Desto “Bonus Cave (SLV Remix)”

Consisting of two producers separately based in Shanghai and Tokyo, SLV (pictured above) will deliver the first vinyl release for budding Shanghai-based label Svbkvlt later this month. In the meantime, the pair has let go of its remix of Desto‘s “Bonus Cave,” a free track the Finnish producer dropped back in April. In SLV’s hands, the tune is slowed down to a more loping crawl, a change which helps make room for the barrage of intricate drum programming the Asian duo ultimately injects into its remix. Along with this download of SLV’s rework, the pair’s forthcoming “Dagger” single (which conveniently features a remix by Desto himself), can be previewed after the jump before the record sees an official release on October 21.

Bonus Cave (S L V Remix)

Various Artists Air Texture Volume III

Attempting to draw parallels between the experimental tradition that emerged from Berlin and New York and its impact on contemporary electronic producers in those cities, the latest edition of the Air Texture series presents an intriguing collection of artists spread out over two discs. Curated by Canadian expat Scott Monteith (a.k.a. Deadbeat) and New York-based Gregor Asch (a.k.a. DJ Olive), Air Texture Volume III is a study in measured moods, subdued atmospheres, and droning washes of sound.

Known for his spacious dub techno, Deadbeat’s selections emphasize subtle contrasts of texture and tone, mostly avoiding the reverb-heavy cuts he has been fond of in the past. Bookending the first album with his own tracks, “Laura Solaris” and “Primordian Waves,” Monteith’s gauzy synths lurk in the shadows. Early on, Axel Willner (a.k.a. The Field, operating here as Loops of Your Heart) offers soft, murmuring soundscapes on “Like a Wolf.” Thomas Fehlmann, best known for his work with The Orb, turns in one of the standout tracks. “Embrace,” which builds on a simple a machine shuffle before a tightly manicured bassline emerges. Monteith also taps the drawn-out melodrama of Ricardo Villalobos‘ and Max Loderbauer‘s “Pianofup.”

Taking a broad view of New York’s free-wheeling electronic spirit, DJ Olive pulls together a moody batch of tracks that only hints at the city’s rich musical history and influence. Cutting up isolated bits of guitar, Jim O’Rourke‘s “Low Bow” is a beautifully fractured composition that is both eerie and somber. Oren Ambarchi‘s restrained approach works well on “Rhubarb,” while Raz Mesinai‘s “Go Figure Skating” is draped in nuanced synths that build toward a beatless climax. Eyvind Kang’s “Petrified Wood” provides a warm, timeless feel to the midpoint of the second album that helps smooth out the edges of some of DJ Olive’s selections.

Air Texture Volume III may not be an exhaustive exploration of ambient producers in Berlin and New York, but it does provide an engaging snapshot of the experimental undercurrent that still runs through both cities.

Luke Vibert to Curate Third ‘Nuggets’ Compilation for Lo Recordings

Veteran UK artist Luke Vibert has had a long, varied career that clearly demonstrates the Cornish producer’s extensive knowledge of the intricacies of electronic music. So it’s without much surprise that Lo Recordings has tapped Vibert to curate the next edition of its Nuggets compilation series. Vibert sourced the material for Nuggets Vol. 3 – Fresh Treasures from the Bruton Music Library from, obviously, the Bruton Music collection, a project headed up by Robin Phillips which began in 1977 and immediately distinguished itself by adapting carefully designed, colorful sleeves and focusing on synthesizer-heavy music. Nuggets Vol. 3 – Fresh Treasures from the Bruton Music Library will be available on double-CD and double-LP formats on October 14, but its tracklist and artwork can be perused before then, below. (via Juno Plus)

1. Frank Mcdonald, Chris Rae, Gerry Shury, Barry De Souza – Bass Drive
2. Alan Hawkshaw – Fuel Injection
3. Francis Monkman – New Technology
4. Brian Bennett – The Prowler
5. Les Hurdle & Frank Ricotti – Dank
6. Francis Monkman – Daredevil
7. Jeremy Lubbock – Speedbird
8. Adrian Baker & Roy Morgan – In Close Harmony
9. Trevor Bastow – Motion 1-8
10. Irving Martin & Brian Dee – Silicone Chip
11. Irving Martin & Brian Dee – Making The Action
12. Les Hurdle & Frank Ricotti – Pacewaved
13. Les Hurdle & Thorir Baldursson – Macrochip
14. Francis Monkman – Current Affairs
15. Brian Bennett – Discovery
16. Alan Hawkshaw – Beach Journey
17. Jeremy Lubbock – Full Blast
18. Alan Hawkshaw – Mini Micro
19. Irving Martin & Brian Dee – Energy
20. Irving Martin & Brian Dee – Action Underscore
21. Alan Hawkshaw – Soft Throttle
22. Francis Monkman – Getting Ready
23. Bill Campbell & Aaron Harry – Galaxy (I’m The Ruler)
24. James Asher – Scratch City
25. Adrian Baker & Roy Morgan – Freshman
26. Francis Monkman – Think Big

Superhumanoids “Black Widow (Southern Shores Remix)”

Canada’s Balearic-loving pop outfit Southern Shores (pictured above) has given the sunny getaway treatment to Superhumanoids‘ song “Black Widow,” taken from the Los Angeles trio’s recently released Exhibitionists LP for Innovative Leisure. Waves of gorgeous vocal lines and oceanic chimes swell into the track’s main melody, where singer Sarah Chernoff coos over the freewheeling, enraptured beat. Akin to The Avalanches’ or Air France’s bursting pop collages, Southern Shores’ production harnesses the power of its samples for the betterment of mankind, with legality thrown happily to the wind.

