Montreal’s Mossa and Tiga Ready New Releases

Canadian electro giant Tiga is set to deliver a quartet of digital and vinyl singles complete with remixes and unheard versions of tracks off his recent album, Ciao!. Of the long-player’s tracks, Tiga chose “Sex O’Clock,” “Overtime,” “Gentle Giant,” and “Love Don’t Dance Here Anymore” to be included in his release series, and asked some of dance music’s most respected and interesting producers, the likes of Matias Aguayo, Seth Troxler, Mathew Jonson, Jamie Lidell, Brodinski, and Carl Craig, to include their exclusive remixes. Tiga sweetens the deal even more, adding, “If you purchase all four, I will write your name and credit card information in a special leather-bound book. Also one copy will include a silver ticket, which you can trade in for a golden ticket. Which does nothing.” The weekly remix series will kick off February 1 with “Sex O’Clock.”

Also offering up new music in the coming year from the Canadian techno front is Montreal’s Mossa. His second album, Festine, comes four years after his debut full-length, 2006’s Some Eat it Raw, and is purported to intertwine “jazz, gamelan, techno, and house into a soundtrack for the club, warehouse, café, living room, conversation pit, sweat lodge, brothel, and anywhere over or under the rainbow.” Check out the upcoming release on Thema when it hits retailers March 3. The artwork and tracklist is below.

1. Milou
2. Blush
3. Tough Love
4. New Tork
5. I Am You
6. Pirator
7. Churros (feat. Mike Shannon)
8. Bum Star
9. Java
10. Cop A Feel (feat. Dave Aju)
11. Virga (feat. Pezzner)
12. Romancing the Bone
13. Buleria
14. The Last Kiss
15. Heather’s Feathers

Inbox: Kap Bambino

This week Inbox enters the realm of wild French electro-grunge duo Kap Bambino. The gypsy that is leading lady Caroline Martial woos us with Guns N’ Roses, eats spiders (supposedly), rages for the benefit of church-going families, knocks back soup, and loses her mind on stage. Kap Bambino’s Blacklist is out now on Because Music.

XLR8R: If you wanted to seduce someone in three songs or less, which three
would you choose?

Caroline Martial: “Dream Baby Dream” by Suicide; “Sweet Child O’ Mine” by Guns N’ Roses; “Titanic” by Celine Dion.

What’s the weirdest story you have ever heard about yourself?

My mum says I have eaten a spider. I don’t believe her.

What band did you want to be in when you were 15?

Sonic Youth.

What has been your weirdest show moment so far?

Playing for a rubbish art festival in France, in a old church in front of
families.

What is your drink of choice?

Soup.

Favorite phrase to live by?

Je te tuerais jusqu’a la mort” (“I kill you until the death”).

A bowler hat, a leather jacket, a pair of boots: Which comes off first
during a show?

My brain.

What is your favorite French word?

Connard.

Which would be the most exciting thing to see at night: a shooting
star, a 24-hour Starbucks, a street performer posing as a tinman, or dead lizards?

Dead Lazers on ketamine in a Starbucks coffee [shop], performing between two
fridges and shooting a pink donut.

What did you always get in trouble for when you were little?

Authority.

If you had to cast any actress to play you in a movie, which would you
choose?

Anna Karina.

What’s the last book you read?

Bonjour Tristesse by Francoise Sagan.

Complete this sentence: In the future…

Hamsters are gonna be free.

Stupidest thing you’ve done in the last 12 months?

Bad handmade tattoos.

What’s next?

Survive.

The Clonious Between the Dots

In addition to doling out wings on a daily basis, Red Bull is gaining quite the reputation with its esteemed Music Academy becoming an official launch pad for young, innovative, left-of-center artists from around the globe. Austrian producer Paul Movahedi (a.k.a. The Clonious) is no exception. The soul-jazz combo feel of “Agenda” juxtaposed with the angular glitch beats of “Dataflow” exemplifies Movahedi’s full range of musical motion. Moments like the remix of “One at a Time” (featuring RBMA co-conspirator Muhsinah), the warped and beautifully schizophrenic “Oily Glue,” and vocal drops from Dudley Perkins and Georgia Anne Muldrow are all firm signifiers of Movahedi’s promise in the realm of the beat scene. Vienna is definitely calling.

