July 16 through 19 in the scenic country setting of Macleay, OR, the seventh annual Emerg-N-See festival will get underway with a host of some of the freshest, most interesting electronic-music producers the US, Canada, and Europe have to offer. Among the artists included in the four-day music, art, and camping extravaganza are LA beat-makers Baths, DevonWho, Free the Robots, and Teebs, along with loads of other great producers the likes of Mux Mool, Shlohmo, Slugabed, Eprom, and NastyNasty. Presale tickets for the event start at $140, and are available here.

pictured Baths

Walter Gibbons, the man responsible for originating the reel-to-reel edit, which gave way to the now ubiquitous art of remixing, is finally being honored for his pioneering work as a DJ and producer with a forthcoming retrospective from compilation and re-issue label Strut. Entitled Jungle Music: Essential & Unreleased Remixes 1976-1986, the double-disc release features early work from Gibbons when he was first allowed access to artists’ multi-track tapes to craft songs from groups like Double Exposure, Salsoul Orchestra, and Gladys Knight into his own, and subsequently release them on his own 12″ records. Other parts of the compilation focus on his work in the ’80s, setting the groundwork for electro and house with mixes for the likes of Strafe, Arthur Russell, and Dinosaur L. Head over here to stay tuned on further developments before the release comes out July 20, and check out the artwork and tracklist below.

CD 1
1. JAKKI – SUN… SUN… SUN… (Walter Gibbons Original 12” Edit)
2. DOUBLE EXPOSURE – TEN PERCENT (Walter Gibbons 12“ mix)
3. TC JAMES & THE FIST O’FUNK ORCHESTRA – GET UP ON YOUR FEET (Keep On Dancin’) (Walter Gibbons mix)
4. GLADYS KNIGHT – IT’S A BETTER THAN GOOD TIME (Walter Gibbons 12” mix)
5. SALSOUL ORCHESTRA – MAGIC BIRD OF FIRE (Fire Bird Suite)
6. SANDY MERCER – YOU ARE MY LOVE (12″ version)
7. BETTYE LAVETTE – DOIN’ THE BEST THAT I CAN (Walter Gibbons 12″ mix)

CD 2
1. ARTHUR RUSSELL – SEE THROUGH (Walter Gibbons mix)*
2. DINOSAUR L – GO BANG (Walter Gibbons unreleased mix)
3. STRAFE – SET IT OFF (Walter Gibbons 12” mix)
4. ARTS & CRAFT – I’VE BEEN SEARCHING (Walter Gibbons 12” mix)
5. LUV YOU MADLY ORCHESTRA – MOON MAIDEN (12” mix)
6. STETSASONIC – 4 EVER MY BEAT (Beat Bongo mix)
7. HARLEQUIN FOURS – SET IT OFF (US 12″ version)

J. Dilla collaborator and half of Detroit’s gritty rap duo Frank-n-Dank, Frank Nitt just released his debut solo EP, Jewels In My Backpack, on Delicious Vinyl. The six-song offering follows the veteran MC’s four albums with partner Dankery Harv, and features production work with one-time Snoop Dogg, Talib Kweli, and Warren G collaborator Terrace Martin. Nitt said of the marriage of his and Martin’s styles, “[Martin’s] much more glossy than where I come from. His production has a shinier sound, which are the jewels. And here I am as this underground artist, a backpack MC who can rock over these jewels.” Watch the video for Jewels‘ first single, “Go Girl feat. Problem,” here, and get your hands on the new release here.

It’s been six years since Toronto-based artist Solvent released a proper full-length, but all that ends today with the release of Subject to Shift, his latest effort for the venerable Ghostly label. The album is available for purchase on iTunes, but XLR8R is offering the chance to preview the entire album right here on our website. A quick listen will show that although a number of years have passed, Solvent’s penchant for robotically emotive electro-pop hasn’t waned a bit.

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