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As per usual, I’m just a little bit late handing in this final report. But it’s not because we left it to the last minute… (Well that’s not entirely true; some of us did.) But some of us have been deliberating for weeks – and much more intensely during the last week or so. After countless hours of sifting through the ol’ iTunes library and scrolling through SoundCloud <3s, we painstakingly compiled this list of releases that moved us from the past year.
We didn’t rank them. Who are we to make the ruling that “so-and-so dropped the best track of the year”?
Think of this as a music yearbook for our eclectic little dysfunctional family of music enthusiasts.
It’s not the case that all of us agree on every single item on the final list. The list would look completely different if any one of our other staff-writers had prepared the final draft in my stead. But I did my best to weave a tapestry of each of our distinctive contributor’s thoughtful selections. That said, it is impossible for me to transcend my personal bias in the final selection process.
There were way too many tracks that I wanted to include and had no choice but to leave out due to length limitations. We could have put together a list of three hundred tracks, but we had to abritrarily draw the line somewhere… We selected twenty LPs, twenty EPs, and one hundred tracks to share with you.
So – don’t take this as an exhaustive list. I must admit that we left out a large handful of gems, but I did my best to throw together a sampling of music from 2013 that bobbed our heads, shook our butts, and filled our hearts with reverence and joy.
What does the future hold for us?
Reflektor – Arcade Fire [Merge]
Family Vacation – Axel Boman [Studio Barnhus]
Tomorrow’s Harvest – Boards of Canada [Warp]
Random Access Memories – Daft Punk [Columbia]
Psychic – Darkside [Other People]
Settle – Disclosure [PMR]
Amygdala – DJ Koze [Pampa]
Doris – Earl Sweatshirt [Tan Cressida, Columbia]
Engravings – Forest Swords [Tri Angle]
Beautiful Rewind – Four Tet [Text]
Overgrown – James Blake [Atlas, A&M, Polydor]
Rap Album 1 – Jonwayne [Stonesthrow]
Immunity – Jon Hopkins [Domino]
CUT 4 ME – Kelela [Fade To Mind]
Yeezus – Kanye West [Def Jam]
6 Feet Beneath the Moon – King Krule [XL, True Panther]
Cold Spring Faultless Youth – Mount Kimbie [Warp]
Eve – Booka Shade [Embassy One]
Anything In Return – Toro Y Moi [Carpark]
Treat Me Right – Trus’me [Prime Numbers]
Scala – Agoria, Francesco Tristano [Innervisions]
Tatischeff EP – Ame [Innervisions]
Rival Dealer – Burial [Hyperdub]
MTS Vol. 2 – Crazy P [Future Boogie]
Careless – Dusky [Aus]
The Uprising – Ian O’Donovan [KMS]
Planets, Spaceships – Jamie Jones [Hot Creations]
Taking Over – Joe Goddard [DFA]
Anaphora – John Tejada [Palette]
Yugen – Koreless [Young Turks]
LZD II – Laszlo Dancehall [Man Make Music]
Brother/Sister – Leon Vynehall [Aus]
Airglow Fires – Lone [R&S]
Truths – Maribou State [Southern Fried]
Send A Prayer – Motor City Drum Ensemble [MCDE]
Sweet Life – Rick Wade [FINA]
Elliot – Roosevelt [Greco Roman]
Gotham – Ten Walls [Innervisions]
Requiem – Ten Walls [Life and Death]
Strandbar – Todd Terje [Olsen]
Axel Boman
