Check Out New Mixes from Galcher Lustwerk and MGUN

Today, fast-ascending stateside producers Galcher Lustwerk (pictured above) and MGUN have each delivered new mixes to stream and download.

First, White Material affiliate Galcher Lustwerk—who was featured as part of our Bubblin’ Up week earlier this year—has deliverd the latest installment of Resident Advisor‘s podcast series. Covering 20 tracks in 80 minutes, Lustwerk offers a grab bag of experimental and ambient cuts, a wide range of hip-hop tracks, and a handful of the NY producer’s own unreleased efforts. Galcher Lustwerk’s full set for Resident Advisor can be downloaded for free here.

Next up, Detroit resident MGUN has been enlisted to issue the latest podcast for FACT. Entitled Detroit and Beyond, the increasingly prolific DJ/producer’s set dives into the more sci-fi and soulful ends of techno, with the steady pulse of drum-machine percussion and slightly chaotic hardware synths marking much of the mix’s hour-long run. MGUN’s full session for FACT—which comes without a tracklist—can be streamed and download via the player below.

Listen to Tycho’s New ‘Awake’ Album for Ghostly

Over the past several months, Bay Area producer Tycho (a.k.a. Scott Hansen) has been sharing bits of his upcoming album, Awake, in a rather tantalizing fashion, revealing the title track back in October, then following it up with LP cut “Montana” in January and latest single “Spectre” just a couple of weeks ago. We still have to wait until March 18 for Awake (artwork above) to be officially released via Ghostly, but as of today, the entire record can be heard online. The LP is streaming in full at NPR, where the eight-track effort is described as “the soundtrack to a sunbaked road trip, capturing the inexplicable nostalgia you feel imagining a new life in a new town glimpsed from the highway.” After hearing Awake, we have a feeling that most listeners won’t have a problem crafting their own metaphors for the music’s gauzy tones.

Oneohtrix Point Never, Evian Christ, Vessel, Mssingno, and More to Play Club to Club Istanbul

Italian music and arts festival Club to Club is set to launch its fifth annual installment in Istanbul, and will follow the tradition of hosting its event on Easter weekend. But before it goes down on April 18 and 19, Club to Club has detailed the first wave of artists scheduled to perform during the two-day affair. The event coincides with Evian Christ‘s tour to support his upcomingWaterfall EP, which will also feature emerging producer Mssingno. A Young Echo showcase with Vessel, Jabu, and Killing Sound is scheduled for the festival, in addition to appearances from veteran German producers Mouse on Mars, bass music firebrand Zomby, Brooklyn experimentalist Oneohtrix Point Never, Tri Angle affiliates The Haxan Cloak and Forest Swords, and Stroboscopic Artefacts boss and recent XLR8R podcast contributor Lucy. While we wait for the rest of Club to Club’s lineup for Istanbul to be revealed, more information can be found here.

Nenado “Like Attracts Like”

Better known for operating as Lenta, Russian producer Rasul Gafarov will take on the new handle Nenado for his upcoming Your Sketch cassette. “Like Attracts Like” appears early on in the seven-track effort (out March 17 via the ever-diversifying Astro:Dynamics label), and builds a slow groove from its small assemblage of pot-and-pan percussion and a soupy mixture of reversed chords. Across its three-minute run, the tune is hesitant to overload its pattern with sounds; only a hat and a lazily hummed vocal melody are added to the bare-bones cut, which effectively makes an inviting case for the less-is-more approach to electronic production. Before Your Sketch drops later this month; its artwork and tracklist can be found after the jump.

01 Your Sketch
02 Like Attracts Like
03 Aiz
04 We Turn Into Planets
05 Hari Hari
06 Bushido
07 Internal Dialogue

Like Attracts Like

Ben Frost Announces New Album for Mute, Shares Teaser Film

Enduring sound experimentalist, noted Brain Eno collaborator, and Bedroom Community co-founder Ben Frost has announced that he’ll soon follow up his last solo studio album, 2009’s By the Throat, with the release of his fifth LP via Mute. Called A U R O R A, the Reykjavík-based artist’s next full-length record comes to us with no tracklist, but is said to offer a “de?ant new world of ?ercely synthetic shapes and galactic interference, pummelling skins and pure metals” when it drops on May 27. Before then, Frost will embark on a series of European tour dates, covering cities in Ireland, Germany, England, Spain, and even one Canadian appearance, among others. That list of performances can be found below (more info here), where the first in a series of films created by Trevor Tweeten and Richard Mosse to tease the music of A U R O R A, as well as the LP’s artwork, are also available.

