Siriusmo to Release Best-Of Compilation

Siriusmo fans, take note: Not content to just release the excellent Mosaik LP, your favorite quirky German producer is set to drop a brand-new best-of compilation on Modeselektor’s Monkeytown Records. A 42-track retrospective spanning two CDs, Pearls & Embarrassments will take 34 of the producer’s previously vinyl-only singles and mix them up with eight unreleased songs from the vault. The whole thing doesn’t come out until June 24, but you can tide yourself over by checking out the artwork and lengthy tracklist below.

CD 1:
1 The Plasterer Of Love
2 Simple
3 The Door
4 The Univited Guest
5 Wow
6 Femuscle
7 Gummiband
8 All The Girls
9 Schreitmaschine
10 Let me in!
11 Erste Sein
12 Urlaub in Berlin
13 Rockwurst
14 Minirock
15 Watsollndit
16 Heimweh Fernweh
17 Ick hab wat bessret vor
18 Katharsis Impossible
19 Blaue Sonne
20 Dunkelrot
21 Hello DJ

CD 2:
1 Girls Rock
2 Diskoding
3 Cuba
4 Synthie
5 Au Au Au!
6 Discosau
7 Mbox
8 Last Dear
9 Dip. Dap.
10 Liebe machen
11 L.I.Z.I.
12 Ick hab wat bessret vor (Electro Version)
13 Komm Mit
14 Trommellied
15 U-Again
16 Berlin Berlin
17 Nicht gewesen
18 Motoric
19 Rote Beete
20 Meine Welt
21 Es hört nie auf

Arthur Russell “This Is How We Walk On The Moon (Labyrinth Ear Rework)”

Normally we would advise against messing with songs by the legendary Arthur Russell. That being said, London-based duo Labyrinth Ear (pictured above) has tastefully put its own touch to the iconic musician’s “This Is How We Walk on the Moon,” and we’re kind of into it. The electro-pop rework pays homage to the original by maintaining a stripped-back, vocal-driven feel, but also moves along at a faster pace and is adorned with swirling synths and female vocals that trail Russell’s own. It all builds toward a washed-out finale that pushes a subby, four-to-the-floor 808 beat, stuttering modulated vocals, and pattering percussion into the forefront. With a rework as on point as this, we’ll make sure to keep a look out for what comes next from Labyrinth Ear.

This Is How We Walk On The Moon (Labyrinth Ear Rework)

This Is How We Walk on the Moon (Labyrinth Ear Rework)

This Is How We Walk on the Moon (Labyrinth Ear Rework)

Listen to James Blake’s New Version of “Give a Man a Rod” Now

One of the earliest labels to release tunes by young musical auteur James Blake, Hessle Audio, just dropped a compilation album comprised of classic jams from its excellent discography, as well as fresh, never-before-heard songs. In addition to the likes of Pearson Sound, Peverelist, Addison Groove, Blawan, Joe, and many others, the aforementioned post-dubstep crooner is featured on 116 & Rising (pictured above), and you can listen to his contribution now. “Give a Man a Rod (Second Version)” is exactly what its title implies, a new take on Blake’s much-loved b-side from 2010’s The Bells Sketch EP. You can listen to the song below, and grab the rest of 116 & Risinghere. (via Boilerroom)

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Ramp Launches New Sublabel, Readies New 12″ by Presk

One of the UK’s many finely curated electronic music hubs, Ramp, has just announced it will add another sublabel to its stable of imprints. In addition to the already established PTN, Fourth Wave will join the Ramp family with the release of its first record, a two-track 12″ by Amsterdam-based producer Presk. “and Cut” b/w “Mold”—which is described as “heartfelt bass music, fusing elements of techno, dubstep, and UK funky,” and which you can preview below—is the artist’s debut release, and will drop on June 20. Fourth Wave also announced it will soon follow this release with a record from British house patron Gerry Read.

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Idle Hands Announces New Single From Szare

Bristol’s burgeoning Idle Hands imprint has announced it is set to release the sixth effort in its growing catalog, a new single from Egyptian producer Szare. With a recent contribution to the mysterious white-label producing Horizontal Ground imprint, and releases on his own Syndrome Z label, Szare widens the reach of his swung, driving techno a bit further with “Action Five” b/w “Volya,” Idle Hands’ first release to come from outside the label’s own Bristol artist community. The 12″ is slated for a June 6 release, but you can preview its a-side and check the forthcoming release’s artwork below.