Pressure – Adesse Versions [Make Love In Public Spaces]
For One Hour (ft. Scalde) (Paradis remix) – Agoria [Rebirth]
Out – Autem [ASL Singles Club]
Hello – Axel Boman [Studio Barnhus]
Cinderella Curfew – Baunz [self-released]
Boards of Canada
Satisfy – Bicep [Feel My Bicep]
It’s All Over – Blanc 1 [Hivern]
Semena Mertvykh – Boards of Canada [Warp]
Heat – Boddika [Swamp 81]
Imperfection – Bodhi [Future Classic]
Booka Shade
Giving It All (Joe Goddard remix) – Bondax [Ultra]
Cirrus – Bonobo [Ninja Tune]
Love Inc. – Booka Shade [Embassy One]
Come Down To Us – Burial [Hyperdub]
Walkin’ – CAS [self-released]
Darkside
All My Love (Kingdom edit) – Cassie [self-released]
FlyLOVE – Chris Turner [Rebirth]
Lose Yourself to Dance (ft. Pharrell Williams) – Daft Punk [Columbia]
Confidence – Daniel Stefanik [Cocoon]
Heart – Darkside [Other People]
Disclosure
Colt – Dense & Pika [Hot Flush]
When A Fire Starts To Burn – Disclosure [PMR]
No One Gets Left Behind (Konstantin Sibold remix) – DJ Yellow, Flowers & Sea Creatures [Compost]
Started From the Bottom – Drake [Cash Money, Island, Republic]
Need U (100%) ft. A*M*E – Duke Dumont [Ministry of Sound]
Four Tet
Careless – Dusky [Aus]
Hive (ft. Vince Staples & Casey Veggies) – Earl Sweatshirt [Tan Cressida, Columbia]
Love Your Illusion – Eric Volta [No. 19]
Between Villains – Captain Murphy, Viktor Vaughn, Earl Sweatshirt [Williams Street]
For These Times – Four Tet [Nonplus]
Thom Yorke & Nigel Godrich of Atoms For Peace
Pyramid (Atoms For Peace remix) – Four Tet [self-released]
Majestic Mountains – Franskild [Sweat It Out!]
I Can Tell (By the Way You Move) – George Fitzgerald [Double Six]
Truth South – Glimpse [Aus]
Renata (Daphni remix) – Holden [Border Community]
James Blake
Musician – Homeboy Sandman [Stones Throw]
Sirocco – Ian O’Donovan [KMS]
Faithful – Jacques Greene [LuckyMe]
Retrograde – James Blake [Atlas, A&M, Polydor]
You Naked (Jimmy Edgar remix) – Jamie Lidell [Warp]
Kaytranada
Golden (Kaytranada Life Living Edition) – Jill Scott [self-released]
I See Lights (Karmon remix) – Jimmy & Fred [Exploited]
She Burns (ft. Mara Carlyle) – Joe Goddard [Greco-Roman]
Somewhere – John Tejada [Kompakt]
Open Eye Signal – Jon Hopkins [Warp]
Jonwayne
Altitude – Jonwayne [Stones Throw]
Ringo – Joris Voorn [Green]
Big Room Tech House DJ Tool – TIP! – Joy Orbison [Rinse]
Lucky I Got What I Want – Jungle. [Chess Club]
Avalanche – Just Friends [Clown & Sunset]
Kanye West
Everything – Justin Jay [Southern Fried]
Hold My Liquor – Kanye West [Def Jam]
Survive – Kidnap Kid [Black Butter]
Sun – Koreless [Young Turks]
Nightflow (Kenny Larkin Drama remix) – La Fleur [Watergate]
Leon Vynehall
Guuurl – Lapalux [Brainfeeder]
Ain’t No Time – Laszlo Dancehall [Man Make Music]
I Know – Leftwing & Kody [Off]
Sister – Leon Vynehall [Aus]
Airglow Fires – Lone [R&S]
Maceo Plex
Loneliness – Luca Bacchetti & Guti [Endless]
Closer – Lulu James [Sony RCA]
J.A.W.S. – Luxury [Method]
Mind On Fire – Maceo Plex [K7]
Eyesdontlie – Machinedrum [Ninja Tune]
DJ Koze
It’s Only (DJ Koze Remix) – Matthew Herbert [Pampa]
Burning Bright (ft. Kim Ann Foxman) – Maya Jane Coles [I/AM/ME]
Creep (ft. Wayne Tennant) – Michael Gracioppo [Innervisions]
Trace – Midland [Aus]
