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M+A – When

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In. love. “When” is the breezy new single from Italian duo M+A. The first announced track from M+A’s sophomore LP These Days, is sleek, sophisticated and infinitely catchy. In 2013, we need more tracks like “When”.

M+A italy (Soundcloud)

Rating: 8.3

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06-19-13

Husky – Let Me Know

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Husky Beats’ cannot be stopped. The R&B-leaning “Let Me Know” is just the latest in the Detroit beatmaker’s recent run of excellent material.

Husky (Facebook)

Rating 8.3

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06-19-13

ASTR – Operate (The Chainsmokers Remix)

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The Chainsmokers continue to stand out among their genre’s peers as they persist to find always new and engaging ways to push the Pop EDM sound. The NYC duo’s new remix for ASTR is crazy good and demands your attention right now.

The Chainsmokers (Soundcloud)

Rating 8.1

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06-19-13

Seafloor – I Won’t Love You

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Member of the (awesome) Brooklyn soul-synth pop act Body Language, Matthew Young releases a new solo EP “Churn” under the moniker Seafloor. Marrying elements of classic house and jungle to more contemporary trends in indie dance music, “Churn’s” three tracks do an adept job at covering a lengthy C.V. of genres and sounds while maintaining excellent dynamics, cohesion and pacing; all that and the EP is really really good. “I Won’t Love You” is our pick.

Seafloor (Soundcloud)

Rating 8.1

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06-19-13

Glass Animals – Exxus

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The soulful dark pop of Glass Animals continues to fascinate Team B3. New track, “Exxus” (Double-A w/ the also phenomenal “Black Mambo”) is one of the finest executions of the current trend twoard minimalist beat-driven R&B-informed gloom pop we’ve heard. The potential and promise of Glass Animals seems exponential.

Glass Animals (Facebook)

Rating 8.6

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06-19-13

The XX – Together (U&I vs. davidDann Remode)

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L.A.-based producer David Dann captures an excellent bit of mood and after hours club atmosphere with his latest remix for The xx.

David Dann california (Facebook)

Rating 8.3

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06-19-13

Premiere: Night Drive – Drones [Remix EP and Video]

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Texan synthpop crew Night Drive is releasing a new Remix EP for their latest single “Drones”. It’s a safe bet that you’ve already been (or at least should be) non-stop jamming to Bit-Funk’s stellar version of the track for the past week. Here’s your first chance to check out the full collection of dance floor bangers including additional remixes from Glasnost and Crystal Vision.

Also, below we’ve got the premiere for the superbly cut and visually stimulating music video for “Drones”. As the band puts it about their filming experience for the video, “We shot tons of footage over the course of 2 days, and at the end of the last day we were all pretty delirious. Rodney and I were lying down on a green screen and the crew started dropping pieces of paper on our faces. Jim filmed it and we ended up really liking it. Now we have all of this unused footage we plan to turn into a silent detective film.”

Night Drive (Soundcloud)

NIGHT DRIVE – DRONES (Official Music Video) from nightdrivemusic on Vimeo.

Rating 8.3

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06-18-13

John Newman – Love Me Again (Love Thy Brother Remix)

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Love. Love. Love. Brotherly love by way of electronic production duo Love Thy Brother on this new remix of John Newman’s “Love Me Again”. The sample textures and vocal hook arranging make for a welcome sunny reinterpretation of this already stellar track. Lovely, isn’t it?

Love Thy Brother (Soundcloud)

Rating 8.3

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06-17-13

Sango – When I Need You the Most

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We’re pretty big stans for Detroit producer Sango. Here, Sango lets go a soft & subtle bit of (non-cliched) late-night R&B beats that would do sound right at home on the new Drake record.

Sango (Facebook)

Rating 8.3

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06-13-13

95 Royale – Take Me Back (I’ll Do Whatever It Takes)

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The very strong “Take Me Back”, the latest from Brisbane-based artist 95 Royale, is the sort of uptempo feel-good dance track that should do rather nicely on your summer playlist. It’s on ours.

95 Royale – Take Me Back (I’ll Do Whatever It Takes)

95 Royaleaustralia (Soundcloud)

Rating 8.4

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06-11-13

When Saints Go Machine – IODINE (Robin Hannibal Remix)

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Oh yes, we very much like this. Robin Hannibal, whom you may know from his work with Quadron and Rhye, shines up When Saints Go Machine’s “Iodine” REAL SEXY LIKE. WSGM’s Infinity Pool release is in stores now.

Robin Hannibal (Twitter)

Rating 8.4

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06-10-13