NYC’s The Chainsmokers crank out what might be their best work to date with this flip on the latest from everyones fave new girl duo Say Lou Lou. Sample and download the track below.

The Chainsmokers (Soundcloud)

Rating 8.3

Naughty Boy, one of the UK’s hottest & most sought after producers right now, fixes up our buddy Tom Odell’s “Another Love” into a sweeping, cinematic bit of noir electronica.

Naughty Boy (Facebook) Tom Odell (Facebook)

Rating 8.3

Shawty is a dime plus 99. German producer IAMNOBODI’s soft subtle remix of Amel Larrieux is that R&B ish you’ve been waiting your whole life for. Say you will, girl, say you will.

Amel Larrieux – For Real (IAMNOBODI RMX) by IAMNOBODI

IAMNOBODI (Soundcloud)

Rating 8.10

This coming Tuesday night, the Bootleg Gallery in Los Angeles is celebrating the release of Daft Punk’s eagerly awaited, and fourth studio album, Random Access Memories. On this night of album’s release, the club will be hosting a special listening party for electronic music fans and disco revivalists alike. So come get your dance on and get lucky at one of the best clubs in the city as you jam to your favorite album of the summer. We’ll see you there… with a drink in hand! The event is free, begins at 11:00 PM and is 21+.

DAFT PUNK – RANDOM ACCESS MEMORIES TRACKLIST 1. “Give Life Back to Music” (featuring Nile Rodgers) 2. “The Game of Love” 3. “Giorgio by Moroder” (featuring Giorgio Moroder) 4. “Within” (featuring Chilly Gonzales) 5. “Instant Crush” (featuring Julian Casablancas) 6. “Lose Yourself to Dance” (featuring Pharrell Williams and Nile Rodgers) 7. “Touch” (featuring Paul Williams) 8. “Get Lucky” (featuring Pharrell Williams and Nile Rodgers) 9. “Beyond” 10. “Motherboard” 11. “Fragments of Time” (featuring Todd Edwards) 12. “Doin’ It Right” (featuring Panda Bear) 13. “Contact” (featuring DJ Falcon)

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At only 15 years old, UK based producer Kyogi has a pulse on electro music which excels beyond many contemporaries. Resident b3scientist Brian Litwin recently had the chance to chat with the young producer for some insight on his evolution as a musician, forthcoming super secret projects, Usher and more. Check out their conversation below.

B3SCI: Had never heard of your hometown and so I had to look it up. What’s it like in Totnes, Devon, Britain and how is the music scene there?

KYOGI: It’s a pretty town, but a lot of people here have a pretty backward attitude to just about everything. It’s totally riddled with the sort of people who are too scared to admit that some aspects of politics might not actually be bad ideas for fear of it compromising their bohemian, carefree image. Luckily, the music scene here is amazing. My best mate Frank produces house and techno under the moniker Endlines. Obviously I recommend you check his stuff, but I’d honestly be recommending him even if he was some Austrian hermit whom I stumbled across on Soundcloud, his music’s fantastic. Totnes is also home to Alfie and Caleb, better known as Circula and Hanga. These guys have begun making some waves in the wider techno scene, which is well deserved as their tunes are just tooooo much. They’re also two of the core members of the Groundvibes Collective; a local soundsystem who’ve thrown some amazing free parties down here recently. Check it.

B3SCI: How did you get involved with music? Was there a specific path that lead you into the electronic ethos? What lead you to start producing?

KYOGI: I got into producing by complete coincidence really. There was a skating competition at my local skate park, so Frank and I thought we’d go and see what was happening. There were a couple of local guys DJing for the afternoon – Pat and Romek. I had no idea what they were playing at the time, but I remember being completely fascinated by what I was hearing. I now know it was drum n bass, and I suppose I’ve just been into electronic music since that day. I’ve always been musical, I’ve been drumming for years, so I guess learning to produce came naturally after listening to electronic music for a little while. I was making dnb and dubstep initially, and I’m just making what I am now after discovering new genres in Youtube’s ‘related videos’ section, stumbling upon people on Soundcloud, things like that.

B3SCI: Here is a fun fact, you were 3 years old when Usher’s “U Got It Bad” was first released. Your take on it is pretty awesome. Assuming Usher is an influence of yours, who else inspires you to write?

KYOGI: Haha, that song has aged so well! And thanks, I was never too sure about it but a few friends convinced me that putting it up would be a good idea, and sure enough, Fat! wanted to release it.