Without You – John Talabot [DJ-Kicks]
Jamie Jones
Turn Off the Lights (Jamie Jones remix) – Mineo [Hot Creations]
Send A Prayer Pt. 2 – Motor City Drum Ensemble [MCDE]
Made To Stray – Mount Kimbie [Warp]
Finder – Ninetoes [Kling Klong]
Thank You 4 Letting Me Be Myself – Omar S [FXHE]
Theo Parrish
Wires (Theo Parrish Remix) – Owiny Sigoma Band [Brownswood]
Untitled – Paul Woolford [Hotflush]
Your Love (You Give Me Fever) – Romare [Black Acre]
Elliot – Roosevelt [Greco-Roman]
The Wheel (Employee Of The Year remix) – SOHN [self-released]
Shlohmo & Jeremih
Bo Peep (Do U Right) – Shlohmo & Jeremih [Yours Truly]
Lady C’mon (Kissey remix – extended version) – Sinkane [DFA]
Bipp – Sophie [Numbers]
Makin’ Love – Sound Stream [Sound Stream]
Time (ft. Seth Troxler) – Subb-an, Tom Trago [Visionquest]
Ten Walls
Another Earth – Tale Of Us [Minus]
Requiem – Ten Walls [Innervisions]
Amaze – Terekke [L.I.E.S.]
Oh Sheit It’s X – Thundercat [Brainfeeder]
Let’s Go Dancing (Maya Jane Coles Dancing In The Dark remix) – Tiga vs. Audion [Turbo]
Todd Terje
Strandbar (disko version) – Todd Terje [Olsen]
Worst Enemy – Toddla T Sound [Ninja Tune]
Hummel – Topspin, Dmit Kitz [Save Room]
Imprint Of Pleasure – Tube & Berger [Suara]
Wit(z) – Valentin Stip [Clown & Sunset]
Larry Heard
Summer At Night – Vincenzo Varagone [Soundlab]
Say You Won’t Ever (Larry Heard club mix) – Wallflower [Rebirth]
All Little Things – Wareika [Visionquest]
Make It Good (Pete Josef remix) – The White Lamp [Mixmag]
A1 – 8prn [self-released]
with love,
Earlier today, Kaytranada put forth his silky smooth edit of Disclosure ’s collab with Jamie Woon , “January.” The track can be found on Settle: The Remixes , which will see a release date next week. The 15-track compilation features names such as SOHN , Midland , and Hudson Mohawke .
Posted a week ago on #Unknown , but now officially out, is Disclosure ‘s latest tune, “Apollo”.
KO
Paul Woolford has taken what is easily the least appealing track for me on Disclosure ‘s sensational debut Settle LP, “Help Me Lose My Mind” featuring London Grammar, and re-arranged it into something much more compelling. No disrespect to the enormously talented brothers behind Disclosure ; they set the bar for themselves pretty high with tracks like “Confess To Me” and “When a Fire Stars to Burn” and the tracks from The Face EP. This remix will be available soon via Island / PMR .
Chaz Bundwick, better known as Toro y Moi , released this bouncy playful re-work of Disclosure’s “ You & Me ” featuring vocals from Eliza Doolittle ten days ago. Bundwick chops and screws Eliza’s vox in a way that is reminiscent at times of Mount Kimbie ‘s debut LP Crooks and Lovers released back in 2010.
“You & Me” had its first makeover by Bauuer –you can check that out here .
Wolfey
Following up “When the Fire Starts to Burn,” which was released on SoundCloud six days ago, the Lawrence brothers put up another cut from their highly-anticipated full-length garage-influenced dance-pop debut entitled Settle forthcoming on Universal Island Records on June 3rd.
If you’re in Vancouver tonight, you can catch these boys performing live at Venue and then head over to celebrities for the after-party and a dj-set .
