Jaakko Eino Kalevi: Finland has their own Destroyer/John Maus hybrid and he’s amazing.
Lee Bannon: Ninja Tunes just keeps stacking up and reviving good drum n bass.
Indian Wells: Flying under the radar in the beat world clutter.
Disclosure: I wouldn’t usually post this video but the color treatment and the vintage knick knacks make it.
Oh man soo many mixes and tracks went up today, my favorite though is this one from Majical Cloudz called Love Soul. Enjoy your night.
UPDATE: The Majical Cloudz track is up
We finally get a peak in on the AIRA series from Roland. This less than 5 minute video from NAMM 2014 shows all these beautiful new toys (TR-8, VT-3, TB-3, System-1) playing well together. One thing I wish for 2014 is no more beat repeat or scatter or whatever you want to call it, i’m done hearing from laptop performers.
The hypnotic manner of where this Marcellis song goes, made me obsess over it right away. I might never spin a set without it.
Some sort of juked out motown from Traxman, its like what Bullion might have ended up doing if he just kept it simple and sample based.
I think I heard this song in a Falty DL set, maybe Shazam lied to me and its not right but once I looked up the result I found this Doc Daneeka cut. Might edit it down and cut out the vocal break, its not my thing personally.
Sifting through Rüdiger Nehmzow’s work I find it refreshing, its his clean approach to the coloring keeps him from being trendy. It rides that thin line of just being commercial but this calmness sneaks in and adds this inviting creative touch.
Scott and I have been huge fans of Gardens & Villa since we heard them at a bar in Denver, CO during a Tycho tour so we’re happy be able to share their new album with you in full on ISO50. There’s always a place for a new act that will grow to the size of a band like Grizzly Bear and I think Gardens & Villa could be that band. I remember running across the Sasquatch Festival with some urgency a few years back and stopped in my tracks hearing “Star Fire Power” being played live, it felt like they should have been on the main stage with Bon Iver and Beck.
On a similar sound tip i’d say they sound like Small Black and the meat and potatoes of Youth Lagoon, maybe a sort of city born cousin of Midlake. Dunes has a drive to it but not for pop radio or just indie, they’re some sort of heartthrob that sits in between that is honest to themselves.
Dunes is out now on Secretly Canadian
Photo credit: Neil Favila
Mark McGuire is back with a gorgeous LP that climbs up and down the desert hills searching for that song that will have you loving him all over again. I remember we’ve had our favorites in the past like Brain Storm (For Erin) or the lo-fi lush Mark that originally brought him to us via Editions Mego or even the noiser Mark that pushed his sound to an almost open and harsher level. This album shows maturity in that sense where things feel like they made in a clear space. The diversity is also there but the expanse within one song reaches new levels for his work which seems to be one of the best routes for his style of music.
“Along The Way” is out on Dead Oceans now
I’ve collected all the remixes i’ve done and put them in one location and easily downloaded as a WAV or MP3 for everyone. Everything other than the Slowdive remix was a remix swap or a remix for a friend, hope you enjoy in your headphones and share it.
TRACKLIST
1. Loscil – Hundred (Heathered Pearls’ survey the wreckage remix) 04:48
2. Throwing Snow – Melum (Heathered Pearls’ dormancy remix) 03:33
3. Dirty Beaches – Casino Lisboa (Heathered Pearls’ dead time rework) 04:49
4. Diana – Born Again (Heathered Pearls’ avión remix) 05:38
5. Slowdive – Melon Yellow (Heathered Pearls’ tension rework) 04:46
6. Indian Wells – In The Streets (Heathered Pearls’ nautical remix) 02:59
7. Solar Year – Lines (Heathered Pearls’ serenity remix) 04:00
