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Track: Catching Flies – ‘GLY’: a sunshiney slice of summer downbeatz
THE LONDON producer of chilled, intelligent summer downbeatz Catching Flies – known to friends and family as George King – has returned with a cool evening breeze of a new single in “GLY”, all expectancy and early evening uplift, the night young and pregnant with possibility, and all captured in a smooth swing hooking on …
See: Muck Spreader drop the shadowy dub riot of ‘Take Flight’ ahead of a July EP; there’s a June tour, too
A CHAOTIC, riotously fun force of nature which – if you believe the myth – came about after lightning struck, Muck Spreader are back with a shadowy, gloriously dub-jazz didactic single, “Take Flight”, ahead of a July EP for Brace Yourself – and a tour in very fine company. The new eight-tracker, Abysmal, follows last …
Track: Middle Name Dance Band show off smooth, soulful revamps on new single ‘Lovers Featuring’
Three-piece MPC, keys and bass trio Middle Name Dance Band have released more infectiously relaxed groove by smoothly reworking two tracks taken from their 2020 acclaimed Middle Name Dance Tracks Vol.2. The new 7” single features vocalised versions of Weekend Love Chant and Love Bite – the sultry, smoky resonance of singers Wallace and Natalie …
Track: Red Sleeping Beauty unveils the electronic thumper ‘Second Time’ featuring the angelic vocals of Mary Wyer of indie legends Even As We Speak
Swedish trio Red Sleeping Beauty have teamed up with Australian Mary Wyer of indie legends Even As We Speak to create the smashing dance track ‘Second Time’. This track is a perfect marriage of Wyer’s gorgeous velvety vocals filled with an air of wistful melancholy floating above an effervescent, arpeggiated electronic beat with a vibrant …
Track: Belowsky releases the punchy ‘Hooks Jabs Words (remixed by Danny Saber)’ through Alan McGee’s Its Creation Baby
The legendary Alan McGee’s new label Its Creation Baby has just released an smashing new tribute to Muhammad Ali by pop-poet Belowsky, entitled ‘Hook Jab Word’ and remixed by Black Grapes’ Danny Saber. It’s a funky, restless track as light and fast as Ali himself with a dexterity and flow to the bass and vocals. …
TRACK: This Morn’ Omina release “1.000 Cuts (Lingh Chi)”
Belgian tribal industrial; three words that will undoubtedly pique your interest or have you wondering “what on earth is that?” But Belgian collective This Morn’ Omina rightfully summarise their output well with those three words and head of the release of their album, The Roots of Saraswati, have unveiled their newest single. Infectiously groove-laden, embracing …
SEE: Hot Chip’s spin on Django Django’s ‘Glowing In The Dark’ comes with trippy animation
WITH a brand spanking new album, Glowing in the Dark, announced for a February release, Django Django have unveiled a Hot Chip rerub of the title track, sprinkling some of that ever-uplifting Taylor ‘n’ Goddard sweetness over the pulse. Take a listen below. Django Django say: “We’ve been huge fans of Hot Chip from the beginning and …
TRACK: Listen to lau.ra’s new single, ‘Wicked’
DJ, PRODUCER and vocalist Laura Bettinson, known under the alias lau.ra, has released her new single, “Wicked”, featuring rising UK rapper Eliza Legzdina. Lau.ra has already picked up praise from The Guardian, Future Music and Billboard, and for good reason as the cool vibes from this track are certainly not to be missed; listen below! …
TRACK: Fujiya & Miyagi – ‘Feeling The Effects (Of Saturday Night)’
BRIGHTON’S cool groovers Fujiya & Miyagi used what we can now refer to as period of history known as Lockdown One wisely, and kept on creating. They dug back into the archives, blowing the dust from abandoned hard drives and found a fragment of an idea dating all the way back to 2000. Socially distanced …
MIXTAPE REVIEW: Blue Hawaii – ‘Under 1 House’: your deep house cassette pet
BLUE HAWAII: now there’s a name that conjures up a blissful vision of lazy heat and crystal-clear waters, especially for me sat in subfusc September Britain. And the same appeal of vision would apply, you’d think, to a duo one of whom is working out of Montreal, Quebec. Blue skies, bluer waters. A lightness of …