Following its first compilation in the Eccentric Breaks & Beats series, the vintage-obsessed crate diggers of Chicago’s Numero Group have compiled a second installment of dusty and rare loops with the help of Parallel Thought‘s Adam Calman, which is now available for absolutely free. You can learn more about the hard work that went into Eccentric Breaks & Beats Vol. 2 (pictured above), and grab your free digital copy, here. But if you’d like to get a quick teaser of the tunes without giving up your email, check out a mix of the tracks from veteran hip-hop producers Drum and Knowledge, below.
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In the case that your Julio Bashmore appetite hasn’t been satiated by his already-prolific 2011 release schedule, you’re in for another treat come April 18, via the newly minted Futureboogie Recordings. Titled Father Father, the EP’s title track features singer Javeon McCarthy, an artist that you may recognize more easily under his Shadz moniker, which he used when voicing L-Vis 1990’s “Forever You.” In addition to an instrumental of the track, the EP features the delightfully titled “Craboon.” Peep the sleeve below!
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At the end of the month, new Brooklyn-based imprint Ceremony will celebrate its first release with an EP from UK production duo Young Athletes League. Scheduled to drop on March 29, We Only Feed Ourselves will feature the below track, in addition to the record’s title track and “Monaco Sunglasses.” “Glossed Over” is a lesson in processing and layering, as the singer’s voice is pulled and bent into something resembling a soft accordion, nearly making his vocals indistinguishable from the slight backdrop of synthesizers. Another element that seems to melt over the course of the song is a noticeable guitar riff at the beginning that quickly becomes cushioned by bass and snare, leaving a straight-ahead house rhythm as the only predictable thing going on here.
It was only a couple of weeks ago when Detroit techno icon Kevin Saundersonspoke out against the illegal sampling of his classic ’87 track “The Sound,” and gave away the fraudulent production for free. Now, the veteran DJ/producer continues to take back his music with a brand-new remix record released on his own label. Released yesterday, Reese & Santonio’s The Sound (2011 Remixes) features two reworks of Saunderson’s pirated tune by new KMS Records signees Brandon DeCarlo (who also has his own Osmosis EP coming on March 28) and nephew Kweku Saunderson, which are said to “properly carry on “The Sound”‘s legacy.” And below, you can check out a few forthcoming tour dates for Saunderson and his Hi-Tek Soul Tour with Derrick May this spring.
Mar 13 MIAMI We Love @ Shelbourne Mar 18 BARCELONA The Loft Mar 19 WARSAW M25 Apr 22 ADELAIDE Planet Cream* Apr 23 PERTH Creamfields* Apr 25 MELBOURNE Creamfields* Apr 30 SYDNEY Creamfields* May 1 BRISBANE Creamfields* May 6 BALI Beachclub* May 7 SINGAPORE Zouk*
* Hi-Tek Soul Tour
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Loud-mouthed youngster and resident Tampa MC Dominique Young Unique is just days away from dropping her brand-new mixtape, called Glamorous Touch. Before that fiery batch of tracks is available to the masses, we’re treated to a music video for Dominique’s new “War Talk” song. The clip for the hyped-up tune was shot on location in the MC’s hometown by director Johannes Schaf, and basically features the starlet delivering her breakneck flow while walking the streets and parks of her balmy environs. Incidentally, if you’ll be at SXSW, and want to catch Dominique Young Unique’s magic live and in person, check out the list of her appearances below.
Sunday March 13th – 35 Conferette Festval, Denton, Texas 7pm Tuesday March 15th – Spill, 212 East 6th Street, 12.30am Wednesday March 16th – The Liberty, 1618 1/2 E 6th St 2.15pm Wednesday March 16th – Club 1808, 1808 East 12th Street, 12.30am Thursday March 17th – Cheer Up Charlies (Ms Bea’s), 1104 East 6th Street, 12.15am Friday March 18th – Peckerhead’s, 402 East 6th Austin TX 78701, 2pm Saturday March 19th – ND at 501 Studios, 501 HWY I-35, 9pm Sunday March 20th – Beerland, 771 Red River Street, 4.30pm
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Even in the increasingly crowded world of bass music, Kingdom is an artist without many real peers. Sure, he’s one of the leading members of the London-based Night Slugs cadre, but this American DJ and producer—who has also released music on the Fool’s Gold imprint—sports a diverse sound arsenal that relies heavily on three things: unusual bass permutations, inventive drum patterns, and, perhaps most importantly, an unabashed love of hip-hop and R&B. All of those elements play major roles in this exclusive mix for the XLR8R podcast series, a DJ session that happens to include a whole lot of unreleased Kingdom material. It all comes as the one-time Brooklyn artist—who now splits time between New York and Los Angeles—prepares to head out on a sizable North American tour, a trek that includes multiple gigs at SXSW, stops on both coasts, and some Canadian dates with Night Slugs bretheren Bok Bok and Girl Unit. If his DJ sets on the road resemble this podcast in the least, Kingdom is going to leave a lot of happy dancefloor revelers in his wake.
