Lokiboi “Rhythm We Can Groove To”

London-based DJ/producer Lokiboi just handed over a new funk-ladened house track called “Rhythm We Can Groove To.” His latest free download comes to us a few months after the solid Late Reaction EP dropped via Somethinksounds, and makes for a heavy-breathing sprawl of a dancefloor grooves, which the Russian-born artist covers in lush pads and field recordings. Elastic synths expand and fold back as the jacking, straightforward beat carries Lokiboi’s new cut forward under the weight of pitched vocal hooks.

Rhythm We Can Groove To

Guillamino & Esteban Adame Tegami

Tegami, the debut collaboration by Guillamino & Esteban Adame, is far from ordinary, at least for Adame. The Los Angeles producer is affiliated with Underground Resistance acts like Galaxy 2 Galaxy and Los Hermanos, and has released for Jus-Ed’s no-frills house imprint Underground Quality. Together with Barcelona’s Guillamino, though, he appears to put his name to a cooly melancholy, ambient pop tune. But the credit is slightly incorrect. Guillamino actually finished “Tegami” himself and sent it to Adame for a remix. Brooklyn’s Octo Octa also received a copy, but doesn’t get a title credit—maybe he wasn’t in on the hatching of the original idea.

At any rate, “Tegami” is a reasonably solid piece, one pervaded by Guillamino’s drowsy moan and brassy synthesizer. The press release points toward a Prophet synth, which would explain the way it recalls 1980s synth-pop, as the composition is reduced but imposing. Sadly, though, it ends up feeling like a bit of a prelude. Adame’s “BCN2LAX” mix proves his credentials, inserting the vocal into a patented UR-style grid that’s full of interstellar pads, bouncing snares, radar echoes, and filters working overtime. It’s impressively dynamic and evocative. Octo Octa has a lot of experience chopping up and manipulating vocals, but for the most part he lets Guillamino’s ride with minimal effects, other than some looping. Underneath is a tin-pan gallop that makes a solid case for there currently being a Brooklyn sound, with coarseness as a main feature. It doesn’t gel with the vocal as well as Adame’s, but it will slot better into a contemporary set. Regardless of who gets the title credit, it’s nice to hear such divergent interpretations of an open-ended track.

The Juan Maclean and Shit Robot Release Split 12″ via DFA; Hear It Now

Seemingly out of nowhere, DFA stalwarts The Juan Maclean (pictured above) and Shit Robot have released a split-12″ single via their longtime label home. The record features one tune from each artist, with The Juan Maclean’s piano-driven house jam “Feel Like Movin'”—which has been floating around in unofficial forms for a few months now—on one side and the equally energetic “We Got a Love (feat. Reggie Watts)” occupying Shit Robot’s half of the release. The two-track record is currently available to purchase on vinyl or digital formats, and each of its songs can be heard below.

Stream Gang Colours’ ‘Invisible In Your City’ LP

English crooner Will Ozanne (a.k.a. Gang Colours) has released a full stream of his new record, Invisible In Your City, before it releases this month via Gilles Peterson’s Brownswood label. The album sculpts coy bits of noise, gentle piano notes, and soothing backbeats around Ozanne’s sensual vocal hymns. Standout “Why Didn’t You Call?” (featuring the talents of singer Lulu James) updates its somber R&B and pop balladry with modern sounds which never overpower the vocal performances, and opener “The Rhythm The Rebel” starts off ecstatic, with delicate vocal layers reverberating through the gorgeous, manicured chaos of his production. Below, Invisible In Your City can be heard in its entirety, with an official release set for September 16.

