Alpine - Icypoles (Star Slinger Dreamix): Breathey, pulsing and cute at the same time. Using compression for good, not evil.
Fol Chen - CU: The vocals kind of remind me of gay vocal house. Or Max Tundra... but the curious instrumentation clunks along and it all kind of works. The 2nd good track from the new album Part II: The New December, which I am not crazy about, but love a few nuggets from therein.
Fuji Kureta - Bonjour: So like what are they saying? Is this French?
I kid! I kid! I love the bassy synth that just slips in through the back door. It couples very well with the Sterolab allusions given from the vocals. I mean really, if you love Stereolab, how could you not love this?
Kanye West, Jay-Z, Rick Ross, Nicki Minaj and Bon Iver - Monster: Unh hunh. That's right. The irony is, of course, that this single IS a monster. The joy is slathered on slick by none other than the brilliant Nicki Minaj. Take fucking NOTE.
Manusa - J'Fuck: J'Fuck me? J'FUCK YOU!
Moby - Feeling So Real (Don Diablo Remix): aaaaaaaaaaaa the happy rave classic! OMG I'm having glowstick flashbacks.
Don adds in some more modern synth and teases us with the ECSTASY that is that classic rave synth.
If you were partying like me in the 90s, by the time we hit the 70 second mark, your pants ARE OFF.
Mosca - Gold Bricks, I See You: The snares and chopped vox are garage, but the soul of this jazzy number is deep all the way down. Lovely.
Robot Koch - Brujeria (Robot Koch vs Graciela Maria) : This track constantly seems to be tripping over itself, but it's got bongos and confidence. It'll be ok.
Rosie and Me - Come Back: Sunbeams and love? This is total feel good pop love, but that's ok too.
Sam Amidon - I See The Sign
Sam Amidon - Relief
Sam Amidon - Way Go Lily: OK people, this is the big store so PAY ATTENTION. This new album is called "I See The Sign" and it's pretty much one of the best folk albums to come out all year. Truly.
Sam Amidon combines Sufjan Stevens investigation of Christian heartland feelings with the trancing and minimal expressiveness of Bill Evans, both of whom are folk monsters of their own rights.
And the emotions teeter between the two, the more calm and all-knowing Evans and the wonder-at-all-life Stevens. The delicate instrumentation alawys couples with the occassionally raspy voice in a way that is oh so right.
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.
Skream - Finally: Outside The Box is certainly a producers album, and we all know how I feel about a bucket of tracks: sift mericlessly! But Skream gets his Portishead on here, while still keeping up his synth stabs.
Crank the bass and shuffle along!
Skyzoo & !llmind - Speakers On Blast: Oh silly little bangers, how I do love thee! and when your lyrics aren't totally offensive bullshit? Even better!
Slow Dancing Society - ...and to the dust we shall return: From the album also titled "...and to the dust we shall return", what we have here is a lovely piece of postrockian ambience that perfectly sits in the tub with you.
The Chemical Brothers - Dissolve (Bloody Beetroots Remix)
The Chemical Brothers - Swoon (Don Diablo Remix): And finally, Chemical Brothers are back with some killer dancefloor electro. They get some loving tweaks here, but the quality synth goodness is all classic Chemical.
Enjoy!
THIS WEEK'S TRACKS
Alpine - Icypoles (Star Slinger Dreamix)
Fol Chen - CU
Fuji Kureta - Bonjour
Kanye West, Jay-Z, Rick Ross, Nicki Minaj and Bon Iver - Monster
Manusa - J'Fuck
Moby - Feeling So Real (Don Diablo Remix)
Mosca - Gold Bricks, I See You
Robot Koch - Brujeria (Robot Koch vs Graciela Maria)
Rosie and Me - Come Back
Sam Amidon - I See The Sign
Sam Amidon - Relief
Sam Amidon - Way Go Lily
Skream - Finally
Skyzoo & !llmind - Speakers On Blast
Slow Dancing Society - ...and to the dust we shall return
The Chemical Brothers - Dissolve (Bloody Beetroots Remix)
The Chemical Brothers - Swoon (Don Diablo Remix)
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~CPI
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