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4/26–Convergence Festival–London, ENGLAND
5/15–The Button Factory–Dublin, IRELAND
5/16–Triskel Arts Centre–Cork, IRELAND
5/17–CLICK Festival–Elisinore, DENMARK
5/18—STUK–Leuven, BELGIUM
5/20–Muziekgebouw at Trouw–Amsterdam, HOLLAND
5/21–UT Connewitz–Leipzig, GERMANY
5/22—Berghain–Berlin, GERMANY
5/23—MeetFactory–Prague, CZECH REPUBLIC
5/24–Žedno Uho Festival–Zagreb, CROATIA
5/29–MUTEK Festival–Montreal, CANADA
6/12–Sonar Festival–Barcelona, SPAIN
7/11–ATP Festival—ICELAND

T. Williams Shares New Track, Readies Mini-Tour

PMR label mainstay T. Williams has a couple of new projects in the works—namely, the DJ/producer will be mixing the imprint’s next compilation, called From 20 Square Feet in Acton, and celebrating its release with a spring mini-tour around the UK and Paris. As a way of spreading the word of his upcoming endeavors, Williams has shared a full stream of his brand-new collaborative track with Shadow Child. “Want You To” gives us a taste of the bubbly-yet-deep kinds of house vibes to expect from PMR’s next compilation, and will have to stand as one of our few bits of information on the record, as no tracklist, artwork, or release date have been shared. While we await those details, T. Williams’ and Shadow Child’s new tune can be streamed below, where the dates for Williams’ April mini-tour with Javeon, Cyril Hahn, and Lone are also available.

Deadbeat and Paul St. Hilaire The Infinity Dub Sessions

Over the past 15 years, Berlin-via-Montreal producer Deadbeat (a.k.a. Scott Monteith) has established himself as a bastion of dub techno, though his more recent efforts have found him tilting more toward techno than dub. In particular, last year’s Infinity Dub single series found Monteith favoring rolling, four-on-the-floor rhythms more than the laidback, half-time rhythms that marked much of his earlier discography. With The Infinity Dub Sessions though, Deadbeat returns more directly to proper dub techno; he’s enlisted the genre’s most quintessential voice in Paul St. Hilaire (a.k.a. Tikiman) and crafted a record that channels the sounds of the Infinity Dub singles through the Rhythm and Sound tradition. The formula may not be new, but The Infinity Dub Sessions does seem to prove that there is still plenty of fruitful terrain to be explored in this underutilized corner of the electronic spectrum.

On his earliest records, especially his exceptional full-lengths for Pole’s now-defunct ~scape label, Deadbeat was considered to be one of foremost artists carrying the minimal dub torch first lit by Basic Channel and Rhythm and Sound. On paper then, The Infinity Dub Sessions may sound like a risky composition, as the LP not only enlists Rhythm and Sound’s most notable vocal collaborator in St. Hilaire, but in many ways, it also finds Deadbeat revisiting his production roots. However, when listening to the album, nothing about the music sounds overly derivative or excessively steeped in nostalgia for dub techno’s salad days. In truth, The Infinity Dub Sessions comes across more like a new chapter in the genre’s story, which many had likely considered closed already. Yet dub techno really does sound fresh here, especially on songs like “Working Everyday,” “Undercut,” and “Little Darling,” all of which push a shuffling techno undercurrent beneath the layers of dubbed sonics.

It doesn’t hurt that Deadbeat’s extensive experience has made him a master of club music textures. On a purely sonic level, The Infinity Dub Sessions is virtually flawless—the filtered chords are thick but not muddy, the bass is deep but still precise, and the percussion is airy but full of impact. Furthermore, St. Hilaire’s vocals are well placed and haven’t been overproduced whatsoever. On songs like the organ-fueled “What the Heck Them Expect” and hypnotic closer “Peace & Love,” Hilaire even takes the lead. For the rest of the LP though, his raspy vocal layers are used as simply another texture in Deadbeat’s arsenal, appearing in pockets before disappearing back into the lush sonic landscape once a chugging rhythm or new progression takes over. This may help the record appeal to those wary of dub’s reggae influence, which has often been taken in a one-dimensional direction by less skillfull producers. Although reggae’s presence is certainly felt here, particularly in terms of the record’s vocal contributions and frequent half-time rhythms, Deadbeat seems intent on making sure that it does not dominate the proceedings.

In terms of its content, The Infinity Dub Sessions offers few surprises. The album is exactly what one would expect—an excellent LP’s worth of dub techno from two of the genre’s most reliable names. With another respectable full-length to add to his discography, Deadbeat continues his run as one of electronic music’s most quietly consistent producers, and though he may not be gaining new fans at a particularly fast rate, he is in no danger of losing any here. The Infinity Dub Sessions is an unassumingly top-shelf record, and really, a perfect soundtrack for being stoned on the dancefloor.

