Stream the New Seiji Single

Next week, veteran West London producer Seiji will be dropping Seiji 3, the appropriately titled third installment of the release series he began last year. Although he’s perhaps best known as a founding member of Bugz in the Attic, Seiji’s solo work over the past year has placed him right in the thick of the UK’s post-dubstep maelstrom, as he pieces together elements of house, techno, garage, and various forms of bass music. You can listen to “More of You” and “Sticks” below, and if you like what you hear, head over to Seiji’s official website and download the multitude of free tracks he’s dubbed Seijigoodies.

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Check Out a New Mix and Track From Underground Resistance’s DJ Stingray

Detroit techno never quite left our musical sights, but it certainly feels like it’s coming back into the spotlight in a big way as of late. Part of that recent resurgence is one of Underground Resistance‘s veteran tunesmiths, DJ Stingray (a.k.a. Sherard Ingram), who dropped a brand-new mix over on FACT just the other day, and is offering folks an exclusive, unreleased track via Facebook, too. Under the Urban Tribe moniker, Stingray delivered a DJ set of classic house and techno from the likes of Robert Hood, Silicon, Condition Red, Frustrated Figures, and many more Motor City DJ/producers. You can hear Ingram’s solid mix here, and download his new song for the price of a “Like” here.

Juan Atkins to Contribute to Scion A/V Remix Series

The folks at the Scion A/V label seem to be getting pretty deep into the robotic grooves of classic Detroit techno (what with the Dirtbombs covers and subsequent remixes), a fact proven further with the enlisting of Detroit techno godfather Juan Atkins to contribute to their ongoing remix EP series. Following the work of luminaries such as Todd Edwards, Corrine, and Azari & III, Atkins delivers three original productions on Scion A/V Remix: Juan Atkins (pictured above), which are joined by remixes from Dirtybird acolyte Worthy, Terrence Dixon, and Oliver, all of which will be officially released on March 29. But you can check out the full tracklist and preview the whole EP below, or just download the whole thing for free here.

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Beans End It All

Beans, the least fluid voice of Anti-Pop Consortium, has used his solo career to continue exploring his love for skewed rhyme patterns. His is a thinking-man’s approach to vocal acrobatics, one that works best weaving through equally innovative beats, which Beans provided himself on past solo efforts. For his latest album, End it All, Beans has relinquished control over the beatmaking and has instead enlisted a group of marquee producers—including Four Tet, In Flagranti, Clark, and many others—to provide the music for his raps. But despite the generally solid instrumentals and creative lyricism available, those two elements rarely mesh well.

At the beginning of “Electric Birth,” produced by Interpol’s Sam Fogarino, Beans says, “Sam, we good? It’s good, right?” It implies the two worked together in a studio, but as the track continues, the voice and music sound less and less interrelated. Truth is, we never hear Fogarino respond. Whether or not Beans is actually talking to Sam isn’t too important because, regardless, it doesn’t feel like they made “Birth” together, and that feeling plagues the album.

End it All amounts to a meager 33 minutes, but it does retain a few moments of superior, forward-thinking hip-hop. The booming polyrhythms of the Tortoise-produced “Electric Eliminator” and Tobacco’s bubbling analog fuzz on “Glass Coffins” both make ideal homes for the MC. Still, more often than not, Beans comes off like an intrusive guest on his own record.

Gatto Fritto “Hex”

Coming somewhat out of leftfield is this fresh cut of deep, Italo-inspired disco from the UK’s Gatto Fritto, an elusive artist crafting solid dance tracks on the fringes of obscurity. And yet somehow, the producer’s forthcoming record is being championed by the likes of Tim Sweeney, Prins Thomas, and JD Twitch, including the epic “Hex” number. The lengthy jam brings to mind the kinds of tracks you’d catch blaring from Johnny Jewel’s ghettoblaster in the middle of a late-night house party at first, but expands its psychedelic synthscapes and motorik beat work to better fit something Lindstrøm might throw on the hi-fi during a drug-addled séance. Look for more of these shapeshifting sounds when Gatto Fritto drops his self-titled debut LP on April 26.

