Machinedrum and Ango Share Video for New Collaborative Track

After announcing news of an upcoming EP for Ninja Tune and sharing a stream of a new track yesterday, Machinedrum is back again with a new collaborative production alongside LuckyMe affiliate Ango. With Machinedrum taking care of the beat, Ango lends his vocal talents to the cheekily titled “K.I.L.L.Y.O.U.R.B.O.Y.F.R.I.E.N.D.” tune, which—as FACT reports—sees the pair attempting to meld “high-concept pop and low-fi electronic music.”

Though no further details of a Machinedrum and Ango collaborative release have been revealed, “K.I.L.L.Y.O.U.R.B.O.Y.F.R.I.E.N.D.” is currently available through digital retailers. To celebrate the release, the pair has shared a video for the tune, which can be watched in full below.

Watch Sound Pellegrino’s Silly New Animated Video from Teki Latex and Eero Johannes

French label Sound Pellegrino is well-known for its fun-loving ways, but the imprint’s new video for “Things That I Do,” a song by label co-founder Teki Latex and Finnish producer Eero Johannes, just might be its goofiest offering yet. The song originally appeared on the second installment of the label’s Crossover compilation series, and finds Teki crooning about all of his annoying tendencies as a boyfriend over Johannes’ skittering snares and electro-funk flourishes. (For the record, it’s not clear how much of the song is autobiographical and how much is Teki simply playing a character.) Interestingly enough, the video was somewhat inspired by Teki’s girlfriend, who commissioned illustrator Pierre Thyss to do a drawing of Teki for his birthday. When the time came to make a video for this song, the Sound Pellegrino camp figured that Thyss was the perfect candidate to put together a series of images for the clip. Given the subject matter, Sound Pellegrino decided that Valentine’s Day would be the perfect time to debut the video, and sent it along with this message: “This one goes out to all lovers, the couples, and the single lovers. The ones that make compromises and the one who can’t. Happy Valentine’s Day!”

Download Hudson Mohawke’s ‘Slow Jams VII’ Valentine’s Day Mix

Following in his annual tradition of releasing amourous mixes on Valentine’s Day, Glasgow-based producer Hudson Mohawke has dropped Slow Jams VII today, the latest installment in the man’s love-fueled mix series. The 46-minute mix offers no tracklist, but is filled with unmistakable classics like Eddie Holman’s soulful groove “Hey There Lonely Girl” and Meli’sa Morgan’s feel-good staple, “Fool’s Paradise.” Packed with elegant jams, the tastefully curated set is a welcome edition to the Slow Jams family. Slow Jams VII can be streamed and downloaded via the player below.

Visionist “V-Day”

As far as Valentine’s Day freebies go, this one from London producer and recent XLR8Rpodcast contributor Visionist is about as dark as they come. The beatless, two-minute track focuses on a ghostly melody and soft bell chords to create its unsettling atmosphere, which is only made more brooding by the addition of a subtly manipulated vocal sample which creeps into the production’s final bars. When all is said and done, one is left to wonder if Visionist is even a fan of Valentine’s Day, or maybe his idea of love is just a bit darker than most. Either way, we’ll take a free tune from the Londoner on just about any holiday.

V-Day

Roland Reveals Complete Details of the New Aira Line

Roland‘s Aira—which the company has been teasing since before NAMM last month—has finally been revealed to the public. As many had deciphered, Aira is in fact four products in total, with more to come; it represents a new initiative for the company and a new team within it, based inside a new Tokyo studio. As all the pre-release hype would suggest, this is a big step for Roland; for the first time in years, it feels like the company is embracing the tastes of modern producers.

The new gear is as follows:
•TR-8 Rhythm Performer – $499
•TB-3 Touch Bassline – $299
•VT-3 Voice Transformer – $199
•SYSTEM-1 PLUG-OUT Synthesizer – $599

They’re all slated for release in the second quarter of 2014, with the SYSTEM-1 hitting shelves slightly later than the rest of the lineup.

TR-8

As evidenced in the photos, the TR-8 clearly references the company’s classic TR-808 and 909 drum machines, while the TB-3 is in many ways a modernized TB-303 bass synth, with a pressure-sensitive touch pad and step sequencer. The VT-3 is built for fast, hands-on vocal processing in live set-ups, while the rather cheekily named SYSTEM-1 PLUG-OUT synthesizer can host software recreations of classic Roland synthesizers. Simply “load” the synth model you’re after (read: SH-101), and the knobs and sliders will be mapped appropriately; you’re able to easily switch between the SYSTEM-1’s internal sounds and those of the plug-in it’s hosting.