Black Widow (Southern Shores Remix)

Forest Swords Readies European Tour, Shares New Video

Matthew Barnes’ Forest Swords project has held tightly to a haunted, dub-informed concotion all his own. His debut for the shadowy Tri Angle label, Engravings, has been slowly gathering critical acclaim, and Barnes will continute to share his dark, singular vision with a tour extending into 2014. Forest Swords will make his way slowly across Europe throughout the fall and winter, stopping at Krakow’s Unsound Festival, Pitchfork Festival’s opening party in Paris, and the ATP Festival in the UK before finishing up with a handful of dates in Germany during March.

Furthermore, Barnes has shared a brand-new video for album cut “Thor’s Stone” that makes use of some abstractly violent imagery, perfectly complementing the music’s desolate soundscapes. Filmed in the outskirts of industrial Downtown Los Angeles in the middle of the night, director Dave Ma recruited Madrid dancer Guzman Rosadi to “create a vision of a figure coming to life and struggling to gain control over his body.” The video for “Thor’s Stone,” as well as the full list of Forest Swords’ upcoming tour dates, can be viewed below.

XLR8R Couldn't find the embed function for type: "nowness" and source: "<iframe src="http://www.nowness.com/media/embedvideo?itemid=3361&amp;issueid=2611" width="500px" height="315px" frameborder="0"></iframe>".

17/10/2013 – Unsound Festival – Krakow, Poland
26/10/2013 – ATP Release The Bats Festival – Melbourne, Australia
30/10/2013 – Pitchfork Festival Opening Party – Paris, France
09/11/2013 – Club To Club Festival – Turin, Italy
14/11/2013 – Koko, with Mount Kimbie – London, UK
16/11/2013 – Semibreve Festival – Braga, Portugal
23/11/2013 – ATP Festival – Minehead, UK
28/11/2013 – Äaniwalli – Helsinki, FI
29/11/2013 – Le Guess Who Festival – Utrecht, NL
30/11/2013 – Sonic City @ De Kreun, Kortrijk, BE
24/01/2014 – Bla – Oslo, Norway
25/01/2014 – Sodra Teatern – Stockholm, Sweden
30/01/2014 – Inkonst – Malmo, Sweden
31/01/2014 – Radar – Aarhus, Denmark
01/02/2014 – Jazzhouse – Copenhagen, Denmark
06/02/2014 – Button Factory – Dublin, Ireland
07/02/2014 – Belgrave Music Hall – Leeds, UK
08/02/2014 – The Deaf Institute – Manchester, UK
11/02/2014 – Green Door Store – Brighton, UK
12/02/2014 – Thekla – Bristol, UK
15/02/2014 – OT301 – Amsterdam, Holland
16/02/2014 – AB – Brussels, Belgium
03/03/2014 – Kampangel – Hamburg, Germany
04/03/2014 – Ut Connewitz – Liepzig, Germany
05/03/2014 – Berghain – Berlin, Germany
06/03/2014 – Baustelle Kalk – Cologne, Germany

Download a Free Body High Comp Featuring Anthony Shakir, Juan Atkins, Jerome LOL, and More

Before Samo Sound Boy‘s and Jerome LOL‘s Body High label begins its three-week North American tour this Thursday, the crew has put together a free compilation to help spread the word—featuring new tracks from tourmates Juan Atkins, Anthony Shakir, and DJ Pierre, alongside the label heads themselves. The five-track Body High Fall Tour EP is available to stream and download via the player below, and the full list of tour dates—which includes shows on both coasts and Canada—can be found on the flier also included below.

Legowelt and KWC 92 Prep New EPs for L.I.E.S.

The seemingly insatiable L.I.E.S. label does not appear to be taking any sort of break as the year begins to wind down, with the announcment of new records from prolific analog techno auteur Legowelt and KWC 92 (a collaboration between Samo DJ and Max Stenerudh) set to drop in November. Legowelt’s forthcoming Teen Romance 12″ will feature three new productions described as “floor-ready cuts full of soul, deepness, wooly basslines, beating drums, and those signature Legowelt melodies,” and will come in a jacket designed by Trilogy Tapes head Will Bankhead. As Resident Advisor reports, KWC 92’s upcoming effort for the label is billed as a “[conceptual] soundtrack to a movie set in Kowloon’s Walled City, a densely populated, ungoverned area that was demolished by authorities in 1993.” Entitled Dream of The Walled City, the record is expected to explore the more abstract side of the electronic spectrum. Per usual, neither forthcoming record has an exact release date, but both are expected to hit shops sometime in November.