I’ve always been into the French label Ed Banger; home to Justice, Breakbot, Sebastian, formerly Daft Punk and the late DJ Mehdi. Also, French producer 123mrk is a big inspiration. Closer to home, I’m really enjoying tunes by Bondax, Maribou State and Werkha at the moment. There’s a mysterious American producer called Anthony Ellect whose music I love, and my friend Salute from Austria is putting out some stunning music, I think he’s one of the most consistent producers in the game. Lastly, our styles are very different but my mate Oli, known better as Network, is making the fatttttest house tunes I know of.

B3SCI: Google translate told me that Kyogi or 虚偽 means falsehood or lies. When choosing Kyogi as your name, is that what you were going for or something completely else? Does the name factor into a philosophy behind your music… or music in general?

KYOGI: That one’s actually quite simple, Burial’s Untrue album is one of my favourite records of all time, and Kyogi translates as untrue. It’s something of a homage to him, I guess. I kind of feel like everyone owes something to Burial, this scene wouldn’t have happened without him.

B3SCI: You are getting comparisons to some of the better hot dj/producers out there right now like Disclosure, Ryan Hemsworth and Flume to name a few. Do you see yourself in that same field of young flag bearers of the genre?

KYOGI: Disclosure and Flume are huge influences, Flume in particular, so that’s pretty insane. I guess I’m bound to be lumped into the same category as those guys regardless of my age, because a scene like this has never really happened before, so no one’s really sure what to make of it. Pretty amazing category to be lumped into though, right? I don’t really have much of a say in how people perceive me but I think that I’ve got the same mindset as those guys. Just a kid with too much spare time, making music for the love of music.

B3SCI: If you had a choice to collaborate with any artist out there right now, who would it be with and why?

KYOGI: Probably (would’ve been) Curtis Mayfield. I don’t really need to do much explaining, he just wrote amazing songs and had a brilliant voice. I’d also love to work with a proper UK Hip Hop MC, someone really pioneering and influential, maybe Jehst.

B3SCI: What does the future of electronic music sound like to you? What are you listening to right now and is there anything that we can anticipate inspiring you next?

KYOGI: So many directions it could go! I don’t know how long the current deep house revival will last, but after that, God knows. But, given how much influence Daft Punk have over just about everything, I don’t think a disco comeback is looking too unlikely since the release of Get Lucky. The embarrassing Dad in me would love to see that. I’ve begun working at slower tempos to try and separate myself from the house scene as there are so many mediocre producers trying it now, it’s getting a little difficult to stand out and be taken seriously. I can see a lot of other producers also dropping the bpm by 10 and getting a bit funkier. Take Armeria for instance, he’s started doing this low slung, dusty, 110bpm slo-mo underwater funk thing, and it’s insane. If every producer starts doing something a little different to the next man, then the future of British bass music is sounding very nice indeed.

B3SCI: Can you tell us about some upcoming projects or releases that fans can keep an eye out for?

KYOGI: DE$iGNATED’s Valentine E.P is out in about a month, featuring the remixes from myself, Applebottom, Carling Ruse and Knuckle. I’m getting an E.P together too, no idea what label will release it, but I know what one I want it to be released on. I’ve also got a super secret project with another producer underway now, but that’s the thing with super secret projects, they’ve got to remain super secret…

Kyogi (Facebook)

Daft Punk’s new single “Get Lucky” has gone top twenty in the US and topped the digital charts in 55 different countries. Their album Random Access Memories is full of lush sounds and throwback nods to disco. Probably a good thing. “Give Life Back to Music” opens the album, and the song title indicates that these guys feel something has been lacking in music today. Don’t expect glow sticks or intensity on this track. It will settle into a nice mid-tempo groove and leave you wanting more. By Bruce Rave

Daft Punk – Give Life Back to Music (Official)

* Links and playlists from Rave’s weekly new music show can be found on his blog and be sure follow Bruce on Twitter too!

UK artist FTSE grabs b3 staple Saint Saviour for the lovely R&B-informed slow-motion boy/girl disco pop of “Tidal Wave”.

FTSE (Soundcloud)

Rating 8.5

We know yr probably done with “Angels” (we thought we were too) but we can’t help but fall deeply in love with KOTKEE’s beautiful 3 A.M. re-imagining (and we stress re-imagining, as we’ve never heard the oft-covered track quite like this) of The xx hit.

