Nicolas Hum, the 20-year-old Berlin born producer (and also part of the band Blue Stork) recently sent us the first excerpt from his solo project XATU; a blown-out, melodic ambient piece that could fit very well as a soundtrack to a late night at Neukölln's Raum, just about when you realize the sun is about to set and it's time to go home.
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Nicolas Hum, the 20-year-old Berlin born producer (and also part of the band Blue Stork) recently sent us the first excerpt from his solo project XATU; a blown-out, melodic ambient piece that could fit very well as a soundtrack to a late night at Neukölln's Raum, just about when you realize the sun is about to set and it's time to go home.
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These sun-kissed, bursting electronic beats have their origin from the hectic streets of Japan, Kyoto, the city of where the 19-year-old producer Madegg aka Kazumichi Komatsu is based. He already released an EP back in May via the impeccable, japanese record label Flau, but is already now, only a month later, set for another release through the same fine folks. Entitled Bluu Form (as the track below), the EP is a very precise, hand-crafted piece of work, lighter in sound than the debut, but obviously with strong links to the one and only Mount Kimbie.
Snatch Bluu Form via Flau.
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These sun-kissed, bursting electronic beats have their origin from the hectic streets of Japan, Kyoto, the city of where the 19-year-old producer Madegg aka Kazumichi Komatsu is based. He already released an EP back in May via the impeccable, japanese record label Flau, but is already now, only a month later, set for another release through the same fine folks. Entitled Bluu Form (as the track below), the EP is a very precise, hand-crafted piece of work, lighter in sound than the debut, but obviously with strong links to the one and only Mount Kimbie.
Snatch Bluu Form via Flau.
It may seem that Modern Rivals got stuck in 2009 with Local Natives on repeat, but then again do they indeed have something addictively fresh about their naive and sweet-scented pop music. Their second EP Sea Legs is a definite evolve from their debut in 2010, a slightly annoying nintendo-infused piece more in the style of Sea Legs' last track, "Riku".
Grab the EP for free here.
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It may seem that Modern Rivals got stuck in 2009 with Local Natives on repeat, but then again do they indeed have something addictively fresh about their naive and sweet-scented pop music. Their second EP Sea Legs is a definite evolve from their debut in 2010, a slightly annoying nintendo-infused piece more in the style of Sea Legs' last track, "Riku".
Grab the EP for free here.
Really enjoying the propulsive post-2step/future garage transmissions on Don't Switch Off, the latest EP by London producer Richard Bultitude aka Point B. Opening track "Collective Origins" is particularly killer, an irresistible groove nicely interwoven with samples of traditional singing, probably of African origin. Take a listen below.
Don't Switch Off is already out on Cambridge imprint Frijsfo Beats. Get the EP via Boomkat.
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Really enjoying the propulsive post-2step/future garage transmissions on Don't Switch Off, the latest EP by London producer Richard Bultitude aka Point B. Opening track "Collective Origins" is particularly killer, an irresistible groove nicely interwoven with samples of traditional singing, probably of African origin. Take a listen below.
Don't Switch Off is already out on Cambridge imprint Frijsfo Beats. Get the EP via Boomkat.
Bleak, remarkably faithful minimal synth from Minneapolis by three-piece Claps on their latest tape Glory, Glory, striking despite that ongoing early 80s revivalism we've all been observing for the last few years. You usually can tell whether a song was recorded in 1983 or 2011, but in this case I wouldn't have been surprised at all to find "Shelter" on the latest Minimal Wave compilation, a resemblance that was achieved by the outfit's approach of employing solely analog gear and recording live in the studio. What's more, we got to say that's a really fine melody you got there.
Glory, Glory is out now on cassette via Moon Glyph.
