Eliot Lipp “I W?nted 2 Be ? Rock & Roll St?r”

NYC beatmaker Eliot Lipp is currently working a new album, his first solo material since 2009’s Peace Love Weed 3D, and while the details on his new sonic forays are still under wraps, we do have this freshly crafted production, “I W?nted 2 Be ? Rock & Roll St?r.” On the tune, Lipp takes a soulful vocal sample, splashes horns and guitar riffs about, and drops a heavy boom-bap behind it all for a full-sounding hip-hop excursion. Unlike much of his work, which can sometimes take months to produce, Lipp finished this track in just one sitting after getting hit with inspiration while listening to the sample’s source material.

I W?nted 2 Be ? Rock & Roll St?r

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Video: 813 “Splinters of Violet Glasses”

Earlier this week, Moscow-based beatmaker 813 digitally released his latest EP, Spectrum Riff, via the Donky Pitch label, and with it, this video for “Splinters of Violet Glasses.” The clip is a surreal, computer-animated journey through the solar system in which an object that looks like a T-bone steak advances through various videogame-like levels. This is 813’s second video for the EP, as he unveiled a clip for “Plumbeous Bubbles” last week. Below, you can stream yet another track from the EP, “Firefighter,” a song title which happens to also be 813’s day job.

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Listen to Total Freedom’s Opening Ceremony Mixtape

Los Angeles’ Total Freedom is a bit of an unsung hero, one of those figures who seems to have his hand in just about every cool event in the City of Angels, even if his name is rarely sitting at the top of the flyer. He’s a key member of the Fade to Mind crew, and although his track-producing partners Kingdom and Nguzunguzu might grab more attention, Total Freedom just might be the best DJ of them all. Yesterday, he put those skills on display with a new mixtape for Opening Ceremony. Granted, it’s not a listen for the faint of heart, as he fearlessly traverses grime, R&B, new age, drum & bass, hardstyle, and tropical bass, not to mention a litany of indefinable points in between.

Next Friday, Total Freedom will be putting his talents on display at the next Fade to Mind party in Los Angeles. For those of us not in Southern California, this new mixtape should serve as a substantial consolation gift. Head here for Opening Ceremony’s original mixtape post and a short Q&A with the artist, or simply stream/download the mix from the player below, which has been posted along with the complete tracklist.

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1. BECOMING CHAINA – DUTCH E GERM
2. YOU VS THEM (VZ DRUMM VZ THUNDER VZ JOHNNY ON AIR GUITAR TF WASH) – JHENE AIKO
3. THE SECRET – BRIAN ENO & ROBERT FRIPP
4. HELPLESS – URBANIZED
5. HOW CAN I RESIST U – FATIMA AL QADIRI
6. HOOD BY AIR THEME – KINGDOM
7. MO TELLO – DJ FUNANA
8. VIRUS – MARKO MIX DJ
9. BECOME THE SKY – B-FRONT & FRONTLINER
10. GIMME THE LOOT (REMIX) – DJ DIOR
11. SURGEON LUV – TF EDITOR
12. ANGRY KID – KID D
13. SAY MY NAME – DJ FLUKES
14. JEMSHEED (NGUZUNGUZU REMIX) – AYSHAY
15. DARK HEARTS w/ SASHAS SONG (TF TAKE) – BOK BOK
16. HORNS FOR 94 w/ ARAFAT DAGI – J. BALL w/ ABDURRAHMAN ONUL
17. DREAMS OF HEAVEN (SHORTY’S MIX) – CODENAME JOHN
18. SADDEST SONG IN THE WORLD EVER.
19. YOUTUBE PREACHING w/ TARRACHA CU MI – TEYANA TAYLOR w/ DJ MAFIA BOY
20. OPA LOCKDOWN – MASSACOORAMAAN
21. HELPLESS – URBANIZED
22. SOUNDLINK – DJ YUNG TELLEM

Halp “Baby”

The Netherlands’ Halp will soon deliver his Tic Tac Toe EP via the Rotterdam-based Lowriders Collective imprint, but has preemptively shared this garage-leaning cut from the release. “Baby” features a smoothly swinging rhythm, a handful of elastic synth tones that rise and fall with the sway of the beat, and choppy vocal samples that serve purposes more percussive than melodic. It’s a solid tune fit for just about any flavor of dancefloor, and will drop along with a couple more originals and some remixes from the likes of Starkey and Krampfhaft on February 14. If you’re so inclined, you can stream a few more tracks from Halp’s Tic Tac Toe EP, after the jump.

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Machinedrum SXLND EP

Calling Berlin-via-Brooklyn producer Travis Stewart multifaceted is something of a gross understatement. Aside from the fact that the guy already made that point himself in 2010, he continues to deliver all manners of electronic music at an alarming rate, primarily under the name Machinedrum, but also in collaboration with Praveen Sharma (a.k.a. Braille) as Sepalcure. If you comb through Stewart’s decade-long discography, you’ll find an array of different sounds and styles; from electro to hip-hop to house, he’s dipped his toes into just about every stylistic pool imaginable. His new record, a five-track EP called SXLND, is no different, and acts as a sort of cross section of the current world of Machinedrum.