Wolfey
In anticipation of their debut record, Guy and Howard Lawrence have treated us to the second track from Settle – a classic house groove driven by a sliced up sample of an impassioned US motivational speaker.
Disclosure ’s forthcoming album drops on June 3 rd and will feature the likes of Jamie Woon , Jessie Ware , and Sam Smith . And if you’re around, catch them live this Wednesday in Vancouver, courtesy of the good people at Blueprint .
alh
It would seem that the majority of the tunes I have been listening to lately feature a four-to-the-floor kick drum. So if you’re of the opinion that most of that “nst’ nst’ nst'” crap sounds the same, you should probably stop reading now and find something else to listen to… However, if you have read this far already, my guess is that you have a sense of what you’re getting into and that you too will share my enthusiasm for many of these funky soulful gems.
In this instalment of The Bootleg Tapes , you will hear new material from the likes of Duke Dumont, Disclosure, Booka Shade, Mount Kimbie, and Daft Punk alongside a handful of selections from the stacks…
TRACKS
Hey Now – Romare [Black Acre]
Rewind – Omar S [FXHE]
Take Your Shirt Off – Cocolores [Compost]
White Noise ft. Aluna George – Disclosure [Island]
Confunktion – Dark Sky [Tectonic]
Work It Out – Kastle [self-released]
You Naked (Jimmy Edgar remix) – Jamie Lidell [Warp]
Sicko Cell – Joy Orbison [Swamp 81]
1960 What (Opolopo Kick Bass re-rub) – Gregory Porter [Tokyo Dawn]
So Into You (Inner City radio mix) – Michael Watford [Rhino Atlantic]
Close – Squarehead [Sounds of Sumo]
Wear It Well – Locked Groove [Hot Flush]
Send A Prayer pt. 1 – Motor City Drum Ensemble [Rush Hour / MCDE]
Black Out White Noise – Booka Shade [Blaufield Music]
Waiting All Night ft. Ella Eyre (Kidnap Kid remix) – Rudimental [Warner Music UK]
Too Much – Amateur Best [Double Denim]
Headlock (Graphics remix) – Mr. Fogg [Kicking Ink]
Ebonics – Theo Parish [Sound Signature]
saṃsāra – unknown [unreleased]
You Rock My World – Michael Jackson [Epic]
Need You 100% – Duke Dumont [Ministry of Sound]
Makin' Love – Sound Stream [Sound Stream]
A Girl Like Me – Mason [Great Stuff]
Same Old Place – Genius Of Time [Aniara]
Made To Stray – Mount Kimbie [Warp]
Get Lucky ft. Pharell Williams – Daft Punk [Daft Life \ Columbia \ Sony Music]
Yours,
Wolfey
New single ‘You & Me’ featuring Eliza Doolittle in from Disclosure . You can pick this one up on the 28th, and their album ‘Settle’ will be out on the 3rd of June. Poppy dance vibes, as per-usual from the UK brothers.
KO
We are giving away
2 pairs
of tickets to
Disclosure
‘s Vancouver tour date, put on by our friends at
Blueprint Events
.
Details for the show can be found here .
Rules:
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2. “ Share ” & “ like ” the Facebook giveaway post, here .
*The winner will be chosen randomly from the group of rule satisfying individuals and announced at 2pm April 15th, pacific time.
See you there-
L O W – L I F E
Following his remix of Lulu James ’ “Closer,” Matt Kidnap has come through with yet another track that, as Rader and T so aptly put, is fated to become one of your summer anthems. This time around, Kidnap Kid has taken on UK drum & bass outfit Rudimental ’s “Waiting All Night.”
File this one next to Disclosure , Bondax and the like.