TB-3

VT-3

Rather than recreating the analog circuits of its touchstone gear, all of these products are based in the digital realm, using something Roland is calling Analog Circuit Behavior (ACB)—the precise, component-for-component modeling of its now-legendary analog circuitry. There are no samples to be found on these guys, but rather a detailed analysis and recreation of each analog circuit in Roland’s own units. Interestingly, to hone in on the sound they were after, the company’s engineers referenced both pristine originals, as well as those with varying degrees of “wear,” as well as modified versions thereof.

SYSTEM-1

Based on what we experienced at a private NAMM demo—this is the stuff we couldn’t talk about in our previous NAMM report, Roland has taken some rather great strides with Aira. The units all sounded fantastic, and are all built to compliment one another in a live or studio-based set-up. Various touches, such as the exceptionally fun “Scatter” knobs—which effectively glitch and randomize certain parameters for more variation in live situations—are present on all of the units. And particularly when taken together, the machines present quite an intuitive, tactile palette for live performance. While analog purists may be disappointed, at first listen the sound is very much in line with Aira’s analog lineage, and those prices are tough to argue with. Roland, it appears, is back in the game.

Glenn Astro “Dub Tears”

From the opening bars of Glenn Astro‘s “Dub Tears,” it’s easy to identify where the former part of the track’s name comes from—the six-plus minute tune which closes out the German producer’s forthcoming effort for Tartelet laces its low-swung house with a dub mentality from the onset. The “tears” side of the equation takes a bit longer to reveal itself, though. In truth, “Dub Tears” does flirt with the sentimental side of house early on—utilizing plaintive strings and soft-spoken chords to ride atop the track’s relaxed shuffle—but it isn’t until the three-minute mark that Astro segues into his production’s elongated breakdown, revealing a telling vocal sample about a past “pure love” before the tune rolls on to even deeper territory. Along with “Dub Tears,” the rest of Glenn Astro’s four-track Chemistry EP will see a full release on February 24.

Dub Tears

Listen to a New Track from Machinedrum’s Upcoming EP for Ninja Tune

Prolific New York-based producer Travis Stewart (a.k.a. Machinedrum) has announced that he will release a new EP via Ninja Tune next month, sharing with the news lead single “Back Seat Ho.” The forthcoming Fenris District EP will feature three previously unreleased Machinedrum productions, as well as remixes from Warp affiliate Rustie and dubstep specialists Pinch & Adrian Sherwood, when it drops on March 24. In the meantime, EP cut “Back Seat Ho” can be streamed in full below.

Throwing Snow Readies Solo EP for Houndstooth, Shares Lead Single

After 2013 saw Houndstooth putting together an exceptional debut year (one so good, in fact, it landed the imprint as our top label of 2013), the outpost will look to UK producer Ross Tones (a.k.a. Throwing Snow) to deliver 2014’s first release of original material from the label with Pathfinder. The four-track effort is said to put an emphasis on the “overall sound palette and feelings portrayed” by its productions, rather than where they land on the genre spectrum, and is meant to be listened to while on a “journey.”

News of the Pathfinder EP also comes with word that the London-based producer has signed “an exclusive album deal” with Houndstooth, likely indicating that a Throwing Snow full-length may be in the works. For now, before Pathfinder drops on March 25, its tracklist and a stream of EP opener “The Tempest” (which features Romanian vocalist Adda Kaleh) are included below.

A1 The Tempest feat. Adda Kaleh
A2 Caedis
B1 Pathfinder
B2 Summus

Visionist Announces New EP for Lit City Trax; Stream a Track Now

Tonight, the crew behind New York’s Lit City Trax will be bringing its party stylings to London, with UK grime practitioner Visionist serving as the headliner. The former Bubblin’ Up subject and recent XLR8R podcast contributor spoke to Dazed about tonight’s festivities, and in the process announced an upcoming EP and debuted a stream of a brand-new track. The song, which can be heard below, is called “More Pain” and will reportedly be included on I’m Fine II, a new EP for Lit City Trax and the follow-up to his first outing for the label, last year’s I’m Fine. More details will emerge in the weeks to come, but I’m Fine II is slated for release in April.

Lockah “If Dubbing U Is Wrong, I Don’t Want to be Wrong”

After showing up in our Bubblin’ Up feature series just this week, up-and-coming Scottish producer and Tuff Wax label founder Tom Banks (a.k.a. Lockah) is giving away “If Dubbing U Is Wrong, I Don’t Want to be Wrong,” the dancefloor-primed counterpart to the title track on his upcoming If Loving U Is Wrong, I Don’t Want to be Wrong EP. Set to drop via Donky Pitch on February 17, the bass-infused production mixes elastic beats with popping synths and vocal chops that glisten with a foamy coat of nostalgia. And for those looking for more of Lockah’s playful, rave-inspired sounds, his debut LPYahoo or the Highway is set to arrive on April 14.

If Dubbing U Is Wrong, I Don’t Want To Be Wrong

If Dubbing U Is Wrong I Don’t Want To Be Wrong

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