XLR8R Buyers’ Guide to Dreamin’ 2K9

If you’re still feeling hopped up after getting jacked, bubbled, bumped, and tripped-out, then let this, the last of XLR8R’s Buyers’ Guides to our favorite music of 2009, usher in those warm, fuzzy sensations, tender as the night. Whether it’s the come-down hours of a killer holiday party, or you’re just looking to get slinky and sleazy, this one’s a certified winner.

Tomasz Bednarczyk
Let’s Make Better Mistakes Tomorrow[Buy]
(12k)

Listen: “The Sketch”

Cold Cave
Love Comes Close[Buy]
(Heartworm Press/Matador)

Listen: “Love Comes Close”

Delorean
Ayrton Senna EP [Buy]
(Fool House France)

Listen: “Seasun”

Intrusion
Seduction of Silence[Buy]
(Echospace)

Listen: “Little Angel”

Junior Boys
Begone Dull Care[Buy]
(Domino)

Listen: “Parallel Lines”

Mount Kimbie
Sketch on Glass[Buy]
(Hot Flush)

Listen: “Sketch on Glass”

Nite Jewel
Good Evening[Buy]
(Human Ear Music)

Listen: “What Did He Say”

Nudge
As Good As Gone[Buy]
(Kranky)

Listen: “Burns Blue”

The Pains of Being Pure at Heart
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart[Buy]
(Slumberland)

Listen: “Everything With You”

Pictureplane
Dark Rift[Buy]
(Lovepump United)

Listen: “Goth Star”

Telepathe
Dance Mother[Buy]
(IAMSOUND)

Listen: “So Fine”

Tin Man
Cool Wave[Buy]
(Cheap)

Listen: “Constant Confusion”

Brock Van Wey
White Clouds Drift On and On[Buy]
(Echospace)

Listen: “White Clouds Drift On and On”

V/A
The Grandfather Paradox (Compiled and mixed by Henrik Schwarz / Âme / Dixon) [Buy] (BBE)

Listen: Cymande – “For Baby Oh”

Warpaint
Exquisite Corpse[Buy]
(Manimal Vinyl)

Listen: “Billie Holiday”

Washed Out
Life of Leisure[Buy]
(Mexican Summer)

Listen: “Feel It All Around”

WHY?
Eskimo Snow[Buy]
(Anticon)

Listen: “This Blackest Purse”

The xx
S/T[Buy]
(Young Turks)

Listen: “Basic Space”

Uffie’s Next EP Coming in February, LP in Spring

Paris-based club-loving starlet Uffie will release a new EP of her over-sexed and off-kilter electro tunes this February on Ed Banger/Because. Produced by longtime collaborator Mr. Oizo, the EP, entitled MCs Can Kiss, promises to follow suit with the neo-diva’s past singles “Pop the Glock” and “Ready to Uff” while also offering up new takes on her “soundclash of heavy beats and sharp rhymes.” MCs Can Kiss includes remixes from up-and-comers Zombie Disco Squad and Philly’s Starkey, and serves as a precursor to the spring release of Uffie’s debut album, Sex Dreams & Denim Jeans, which builds on her pop sensibilities in a collaboration with Pharrell Williams and furthers her dancefloor escapades with production from the likes of Feadz and SebastiAn. Sounds like we’ll be hearing a lot from the Uffie camp in this coming year. Check out MCs Can Kiss tracklist and artwork below.

1. MCs Can Kiss (Clean Version)
2. MCs Can Kiss (Starkey Redid)
3. MCs Can Kiss (Zombie Disco Squad Dub Version)
4. MCs Can Kiss (Zombie Disco Squad Remix)
5. MCs Can Kiss (Original)

railcars “Cathedral With No Eyes (White Rainbow Remix)”

The original of “Cathedral With No Eyes” sounds a bit like Rob Barber (from High Places and the Urxed) channeling Primal Scream at their most apocalyptic and noisy. How Adam Forkner (a.k.a. White Rainbow) turned this railcars piece into a spacey, blissed-out carnival ride is slightly beyond comprehension. Nonetheless, the original’s near-industrial percussion becomes bouncy and playful, its strained vocals replaced by Forkner’s trademark cooing, and its hissing distortion is toned down to a cool sonic wash that builds to a roar by the piece’s end.