Nightmares on Wax “Be, I Do (Jameszoo Remix)”

Jameszoo (pictured above) has been responsible for his share of eccentric beats recently, and on his remix of “Be, I Do”—a cut pulled Nightmares on Wax‘s fast-approachingFeelin’ Good LP for Warp (out September 17)—the Dutch producer again conjures up an off-kilter production that illicits equal amounts of head scratching and head nodding. In a span of just four minutes, the rising beatsmith essentially rolls through three different beats—beginning with a spacey set of chords and rising melodies before landing us in the middle of some cartoon funk. Everything gradually morphs back into a space voyage of boom-bap rhythms, all topped off with a proper jazz touch. In the end, Jameszoo again proves that disorienting your listener isn’t always such a bad thing, especially when the guy in charge of the sounds seems able to effortlessly strut around all the disparate parts with confidence.

Be I Do (Jameszoo Remix)

A Made Up Sound to Release New 12″

Dutch producer Dave Huismans spreads his production work across a few monikers, not the least of which is A Made Up Sound, his leftfield techno project. And the artist has just announced that he has a new 12″ from that alias on the way. The record’s a-side, “After Hours” pairs tense, intricate drum patterns with dialogue clips from the titular Scorsese film in a darkly humorous style, and “What Preset” uses cannon blasts and creepy filter sweeps to achieve a foreboding mood on the flip. Before A Made Up Sound’s new 12″ drops via his eponymous label on October 1, clips of both tracks can be found below.

Listen to Andy Stott’s Remix of Tricky

Ceaselessly active Mancunian producer Andy Stott has been enlisted to remix “Valentine,” a cut from Tricky‘s False Idols LP (out earlier this year), and the dark, dense tune has now been made available to stream in full. Set to appear on a 12″ later this month, the Modern Love affiliate’s remix completely transforms the original song, sinking the voices of Tricky and Francesca Belmonte deep into Sott’s trademark brooding textures and haunting atmospheres. “Valentine (Andy Stott Remix)” patiently waits until halfway through its seven minutes to lay into a stuttering procession of kicks and snares, effectively changing the pace for the rework’s latter half. The whole thing can be streamed in full below, before it sees a release through Boomkat on September 16 and everywhere else on September 30.

Dopplereffekt Returns with New EP for Leisure System

Surfacing for its first transmission since 2007, mysterious Detroit outfit Dopplereffekt has shared the details of its forthcoming Tetrahymena EP, which is set to arrive later this month via Leisure System. The Berlin label seems to have coaxed the duo of Drexciya co-founder Gerald Donald and his unnamed female comrade out of hiding for three cuts of uneasy bass, stark electro beats, and all-around abrasive waveforms delivered in true post-apocalyptic fashion. Dopplereffekt will usher in Tetrahymena‘s release on September 30 with two rare live sets—one for Leisure System’s Amsterdam party on September 27, and a slot at Bloc in London the following night. Before then, the tracklist and artwork for Dopplereffekt’s upcoming EP can be found below.

A1: Tetrahymena
B1: Gene Silencing
B2: Zygote

Deep’a & Biri “Burn in Paradise”

Tel Aviv-based pair Deep’a & Biri will release its debut full-length album, Emotions Visions Changes, via the International Deejay Gigolo imprint next month, and has passed along this non-album cut as an early teaser. “Burn in Paradise,” it turns out, is quite an appropriately titled tune, with the patient production beginning as a moody techno cut highlighted by flowing strings and tranquil melodies. Around the halfway mark, though, Deep’a & Biri begin to let the song unravel a bit, gradually adding elements that loosely hang off the steady drums and lacing the track with a slow-burning synth drone that carefully singes the soundscape.

Burn in Paradise

Watch a New Video from Darkstar

As we gradually approach a full year since Darkstar released its sophomore LP, News From Nowhere, via Warp, a new video has appeared for one of its understated, pop-slanted tracks. The muted colors of the visual piece for Darkstar’s “A Day’s Pay for a Day’s Work” single—directed by Lucy Luscombe—perfectly match the tone of the downtrodden music, as a group of South Londoners help the band through a series of trust-building exercises and activities. And the patient clip arrives today with news of an upcoming series of remix EPs for tracks from News From Nowhere, which will include productions by Zomby, Motor City Drum Ensemble, Darkstar itself, and more.

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