi EP. It’s not easy to categorize the music under one umbrella, but much of it sits close to dubstep, although often with more driving, attention-grabbing beats; it also tends to be jagged and broken, with obscure samples and rhythms.
In 2017, she delivered Prrr / ALL CAPS, a sample-heavy two-tracker with endorsement from Hudson Mohawke, who expressed his appreciation for “Prrr” online. 2018’s Pink Uzi Gang felt more expressive, but still with the EVA808 touch, and it serves as a prelude to the album.
In 2019, Jóhannsdóttir delivered a track to XLR8R+, titled “Low Hoe,” made in the summer of 2015 and since a staple in her DJ sets. It pairs a heavy, driving bassline with some subtle vocal samples, making for a dancefloor cut with emotional resonance.
Tracklisting
A1. Intro A2. Drowning A3. I Saw the Devil A4. Drip Drip (Reflective Nikes) B1. Demantar B2. Broken Neon B3. Show Dem C1. Snakes C2. Interlude C3. Whoop Whoop D1. Lean Back D2. Gold Toothed Tigress D3. Skull in the Mud E1. Purple Soul E2. No Rivals E3. Heated Seats F1. You Said You Would Come F2. I Can’t F3. Demantar Part 2. (Embla RIP)
Sultry Venom LP is scheduled for December 18 vinyl release on Innamind Recordings. It’ll be available digitally to buy, but not on streaming platforms. Pre-order links will be added as it comes available, and you can hear a clip of “Demantar” here.
LA Timpa has shared Modern Antics In A Deserted Place, a surprise new album on Halcyon Veil.
Modern Antics In A Deserted Place is the Nigerian-born, Toronto-raised songwriter’s first album since 2019’s Equal Amounts Afraid on O___o?, and it arrives in the same deconstructed dream pop aesthetic.
Across nine tracks, LA Timpa, real name Christopher Soetan, works with dreamy collages, haunting vocals, and textured ambient. He began writing the release in early 2018, right after moving to London.
“If Equal Amounts Afraid, my first album, was one tortured in doubt and uncertainty within my being, Modern Antics In a Deserted Place is freedom living in assured pain, coming to grips with the reality of my being and actions,” Soetan explains.
Alongside the release, Soetan has shared videos for album tracks “Quarterback” and “Pomisea,” both streaming below.
Tracklisting
01. Quarterback 02. Deaf In Three Corners 03. Pomisea 04. Common 05. Master 06. Wicked 07. Best Friend 08. Spin (Trade) 09. Outro (Tongue Tear Drum)
Modern Antics In a Deserted Place LP is available now on Halcyon Veil. You can stream the release via the Bandcamp player below.
FlyLo’s famous live performance opens a world of possibilities for the chameleonic artist who always finds psychedelic methods of pulling the audience under his spell.
With this one-off online performance, we’re told to “expect the unexpected,” as FlyLo, real name Steven Ellison, comes together with visual collaborators Timeboy and Strangeloop, known for their work developing FlyLo’s mind-bending “LAYER3” and “Hypercube” visual show.
They’ll help to deliver “a spectacle traversing the cosmos all the way to the astral plane, touching upon places out of reach to the modern, humble human,” we’re told.
Besides FlyLo, the show features three mainstays from the Brainfeeder label family: Teebs, who is poised to release the 10th anniversary edition of his seminal full-length, Ardour; keyboard maestro, vocalist, composer, and producer Brandon Coleman; and Salami Rose Joe Louis, who recently signed to the Los Angeles imprint.
This show will be broadcast live three times on Saturday, November 28. Ticket holders can watch any broadcast from any location.
Aquarian has delivered a new mix for the 2020 partnership of XLR8R & SHAPE, a European platform for innovative music and audiovisual art.
The Canadian-born, Berlin-based artist’s mix, which is presented by Berlin’s CTM Festival, is 31-minutes of bass-heavy, broken-beat techno, featuring tracks by Simo Cell, Danny Scrilla, Forest Drive West, and Squarepusher, among others.
On the release front, Aquarian has a remix of Malcolm’s “Everyone Knows Malcolm Is Full Of Shit” on the way on November 27 via Global Warming Records, as well as a remix of Cool Tiger’s “Hide & Seek” as AQXDM, his project with Deepmash. His last solo LP, The Snake Eats Itself, dropped in January on Bedouin Records.
You can find a stream of the mix below, alongside the tracklisting. Full XLR8R+ subscribers can download the mix below.
