Mount Kimbie | Blood and Form
Following a series of announcements regarding their forthcoming album, Mount Kimbie have debuted the second single off of Cold Spring Fault Less Youth. “Blood and Form” is a slow burner, grounded in a hollow, marching beat and soft horns that simmer beneath deliberately deadpan vocals.
Tune in to Benji B’s BBC Radio 1 show later this evening to catch Dom and Kai’s live session, recorded earlier this week at Maida Vale studios.
Cold Spring Fault Less Youth is out May 27th via Warp.
See previously: Mount Kimbie | Made to Stray
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TNGHT | Acrylics
[TNGHT: Lunice, and Hudson Mohawke]
In anticipation for TNGHT’s upcoming U.S. tour, the glorified duo have released a one track single titled “Acrylics”, released via Bleep (Warp x Lucky Me). After consistently lighting dance floors on fire with their previously released TNGHT EP (Warp x Lucky Me), fans and followers were eagerly awaiting the next product released by the super-group. Make of it what you will, but surely expect DJs to play out this jumpy, horn-heavy club sound across the international electronic music scene.
Buy the single via Bleep, here.
Due to blocked embedding, click the link to stream here.
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Jamie Lidell | You Naked (Jimmy Edgar Remix)
[Jimmy Edgar]
Detroit-born dance floor champion, Jimmy Edgar, has transformed Jamie Lidell‘s original “You Naked” into a sexy deep groove that is sure to shake walls at obscure hours in the coming weeks. Jamie’s whining vocals augment Jimmy’s raw and distorted beat flawlessly. Find some pretty eyes, stare into them, and move your body to the beat. The remix has been released via Warp Records, and is available to purchase today on ITunes.
[Jamie Lidell]
See Previously: Jamie Lidell | Jamie Lidell LP
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Jamie Lidell | Jamie Lidell LP
Released on February 19th via Warp Records, Jamie Lidell is Lidell‘s fourth record following his 2005 return to solo work with Multiply, Jim (2008), and Compass (2010). Jamie Lidell was committed to tape and mixed at Lidell’s newly built studio in his new home in Nashville, the latest stop on a restless migratory pattern that has seen him move from his birthplace in the heart of England, through the musical hotbeds of Berlin and New York. On this latest project, Lidell blends equal parts soul and funk with experimental electronic and dance influences.
Lidell will be touring Europe and North America over March and April. Check out the tour schedule here.
I have not carefully listened through the record in its entirety, and I don’t have time to give it the review it deserves, but after a quick preview of each of the tracks, “Blaming Something” and “What A Shame” are two of the stand-out cuts for me.
Track Listing 1. I’m Selfish 2. Big Love 3. What A Shame 4. Do Yourself a Faver 5. You Naked 6. why_ya_why 7. Blaming Something 8. You Know My Name 9. So Cold 10. Don’t You Love Me 11. In Your Mind
Wolfey
Mount Kimbie | Made to Stray
Shadows turn to grey / Slave today-
Yesterday evening, while Ben UFO was preparing for his Rinse FM show, he received a rather cryptic video message from Mount Kimbie and subsequently got his hands on (and played out) the first track to emerge from the UK duo’s forthcoming record.
As it stands, Mount Kimbie are keeping the details of the album almost entirely under wraps. The pair recently mentioned that the LP is in fact finished, will be released via Warp and is heavily influenced by being on tour and playing live for two years straight. The title and release date have yet to be announced. However, it won’t be too much longer until we know more- Dom and Kai have an upcoming string of tour dates and will be releasing some more tunes in the not too distant future.
“Made to Stray” is longer that what we would generally expect from the pair, but it’s a welcome adjustment. Atop a bed of clicking percussion, MK’s characteristic warm, warbling synths build into a melodic climax complete with distant, melancholy vocals. Have a listen to the radio rip below.
Update: In the last week Dom and Kai have made it known that the album, entitled Cold Spring Fault Less Youth, will be released on May 27th, announced a U.S./Canadian tour, and offered up “Made to Stray” for free download. Head here to grab it.
alh
Darkstar – Timeaway
I haven’t checked in with Darkstar since their chilly heart-wrenching North LP (2010) on Hyperdub.
“Timeaway” is the group’s latest single coming to you via Warp Records. Darkstar is a trio comprised of vocalist James Buttery and Aiden & James Young. Download the song here in exchange for an email address.
Find out a little more about the making of their latest album forthcoming on Warp in this recent interview via Dummy Mag.
[Some Gear in Darkstar's Studio in Yorkshire, UK]
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Flying Lotus | Until The Quiet Comes LP
Steve Ellison’s latest opus, Until the Quiet Comes, the widely anticipated full-length follow-up to his lauded Cosmogramma LP, drops tomorrow on Warp. Ellison takes us on a tour through lush, glimmering, ephemeral altered states of consciousness–(Listen to “Dream to Me” and “Until The Colours Come.”)