Watch Ben Klock’s Full Set from Decibel Festival 2013

German DJ/producer Ben Klock delivered a marathon set at Q on opening night of Seattle’s Decibel Festival last week—one of our many highlights from the event’s 10-year anniversary—and now the entire three-and-a-half-hour performance can be seen online. Driving his classic techno cuts late into the night, Klock kept the crowd ensnared by shifting into more lighthearted, ecstatic house around the two-and-a-half hour mark, finishing long after 2 a.m. A full video of Klock’s set can be found below, and a queueable tracklist of the set, among other selections from Decibel 2013, can be found here.

XLR8R Couldn't find the embed function for type: "beat" and source: "<embed width="512" height="326" src="http://www.be-at.tv/embed.swf?p=355843" allowfullscreen="true" pluginspage="http://www.adobe.com/go/getflashplayer" type="application/x-shockwave-flash">".

Stream RJD2’s New ‘More Is Than Isn’t’ LP

As announced back in July, veteran Philly beatsmith RJD2 has a new album out on October 8 that features collaborations from Phonte Coleman of Little Brother, Aaron Livingston (RJD2’s partner in Icebird), and Soul Position collaborator Blueprint. Now, the DJ/producer has made his More Is Than Isn’t LP available to stream in full. RJD2’s fifth record sees him continuing to mine his trademarked soul-indebted sound while subtly expanding his sonic range. Furthermore, album single “Her Majesty’s Socialist Request,” a track that splits the difference between street-sourced percussion and a Middle Eastern-inspired melody, has just received a video treatment that finds a trio of dancers battling it out in a slew of Brooklyn neighborhoods. More Is Than Isn’t can be streamed in full at Rolling Stone ahead of next week’s release via RJ’s Electrical Connections, while the video for “Her Majesty’s Socialist Request” can be viewed below.

XLR8R Couldn't find the embed function for type: "vevo" and source: "<embed src="http://videoplayer.vevo.com/embed/Embedded?videoId=USV351385328&amp;playlist=false&amp;autoplay=0&amp;playerId=62FF0A5C-0D9E-4AC1-AF04-1D9E97EE3961 &amp;playerType=embedded&amp;env=0&amp;cultureName=en-US&amp;cultureIsRTL=False" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="530" height="299" bgcolor="#000000" wmode="transparent">".

Check Out The Martinez Brothers’ ‘Essential Mix’

After The Martinez Brothers featured in Resident Advisor‘s latest Between the Beatsmini-documentary—detailing the siblings’ humble beginnings in the Bronx and how they grew into the sonic globetrotters they are today—the now Ibiza-based duo has curated its own Essential Mix for BBC Radio 1. The two brothers’ 24 encyclopedic selections run the gamut from Dilla-tinged beats to deep, Mediterranean house, with some of their mentors, early influences, and current favorites sprinkled in. A full stream of The Martinez Brothers’ Essential Mix can be found below, along with its tracklist, and more details about the broadcast can be found here.

01. Blaze pres. Funky People feat. Cassio Ware – Funky People (Masters At Work Alternative Mix)?
02. Eman – Slangin (Tedd Patterson Edit)?
03. Kerri Chandler – Downtown (623 Remix)?
04. Mr. V – Breakers Theme (Beats Remix)?
05. Bob Sinclar – Disco 2000?
06. NYC Live And Direct – Move Like This?
07. Mr. G & G Flame – No Sell Out?
08. Dennis Ferrer – Son Of Raw?[IBADAN]
09. A Guy Called Gerald – Nuvo Alfa?
10. Francois K – Hypnodelic?
11. Nail – A Good Bra (The Martinez Brothers Edit)?
12. Blaze feat. Palmer Brown – My Beat?[ITH]
13. DJ Duke – The Hustler (Beats)?
14. Green Velvet – Bigger Than Prince (The Martinez Brothers Remix)?[CIRCUS]
15. The Martinez Brothers & Mass Prod – E’s Demise?
16. Marlon D. – U.C. Anthem (Sole Channel Instrumental)?
17. FRS – Harder (The Martinez Brothers Edit)?
18. Blue Boy – Funky Friday?
19. Gemini – in My Head (Freaks Remix)?20. Deepah Ones – Freak?
21. Terry Hunter – Follow U (Kenny’s Dope Dub)?
22. Kerri Chandler – Back To The Raw (Ruff Remix)?
23. Rednail Kidz – Do My Thing (The Martinez Brothers Edit)?
24. John Ciafone – Everyday

Page 1557 of 3781
1 1,555 1,556 1,557 1,558 1,559 3,781