It’s certainly a testament to Stewart’s varied abilities that no two productions on SXLND really sound all that similar. The EP opens with slow-swelling atmospheres and some wub-wub bass tones on the brief “Take Good Care” before giving way to the bouncy title track, which was recently used for “NEEDSUMLUV” by of-the-moment female singer/rapper Azealia Banks. (That should give you some idea of the tune’s inherent pop sensibilities.) Moving forward, the deeply melodic centerpiece, “No Respect,” floats somewhere between Stewart’s ethereal work with Sepalcure and the rawer bass-music experimentations found on his solid Room(s) LP, while “Van Vogue” is undoubtedly a valiant attempt at incorporating the, uh, in-vogue style of vogue house with Machinedrum’s sound, however ill-defined it may be.

And that’s just it: Both the strengths and weaknesses in Stewart’s music stem from his constant chameleonic shape-shifting. Fans of Machinedrum can always rely on well-produced tracks that are more or less guaranteed to be up to date with whatever is currently happening in the ever-changing realms of “underground” dance music, but you can never be too sure what styles each record will bring to the table. You’d be hard pressed to identify a Machinedrum track without having heard it already. (For instance, closing cut “DDD” is an awesome slice of straightfoward house with a real classic vibe, but it could’ve just as easily come from the likes of Jacques Greene or Julio Bashmore.) While jumping from one pond to the next with a producer could be exciting for some, others might prefer an artist who’s a touch more consistent.

Tectonic Announes Third Installment in ‘Plates’ Series

Seasoned Bristol imprint Tectonic has announced the third instalment of its Plates series, which will feature a wide swath of UK dubstep and bass from the Tectonic roster and beyond, including tracks from Addison Groove, Roska, Om Unit, and label boss Pinch. The 13-track compilation is due for release on March 19, but for now, you can check out the artwork above and tracklist below.

1. Kryptic Minds “The Talisman”
2. Addison Groove “Phantom”
3. Tunnidge “Universal”
4. Pinch “Blow Out The Candle”
5. Goth Trad “Mach”
6. Clue Kid “Evolution”
7. Roska “480 BC”
8. Monky “Float”
9. Ginz “Chrome”
10. OM Unit “Preshah”
11. Kevin McPhee “Outs”
12. Illum Sphere “Promise A Secret”
13. 2562 “Rogue State”

Time Wharp “mdat (feat. Divine Interface)”

Earlier this month, we posted Time Wharp’s cosmic “yrLyf,” a song with vocal samplings lifted from R. Kelly’s “Real Talk.” The track was taken from his then-forthcoming BLK EP (artwork above), which has now been released, prompting us to share another one of its offerings, “mdat.” Instead of simply pairing his beats with R&B croons, this effort finds Time Wharp teaming up with fellow Atlanta native Divine Interface to create a morsel of dreamy, leftfield hip-hop. The track is held together by a slow and steady kick, while a crooked bassline tumbles beneath the song’s various chopped and pitch-bent vocal samples. The BLK EP, Time Wharp’s follow-up to last year’s GRN EP, is available for free download here.

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Dubstepforum Announces 2012 Poll Winners

Long-running website and community hub Dubstepforum has announced the results of its annual reader poll, with Mala’s XLR8Rpodcast taking the top spot in the mix/podcast category. Other notable winners include Addison Groove and Mala (pictured above) being recognized as the top producers, Kryptic Minds for 2011’s top track and album, and Deep Medi grabbing the top spot in the best label category. Go here to peruse the poll results and look over the complete list of winners.

Battles Announces Four-Part Remix 12″ Series

Battles‘ monolithic Gloss Drop weighed in as our twenty-third favorite album of 2011, and will soon be followed by a four-part series of 12″s featuring remixes from an array of top-shelf producers. The first installment, Dross Glop 1, has ambient-techno mainstay Gui Boratto remixing the frenzied “Wall Street” and like-minded Swedish producer The Field doing a version of “Sweetie & Shag.” Battles’ first remix 12″ will drop on February 6 (and the day after in the US), and you can pre-order it, along with the rest of the forthcoming series (which, according to Amazon, will also include remixes from Kode9, Shabazz Palaces, and Alchemist), here. Both sides of Dross Glop 1 are streaming below, along with Shabazz Palace’s version of “White Electric.”

Blondes “Wine”

Brooklyn beatmakers Sam Haar and Zach Steinman of Blondes have let loose another tidbit from their self-titled debut LP, which is set to be released February 7 on RVNG. We showed you the music video for “Wine” last November; the song was originally released on the final chapter of the duo’s trilogy of brilliant 12″ releases last year. Like many of the pair’s creations, the expansive track demonstrates Blondes’ knack for whipping a few tasteful samples and stuttered synth lines into an improvised, ambient-house jam.

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