Bakradze “Twice”

“Twice” seems like the kind of song that is meant to carry its listeners away along with it. A stoney, disco-referencing production, the track glides to and fro, its rich assemblage of funk-touched synths and string-like pads coming in and out of focus, while understated rhythms swing below and a hand-played electric bassline keeps the song’s wave-like movements afloat. “Twice” is in fact a bonus cut to Bakradze’s (a.k.a. Gacha‘s) new Letter EP, which sees its release today via fledgling imprint The Crescent. A three-track effort of similarly sweeping excursions, Bakradze’s new record can be previewed after the jump.

Twice

Huxley Details First Single from Forthcoming Album

As we reported a few weeks ago, UK house stalwart Huxley is preparing to release his debut full-length via Aus next month. Now, the label headed by Will Saul has detailed the album’s first single, I Want You, which features a remix from labelmate Youandewan and a “club rub” from Huxley himself. “I Want You” is said to be be one of the producer’s “deepest cuts to date,” combining layered melodies, rounded percussion, and vocals.

No previews have been shared as of yet, but a tracklist and artwork have been included below. I Want You is due out on October 6, with the ‘Blurred’ LP following on October 20th.

01. I Want You
02. I Want You (Huxley’s Club Rub)
03. I Want You (Youandewan Version)
04. Sphere

Neel Announces Upcoming LP for Spectrum Spools

Italian producer Giuseppe Tillieci (a.k.a. Neel) has shared details of his first full-length, set to be issued via the Editions Mego sublabel Spectrum Spools. According to Resident Advisor, Phobos (artwork above) “encompasses the largely ambient material that Tillieci performed live recently at MUTEK in Montreal and Berlin Atonal,” and is loosely based on the gravitational pull of Mars and the eventual destruction this will spell for one of its orbiting moons.

Slated to arrive in mid-October, album cut “Life on Laputa Regio” is available to stream below, where a tracklist has also been included.

01. Post Landing
02. Storm in Stickney
03. Crater Chain Observations
04. The Gravity of Limtoc
05. Travelling on Kepler Dorsum
06. Life on Laputa Regio
07. The Secret Revealed

The Lowdown: This Week’s XLR8R Top 10 with Aphex Twin, Ital, Flying Lotus, and More

Throughout the week, a whole lot of material gets posted here on XLR8R. And while we know—and love—that some hardcore readers will eagerly pour over every single news story, interview, podcast, video, and MP3 download that appears on the site, we also realize that for most people, it’s impossible to see everything, which means that some quality XLR8R content is likely to get missed in the hustle and bustle of everyone’s daily lives. In the interest of making it easier for everyone to catch up, every Friday we present The Lowdown, a weekly wrap-up of the top 10 tidbits from our site.

1. This week’s XLR8R podcast was assembled by Brooklyn producer and leftfield techno explorer Ital (pictured above).

2. British producer Bonobo offered up a new mix.

3. Esteemed gear manufacturer Roland introduced the SBX-1, a sync box that’s being debuted as part of its new AIRA line.

4. The first single from Aphex Twin’s highly anticipated Syro album surfaced online.

5. With the calendar flipping to September this week, we went back and tabulated the Top 20 Downloads that appeared on XLR8R in August.

6. With his new album set for release early next month, Flying Lotus shared another new track from the LP, this one featuring a contribution from rapper Kendrick Lamar.

7. Korg announced that it will be releasing two new versions of its well-regarded Electribe series this fall.

8. Also on the gear front, Native Instruments shared the details of the next generation of its flagship software suite, Komplete 10, while also revealing its forthcoming line of Kontrol S-Series keyboard controllers.

9. London hip-hop producer Paul White has a new LP coming via R&S, and ahead of its release, he shared a remix of album cut “Where You Gonna Go?” by Detroit veteran Andrés.

10. We took a closer look at LANDR, a new “algorithmic digital mastering tool,” and pondered its potential impact on the future of audio mastering.

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R&S Announces Upcoming EP from Paula Temple

Berlin transplant Paula Temple resurfaced last year with the Colonized EP, an outing that served as the producer’s first release since 2006 and her debut on the venerable R&S imprint. Now, Temple has announced plans to return to R&S next month with the three-track Deathvox EP.