Hex

Warp to Reissue All of Autechre’s EPs in Five-Disc Box Set

The constantly innovative duo of Rob Booth and Sean Brown (a.k.a. Autechre) has another release on the way through their longtime home, Warp Records, but this won’t be another batch of new songs following last year’s release of the Oversteps album and the Move of Ten mini-LP. The veteran outfit is reissuing its EPs in a five-disc, 47-track box set. Entitled EPs 1991-2002 (pictured above), the release contains some of Autechre’s earliest work—the Cavity Job EP (which was never before available on CD), Anti EP, and Anvil Vapre EP—in addition to more contemporary recordings, like EP 7, the Gantz Graf EP, and both of Booth & Brown’s Peel Sessions. The box set will drop in its physical format on April 11, but is available digitally now, here. You can check out the full list of EPs and tracks included in the massive reissue below.

Cavity Job EP, Basscad EP, Anti EP (Disc 1):
CAVITY JOB
ACCELERA 1 & 2
BASSCADET (BCDTMX)
BASSCADET (BASSCADOUBLEMX)
BASSCADET (TAZMX)
BASSCADET (BASSCADUBMX)
LOST
DJARUM
FLUTTER

Garbage EP, Anvil Vapre EP (Disc 2):
GARBAGEMX
PIOBMX
BRONCHUSEVENMX
VLETRMX
SECOND BAD VILBEL
SECOND SCEPE
SECOND SCOUT
SECOND PENG

Peel Session, Envave EP (Disc 3):
MILK DX
INHAKE 2
DRANE
GOZ QUARTER
LATENT QUARTER
LAUGHING QUARTER
DRAUN QUARTER

Chichlisuite EP, EP7 (Disc 4):
YEESLAND
PENCHA
CHARACI
KRIB
TILAPIA
RPEG
CCEC
SQUELLER
LEFT BLANK
OUTPT
DROPP
LICCFLII

EP7, Peel Session 2, Gantz Graf EP (Disc 5):
MAPHIVE6.1
ZEISS CONTAREX
NETLON SENTINEL
PIR
GELK
BLIFIL
GAEKWAD
19 HEADACHES
GANTZ GRAF
DIAL.
CAP.IV

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Pale Sketcher “Seventh Heaven”

Here’s a question for you: When (if ever) does Justin Broadrick sleep? Seriously, we’d like to know. The prolific musician gets the same amount of time in each day as the rest of us, but somehow manages to divvy it all up between working on his myriad projects—like Final, Jesu, Greymachine, The Blood of Heroes, and Pale Sketcher—without ever sacrificing quality for quantity. You have to imagine that the guy spends at least a night or two a week without sleep, and maybe that’s when songs like “Seventh Heaven” are born. The ethereal groove of the title track from his latest Pale Sketcher release, a five-song EP for Ghostly (pictured above), bounds about like a nocturnal imp, always accompanied by the mesmerizing song of ghoulish waifs floating just above the late-night revelry of sub-busting bass, lurching beats, and textural synthscapes. And if you feel like traversing darker territories still, you can follow King Midas Sound’s remix of “Seventh Heaven” further into the shadows, after the jump.

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Seventh Heaven

Seventh Heaven

Schlachthofbronx “Nasty Bass (feat. Spoek Mathambo and Big Space)”

We told you about the impending collection of lascivious low-end on its way from German party specialists Schlachthofbronx merely a week ago, and now, to commemorate its release, the label responsible for dropping those four tunes has offered the EP’s title track for free download. “Nasty Bass” has two marquee stars vying for top billing in its three-and-a-half minutes: MCs Spoek Mathambo and Big Space versus the producers’ mind-rattling basslines. But even though one sect of the song’s fans may fall in love with the sing-songy vocal delivery by the South African wordsmiths and the other may find themselves more in tune with Schlachthofbronx’s bass frequencies, neither of those elements would move you quite the way they do without the other. That’s a sign of a solid production, and chances are you can find more quality tracks on the rest of the Nasty Bass EP, which you can preview here.

