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Gimme What I Want - YungSa†an

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Gimme What I Want

by YungSa†an

YungSa†an Gimme What I Want

Futuretrap and Dopewave, the new trend replacing Rapegaze, Seapunk’s 2012 cousin, whatever you want to call it, it’s here to stay.

Chopped up trill pulsates through an overlay of vocal samples, channeling the spirits of RnB’s past to rise up from the graves of Jodeci, Toni Toni Toni! and whatever other RnB singers you identified with in the 90s, and pasted together like a pop culture collage of images, and shapes cut out from your favorite issue of The Fader on YungSa†an’s latest jam “Gimme What I Want.”

This new brand of anything but dance friendly glitch hopped and trap laced beats encapsalutes shreds of so many subgenres that you can’t help but be a bit fascinated, while at the same instance feeling slightly inclined to rip your hair out. But as with every new trend, it always starts out extreme and a bit rough around the edges. YungSa†an and the M|O|D crew are paving the way for the FutureTrap game, looking forward to what they will do next.

I don’t know if Dopewave is real, but I know it’s not going away.

YungSa†an | Soundcloud | Twitter | M|O|D Crew

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Vanilla Still Love U  + Put A Spell On You <a href=”http://vanillabeats.bandcamp.com/track/still-love-u” data-mce-href=”http://vanillabeats.bandcamp.com/track/still-love-u”>Still Love U by Vanilla</a> Oh my fucking vice. Been listening to this album on repeat for a solid 36 hours and I’m still not tired of it. Like some smokin’ hot mystery woman, I just want to touch and caress every inch and curve of the Soft Focus’ 24 song catalog. Gawd damn. The End. <a href=”http://vanillabeats.bandcamp.com/track/put-a-spell-on-you” data-mce-href=”http://vanillabeats.bandcamp.com/track/put-a-spell-on-you”>Put A Spell On You by Vanilla</a> Get Vanilla’s Soft Focus from his Bandcamp for free HERE.

Vanilla Still Love U  + Put A Spell On You

Oh my fucking vice. Been listening to this album on repeat for a solid 36 hours and I’m still not tired of it. Like some smokin’ hot mystery woman, I just want to touch and caress every inch and curve of the Soft Focus’ 24 song catalog. Gawd damn.

The End.

Get Vanilla’s Soft Focus from his Bandcamp for free HERE.

MIXTAPE MONDAYS: Kwesachu Mixtape Vol. 2 (Micachu & The Shapes and Kwes)

Kwesachu Vol. 2 finally dropped last week, and it’s fucking dope. This is the only mix you need right now. I left if up to the artists to describe this project as they say it best, “Kwesachu started in 2008 with the release of the Kwesachu Vol. 1 mixtape: 50 minutes of cassette tape which proved that both artists were a match made in skewed pop heaven, and gave birth to ‘free pop’ – a philosophy of creating popular music that knows no boundaries, shuns no eccentricity and values inventiveness over any kind of rules that have gone before.”

Check the tracklist below and DOWNLOAD the mix HERE.

• KWESACHU MIXTAPE VOL 2 TRACKLIST •
1. HCHMWBIA - ft. Ghostpoet/Grant Armour of CLOUT!
2. Dj Set - Micachu & Kwes.
3. Beast - Raisa.K ft. Evian Cafun
4. Awol - Amen (Micachu & Pete Wareham)
5. Plastic Coins - ft. Speech Debelle/DELS
6. (Ripped) Blossomshoes (excerpt) - w. CLOUT!
7. Visual Mind Control - ft. Speech Debelle
8. Bird Milk - ft. DELS/Bella Wilde
9. So What - ft. Bang On! & Lee Scott
10. Nothing - ft. Tirzah
11. Glub (excerpt) - Dorovio Bold
12. Papertigers - Action Pyramid
13. LGOYH (alt) - ft. Dels/Kwes./Elan Tamara/Hebe Jones/Evian Cafun/David Okumu of The Invisible
14. 7-5 (Change) - ft. Coby/Grant Armour of CLOUT!/Elan Tamara

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It Is Rain In My Face Open Day School

Not gonna lie, half the reason I’m posting this is because Mat Jones is hot. The other half is because Mat is incredibly talented and more people need to know his name. “Open Day School” is It Is Rain In My Face’s rework of the first track off labelmate, Motor Skills forthcoming record…except he’s never heard the original. As one half of electronic project Pressed And, Mat is no stranger to experimentation. For this project Mat builds some fantastic arrangements, adding trumpet and percussion layers to static tweaks and swirling distortion against a wash of reverbed vocals and fragile howls giving “Open Day School” an electronic soul on acid feel that has become an It Is Rain In My Face trademark. Really diggin’ this. Read more about the project below:

“The reWork compilation is an experiment designed by Denmark Records and Motorskills to see how other artists could work within a set of parameters created by Motor Skills. In this case, the parameters given were in the form of guitar, bass and drum stems from “Little Tiff,” the first track off of Motor Skills full-length, Moving Island.”

