No introduction needed for drum’n'bass classic ‘Mutant Jazz’. Sax, panflutes, pads and snare-melodies are the perfect setting for late summer evenings.
And yes, this featured as well on the brilliant compilation Freezone 2 by DJ Morpheus from Brussels (check his bio, Morpheus has a serious musical history!).
Breakage remixes ‘Paradise Circus’, the first single of Massive Attack’s new album ‘Heligoland’. What already was a beautiful song, has been edited by the bass-meister. The track has been stripped down till only the vocal remains. The piano returns in the break, and a suprising extra layer of drums adds speed to the second part of the track after the break.
But which remix to choose if you also have a fantastic Gui Boratto remix!?
Lovely clicks ‘n’ piano. I’m not into this music, but I really love those staccato piano / noise glitches. I’ll need to dig deeper into this music, anybody can recommend me some songs?
They just released a DVD called ‘UTP’,you can buy it at boomkat.
Dark and moody, atmospheric, haunting,… the adjectives just stack up for this one by Warp’s most recent addition. The slow, deep groove takes you on a cinematic trip down a dark passage. Vancouver’s Cameron Reed’s first EP, “Shaved”, dropped earlier this month. Below you’ll find the title track, my favorite from the EP.
The video really captures the eery and dramatic feel of the music, adding another layer to the impact it has. It was produced by a motion picture collective named SALAZAR, also based in Vancouver. Their focus has been on music videoclips and other narrative work, and they’ve recently expanded their territory into advertising. Be sure to check the rest of their work, it’s equally awesome.
Another tune from DJ Morpheus’s ‘Freezone 2′ compilation. A classic DJ Cam tune, on Yellow Productions (label from Chris The French Kiss, yes, that’s Bob Sinclar). Beautiful laid-back summertune, love it to the bone.
The tune samples Dexter Wansel, Lady Miss Kier from Deee-Lite, Quincy Jones, and more (if you know more samples, leave a message!)
Bukarest guy TRG released a new EP on Tempa. The six tracks have more UKFunky / house flavour than I’m used from him. ‘Purple Lights’ is the track I like the most, with a repetitive and funky lead melody over fresh beats. Top!
But the EP at boomkat.
Lately I’ve been enjoying these mixes:
2 Oliver Deutschman mixes (Berlin sound). One recent. One slightly older. Very gifted DJ.
Ellen Allien Always Fridays guest mix.
Patchwork Pirates Fabric Promo Mix (anything from crunk to dubstep back to garage and funk). It’s quite hypa hypa but they just get away with it. Special attention goes out to the Notorious remix!
Hope you enjoy them as much as I did!
Gil Scott-Heron is back with a new album, titled ‘I’m New Here’. This bass-filled spoken word track shows how his collaboration with XL-boss Richard Russell sounds.
Buy his album at boomkat, check his site to get this track as a free MP3.
José James – Code
José James and Flying Lotus team up for this new lovely single from James’s new album ‘Blackmagic‘, released earlier this month. The production by FlyLo is not that experimental as on his album ‘Los Angeles’, but backs James’s sweet soft sould voice&lyrics. Perfect for a Sunday.
Download this song for free at XLR8R!