KOTKEE – Angels (The XX Cover)

KOTKEEE (Facebook)

Rating 8.3

Mount Kimbie + King Krule = ?. Of course, “Took Your Time” is very very good. The only real negative here is that there’s only 5 minutes 16 of the track. The languid cymbal tap-driven electric organ-grind of Kimbie’s instrumental fits Zoo Kid’s guttermouth rapsinging to a T. We are very much into it.

Mount Kimbie (Official)

Rating 8.3

The team of Gallant and Felix Snow, who produced the crushing (& one of the year) cover of Ke$ha’s “Die Young” return with the equally strong R&B of “Please?”. Felix Snow’s production, again, should be highlighted here as the track is next level good. Ok, enough from us, we’re hitting the replay button again.

Gallant – Please? (Vignette) [prod. Felix Snow]

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MOKO, a 21 year old soul singer from New Cross, London offers up a proper debut track (she only uploaded her first song to Soundcloud 8 weeks ago!) in the form of the early 90′s house/school of Whitney Houston gospel-informed track “Hand On Heart”.

MOKO (Soundcloud)

Rating 8.3

The Australian electro scene has no doubt been producing some stellar exports as of late. Quasimo is the latest to hit our radar with his impressive intuition for rolling beats, laid-back synths and well inflected pitch and melody work. Judging by his first original, “We’ll Manage” and his bootleg of James Blake’s “Retrograde,” we’re looking forward to more to come from Quasimo.

James Blake – Retrograde (Quasimo’s Bootleg Remix)

Quasimo (Facebook)

Rating 8.3

Here is the latest from the French Express astronaut, Moon Boots. Fusing tropical disco with house, the low key producer has done it again with “Love Strong”. The consistent use of the different synth patches, mainly the xylophone, are really setting him apart from other producers of similar caliber. Keep ‘em coming Moon Boots. By Brian Litwin

Moon Boots – Love Strong

Moon Boots (Facebook)

Rating 8.3

Yes, this did indeed just happen.

Baauer : (Soundcloud)

Rating 8.6

MØ’s run will not stop. “Waste of Time” is the latest in her unblemished record of worldbeating electro-pop tunes. It’s MØ, no doubt, but “Waste of Time”‘s engine is gassed up on a few different types of sounds; namely some very sultry guitar leads and stuttering hip hop-schooled drums. Right, as if you need any more from us, anyway, it’s MØ, get to it.

MØ (Facebook)

Rating 8.6

Ah, Fenech-Soler, welcome back, boys, welcome back. “Magnetic”, the new signal from the band’s, September 2nd-due sophomore LP Rituals is no doubt the strongest track we’ve heard from Fenech-Soler since maybe “Lies”. Try not shouting out “It’s a FEeeeeeeeling” at 1:44 when the second chorus comes in. Yes, by chorus two you’ll be hooked; “And I neeeeeeed it”.

Fenech-Soler (Official)

Rating 8.4

German artist Orae’s far-off soundscapes, as heard here on “Green & Fog”, are a favorite around B3. The mix of great melodic writing, transportive exotic sounds & a particularly strong penchant for track dynamics & drama make Orae one not to sleep on on this side of the Atlantic.

Orae – Green & Fog

Orae (Facebook)

Rating 8.10785

On new track “Games”, Munich’s Claire distill through neatly-constructed synth pop an interesting mix of sounds and influences for the genre. Touchstones from house, to urban music, to more traditional pop are all assembled here, and done so in a way that’s both different (a standout song in a currently crowded genre) and tuneful (there are three of four melodies here that could be a chorus.) A++

Claire (Facebook)

Rating 8.4

Previewed below is the track “Early Bird” recovered from the deepest oceanic depths and excerpted from the Paris-based artist’s “Cruising” EP. Featuring the blissed-out hushed vocals of fellow Parisian Julia Losfelt, “Early Bird”‘s late night pelagic creep is an excellent close to an excellent new EP.

Andrea – Early Bird (ft. Julia Losfelt)

Andrea (Facebook)

Rating 8.2

The anticipated sophomore album from East-London quintet Chapel Club is titled Good Together. The band’s return welcomes their appetite for innovative pop music. Although, frontman Lewis Bowman’s baritone and the band’s guitars have been checked-in for a medley of analog synthesizers and samples. Good Together was recorded at a self-built studio in Los Angeles with producer Tom Biller and you can almost feel the disco psychedlia glitz of Hollywood’s recent decades throughout the band’s exploration of pop on the album. Chapel Club have also released a new video for their next single, “Shy.” Sample both the album and video below and be sure to pick up a copy of Good Together on June 3rd via Ignition Records.

Chapel Club: (Facebook)