This excellent remix is taken from an upcoming digital and cassette release featuring Lucky Dragons, Panther, Former Ghosts, and others remixing “Cathedral With No Eyes.” Look for that in February!

cathedral with no eyes (white rainbow remix)

Various Artists Tectonic Plates, Vol. 2

Dubstep will remain alive and well in the early ’10s if the Tectonic label’s latest compilation is any indication. Pinch and Moving Ninja’s “False Flag” is a death march of bloody-knuckled beats and synth washes that stain the sky, while RSD’s “Forward Youth” dives into roots dub’s darkest depths and trawls up soot-blackened bass and toasters’ voices from the grave. Flying Lotus delivers a loose mix of swaying flute melodies on “Glendale Galleria,” and Shed taps into a welcome, lovesick mood amid paddled beats on his remix of Peverelist’s “Junktion.” Not everything meshes well; Skream loses blood in an uneven mix of gurgling synth riffs on “Trapped in the Dark Bubble.” Still, the future looks bright for dubstep.

Podcast 116: Martin Kemp

Given that Martin Kemp has Brackles for an older brother, the fresh-faced London DJ and producer certainly has some big shoes to fill. Kemp’s discography may be short, but he’s certainly been impressive out of the gate with his first few tracks and remixes, most of which haven’t even been given a proper release yet. Since his big bro turned in a stellar podcast last summer, it’s only fair that we also give the younger Kemp brother a turn at the wheel. Loaded with high-quality tunes—many of which are forthcoming or entirely unreleased—the mix occupies that unique space where garage, 2-step, funky, and house bubble together in a uniquely potent brew. Let’s just hope it doesn’t spark a vicious rivalry in the Kemp household this holiday season.

01 Tuff Jam “Experience” (Casa Trax)
02 Ultymate feat Jacquee Bennett “Vybe (Todd Edwards remix)” (i)
03 DJ Lewi “Hold Me Tight” (Moist)
04 Martin Kemp “Aztec” (Blunted Robots)
05 Roska “Feeline (VIP mix)” (Roska Kicks and Snares)
06 Martin Kemp “Fix”
07 Mya “Free (Brackles Bootleg Remix)”
08 Brackles & Shortstuff “Pipey D” (Blunted Robots)
09 Mosca “Square One (Greena remix)” (Night Slugs)
10 Geiom “Sugar Coated Lover (Brackles & Shortstuff remix)” (Berkane Sol)
11 Hem and Terrible Shock “On a Mission (Shortstuff remix)” (Berkane Sol)
12 Ellie Goulding “Under the sheets (Brackles remix)”
13 Zinc feat. Slarta Jon “Flim (Horsepower remix)” (Bingo)
14 Martin Kemp “After The Night” (Blunted Robots)
15 Mickey Pearce & Shortstuff “Tripped Up” (Ramp)
16 Brackles “6am El Gordos” (Brainmath)

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By:Larm Festival Will Showcase New Talents in February

Once again, the annual By:Larm festival will take place this February in the wiles of Oslo, Norway. Featuring a diversity of upcoming artists such as The Cumshots, CCTV, and Jonathan Johansson (pictured), as well as three days of lectures, seminars, and debates, it is sure to be an amazing (if cold) time. For a glimpse of what you might encounter in Oslo this year, check out Vivian Host’s pictorial journey through this past year’s festival.

The By:Larm festival takes place February 18-20, 2010, in Oslo, Norway.

DOOM “Gazillion-Ear (Madvillainz Remix feat. Kanye West as Khan)”

The Madvillainz Beat Crew might remain an anonymous cast of producers, but their remix of “Gazzillion-Ear” is anything but shadowy—the dusty, warm beats of J Dilla’s original production are transformed into cutting stabs of bass, rim-shots, and a triumphant sonic atmosphere that nicely compliments DOOM‘s rich, confrontational rhymes. In a nod to the original’s beat-switch, Madvillainz does the same, paying homage to one of the best beat-makers of our times.

01 Gazzillion-Ear (MADVILLAINZ Remix feat. Kanye West as KHAN)

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