See previously:
Lulu James | Closer (Kidnap Kid Remix)
alh
Why is this mix series titled “The Bootleg Tapes”? I have been pondering this question… Wikipedia describes a “bootleg recording” as “an audio or video recording of a performance that was not officially released by the artist or under other legal authority.” The article goes on to explain that “the process of making and distributing such recordings is known as bootlegging.” To be honest, I did not pay for any of these tracks, and some of them have not yet been released by their respective labels. I did not receive permission from the “copyright holders” to re-distribute this content, (as SoundCloud’s copyright infringement detection software pointed out to me when I tried unsuccessfully to upload the mix the first couple times.) In short, these mixes are conceived and distributed in contravention of music copyright law. For this reason, it would seem that the title of the series is fitting.
For this tenth episode, I put together a special two-hour mix comprised of an eclectic selection of house, techno, UK garage, and soul. Most of the tracks are contemporary, but you will hear a handful of classics from the likes of Fingers Inc., Rhythim Is Rhythim, Inner City, and Carl Craig.
Special thanks to the other Low-Life staff-writers who helped me find a great deal of this music–as well as to our followers.
TRACKS
Cirrus - Bonobo [Ninja Tune]
Harm In Change - Toro Y Moi [Carpark]
You Give Me Fever - Romare [Universal]
Whatnot - Machinedrum [Innovative Leisure]
Everything - Justin Jay [Southern Fried]
Turns Turns Turns (Blue Hawaii Flüchtig Mix) - Majical Cloudz [Arbutus]
Elegante - Squarehead [5AND7]
So Submissive - Citizen [MadTech]
Reykjavik - Brolin [Double Denim]
Guuurl - Lapalux [Brainfeeder]
Local Traffic - Wolfey [White]
The Variable - Wolfey [White]
Can You Feel It? (instrumental) - Fingers Inc. [Trax]
Something We All Adore - Solomun [Supernature]
Desire - 69 [R&S]
Brazil (slow version) - Luke Abott [Border Community]
Sandstorms - Carl Craig [Planet E]
The Fallout - Dark Sky and Breach [Naked Naked]
Tenderly - Disclosure [Make Mine]
Good Life - Inner City [Virgin]
Soul What (Boddika Remix) - Boddika [Swamp 81]
Sunshine (Uto Karem Remix) - Tomaz & Filterheadz [1605 Music Therapy]
Sad - Jerome LOL [Self-Released]
Phosphor (Norman Nodge Remix) - Onmutu Mechanicks [Echocord Colour]
Tomorrow Belongs To Us - Booka Shade [Defected In The House]
Beam Me Up (George Fitzgerald Remix) - Close [Aus Music]
Energy Flash - Joey Beltram [R&S]
Positive Education - Slam [Soma Quality]
Defiant Order - Birdy Nam Nam [OWSLA]
Loose Your - Günther Lause [Laut & Luise]
Mask - Pedestrian & Maribou State [Catz N' Dogz]
Closer - Lulu James [Sony / RCA]
Distant Shores - Petar Dundov [Music Man]
Ford Trax - Baby Ford [Virgin France]
Strings Of Life - Rhythim is Rhythim [Transmat]
Retrograde - James Blake [Republic]
Love,
Wolfey
Keeping on point with their excellent selection of vocalists, Croydon brothers Guy and Howard collaborate with London duo AlunaGeorge to bring the public a new single, White Noise. Featured earlier today on Zane Lowe’s programme via BBC Radio 1, White Noise offers listeners a groovy disco-influenced melody suitable for dark rooms with colourful flashing lights. The collaborative effort is forthcoming through PMR Records .
Atom
In case you missed it, two of the UK’s finer acts – Croydon’s Skream and Surrey’s Disclosure – spun a back to back DJ set during Boiler Room ‘s W Hotel party in London, November 14th. Perhaps a new Disclosure track was unveiled around the 6-minute mark; bear in mind that this is only speculation, time will prove or falsify.
