Noise-hop duo ApSci, who just returned from Sydney, Australia, where they’ve been recording Best Crisis Ever, recently slipped their track “Under Control” into the hands of producer David Last. With badman MC Zulu in tow, the tune becomes a stomping, ragga-flavored number that will surely stir things up on the weekend dancefloor.
Meanwhile, Best Crisis Ever will drop August 11.
We haven’t seen a full-length from DJ, producer, and remixer Lusine since 2004’s Serial Hodgepodge (he was busy scoring films these last five years), but the man born Jeff McIlwain is back, and here is the first single off A Certain Distance, his new album. Looks like he donned his ambient techno hat for the release, which is slated to hit stores later this fall.
Crazy club music all day long would drive us insane, which is why producers like Minus 8 are sometimes a welcome breath of fresh (and slower-paced) air. The Zurich-based DJ, producer, and radio-show host just released Slow Motion, a straightforward downtempo affair that’s rooted in funky jazz, hip-hop, and Latin flavor. Here’s proof that the occasional chill-out session doesn’t necessarily make you old and boring.
Good news for the dubstep-meets-hip-hop-meets-future-blap massive. Flying Lotus‘ Brainfeeder event is about to go transatlantic.
The L.A. beatmaker’s massively successful party—a collaborative affair he conducts with fellow SoCal residents Samiyam and The Gaslamp Killer—will hit Europe tonight, with a Barcelona edition (just in time for Sonar 2009). FlyLo will be joined by London’s Brackles and Oneman, as well as Wireblock co-founder Jackmaster. Then, it’s on to the U.K., where Joker, Kode9, Samiyam, The Gaslamp Killer, and Benji B will join the party. (via Resident Advisor)
06/18 Barcelona, Spain – Club Mondo
06/20 London, England – Hearn Street Car Park
Some big news of the week is that Yo Majesty’s Shunda K. and Domino Records have parted ways. Even bigger news is that Shunda is simply soldiering on and releasing 42 tracks via two mixtapes. “Domino didn’t move quickly enough for me,” she said in a recent press release. Thus, the self-released? Best Eva Written and Kollaborations mixtapes are currently streaming at her site. Here’s her perspective, via a track off the former.
Fans of the new wave of disco, take note. Today marks the 30th anniversary of the “Disco Sucks!” campaign, and The Guardian takes a look back to the year 1979 with this thought-provoking article. Demolition footage included.
Having made a mighty fine Pocket Symphony in 2007, Air now returns to the forefront of our musical minds with a new album, Love 2.
This will be the duo’s fifth studio album, which Jean-Benoit Dunckel and Nicolas Godin crafted in the cozy confines of their own Atlas Studio, in northern Paris. And this time around, the two employed a live drummer and percussionist, namely, famed L.A. musician Joey Waronker, who’s best known for his work with acts like R.E.M. and The Smashing Pumpkins. There will be no early ’90s rock revival here though, but rather another collection of meticulously crafted electronic goodies, to be released October 6.
A single, “Do the Joy,” will precede the album’s release. Pick that up in digital format on July 7.
Love 2:
01 Do the Joy
02 Love
03 So Light is Her Footfall
04 Be a Bee
05 Missing the Light of the Day
06 Tropical Disease
07 Heaven’s Light
08 Night Hunter
09 Sing Sang Sung
10 Eat My Beat
11 You Can Tell it to Everybody
12 African Velvet
“Do not attempt to adjust your radio dial,” proclaims Dudley Perkins, and with that, he kicks off the Unconditional Love podcast, over an hour’s worth of smooth, sultry soul jams concerned with matters of the heart. No need for much elaboration though. Dudley walks us through the 21 tracks here, which were mixed by the one and only DJ Romes.
Unconditional Love:
01 Intro
02 Roy Ayers – Sunshine
03 Barry White – Playing Your Game
04 Denise Williams – Got to be Free
05 Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes – Let Me into Your World
06 Dudley Perkins Interlude
07 The Moments – Girls
08 Curtis Mayfield – Makings of You (Live)
09 Pleasure – Thoughts of Old Flames
10 Eddie Kendricks – Intimate Friends
11 Harold Melvin – Hope That We Can Be Together Soon
12 Heat Wave – Sing This Song for You
13 Dudley Perkins Interlude
14 Heat Wave – The Star of a Story
15 Kool & The Gang – You Don’t Have to Change
16 George Duke – Some Day
17 Isley Brothers – Highways of My Life
18 Norman Conors – You Are My Starship
19 Marvin Gaye – Feel All My Love Inside
20 Stylistics – Mine All Mine
21 Kool & The Gang – Summertime Madness
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While it’s hard to believe that an electronic music veteran like Anders Trentemøller could go nearly a decade without being tapped for a proper mix CD, the tracks contained on Harbour Boat Trips are perhaps even more shocking. Foregoing the intricate, long-form techno of his production and remix work, here Trentemøller indulges his pop impulses, assembling an impressively chilled out collection of indie experimentalism, swirling shoegaze, and late ’70s post-punk revivalism. Weaving together acts like Grouper, Beach House, Suicide, The Raveonettes, and The Brian Jonestown Massacre (with surprisingly little attention paid to elaborate mixing), Harbour Boat Trips whispers and hums along at a deliberate pace, only rising above mid-tempo for a bopping remix of Soft Cell’s “Tainted Love.” We always knew that Trentemøller had impeccable technique—apparently his taste is also spot on.