His grooves and melodies on tracks like “Putty Boy Strut,” “Sultan’s Request” and “Nightcaller” reflect a child-like looseness, mischieviousness, and sense of humour. Ellison’s smoky melancholic jazz-moods are prevalent in “Only If You Wanna,” “Hunger”, and “Phantasm.”
Fly Lo calls on a handful of gifted peers for guest appearances– including Erykah Badu, Niki Randa, Laura Darlington, and Thom Yorke. Thundercat’s deft bass dances on a handful of tracks.
Flying Lotus will be commencing a world tour Oct. 1st beginning with a handful of dates in L.A. and N.Y.C.
You can stream the entire album from NPR here. Also, you can catch an interview with Flying Lotus on the Gilles Peterson show this week on BBC Radio 6.
Tracks 1. All In 2. Getting There feat. Niki Randa 3. Until the Colours Come 4. Heave(n) 5. Tiny Tortures 6. All the Secrets 7. Sultan’s Request 8. Putty Boy Strut 9. See Thru to U feat. Erykah Badu 10. Until the Quiet Comes 11. DMT Song feat. Thundercat 12. The Nightcaller 13. Only if You Wanna 14. Electric Candyman feat. Thom Yorke 15. Hunger feat. Niki Randa 16. Phantasm feat. Laura Darlington 17. me Yesterday//Corded 18. Dream to Me
[Flying Lotus]
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Flying Lotus | See Thru To U (ft. Erykah Badu)
[Flying Lotus]
FlyLo has let another track loose from Until the Quiet Comes, his forthcoming LP set to be released through Warp on October 2nd. This one features miss Erykah Badu‘s vocals floating over intricately patterned percussion and a soundscape bathed in psychedelic vibes.
Thom Yorke, Thundercat and quite a few other notable names will be making guest appearances on the album as well.
[Erykah Badu]
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Jimmy Edgar | Majenta LP
In anticipation of his upcoming LP release on Hot Flush entitled Majenta, Jimmy Edgar has graciously shared this euphoric dance-floor cut to give us all a taste of what is to come on the album.
This Detroit-based producer has been publishing electronic music for at least ten years, with two LPs and a handful of EPs and singles via imprints such as Warp and K7.
Wolfey
Flying Lotus | Between Friends (ft. Earl Sweatshirt and Captain Murphy)
Accompanied by Earl Sweatshirt and mystery man Captain Murphy, Flying Lotus offers out “Between Friends,” the latest addition to the weekly Adult Swim Singles Series. Over FlyLo’s typical harmonic and jazzy groove, Earl and Murphy spit back and forth to the point where one voice blends into the other, leaving one in a haze and confused as to who is actually speaking.
FlyLo’s forthcoming LP, Until the Quiet Comes, is set to drop on October 2nd via Warp and there’s some tour dates to go along with that. Check here to see if he’ll be stopping by your town anytime soon.
Download || Between Friends (ft. Earl Sweatshirt and Captain Murphy) – Flying Lotus
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Video: TNGHT | Higher Ground
‘Whilst everyone’s making trap, were just making something else.”
TNGHT, the boisterous super-group comprised of Hudson Mohawke and Lunice, released the video for the single, Higher Ground, yesterday morning. The video propels already high anticipation for the self-titled EP’s release on July 23rd/24th through Warp, and Lucky Me records.
Pre Order the TNGHT EP here.
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TNGHT | TNGHT EP (Forthcoming Warp x Lucky Me)
Yesterday, Hudson Mohawke and Lunice (TNGHT) uncovered a preview mix for their impending self titled EP. The collection will be available on vinyl as well as for digital download on July 23/24. There is already a huge buzz around their first UK headlining show at London’s Village Undeground next Thursday, June 21.
Tracklist:
A1. Top Floor
A2. Goooo
A3. Higher Ground
B1. Bugg’n
B2. Easy Easy
Bless,
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Video: Square Pusher | Dark Steering
Adding to an expansive discography of mind-bogglingly intricate frenetic experimental (acid-tinged) drum and bass music, Tom Jenkinson (a.k.a. Squarepusher) just put out his latest album Ufabulum on Warp.
Compared to his debut LP Feed Me Weird Things (1996), on “Dark Steering”, Squarepusher sounds less focused on articulating hyper-stimulated breaks and more focused on developing a narrative through synth orchestration. However, the baffling complexity and explosive energy of his rhythms remain unchanged.
Wolfey
TNGHT | Bugg’n
[Lunice & Hudson Mohawke]
TNGHT is a fresh project from producers Hudson Mohawke and Lunice. From what we hear, the duo premiered the act at this year’s SXSW and, as one could expect, made an excellent first impression.
The two have recently announced that their debut self-titled EP will be available late-July, jointly released through Warp and LuckyMe. If you weren’t able to catch them down south, get acquainted below with the first taste of their release: the wonky, bass-driven “Bugg’n.”
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