Club lovers, be advised! DJ heroes A-Trak and Armand Van Helden have pooled their collective energy together into a force that shall be known as—wait for it—Duck Sauce. Having described their project as “melding the spirit of classic disco house with modern-day production thump,” the boys ready their first track for release today on Beatport. An introduction to the genesis of their collaboration has been posted on YouTube for all inquiring minds, so check out the scoop below:
Brooklyn-via-San Francisco transplants Lemonade have put together an exclusive track for XLR8R TV‘s “Tune in an Afternoon” series. The song, appropriately titled “Fish Clap,” features the trio sampling themselves making a tasty meal, and transforming those sounds into a bouncing, steel drum-driven number that could serve as the theme song to some sort of tropical kids’ show.
Groove-publisher and Get Physical co-founder Thomas Koch has suggested that the follow-up to Boogie Playground is deliberately and overtly inspired by ’90s house, his label describing it as “a vision of house music as it should be.” Perhaps the title of The Inner Jukebox refers to the sound of this house music, as imagined in his head. Yet the translation of these ideas from brain to disc sounds painstaking, as his collaborator on this long-player, producer Thomas Schumacher, has spoken of the extreme detail that DJ T expected in each track, with the collaborators deploying endless tiny micro-samples to construct their joyous music. But for all the meticulousness that has gone into its creation, the album sounds raw, spontaneous, and is truly lots of fun. On a label that is consistently thrilling, the clipped sounds of The Inner Jukebox are a stand-out.
The U.K.’s latest exports, a sample-loving production duo called Keaver & Brause, mesh elements of hip-hop and hazy electronics for their debut album, The Middle Way. “Airborn,” a loop-based piece showcasing a herky-jerky guitar sample as it floats over a slow and steady hip-hop beat, brings to mind Flying Lotus’ more relaxed moments or a stripped-down Boards of Canada production.
There’s nothing quite like a true exhibition of teamwork in the music world these days. In this case, BBC Radio 1’s experimental DJ and electronic-music tastemaker Mary Anne Hobbs has joined forces with L.A.’s future of hip-hop, Flying Lotus, and the beat master’s Brainfeeder label. They’ve combined their forces for the good of music fans in order to make Hobbs’ live mix from Barcelona’s Sónar music festival available for free download. The mix is a tough-to-the-core, dubstep-laden exhibition of what both Hobbs and the Sónar festival are all about. The tracklist can be found below.
Drumcorps – “Terrible Things”
Reso – “Octacon”
Kryptic Minds – “Six Degrees”
Gemmy – “Rainbow Rd.”
Starkey – “Gutter Music”
Jakes – “In tha Place to Be”
DVA – “Bullet a Go Fly”
Jason Sparks – “Gangstaz” (Reso Remix)
Silkie – “Purple Love”
Andy Stott – “Drippin”
Pinch – “Teleport”
Swarmz – “Never Step on Me”
Skream – “Meta-Lick!!!”
Joker & Ginz – “Purple City”
Martyn – “Elden St.”
LD & Benga – “Yes Yes”
Mala – “Eyez”
Computer Jay – “Maintain” (Ikonika Remix)
Shortstuff – “Stuff”
Debruit – “Soul Sweat (Reso Mix)”
Starkey – “Pleasure Points”
Statix – “Mind Over Matter”
Chase & Status – “Eastern Jam (VIP 3)”
Previously on XLR8R TV‘s Tune in an Afternoon special, leftfield hip-hop craftsmen Jel and Odd Nosdam ran through a junk shop in Berkeley to find the elements to create their collaborative track, Tune in an Afternoon. Today, we unleash the second installment of our series, this time featuring Brooklyn’s psych-house trio, Lemonade. The beat-heavy band brings a new meaning to the phrase “making lunch” with their XLR8R-exclusive track, “Fish Clap,” available for free download here. Of course, check out the whole process as it happened at XLR8R TV.
There’s not much to “get” about Ty Segall, but that doesn’t mean the young San Francisco troubadour isn’t a whole lot of fun. Lemons is his second album, and it’s stuffed with the same brand of noisy garage stomp that previously garnered favorable comparisons to artists like Jay Reatard and fellow S.F. weirdo-savant John Dwyer. Those parallels still hold up, yet Lemons is no simple retread, as Segall deftly mixes in elements of soul (“It #1”) and psych (“Lovely One,” “Rusted Dust”) beneath all the distortion. He’s also channeling a bit of Kurt Cobain, from the ear-splitting freak-out on “Johnny” to the grunge-pop of “Die Tonight,” which could be one of the sweetest death threats ever caught on tape.
Your one-stop shop for streaming grime, dubstep, and U.K. funky on the internet has just gotten a upgrade, and it’s come in the form of a free iPhone app. The online radio station Rinse.fm has just made their iPhone application available on iTunes, so those interested can listen to mixes from the likes of Benga, Skream, and Youngsta anywhere, anytime. Sadly, members of the Blackberry clan will have to wait a bit longer to get their mobile RinseFM radio fix.
We’re sure you all remember back in April of this year when the Portuguese juggernauts Buraka Som Sistema dropped their debut album, Black Diamond, stateside. The record, a grimy and explosive mission statement for their foray into progressive kuduro, took the music world by storm and even garnered them a MTV Europe Music Award. Now the DJ/production outfit has followed up their solid debut with a brand-new mixtape of high-energy African beats juxtaposed with slick MCing, huge basslines, and tweaked versions of classic songs, which they’ve called The Blood Diamond Mixtape. Buraka Som Sistema has made their new mix available for free download at www.buraka.tv. The eclectic 22-song tracklist can be found below.
Tracklist:
1. Diamonds are Forever Intro
2. DJ Znobia feat Jaime Foxx – Africa
3. Buraka Som Sistema – Kalemba (Wegue Wegue) Afrikan Boy remix
4. Os Lambas – Sapo (BSS Edit)
5. Radioclit vs. Guns ‘n’ roses – Sweet Secousse of Mine (Bss edit)
6. The Kiss – Black Diamond
7. Tunes for Baby That Won’t Drive You Crazy – Black Diamond
8. Buraka Som Sistema – IC19 (Toy Selectah remix)
9. Buraka Som Sistema – Aqui Para Voces (FAVELA FUNK SAMBA edit)
10. Buraka Som Sistema – Wawaba (James Braun Copyflex remix)
11. Lykke Li – Dance Dance Dance (BSS Remix)
12. Dirty Tricks – Black Diamond
13. Rusko vs. Puto Prata – Let’s Go (BSS Edit)
14. Buraka Som Sistema – R.I.A.D.
15. J-WOW feat Aloe Blacc – Off With Ya Head
16. Buraka Som Sistema – Gang Bang feat Blaya
17. David Zé – O Guerrilheiro
18. Johnny Clarke – Come Back to Me
19. Buraka Som Sistema – Sound of Kuduro (D1 remix)
20. Zomby feat Pongolove – Kuduro Rumours (BSS Edit)
21. Rusko – Cockney Thug (BSS Remix)
22. Paul Simon – Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes
Drew Lustman may be from New York, but as FaltyDL he creates next-level sounds that stand up tall alongside the best abstract dubstep, two-step garage, and wonky coming out of London. Fresh off the release of his debut album Love Is a Liability, he gives us “And I Really Know…,” a spacey tune that simultaneously recalls both Burial and Boards of Canada with its skittery drums, haunting vocal snippets, and deceptively simple sonic expanse.
Love Is a Liability is out now on Planet Mu.
