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Giveaway: Daedelus + Nosaj Thing this Friday 10/4 @ LURE in Hollywood, CA.

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Once again Lure showcases an impressive DJ lineup for it’s Private Label Nights. The Lure x Private Label powers-that-be have have put together a killer line-up for this Friday (10/14) with both Daedelus and Nosaj Thing. The two will take over the popular Hollywood club for a night to be remembered, and we are excited to announce that we are giving away a pair of tickets to this show! To win just email us here and let us know you’d like to go see Daedelus and Nosaj Thing at Lure this Friday, and we’ll enter you into our drawing to win! (one entry per person.) Our winner will be picked at random from the pool of submissions on Friday morning, so keep an eye on your inbox. You can get additional details, full line-up, schedules, on the show as well as purchase tickets here. Good luck!

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10-03-13

PAPA – If The Moon Rises

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Maybe our favorite band period right now, PAPA let loose another winner with the wonderfully soulful call to arms (singer Darren Weiss said of the track, ” [it’s] a call for young people to get away from the b.s”), “If The Moon Rises” from the band’s much anticipated around B3 debut LP Tenderness. Get it while it’s awesome.

PAPA california (Facebook)

Rating 8.5

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10-02-13

The Grand Affair – Work Week

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We dig the minimalist hip hop-influenced pop of new NYC duo The Grand Affair. The piano/beat-based track “Work Week” is maybe simple in its lack of complication but is special for its melody-works-so-keenly-in-the-beat mechanisms and the spaces where the tune does become more complex ie: those piano scale runs in the verse and those space lazer synth embellishments that help add tension. Sample “Work Week” below.

The Grand Affair newyork (Facebook)

Rating 8.3

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10-02-13

Premiere: Troumaca – The Grace (Kyodai Remix)

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We are very pleased to present the premiere of the Kyodai remix of “The Grace” by Birmingham UK-based Troumaca. From their upcoming “The Grace” single due November 4th on Gilles Peterson’s Brownswood Recordings. The Berlin-residing brother duo Kyodai outfit “The Grace” with a rumbling march-leaning beat juxtaposed with more relaxed worldly synth and piano atmospheres and adeptly manage the mix’s dynamic tension & ebbs with a cinematically-informed temperament.

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Rating 8.0

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10-02-13

Louis M^ttrs – War With Heaven (Catching Flies Remix)

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Hot off the remix press, favorite of the site Catching Flies flips “War With Heaven” from Brighton UK artist Louis M^ttrs into a syrupy late night post-garage cooler.

Catching Flies (Soundcloud)

Rating 8.3

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10-02-13