DOWNLOAD: Dawn Golden and Rosy Cross - Blacks (Shlohmo Remix)
Shlohmo, a Los Angeles producer associated with beat visionary Flying Lotus and his Low End Theory scene, remixes Dawn Golden and Rosy Cross's "Blacks" by pulling the original apart at the seams. He trades maximalist drums for a playful, stuttering beat, vocals that sound like they were recorded through a telephone and a highly-detailed bed of synthesizers. Eventually, it all falls apart, leaving a disembodied voice filled with longing and blurred lyrics. Grab both the original and Shlohmo remix of "Blacks" via Mad Decent.
DOWNLOAD - Mo Kolours - Biddies
Somewhere between archival recordings of exotic singers and back-of-the-bin dusty grooves lies the music of Mo Kolours. On his debut, EP1: Drum Talking—out May 16th on vinyl and digital via One-Handed—the half-Mauritian singer clouds his singing in fuzz and detritus, while his humid, supple production recalls everything from field recordings to Polynesian folk songs to Tricky to Theo Parrish to Dr. John. But the fluid synthesis of all these different styles is what's so remarkable about Mo Kolours' music—it's something new in so far as it blends sounds so seamlessly. Look no further than "Biddies," where ghostly yawps and murmurs pepper a boxy, weathered drum loop and sleepy bass line, the song slipping off ever so languidly into the ether.
PREMIERE: Bonjay - Want A Gang (Hard Mix Remix)
Swirly trip-hop soup is not what we usually think of when we think of how-low-can-you-go dancehall/soul duo Bonjay, but here we are. Kudos to Hard Mix, who gently plies “Want A Gang” like downtempo taffy—substituting the original’s nasty thump for writhing new wave layers. To put it in universal language: before Hard Mix, this track was hot, nameless sex. But now? It’s making sweet, sweet love. Catch the breathless action: digitally on the Broughtupsy EP, or in the flesh, on tour.
Bonjay - Want A Gang (Hard Mix Remix)
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EXCLUSIVE NEW DOWNLOAD: Boozoo Bajou - Sign (DJ DSL Mix)
Tomorrow brings Boozoo Bajou’s “Sign” single (from the current album Grains) with this exclusive mix below, and later this year, a full remix collection featuring reworks from Prins Thomas, Idjut Boys, and Quantec will drop. Will they all invoke a candlelit, D’Angelo pumping, red wine drinking, purple satin sheets rustling, babymaking fest? Dunno. But this one sure does. Silky.
Boozoo Bajou - Sign (DJ DSL Mix)
Previously:
Boozoo Bajou - Same Sun (Tontelas Roots Version)
EXCLUSIVE NEW DOWNLOAD: Cruel Black Dove - Love Song (Remix By Dean Rosenzweig From IAMX)
We've heard Cruel Black Dove's surrealist industrial rock in a variety of guises, thanks to the many remixes they've let us premiere over the past year or so. This new one of "Love Song" from Dean Rosenzweig of IAMX–Chris from the Sneaker Pimps' new band–is one of the best, flipping the original vocal into a central phrase and cutting it with boiling low end and BB gun snares. Basically, it's like downtempo Bangladesh. The band plays New York's Mercury Lounge next week, July 16th, alongside The Morning After Girls and Hopewell; before that they'll make an appearance on East Village Radio this Saturday, the 11th, at 4PM.
Cruel Black Dove - Love Song (Remix by Dean Rosenzweig from IAMX)
Previously:
Cruel Black Dove - Wasting (The Vandelles Remix)
Cruel Black Dove - Come On Over (The Clapp Remix)
Cruel Black Dove - Love Song (Gregory Shiff Mix)
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DOWNLOAD: Tosca - Springer
No Hassle, the title of Tosca's fifth and latest album, serves as the electronic duo's mission statement and mantra. Consisting of Richard Dorfmeister (half of downtempo legends Kruder & Dorfmeister) and Rupert Huber, Tosca holds a mirror up to an increasingly frightful world and shows a gentler, less hectic possibility. They describe their double disc album as "an hour-long ambient symphony," of which "Springer" is a part. A digital patchwork of droning pitches leads into a call and response session between soothing synth flourishes and guitar/bass lines, taking Balearic vibes stargazing. Climb in Tosca's virtual escape pod and repeat after them: no hassles.
Sounds like: Windsurf, Meanderthals
DOWNLOAD: The Young Lovers - Album Mini-mix
A cursory tour through Hervé's back catalog suggests the British producer is all about bombast and, in the words of his 2007 single, "Cheap Thrills." But the many monikered Hervé (Joshua Harvey to his folks, half of The Count and Sinden to many others) has facets initially hidden by his rave-igniting tunes. One of the most surprising comes under the guise The Young Lovers, which finds Harvey exploring everything from nodding jazz laments, broken beat hip-hop instrumentals, jazzy house tracks, swinging samba and swerving downtempo jams. Skeptics should direct their ears to this classy minimix which cuts across each style explored on The Young Lovers' self-titled debut album on Loungin' Recordings. Cool your heels and let the stylings of Harvey at his most chill sooth your buzzing mind.
Sounds like: Madlib, J Dilla, Verve Remixed compilations
The Young Lovers - Album Mini-mix
Previously:
Hervé - Jungle Steppers (feat. The Count Of Monte Cristal)
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EXCLUSIVE NEW DOWNLOAD: Bike For Three! - All There Is To Say About Love
(Photo: Tim McCready, Sabine De Moerloose)
Here's another version of today's musicians' version of a message in a bottle. Like Postal Service before them, budding Belgian electronicist Joëlle Phuong Minh Lê (Greetings From Tuskan) sent Canadian indie-rapper Richard Terfry (Buck 65) music (this time from across the Atlantic.) Rich wrote lyrics and then sent it back where Joëlle flexed each track into shape. The result is complex rap lyrics (from "indignant wishes" to "malignant kisses") peppered over delicate, building, downtempo arrangements - appropriate for a girl who used to tinker around with music boxes. Curiously, the two have never met in person.....Regardless, here is the first peep of Bike For Three!'s "All There Is To Say About Love."
Sounds Like: Postal Service, Buck 65, Greetings From Tuskan, Alias, Restiform Bodies
Bike For Three! - All There Is To Say About Love
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