01 Jacques Greene “Tell Me (Kingdom Edit)” (LuckyMe) 02 Kingdom “SFX” 03 Kingdom “Los Poderes (Edit ft. Floetry)” (Dutty Artz) 04 Kingdom “Stalker Ha” (Night Slugs) 05 Kingdom “Uptown Buck” (Scion/Trouble&Bass) 06 Jam City “Aqua Box” (Night Slugs) 07 Katy B “Lights On (Girl Unit Remix)” (Rinse) 08 Kingdom “Okay To Dance” (Fool’s Gold) 09 MikeQ & Angel X “Let It All Out 2011” (Qween Beat) 10 Nguzunguzu “Timesup” (Fade to Mind) 11 Kingdom “Stadium Pass” (Enchufada) 12 Bok Bok “Silo Pass” (Night Slugs) 13 DJ Cabos x Kingdom “Snapduro + Appetite Edit” 14 Kid Ink “Keep It Rollin” 15 Kingdom “If You Buck” 16 Win Win “Interleave (Kingdom Remix)” (Vice) 17 Total Freedom “YB Voice Song” 18 DJ Exota Vs. DJ Vali “Pu**yf**ker (Kingdom Edit)” (Unreleased) 19 Jim Jones / Automatik “Go Cinderella (Kingdom Edit)” (Diplomats) 20 Ciara x Girl Unit “Ride + Every Time (Kingdom Blend)” (Night Slugs)
North American Tour Dates 3.10 Beauty Bar (Chicago, IL) 3.11 Wrongbar w/ Bok Bok + Girl Unit (Toronto, Canada) 3.12 Club Infinity @ Drom (New York, NY) 3.13 Fortune Sound Club w/ Bok Bok + Girl Unit (Vancouver, Canada) 3.16 SXSW @ Icee Hot vs. TURRBOTAX® @ Frank w/ Rem Koolhaus, Egyptrixx, Brenmar, Ghosts on Tape, Redinho, Deadboy, Jackmaster (Austin, TX) 3.17 SXSW @ Big Freedia Party @ Loft 718 w/ Dream Boat Crusaderz, Disco Tits, Traffique, Mos Jeff, ELVIS, Stanley Roy (Fantasy), No Mas Bodas, Lady Business, Zuzuka, Shyvonne, Fndonmntl, Hunx and His Punx + DJ Dirty Fingers (Austin, TX) 3.18 SXSW @ Fader Fort w/ Brenmar (Austin, TX) 3.18 SXSW @ Fool’s Gold Party @ Beauty Bar w/ Donnis, Party Supplies, A-Trak, Suzan, Telephoned, Nick Catchdubs + Cubic Zirconia (Austin, TX) 3.19 The Public Works w/ Falty DL (San Francisco, CA) 3.26 Ultra Music Festival @ Fool’s Gold Party @ Grand Central (Miami, FL)
Following their work together on last year’s Floating Points Ensemble record for Ninja Tune (not to mention their individualfeatures in XLR8R‘s pages), Swedish soul songstress Fatima (pictured above with Hudson Mohawke) and UK producer/Eglo Records boss Floating Points will release a brand-new EP of collaborative songs on May 9. The Follow You EP includes four tracks from the talented pair, all of which are said to constitute a “journey through soul, gospel, blues, and house.” Apparently, there will only be a small run of vinyl copies available three weeks prior to the digital release date. You can check out the tracklist for Fatima’s and Floating Point’s EP, and a live version of “Mind,” below.
1. Cinnamon 2. Innervision 3. Mind
4. Redlight
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A new name emerging on the dubstep/bass/club scene in British Columbia, Victoria resident Monolithium (pictured above) is quickly gaining the attention of fans and critics alike, thanks in part to his small but solid web presence, his Sub|Division party, and his burgeoning affiliations with the Error Broadcast label. The producer has a noted affinity for Ricardo Villalobos, and displays his affection in full form with this “recrunk” of the techno auteur’s “Easy Lee” tune. Monolithium’s new version of that modern classic mostly toys with the vocoder vocals—wrapping the robotic melody in broken, hip-hop-flavored dubstep rhythms and darkly emotive synthscapes. We have no idea whether or not Villalobos would be a fan of this bootleg version of his track, but if nothing else, it’s a well-crafted tribute that’s sure to please dance music fans across the board.
We just got back last week from a trip to Sweden, and happened to get ahold of this sweet little clip from Stockholm skweee mainstay Daniel Savio (a.k.a. Kool DJ Dust). You’ll recall that we interviewed him last year for XLR8R TV, and now he’s back with a new LP of chunky, occasionally funky electro-informed tracks called Nekropolis, from which this track is culled. Watch as a masked man (presumably Savio himself) tromps through a snowy landscape, and gets inhaled by a series of ’90s-rave fractals. Nekropolis is available in the US via Losonofono.
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French label Fool House will release the self-titled debut EP (pictured above) from Danish duo Taragana Pyjarama, a dreamy micro-techno outfit in the vein of The Field or Gold Panda, on March 28, but we get to have one of those four tracks today. “Ocean” is as vibrant and colorful as its namesake, and maybe even just as calming, too. Though its energy and tempo are high, and its array of looping audio bytes and lovingly fragmented melodies are seemingly incalculable, the elements of the production all work together to build a serene world of sound that’s as intimate and immersive as taking a dip in the nearest warm body of water. If this track is any indication of things to come, not to mention the rest of Taragana Pyjarama’s EP and everything else we’ve heard from the pair, you can count us as ‘highly anticipating’ what comes next. (via Pitchfork)