Hi-Five – P. Morris Revisits His Roots and Lists His Five Favorite Go-Go Tracks

Under the name Morri$, Philesciono Canty spent the past few years turning out a series of sharp, percussive productions that not only put him in the company of labels like Night Slugs and Fade to Mind, but also prompted a number of collaborations with like-minded beatmaker Sinjin Hawke. Now, Canty has shifted gears, as the LA transplant kicked off 2014 by adopting the handle P. Morris and followed up the announcement by issuing his first-ever mixtape, the appropriately titled Debut, via his own Bear Club Music Group imprint. (It’s also streaming on a custom-built interactive website.) Curious to find out more about Canty’s musical lineage, we enlisted him for our latest Hi-Five, and he responded with a handful of go-go tracks; having spent many of his formative years in Washington, DC, the local, funk-born genre was a major influence, and Canty has shared a few of his favorite cuts.

TOB “NoMEE”

“NoMEE” is eight minutes of glory, blending Kanye’s “All of the Lights” with a pitched-up vocal sample and heavy dub overtones. I’m not sure where or when this was recorded, but this is the anthem, and almost like the platonic idea of a go-go tune to me—all of the elements are there.

Reaction Band “Gucci Bandana”

“Gucci Bandana” is one of the first go-go joints I heard that featured the “bounce beat,” as it’s called. I think this dropped around 2008, but a lot of the go-go I’ve heard since then has just gotten slower and slower, with each take on the bounce beat grittier than the one before. This one was a sign of the times for me.

TCB “Bust It Wide Open”

Along with the Reaction Band, TCB was one of the first younger groups I remember breaking through. The guitars made its tracks share some similarity with some of the older go-go floating around in the late ’90s—like the Junkyard Band—but also has that modern bounce flavor that the kids love now. “Bust It Wide Open” undeniably cranks.

Reaction “Lay It Down”

All of the best go-go is recorded live. Every time I hear this cut, I literally feel like I’m in the room with these cats bouncing! In DC, this joint is a bonafide hit. Around 5:20, the bounce beat is hitting super hard with crazy dub overtones, and that is the highlight of the song to me, even though it’s at the very end.

Xtreme Intentionz Band (a.k.a. XIB) “Same Damn Time”

This tune has a ridiculous energy. Around the three-minute mark, all hell breaks lose. I’m not sure what block they’re shouting out, but this joint makes me wish I was from there. I don’t know a lot about this band, but I think they’re pretty young and definitely killing it.

Piri Piri “Ice Cream”

Returning from a year-long silence, the Silverback label has rebooted with Piri Piri‘s colorful Patterns EP. Featured here, “Ice Cream” boasts the talent of Londoner Sally Crumb, and revamps swift cuts of choppy, eccentric vocals into rhythmic instruments. Brightly cascading synth arrangements are juxtaposed with resonant drum constructions on “Ice Cream,” creating a diverse assortment of textures throughout the rich arrangement. Alongside Piri Piri’s own vivid tunes, the recently released seven-track effort features remixes from the likes of Visionist, Matthias Zimmermann, Neana, and Jean Nipon.

Ice Cream

The Lowdown – This Week’s XLR8R Top 10 with Rustie, Com Truise, Evian Christ, 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. Fresh off the release of his new EP, we asked New Jersey synth wizard Com Truise (pictured above) to put together the latest edition of Artist Tips. He shared a few recommendations for artists looking to get the most of out their productions.

2. There has been lots of talk about Roland’s new AIRA series in recent months, and even though the new devices haven’t yet been officially released, Australia’s Live School got its hands on a TR-8, sampled it, and created an Ableton Drum Rack that was then offered up as a free download.

3. Machinedrum’s new Fenris District EP will be released next month, but a stream of one of its tracks, a remix of “Back Seat Ho” by Scottish bass monger Rustie, surfaced online.

4. The latest XLR8R podcast was delivered by UK-born, Berlin-based house experimenter and PAN affiliate Heatsick.

5. UK producer Lone has been maintaining a relatively low profile over the past year or two, but he made his presence known this week with a new remix of Illum Sphere’s “Embryonic.”

6. Black Moth Super Rainbow frontman Tobacco announced that he had signed to Ghostly International. He’ll soon be releasing a new LP and embarking on a US tour.

7. Heady London producer patten, who just released a new LP for Warp, sat down with XLR8R and shared his (admittedly complex) thoughts about making music and being an artist.

8. German duo COMA premiered a new video on XLR8R, an adorable clip for “Missing Pieces” from last year’s In Technicolor album for Kompakt.

9. Kassem Mosse surprised everyone by quietly releasing a new LP, Workshop 19, last weekend.

10. UK beatmaker and Tri Angle artist Evian Christ kicked off the week by unveiling a new mix for Resident Advisor.

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