Blackbird Blackbird “Euphoria”

As far as we can tell, singer/producer Mikey Maramag is still figuring out what his prolific Blackbird Blackbird project sounds like. He’s dabbled with sunny, guitar-driven beats, blissed-out chillwave, tweaked hip-hop, and other poignant electronic sounds of all imaginable permutations, and he continues to look for his own particular style on this Four Tet-indebted tune, called “Euphoria.” The production exhibits Blackbird Blackbird at his most reserved and mature, favoring low-filtered vocal samples and deep synth melodies over the unbridled exuberance of his usual sound palette. We don’t know how the rest of Maramag’s new music will compare to this understated effort, but we’ll find out when his Erasers LP drops late this summer via Brooklyn’s Old Flame label.

Euphoria

Euphoria

Listen to the New Cardopusher Album Right Now

Genre-traversing producer Luis Garbàn (a.k.a. Cardopusher) is set to release his full-length album, Yr Fifteen Minutes Are Up, on San Francisco/Berlin imprint Tigerbeat6. Out May 17, Garbàn’s third album consists of 13 tracks that explore the deeper side of bass music. Teaming up with Jesse Quattro, MC Sensational, MC Juakali, and Tigerbeat6 label boss Kid606 on varying tracks, Garbàn has also enlisted remix work from San Francisco stalwart Ghosts on Tape and Lisbon-based bass purveyor Mr. Gasparov. Have a listen to the album below, and grab yourself a copy when it drops.

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Konkreet Labs Performer iPad Music Production Software

At its core, Konkreet Performer (MSRP: $24.99) is a “music control and performance instrument.” It’s designed around the iPad’s multi-touch technology to provide a more hands-on, visual software experience, replacing the standard faders and knobs with touchable, freak-able abstract objects that intuitively control software instruments on your computer. A controllable star field and vector shapes lead the way, with more in the pipeline. The software can be a bit tricky to set up initially, but once running it’s very stable, and those proficient at programming their own controllers will have plenty to explore in terms of creating new configurations and concepts (our most fun was had with Native Instruments’ Reaktor and Ableton Live, for which the app includes plenty of templates to get users up and running). But Performer’s most exciting potential is in the club: KP was designed from the start with this large screen in mind to enhance the interaction between the performer and the audience, and upcoming support for HDMI screen mirroring should make it infinitely more engaging for the dancefloor than even the most colorful of Live windows.

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Robag Wruhme Announces Brief US Tour

Techno veteran Robag Wruhme (a.k.a. one half of the Wighnomy Brothers, Gabor Schablitzki) has announced he has a brief US tour planned for the end of this month. Following last month’s release of his newest LP, Thora Vukk, on DJ Koze’s Pampa imprint (which received a glowing review from us), Schablitzki is set to bring his seasoned DJ chops to four US cities starting with Denver on May 20. You can check the full list of dates below, and then stay tuned to XLR8R.com for an exclusive podcast from Schablitzki in the weeks to come.

Robag Wruhme Dates:
May 20, Denver, CO, Cluster Studio
May 21, New York City, NY, Underground Location
May 27, San Francisco, CA, Public Works
May 28, Detroit, MI, The Works

Essáy “Love & Air”

This week saw the release of the Distance & Lights EP, a free, two-song offering from the Edinburgh-based Cut imprint, a net label launched earlier this year by dub-techno producer DFRNT, who also oversees the Echodub label. Cut’s stated intent is to only put out free music while maintaining the quality of traditional releases, and the Distance & Lights EP doesn’t fall short of those aims. Crafted by German producer Essáy, the EP contains a pair of wonderfully laid-back pieces of music that touch on techno without getting anywhere near the dancefloor. In an era where the term “chill” is often equated with lo-fi production techniques and intentionally sloppy construction, a song like “Love & Air” shows that it’s still possible to deliver a relaxing vibe within the context of an impeccably assembled song. With its subdued piano melody, whooshing white noise, and keen placement of various field recordings in the background, “Love & Air” is the sort of inviting number that you want to wrap around yourself like a blanket. Give it a listen below and then head over to the Cut Bandcamp page to download the entire release.

Love & Air

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