Download/stream the mix below-
Atom
In lieu of Skream and Disclosure ‘s back to back Boiler Room fuckery that took place live from the presidential suite of the W Hotel in London this evening, we bring you this feast of a house tune. Skream flatteringly rinsed “23” only two days after it’s impactful release to the public. This is the title track off Shadow Child ‘s 4 track EP of similarly cultured “peak time” house”, and will be the first release for his new label, Food Music . With a co-founder like Kry Wolf and early support from the likes of Eats Everything , and Mistajam , one should expect big things from this newly formed entity.
Hopefully like us, you enjoy this tune infinitely more than the sluggish crowd seemed to, who were lucky enough to be in attendance in that pillow feather ridden hotel room.
Bless,
Rader
This unreleased cut, courtesy of the virtually infallible duo Disclosure , has become quite the staple in their sets in recent weeks. Last week, the bootleg made its way onto Annie Mac’s BBC Radio 1 show , however, we haven’t yet heard news of a release. In the meantime, feast your ears on the BBC rip of this infectious future-garage tune.
Update : Disclosure just threw the track up for free- available for a limited time only.
alh
[Disclosure]
Waze & Odyssey haven’t carried out a drastic overhaul with their remix of Disclosure’s “Lividup” from their smash debut EP The Face. Nevertheless, I think this adaptation is definitely worth listening to. It’s a little bit meaner than the original .
If you’re raving to this, be sure to cop a free download from Greco Roman here .
[Waze & Odyssey]
Wolfey
[Guy and Howard Lawrence, a.k.a. Disclosure]
This afternoon, prolific UK bass duo, Disclosure , treated followers by uploading a brand-new track on their soundcloud account . Latch is one of those songs that demands jurisdiction over your limbs, cueing your arms and legs to jerk in time. With the addition of newcomer Sam Smith ‘s sensual vocals, the club-driven, ‘tailored-for-the-dance floor’ composition is ideal for listener’s Friday night festivities.
Rumour has it that a full length LP is in the works, expected to release next year.
Atom
The minds behind Croatia’s Outlook gathering have self-confidently dubbed their brainchild to be “Europe’s leading bass music and sound system culture festival.” Now this may read as just another self-serving and over-zealous sale’s pitch, but I am happy to inform you that most every bit of zeal in this statement is justified. In fact, through a breif calculation of logic, this proclamation may prove even modest;
If Outlook is indeed the leading bass music and sound-system culture fetsival in Europe, which, from my experience, appears to be quite true, and if Europe is the world’s leading continent in that same category, which, again, I can attest to, then Outlook festival may in fact be the leading bass music and sound system culture festival in the world.
Now, this is a bold statement, so let me begin to tell you why I think so:
First off, the event takes place in, on, and around, an abandoned fortress, which, by my degree of knowledge of 18th Century Mediterranean Architecture, is essentially a castle, and not only is a castle one of the most exciting and appropriate settings that I’ve had the opportunity to indulge in a variety of deep sounds and styles, but acoustically speaking, its almost as if those determined Croates of yesteryear built it expressly for the ideal presentation of contemporary bass music.
Speaking of which, the music was thrilling, utterly so, and I know that I stand risk of sounding like a jittering fan-boy, but today that’s something I may very well be.
So, who was good? Jackmaster , playing his typically eclectic mix of dance music – from Usher to Joy O ; Scuba , proving he that he was worth his steep price-tag; Sepalcure , Plastician , XXXY , Eliphino , Disclosure , and, of course, Skream with Sgt. Pokes , were all a bonafied pleasure to catch. Also making it into this congratulatory category is Kode9 , Loefah , Oneman , Black Acre newcomer, Alby Daniels , Silkie , and Ben UFO ; A tip of the hat to all of them.
Some favorites heard from this category:
Now, who was fantastic?
[Addison Groove]
If I had a crown to give, it’d have to go to Addison Groove . He threw down the most exciting set of the weekend; at the end, mixing from his trade-mark grit-house jams, to a combination of Hudmo ‘s “CBat” and Earl Sweatshirt ‘s “Drop,” and finally into a booty shaking version of The Chordette’s barbershop classic, “ Mr. Sandman ,” of which I have yet to track down. A round of applause is more than in order for Mr. Groove. If he’s coming to a club near you, do not miss out, just go.
