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DJ Spinn and DJ Rashad: Breaking down boundaries with juke and footwork

“Dancers from Chicago really like bass, claps, something crazy, something unexpected… that’s what we tried to keep up.”

Tales of the origins of juke and footwork from two of the originators, during their intimate lecture at Red Bull Music Academy Madrid 2011.

DJ Spinn and DJ Rashad talk of growing up in Chicago, the nightclub scene in their native city and how it played a role in their exposure to electronic music, plus the pair spin a slew of essential classics taking you on a musical history lesson on the origins of their distinct genre styles.Continuing my fascination with music and it’s evolution, this was definitely an entertaining watch, be sure take a minute and learn a few things.

“They made the clap four to the floor, with the bass”.

INTERVIEW: Introducing Lockah

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Swirling synths in a variety of forms take on chameleon like qualities shaping Aberdeen’s brightest rising star Lockah, aka Tom Banks’ savagely inventive sound. Humming chugs of lofty bass marry with pitched vocal loops cascading into jungle-inspired beats. This menagerie of genres and concept sounds are then swirled together in a steaming pot of thick and chunky beats ready to elevate any mood.

The stalwart label head of emerging bass outfit, Tuff Wax, and playing a large part in the emerging scene in his hometown of Aberdeen, Banks is pushing more than just a new sound in 2013. Lockah’s music unearths new territories, blending an epic movie score quality with forward thinking production and a wildly creative style, landing him on labels like Mad Decent’s Jeffrees, Skrillex’s OWSLA, and most recently, on bass music trendsetting label, Donky Pitch.

One of the fascinating aspects of Banks’ music is his ability to elicit melodies out of heavy-handed synth, sparse techno beats and trembling glistens of effects, all of which create the most strangely fantastic pop ballads. Best Fit set out to find out where the young producer’s influences lie, what his new EP Only Built For Neon Nights is really about and if it’s possible to ever have too much synth.

Read my interview with Tom after the jump!

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Coma My Orbit (Dauwd Remix)

Germany’s hottest duo, Marius Bubat and Georg Conrad, whom make up the production alias, Coma recently released their ‘My Orbit’ single, an amuse bouche of a track, offering fans a taste of what’s to come on their highly anticipated second release for Kompakt, In Technicolor. This week Pictures/Ghostly rising production star, Dauwd offers a sexy take on the Cologne stomp original.

Turning the deep, darkness of ‘My Orbit’ into creeping synth and static clacks along with a haunting vocal ellipsis, Dauwd builds off those pensive moments that still linger early on in the night. Creating his signature warming glow, Dawud melts away inhibitions and relaxes the mood, as edges of circumstance begin to soften and the evening comes into full effect. Atmospheric swirls, bursts of effects and the subtle blair of jazzy horn effects round out the track just before the sun begins to rise again.

Listen to the original that premiered on Pitchfork a few weeks back, in case you missed it!

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Festivals

Benihana. Festivals / Night

As we’ve mentioned many times this year, Ireland’s burgeoning music scene is not to be overlooked. Today we bring you Benihana, a duo out of the North of Ireland, Kildare to be exact.

What’s fascinating about the emerging electronic acts from this region is how they all manage to intertwine this beautiful atmospheric feel into their sound.As if providing a geographical guide to their quaint homeland, Will Molloy & Billy Archbold lead you through sun-glinted pitch shifts, rapid bursts of swirling synth, and dark building basslines rolling along mysterious, unpaved roads.

A cinematic history brought to life through bold, brassy synth, dancing bouts of organ notes, and the ever so subtle bit of sexiness.

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Ifan Dafydd - Llonydd (feat. Alys Williams)

Ifan Dayfdd Llonydd (feat. Alys Williams)

After partaking in some intense rehabilitation due to the soul melting effects of Ifan Dafydd’s first single ‘Celwydd’, we’ve completely relapsed and are in a state of utter elation over his latest jaunt. Literally translating to mean “quiet” or “calm”, our young grasshopper craftily strings his listeners along by ensuring ‘Llonydd’ is anything but that.

Leaning more on the theatrical, storytelling side in comparison to ‘Celwydd’’s lighthearted nature, ‘Llonydd’ clings to a part of the day when the moon is high above and bubbling tempos beckon for your being to do anything but stand still. Singer, Alys Williams’ translucent words reverberate through shadowy walls, and pitched cries that peek out from darkened corners, as she makes her way through billowing organ synths and piano key flecks. With both ‘Celwydd’ and “Llonydd’, Dafydd weaves this flirtatiousness song and dance element throughout, eliciting a charming infatuation with his music you just can’t ignore.

Recordiau Lliwgar‘s second installment in their vinyl compilation series, Y Record Las (The Blue Record) is out 1st April (today). The double 10″ vinyl compilation features new material from four of Wales’ rising stars; Ifan Dafydd, Ymarfer Corff, Llwybr Llaethog and H Hawkline, we promise you don’t want to miss out on this release.