Listen to the Denmark Records entire reWork project on their Bandcamp HERE.

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Nicolas Jaar “Variations” Yours Truly In My Room Session

I decided to take today to talk about what I’ve been listening to a lot lately, versus what I have been writing about. Often they are the same thing, but every now and then I get caught up in the new new game. I needed to take a step back and gather my thoughts, and this is what I have come up with.

Kicking off today’s theme of music I have been obsessing over is Yours Truly’s (always) fantastic In My Room video series, this time with Nicolas Jaar and his Darkside project. I had a chance to catch this set live at SXSW and I was really impressed. They way he thinks about music and sounds is on such another level. He’s a philosopher that is always questioning and looking to approach the answer from a new angle or medium. And in true philosopher style, Nicolas Jaar’s music raises questions in the listener as well. Really fascinating work.

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All I think about (part 1) - Oscar Key

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All I think about (part 1)

by Oscar Key

Oscar Key Sung All I Think About Pt 1 + Touched

I wrote this a while ago and never posted it, but I really really dig Oscar Key Sung so figured I should share it.

If you remember my post back in January, my very first “Slippin’ Through The Cracks” edition in fact, on the Australian duo, Oscar + Martin, you’ll remember I was obsessed. I couldn’t stop gushing about them for weeks. Well I’m still not done talking about them. I’ve been listening to Oscar Key’s latest release all month , that is this odd rhythm, bedroom recording kind of beat tape that I dig. I guess you could say these is my jaded hipster love songs for no one (cliches intended) music. I get so wrapped up in the sentimental, stripped down rawness of Oscar’s tunes, like an indie flick shot real close up to make if feel like you’re in the film. (See: The Brown Bunny) 

You can get Oscar Key Sung’s Tape Voice from his Bandcamp HERE.

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This Is What I Meant - Anenon

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This Is What I Meant

by Anenon

Anenon This Is What I Meant

I met Brian Simon at an event last year in LA, and it was one of those “ah ha” moments where you are meeting someone you are already a big fan of. In 2011 Nonprojects began emerging as this new collective of experimental electronic artists including Asura, Rarebit, a.d.l.r., and Ana Caravelle, all with so much talent, I almost want to call them ‘elitists without trying,’ but that wouldn’t be fair. They are just students of the arts, living and breathing it everyday in a variety of forms. And Brian Simon, aka Anenon is the mastermind behind it all.

As one of the few Americans chosen to represent the United States at the prestigious Red Bull Music Academy in 2011, in a class that also included, Doom, Clams Casino, Exeter and Brenmar, it’s clear Anenon took that experience and time to learn, grow and perfect his already stand out skills before introducing some next level shit.

“This Is What I Meant” opens up like the clouds parting ways for a sunlight horizon of blue skies and the bright of day to break through.  With flawless production, the track continues to build like a car chasing that same horizon down an empty highway early in the morning. It creates a feeling of being content just being in the moment that very instance. This jam is no doubt a prelude to something great. It’s really an intended teaser of a track, and an introduction to Anenon’s work. Simon paints a fantastically exciting picture of what’s to come from his music, as he prepares to drop two albums over the new few months. This offering it only the first single from his debut full length Inner Hue, which drops 5/1.

At the end of this month, Anenon will release his five song EP Acquiescence, which he recorded at Matadero Madrid, while in Spain at the RBMA, that will act as the companion piece to Inner Hue. Be check to look out for both releases.

DOWNLOAD “This Is What I Meant” for free from Dummy Mag HERE.

(via Dummy Mag)

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Caves Eleven Twenty + 1993 Video

Take Mount Kimbie clicks, Burial wishes and trumpet flavored samples, combined with a voice that sounds much more developed for only eighteen years and you get this baby boo out of Los Angeles that goes by the name Caves. He’s got these animated lyrics, pleading with you to “Please figure it out … I wonder if you would tell the truth,” in this dramatic yet whimsical, Guys and Dolls kind of way. You almost feel like you’re watching an old black and white tv show where every other word is made into a song. Wait….did I just describe Glee? Fuck. Sorry Luka, but I can totally see it. Except your music doesn’t suck.