Nasty Bass (feat. Spoek Mathambo and Big Space)

Nasty Bass (feat. Spoek Mathambo and Big Space)

Strut to Release Fania Records Retrospective

Strut continues its well-curated, comprehensive look back to the international musical past with a new two-CD compilation highlighting ’60s and ’70s New York-based Latin music label Fania. Born out of a growing love for the R&B, doo-wop, and soul of the time, musician Johnny Pacheco and lawyer friend Jerry Masucci formed Fania together in 1964 and in turn released much of what would form the salsa style over the the next two decades. The compilation, entitled Fania Records 1964-1980: The Original Sound Of Latin New York, features key moments throughout Fania’s release history, from early signees like Louie Ramirez to top-selling artists like Roberto Roena and Ruben Blades. The Fania retrospective is out March 29, and a full tracklist is below.

CD 1

1. Johnny Pacheco – Dakar, Punto Final
2. Orchestra Harlow – La Juventud
3. Joe Bataan – Subway Joe
4. Ray Barretto – Mercy Mercy Baby
5. Bobby Valentin – Use It Before You Lose It
6. Willie Colon – The Hustler
7. Joe Bataan – Mambo De Bataan
8. Roberto Roena – Consolacion
9. Ismael Miranda con Orchestra Harlow – Abran Paso
10. Richie Ray & Bobby Cruz – Sonido Bestial
11. Willie Colon – Che Che Cole
12. Cheo Feliciano – Anacaona
13. The Fania All Stars – Quitate Tu (Live At The Cheetah)
14. Justo Betancourt – Pa’ Bravo Yo
15. Ismael Miranda – Asi Se Compone Un Son

CD 2

1. Ray Barretto – Indestructible
2. Willie Colon – Calle Luna, Calle Sol
3. Roberto Roena – Que Se Sepa
4. Bobby Valentin – Coco Seco
5. Celiz Cruz & Johnny Pacheco – Quimbara
6. Tommy Olivencia – Pa’Lante Otra Vez
7. Hector Lavoe – Mi Gente
8. Mongo Santamaria – O Mi Shango
9. Sonora Poncena – Bomba Carambomba
10. Ruben Blades & Willie Colon – Pablo Pueblo
11.Hector Lavoe – El Cantante
12. Ruben Blades & Willie Colon – Pedro Navaja
13. Celia Cruz Y Sonora Poncena – Sonaremos El Tambo
14. Fania All Stars & Celia Cruz – Cuando Despiertes

Moby to Release New Photography Book and Accompanying Album, Download Free EP Now

Coming in early summer, the one-time king of rave music (you remember our podcast, right?) and one of electronic music’s few household names, Moby, will release a double whammy on his eager masses, a brand-new album that comes packaged in a book of original photos from the artist. Destroyed (pictured above) will be released on May 17 via Mute, and will feature 128 pages with 55 photographs taken by Moby around the world, along with the album, of course. The record was produced on old analog equipment and mixed by Ken Thomas (Sigur Ros, M83) on a 1972 Neve analog mixing desk taken from Abbey Road Studios, and is meant “to be listened to in its entirety and, preferably, as it was made; late at night when your city has gone to sleep.” Before that chunk of goodies comes out, the superstar DJ/producer invites you to download a free EP, called Be the One, which contains tracks from his new album, via the widget below. You can also watch videos for some of those fresh jams here, and check out some upcoming exhibitions of Moby’s work below.

May 9th – National Geographic ‘Music on…Photography’ – Washington D.C.
May 11th – Clic Gallery Art Opening and Book Launch – NYC
May 12th – Brooklyn Museum ‘Discussion with Moby’ – Brooklyn

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