Each week our contributors shed some light upon their favorite goings-on in the music realm. Here’s what we like to call our “Weekly Round-Upâ€:
Will:
Blatta & Inesha throw a killer pool party with their new one, “We Don’t Know” a driving, Italo-techy joint.
Walker & Royce’s remix of Baunz got a great response when I dropped it at U Hall.
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My buds and former label mates Smalltown DJs did a fun Riva Starr bootleg that’s appropriate for your roof top set .
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DC’s Chris Burns is crafting some damn fine house music. Check his track with Jamie 3:26, “Say”, featuring Denise Henderson
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Elyse:
It’s always a relief when I find something delightful after sifting through numerous amounts of new releases each week. Worth mentioning this time around is the new EP Find My Way from Jonny Cade released on 2020 Vision. Each song from the EP is quality in its own way, but the little details of the title track “Find My Way” make it the stand-out. The wispy and soulful vocals from Ria Moran are chopped and delicately scattered throughout the song, which creates a nice cohesion for the track’s main ideas.
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Stephen:
I’ve been really digging Crimson’s recording of his set at The Coup. Â A good mixture of slowed deep, dark tracks.
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Also stoked on the latest two singles from Norway’s Pandreas and Martin Andal. Â They combined the release and titled it “Makismal,” which translates to “peak,” an appropriate title for two artists in top form.
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Caleb:
Easily the most exciting thing to happen this week was the release of Belgian superstar Stromae’s sophomore album. He is easily one of the most charismatic artists that I’ve ever seen and his tracks are remarkably infectious. I won’t make any argument about this not landing near the progressive house category, but there’s way more to Racine Carree than that. Just watch this video and try to hate:
Outside of that I’ve been really stuck on John Tejada’s “Somewhere” single on Kompakt. Both tracks are really solid techno with awesome grooves.
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Prince’s new album cover was also remarkable but only in the sense that it is deserving of remarks.
Charles:Â
Really enjoyed Dark Sky and Medlar on NTS Radio earlier this month. Â Loads of killer tunes hand-picked by two of the finest artists in the game. The mix is finally available for download via Soundcloud (see below)…one to grab for sure.
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Also feeling the new track from Alex Smoke entitled “Dust,” the latest release from the legendary folks at R&S.
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Last but not least is the most recent track from the Bicep lads, a remix of Aster’s “Cielo.” This is remix number one of two apparently, to be released on the forthcoming Cielo EP via John Talabot’s Hivern Discs imprint.
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