Watch the video for Caves’ track “1993” below. Really slick tune with a lot of UK underground electronic influence, and what could almost be a sultry female lounge singer’s voice, but it works even better with male vocals. Love when the guitar comes in too. I can’t say enough about this tune. It’s catchy in such an unconventional sense that it almost catches you off guard when you realize how much you like.

I didn’t watch the video because my ADD has rendered my attention span pretty much worthless, but it’s a Jessie Treece vid, so I’m sure it’s swell. At the very least, open a new tab and let the track play. Well worth the listen.

I also want to note that I love what Absent Fever has done in terms of becoming this incubator for some really great unknown acts, artists like It is rain in my face., Gracie, and Birkwin Jersey. Acts that just needed a little push when it comes to self promotion and getting the ball rolling. Y’all are doing great things for the emerging music community, so many thanks.

Get Caves EP When You We’re Partying, I Was Dying via Absent Fever’s Bandcamp.

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Introducing Some Ember: Interview + Era of Wind & Deep Ocean mp3s

I discovered Dylan Travis and his band at the time, Man/Miracle when I was living in San Francisco in the spring of 2008. I was instantly drawn to his live performance that exuded so much heart, he held nothing back on stage. Not to mention, Man/Miracle plays some extremely catchy tunes that just make you want to smile. This is actually my second interview with Dylan, the first being an unreleased video interview we did last May. Maybe the video will come out one day when he is super famous and a huge deal. Since Dylan’s very first song, his music has touched me so deeply. He is one of those artists that I have wholeheartedly followed throughout his musical career, and a big reason for that is his passion on such a grand scale. He’s not just singing to sing, these songs are his catharsis.

Dylan says ultimately his music delivers positive vibes and dark but reassuring hope for humanity. When you really dig deep, from his Man/Miracle beginnings, to his Otherness project with Dave of Elephant and Castle, and now Some Ember, you can feel Dylan’s energy in all of them, and that energy burns so bright. He gives off an aura on stage, and his voice carries a feeling throughout his songs that wraps itself around you and then melts slowly into the earth until you are fully enveloped. Watching this enigmatic artist develop over the years has been such a pleasure. To have the opportunity to interview him a second time, well it’s really an honor.

If Disney ever made a high budget adult version of Aladdin, I would imagine Some Ember’s tunes are what would fuel the soundtrack surrounding the villainous Sorcerer as he enters the scene, surrounded by a thick, murky cloud of darkness.  A force, cascading down upon the ground.
 
Take a listen to Dylan’s Some Ember project above and below, and take a few minutes of your time to read my in-depth interview with one of the most interesting people I have ever met. I have to say, I think it’s my favorite interviews to date. Introducing Some Ember.
 
AA: So, how goes it?
 
DT: I’m good, listening to Depeche Mode. You?

AA: Nice. Listening to Gang Starr.

DT: Ha! I have some Gang Starr on vinyl.

AA: That doesn’t surprise me at all. So to jump right into things, I have been a fan of your tunes for years now. I have watched your sound get all kinds of weird and evolve and do so many cool things, so I wanted to do a very long overdue deep dive with ya. My goal is to gain some insight into what you have been doing in 2011 and plan to do in 2012.

DT: Right on. I am smoking a THC e-cig right now in 2011 and in 2012 I will likely smoke it again.

AA: Hahahahahaha. YES.

DT: But yeah, I’m down, what would you like to know?

Listen to more from Some Ember and read the rest of the interview after the jump!

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Real Fantasy - Yalls

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Real Fantasy

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Yalls Real Fantasy

Yalls latest musical concoction premiered last Friday on Earmilk, but I have been lucky enough to get to obsess over this track for months. So of course I am beyond excited Dan Casey has finally dropped this slice of frosted electronic sugary delight on the world.

With squibbles and squeaks, and a xylophone effect that makes you feel all giddy and childlike inside, as if you could skip down the street holding hands with your first love…Kinda like a fantasy come true, a real fantasy. This is one of those feel good tracks, much more on the mellow side in comparison to other Yalls songs we’ve heard thus far. With lyrics filled with infatuation and young love, and when I say “young love,” I’m talking about that middle school, staring at the nape of the neck of girl who sits in front of you in algebra, daydreaming about what it would be like to have your lips pressed against her skin like,

“I was reminded that you twist me through, again and again and again… but if you try real hardddd, I think I can show you, slow down, slow down… real fantasy.”

It’s like a Pee Wee Herman inspired love ballad for cool nerds everywhere. I can’t get enough.

Dan also just shot a cool little session for Into The Woods TV, where he plays his tune “Gave Away & Broke,” while in the passenger seat of a moving van. Check out the footage HERE.

Buy Yalls Real Fantasy 7” from Gold Robot Records HERE.

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