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Bleak, remarkably faithful minimal synth from Minneapolis by three-piece Claps on their latest tape Glory, Glory, striking despite that ongoing early 80s revivalism we've all been observing for the last few years. You usually can tell whether a song was recorded in 1983 or 2011, but in this case I wouldn't have been surprised at all to find "Shelter" on the latest Minimal Wave compilation, a resemblance that was achieved by the outfit's approach of employing solely analog gear and recording live in the studio. What's more, we got to say that's a really fine melody you got there.
Glory, Glory is out now on cassette via Moon Glyph.
Cheerful, insanely catchy pop tune by a young Italian-born producer who's just moved to London and records music as Mind Enterprises. No further info so far and only this single track, but a very promising one it is, we'd like to add, so get all smiling and dancing to the upbeat if subtly melancholic gem that is "Sister". More from this talent to follow sometime soon, stay tuned.
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Cheerful, insanely catchy pop tune by a young Italian-born producer who's just moved to London and records music as Mind Enterprises. No further info so far and only this single track, but a very promising one it is, we'd like to add, so get all smiling and dancing to the upbeat if subtly melancholic gem that is "Sister". More from this talent to follow sometime soon, stay tuned.
As you might remember, Inga Copeland's "Trample" was our second favorite track of 2011, and though we're very much into her and Dean Blunt's excellent joint effort Black Is Beautiful, we've been eagerly waiting for new solo stuff to surface. Last night "B.M.W." was put up on the duo's Soundcloud, and the track, which will appear on a forthcoming 12 inch named Faith, builds on Copeland's obvious pop affinities and is less murky and eerie than the stuff on her first solo EP. Above a slow, simple bassline and a restrained rhythm, her skilled and pretty voice stands out more than ever before.
No further details on the 12 inch so far, but we'll keep you updated.
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As you might remember, Inga Copeland's "Trample" was our second favorite track of 2011, and though we're very much into her and Dean Blunt's excellent joint effort Black Is Beautiful, we've been eagerly waiting for new solo stuff to surface. Last night "B.M.W." was put up on the duo's Soundcloud, and the track, which will appear on a forthcoming 12 inch named Faith, builds on Copeland's obvious pop affinities and is less murky and eerie than the stuff on her first solo EP. Above a slow, simple bassline and a restrained rhythm, her skilled and pretty voice stands out more than ever before.
No further details on the 12 inch so far, but we'll keep you updated.
Savannah, Georgia, based Cc, formerly known as C Powers, first crossed our paths back in January with his new beat-focused project that we decided to deem "classic Chicago-informed" while he apparently likes to call it "post office house". Be that as it may, the tracks that are gathered on his debut EP Up Wind are pretty huge, wildly entertaining and most of all executed with a surprising amount of confidence. This is the work by someone who knew exactly what's in the game when he dropped his former psych-leaning murkiness in favor of the polished opalescence of the dancefloor. Well done.
The Up Wind EP is out on JASS. Get it here.
Check out another track from the EP, "Woolie":
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Savannah, Georgia, based Cc, formerly known as C Powers, first crossed our paths back in January with his new beat-focused project that we decided to deem "classic Chicago-informed" while he apparently likes to call it "post office house". Be that as it may, the tracks that are gathered on his debut EP Up Wind are pretty huge, wildly entertaining and most of all executed with a surprising amount of confidence. This is the work by someone who knew exactly what's in the game when he dropped his former psych-leaning murkiness in favor of the polished opalescence of the dancefloor. Well done.
The Up Wind EP is out on JASS. Get it here.
Check out another track from the EP, "Woolie":
Nicolas Hum, the 20-year-old Berlin born producer (and also part of the band 
These sun-kissed, bursting electronic beats have their origin from the hectic streets of Japan, Kyoto, the city of where the 19-year-old producer Madegg aka Kazumichi Komatsu is based. He already released an EP back in May via the impeccable, japanese record label Flau, but is already now, only a month later, set for another release through the same fine folks. Entitled Bluu Form (as the track below), the EP is a very precise, hand-crafted piece of work, lighter in sound than the debut, but obviously with strong links to the one and only Mount Kimbie.
Snatch Bluu Form via Flau.
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