Dark Sky rounded off the Black Acre party on Saturday night, and even from outside the fort, one could tell it was the place to be, with a line-up extending easily over 50 meters out the gate. The beats from their Black Rainbows EP sounded ripe and juicy on the Courtyard system.
[Boddika]
The Swamp 81 party was yet another stand-out, with Boddika standing as the personal highlight of the exhibtion, though only just ahead of his more than worthy label mates, Oneman and imprint-boss, Loefah . And since we’re on the topic of dubstep, big ups to Joker for up-staging the DMZ showcase in a big way. Sorry, Mala and Coki , we still love you.
Friday Night at Mungo’s Arena was a breath of fresh for anyone feeling a bit claustrophobic from the prominence of D&B at Outlook. Girl Unit was the highlight of this party. His work on the Club Rez Ep dazzled between the stone walls of the military fort.
Some respect is to be given to trap stalwarts, Baauer and Hudmo , because their numbers, “Harlem Shake,” and “ CBat ,” were springing up dj’s sets of every genre. Same goes to Julio Bashmore for his summer anthem’s of 2011 and 2012; “ Battle For Middle You ,” and “ Au Seve ,” respectively.
So, we’ve run through the good and the grand, but was it a perfect experience? No, of course not. All things are flawed, even the most wonderful.
The major bone I have to pick is with the audience, who whilst being, for the most part, avid fans of these genres, neglected some of the bare necessities of festival etiquette. Muscling belligerently to the front of the bar line was a common activity. Now that I think of it, muscling any where at any time without an excuse me or a patient moment’s wait was standard practice at Outlook. Friends assured me that this was simply the English way of doing things, but I don’t take that as a valid excuse. Thumbs down. Love thy neighbour next time, boys.
The second pickable bone is not necessarily the fault of anyone in particular. It was the simple fact that Mala, Coki, Loefah, and Disclosure, were far from being loud enough at the Harbour stage on Saturday night. The open ocean is no natural amphitheatre. Fortunately, this is where Dimensions Festival comes in.
Opening tonight, Dimensions festival promises an equal if not more impressive line-up of underground artists, an audience of presumably more committed listeners, and lastly, exclusive use of the Fort stages, which means, better sound and smaller venues for bigger artists. Let’s hope it lives up to these other-worldly expectations.
Outlook , thank you. It was a blessing to be a part of. Considering the legend of setting and sound that your team has etched into bass-music’s youthful history, the title of world’s leading bass music and sound system culture festival is yours to loose. Now, to see what your little brother is packing…
See you next year,
sam.i.am
Disclosure ‘s breakthrough EP, The Face , contains some of the best sounds we’ve heard in 2012 and we say this without a hint of hesitation. Each track from this sibling double-act is undeniable and it’s safe to say that The Face will remain in the rotation for at least the next little while.
A few days back, the boys announced a Remix EP, courtesy of hotly tipped producers Mak & Pasteman , Dixon , Medlar , and Joe Goddard ( Hot Chip ), and today it drops. Two out of four are available for streaming below and you can listen to the other two over at Youtube here and here .
You could also just pick up the Remix EP at Juno .
alh
“Two youts that are totally killing it right now..”
Whether it be an original, remix, video or set, it seems that almost every day something fresh surfaces with Disclosure ‘s name on it. Today’s edition, the duo’s mix for the renowned Boiler Room Recordings , actually emerged a few days back. However, it is already being labelled one of the best mixes of the year. There’s no doubt in our minds that this band of brothers will be among the top names of electronic production in 2012. Watch the recorded set over at Boiler Room here , or just simply download the set from iTunes below. We suggest the latter.
Download || Disclosure 35 min Boiler Room DJ Set – Boiler Room
alh