Tracklisting:
01. Laughing Ears “Blue Dusk” 02. Amit “Form & Dictate” 03. Danny Scrilla “World Below” 04. Text Chunk & Sven K “Camel Drum” 05. Simo Cell “Balanbeat” 06. War “Rafale” 07. Lurka “Full Clip” 08. Richie ZBrains “Bring Dat Back” (Ft. Killa P) 09. Gamma Intel “Bad Intel” 10. FFT “Month” 11. Forest Drive West “Never For Tomorrow” 12. Jabes “Spunn” 13. Amen Andrews “1000001 Style” 14. Soundmurderer & SK-1 “Styles” 15. Nucleus & Paradox “Love Her” 16. Squarepusher “Come On My Selector”
Aquarian is a 2020 artist of the SHAPE platform for innovative music and audiovisual art, co-funded by the Creative Europe program of the European Union. This online premiere is presented by XLR8R in collaboration with CTM Festival.
XLR8R is also featuring a package of exclusive music and content from a selection of SHAPE artists for the latest edition of XLR8R+, including tracks and a sample-pack from Jay Glass Dubs, Poly Chain, and Rian Treanor. Check it out here: https://bit.ly/XLR8Rplus_SHAPE
SJAYY is a rising producer and DJ, originating from Uganda but based in the United States. Through his versatile productions, he sits at the forefront of a Jersey club and hip-hop movement, continuously redefining the boundaries of musical composure, vocal delivery, and all other forms of physical artistry. Enjoy the Show is his new album, following last year’s A BIG JERSEY CLUB ALBUM.
The release is filled with twists and turns, moving through Jersey club but also drill, juke, hip-hop instrumentals and more. SJAYY’s voice is featured on tracks like “Welcome,” “2K,” “PLIE,” and it includes a track produced by The Neptunes, namely Pharrell Williams and Chad Hugo.
The cover art is by Fifth Power.
In August, SJAYY released WANDER, a four-track EP.
Tracklisting
01. Welcome 02. Millions in Pieces 03. Enjoy the Show 04. 3K 05. Luv 06. 2K PROD. THE NEPTUNES 07. PLIE PROD. PANDI 08. Just Juke 09. Jazz Juke 10. War 11. Pops 12.10th Grade 13. Intermission 14. Pharrell 15. Jersey Millions
Enjoy the Show LP is available digitally now, with a full stream below.
ORI has shared with XLR8R a remix of his latest single, “Better Days,” which he originally released in October via his Bandcamp page. We’re offering it as one of this week’s free downloads to full XLR8R+ members. (You can see the full collection of downloads here.)
ORI, or Ori Alboher, is a producer based in Jerusalem. Growing up in the Middle East, and being a part of the local music scene, Alboher was always considered a well-kept secret. His live concerts were rare and only promoted via word of mouth, but led to sold out venues and a growing fan base. His work employs melodic structures and his own voice to create a feeling of intimacy. Singles from his previous album, 1986, were featured in television shows across Netflix, and his song “Solo” was sampled in Jay Rock’s single “For What It’s Worth.” XLR8R featured a previous ORI single via download in 2017.
“Better Days” is a song about overcoming hard times. With a voice of a wounded angel, a warm piano, and a lo-fi beat, it feels like an arrow to the heart. It’s now available for free download to XLR8R+ members, below the video, and you can read the lyrics over at Bandcamp.
For those unfamiliar, XLR8R+ is a member-supported music community and curated music experience. Every month, you will get at least three exclusive tracks—sometimes more—by a wealth of amazing artists that XLR8R has supported over the years, as well as access to the member’s area where you can submit tracks and DJ mixes to be showcased in this feature series and to the XLR8R+ community, as well as exclusive editorial content, mixes, FREE passes to music festivals and events, playlists, weekly downloads such as these, and more. You can find out more here.
The 35-minute video, which is presented by UH Fest, features the Hungarian experimental-Sufi-punk trio (made up of Dániel Makkai, Áron Porteleki, and Dávid Somló) performing a set of inspired acoustic rearrangements of their rave tracks. The band’s inspiration comes from North-African and Middle-and-Far-Eastern traditional music and they look to connect “the rural and the urban, the east and the west, into something that is relevant now,” the band says.
You can watch the video in full via the player below, with more on the band here.
Dorota is a 2020 artist of the SHAPE platform for innovative music and audiovisual art, co-funded by the Creative Europe program of the European Union. This online premiere is presented by XLR8R in collaboration with UH Fest.
XLR8R is also featuring a package of exclusive music and content from a selection of SHAPE artists for the latest edition of XLR8R+, including tracks and a sample pack from Jay Glass Dubs, Poly Chain, and Rian Treanor. Check it out here: https://bit.ly/XLR8Rplus_SHAPE