(I wrote this for The Line Of Best Fit today)

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GROWN FOLK- THE BOAT / KEEP FEW NEAR (IH003)

Grown Folk The Boat/Druture Purple City Fashion Week

This was a post that kind of turned into an artist profile I did on my friend, DRU for The Line Of Best Fit. Da future you know. 

Earlier this year, San Francisco’s Icee Hot label officially introduced us to Montreal production duo, Grown Folk, with the release of their “The Boat / Keep Few Near” release. Since then, the duo have released a long awaited collaborative EP, Cloud City, with bay area rappers, Main Attrakionz, which includes two stellar remixes from futuristic producer, Kuedo, and today, the duo explores another dimension of their creativity with one half of Grown Folk, Drew Kim’s new endeavour he’s dubbed, Druture.

Experimenting with pitch and bpms throughout a track is a fascinating ability that not enough producers utilize, probably because they’ve never thought to. It’s also an art. Looping possibly the coolest line ever uttered, ‘I Get Paid’, through oscillating beats that reflect kaleidoscopic fragments of light at the most fantastic of angels, Grown Folk draw you towards their pretty, sparkly things almost instantly.

Building a track from the ground up, that will eventually become more than just digitized drums and a 4/4 beat, Grown Folk’s love of vintage synthesizers can be heard billowing through excruciatingly precise xylophone pings, and insanely infectious loopa. Reconstructing beats out of pitched vocals that rasp, and rub your speakers raw, juxtapozed with wildly dancing bells, ass slapping rhythm divised through cleverly EQ’d claps, and bass that chugs along as if climbing a mountain, Grown Folk take the concept of house music and graudate it five steps forward.

With Druture, Kim explores his love of southern rap, taking the beats behind those lyrics to new heights through a handful of freshly released hip hop tracks. Ranging from ethereal, spaced out ripples of drum patterns and pulsing effects of the headbob persuasion on ‘Purple City Fashion Week’, to the ode to dupstep hero, Skream on ‘Texas Skresh’, consisting of a collection of throbbing, desolate pulses surrounded by shuddering percussion and Kim’s signature clouds of big bass airiness. With Druture, Kim proves his production style and musical tastes run deep.

When Drew Kim was little and he asked for more bass, what they got instead was heaps and heaps of VERSATILITY. It’s safe to say, the Future for this emerging producer is looking extremely bright.

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SOPHIE Nothing More To Say / EEEHHH

School’s out for summer!!! Ok, that was a lie. But it feels like it. All those frigid winter days spent walking to school as the wind slaps you in the face turning your cheeks a crimson ‘just pinched’ color, as you reach your classroom merely minutes before the frostbite takes over your toes.

Endless days spent watching the snow melt to reveal the vibrant green buds that eventually bloom, signaling the end term papers, exams and waking up before noon. That feeling when the bell finally rings on the first day of summer, that’s what today feels like.

The elusive London-based producer, SOPHIE, who has popped up on LuckyMe, Mary Anne Hobbes and Jimmy Edgar mixes, nights at Fabric and Plastic People, and that funky Jackmaster remix floating around on Youtube, finally all of those pieces have come together today in the form of Sophie’s first proper release. Think Lunice meets Feel My Bicep. It’s a universal dance vibe that you can’t help but be addicted to, causing you to instantly want to know more and why you haven’t heard this before. Dare we say this is the beginning of a new genre; ‘Bubble and Squeak Bass’, if you’re cheeky, (which we are). Describing his own sound as “polished, glossy, and industrial,” we are swallowing every color of pill in sight to chase Sophie farther down this rabbit hole.

Just like the first day of your summer freedom, full of parties that seem to never end, holidays with friends and for once, the carefree feeling of getting caught up in the moment, that’s what Sophie is bringing to the party, and he plans on staying for a while.

It’s no wonder we’re obsessed, after this 12-inch release for Huntleys & Palmers, Sophie has an EP in the works for Actress’ Werk Discs label.

(I wrote this for The Line Of Best Fit today)

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Dreams Black Hole City + Freak This (Videos)

2012 has been good for Jesse Pimenta, aka Dreams. I’ve been following Dreams since his fantastic 2011 Absent Fever release, Feelings 4 U. Since then Pimenta’s had his track ‘Bloodsport’ featured on Rustie’s BBC Essential Mix, dropped a handful of singles, including, ‘Don’t Care About Her’ played Boiler Room LA, and released two EP’s, FLYTE and most recently, his Astro Nautico release, Lost Kingdom. One of my favorite EP’s of the year.

The rate at which Dreams is diversifying and developing his own, imaginative take on bass music is really exciting. One of the most promising up-and-comers to watch in 2013. 

Check out the latest videos for tracks off of Dreams’ Lost Kingdom above.

DJ Q - Closer Than Close

DJ Q Closer Than Close

Another glittery holiday gift from Fact Mag’s Advent Calendar. I’d listened to DJ Q’s BBC Radio 1xtra UKG show before, but this is the first time I’ve really dug into his actual music. He brings such an amazing energy to a classic Detroit house sound. He literally transports you to another time. Loving it. 

DJ Q’s EP, Party Time (best EP title ever) drops Jan 13th. Pre-order HERE.

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