“I wanted to create a sonic movement completely transhuman, captivating, and capable of tingling every chakra in the body,” Temple (who also runs the Noise Manifesto imprint) explains of the EP in a press release, in which the label goes on to describe Deathvox as an “uncompromising release” that finds the experienced producer “bringing together her love of post-punk, industrial noise, and synthesizers” while she “broadens her scope of the techno spectrum.” At the moment, R&S has not shared any audio samples to give us a better idea of what all that means, but in the meantime, the full tracklist and artowrk for Paula Temple’s forthcoming Deathvox EP have been included below; the record will see its official release on October 28.

A1. Deathvox
A2. Monstro
B. Ful

Whiskers Po “Yes”

Earlier this week, San Francisco label Hot N Heavy dropped the four-track Yes EP from Stateside producer Whiskers Po. Today, the label has passed along the record’s title cut—a R&B-striped piece of glossy bass music—for free download. Spanning over five minutes, “Yes” is rooted in house, it’s steady four-on-the-floor initally serving as the base for a set of airy chords and re-pitched vocals—then, the bass drops in. Precisely programmed, the active bassline jumps just ahead of the beat, leading the soulful, rolling procession throughout the course of its dancefloor-focused run. Out now, Whiskers Po’s Yes EP can be streamed in full after the jump.

Yes

Baio Readies New EP for Club Mod; Hear a Track Now

Former Bubblin’ Up artist and longtime bass player for adventurous indie rock outfit Vampire Weekend, Chris Baio (or simply Baio) will return later this month with a new EP for Australian label Club Mod. The On&On&On&On/Missive EP appears set to again find Baio delivering a collection of warm, summer-tinged track, with the EP’s accompanying press release describing the record as “melodic dance music that appeals as much to the head as it does the heart and hips.” In addition to the two original cuts slated to appear on the EP will be remixes from in-demand Swede HNNY as well as London producer Neville Watson.

Before Baio’s latest effort drops in digital and vinyl forms on September 29, lead cut “On&On&On&On” is streaming in full below, where the record’s full tracklist has also been included.

1. On&On&On&On
2. Missive
3. On&On&On&On (HNNY Remix)
4. Missive (Neville Watson Remix)

Preview Bodhi’s Upcoming ‘Satisfaction’ EP

Burgeoning Cardiff DJ/production duo Bodhi will release its Satisfaction EP later this month via Exploited, and have today shared a preview stream of the effort’s three soul-washed productions. Bodhi’s upcoming outing will follow the pair’s I Need You EP, which dropped earlier this year via Doc Daneeka’s 10 Thousand Yen imprint. In a somewhat similar vein to that release, Bodhi’s turn for Exploited appears focused on lively house music, with each track coming flushed with percussion and steeped in layers of soul and funk.

Slated to land on September 22, Bodhi’s forthcoming Satisfaction EP can be previewed using the player below.

01 Satisfaction
02 Soul Music
03 Truth

Watch the First Episode of RBMA’s ‘Diggin’ in the Carts’ Series

Following an announcement last week, Red Bull Music Academy has debuted the first installment of its new documentary series, Diggin’ in the Carts, which explores “the secret history of Japanese video game music.” Flying Lotus, Anamanaguchi, Mobb Deep’s Havoc, veteran LA DJ J-Rocc, and Hyperdub founder Kode9 all feature in the initial episode of the series, which reportedly taps artists whose musical tastes and interests were shaped by early exposure to video game music. The six-part series arrives ahead of RBMA’s upcoming 2014 session in Tokyo, Japan, and future episodes will reportedly feature Thundercat, Dizzee Rascal, Just Blaze, and Ladyhawke, among others. Episode 1, “The Rise of VGM,” can be watched in full below.

Poliça “Chain My Name (Kauf Remix)”

Kauf is a man of many talents. The Los Angeles resident is a musician, vocalist, beatmaker, and—as can be heard here—a skillful remixer. Tasked with taking on Poliça‘s “Chain My Name,” Kauf turns the driving space-pop track into a much darker affair, stripping much of the original’s vocals back while redirecting the effort towards more cavernous terrain. Adding swarms of buzzing, reverb-laden synth layers, Kauf infuses “Chain My Name” with a loose stomp, which continues to pick up momentum as the producer adds airy hats, crisp claps, and collections of distant percussion which help push the remix to the end of its climactic six-minute run.

Chain My Name (Kauf Remix)

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