Get familiar with the beautiful new late night house track from Swedish artist HNNY. We keep expecting that Brandy “Boy Is Mine” vocal to snake it’s way into the mix; but our Swedish friend uses “Boy” as an exercise in restraining away from an overexposed trend (looped 90’s R&B vocals). The result is a tastefully satisfying (& fresh) new 3 A.M. house experience.
HNNY 
(Soundcloud)
Rating 8.7
The French dance legends hook up with two equally legendary producers Pharrell & Nile Rodgers for the cinematic disco of “Get Lucky”. Fitted with references modern and classic, the track ably transcends any tired disco (nu or otherwise) forms and succeeds as much as it innovates. Expect to hear “Get Lucky” on heavy repeat well into the summer.
Daft Punk 
(Facebook)
Rating 8.4
Doin it right, again, producer Koreless this time remixes “Late Night” from Foals. Dreamy and aquatic, this arrangement is sure to make that weekly playlist. Check it out.
Koreless 
: (Soundcloud) (Myspace) (Facebook)
Foals 
(Official)
Rating: 8.5
Poliça’s debut Give You The Ghost scored highly in the lists last year (check it out) so it’s pleasing to see that they’re back so soon with a new single, featuring fellow Gayngs member Justin Vernon (Bon Iver). “Tiff” hasn’t lost any of Polica’s intriguing spacey synth-scapes, and Justin Vernon’s soothing vocals meld effortlessly with Channy Leaneagh’s to form a somewhat pleasant gloopyness – and if space-gloop doesn’t quite sound like a good thing on paper? That’s understanding, but have a good listen anyway… By Nathan Hetherington
Poliça 
(iTunes)
Rating 8.5
Indulge in new band smell. Resident writers Brian Litwin and Erin Feathers recently caught up with hotly tipped Oxford, UK act Pixel Fix. They chatted about the band’s new self-titled EP, their unique sound, time travel and more. Check it out below:
Pixel Fix – RosaB3SCI: Can you tell us a little about Pixel Fix come to be?
PF: All of us had been in bands or had been involved in other musical activities in the past, so that’s how we all met and got to know each other… At the time, we (Clem and Marcus) were producing electronic music. We had been in guitar-based bands before, so this was just a little project we were working on, but as the electronic music we were making began to progress we thought, why not mix the two together? We were both really into electronic and guitar music, so it probably made sense for us to blend between the two… we spoke to the other guys and we all seemed to be on the same wavelength, so we thought we would give it a go.
B3SCI: With such an array of sounds in Pixel Fix, give us an idea of your live set up, both electronically and acoustically.
PF: It’s a pretty standard band set up, just with a load of synths and samplers that we play live, and about a thousand cables. We try and make our live shows as close to the recordings as possible. Although you can imagine we don’t have the most exciting time setting it all up.
B3SCI: Tell us what it was like to play with The 1975, Disclosure and Everything Everything, three of the hottest acts out right now?
PF: It was great thank you, although the Everything Everything show was a DJ set. We’re really grateful to have had the opportunity, and it was sick to share a stage with them and play to more people than we normally do.
B3SCI: Your sound seems experimental with unabashed guitar and impeccably polished electro. Do you consider your style of music experimental? How do you like to describe your style of music?
PF: Thank you, that’s very kind. Yeah we guess so; we don’t really think about it when we write though, we just make music that we would personally love to listen to in our own time…. We like to describe it as a load reverb, beats and guitars.
B3SCI: What electro are you currently listening to?
PF: We find our selves listening to Andrea, Luvian, Kadugodi and Stumbleine a lot at the moment.
B3SCI: What rock/pop are you listening to?
PF: Recently we’ve been listening to Tangled Hair, Coasts and Peace. We’re also really liking Frank Ocean’s stuff.
B3SCI: How does it feel to have a new EP being released?
PF: We’re feeling pretty excited. We’ve been sitting on these tracks for a while now, really since the band started, so we’re just eager to show people the music we love making. We’re a little apprehensive of how people will receive our music because we just hope people like it. We guess that’s pretty normal though.
B3SCI: The video for “Rosa” is a clever nod to 80’s SCI-FI flicks with subtle references to “E.T.”…
PF: ‘E.T’, it’s a classic.
B3SCI: We’re hooking you guys up with a ride on our B3SCI time machine. Where are you guys going?
PF: We’re gonna head back to one of the first Woodstocks to see what it’s all about. I bet it was mental.
Pixel Fix 
(Facebook)
Well there are some perks for sitting out Coachella. XL Records backed, Jai Paul has released a 16 track album. His second single “Jasmine,” initially set the internet ablaze with a smooth voice and unique sound. All the information available to know on Jai Paul, besides what was stated earlier, is that “… is a British songwriter and record producer from Rayners Lane, United Kingdom.” A highlight from the album is “Track 2.” The heavy use of Indian drums and sounds is up front, and the choppy chord progression is slowing turning into Jai Paul’s MO. This may turn out to be one the better releases of the year, so go out and get it. By Brian Litwin
Jai Paul (Bandcamp)
Rating: 8
Imagine glitter to your ears. Aleos is a gem, passed on by word of mouth. At first listen, one can see a Baths quality, but at second listen (and there will be a second listen) there is something undoubtedly unique. The weather is warming and here is a great opportunity to get in the mood. Put the top down and turn this up. By Phoebe Severin
Aleos – FRuitsAleos 
(Bandcamp)
Rating 8.3
“Voyeur”‘s great. Normally we wouldn’t take it to the paticular place of a post about a remix on such a great track. But this is Bear/Face, who is arguably, at or near the top of the dreamy R&B sizzurp vocal genre right now (which is something). Listen to what Mr. Face did to James Blake below.
Bear/Face 
(Soundcloud)
Rating 8.2
It just got very casual. L.A. producer Casual Cocktails on the beautifully interstellar remix of the Henry Krinkle winner.
Casual Cocktails (Soundcloud)
Rating 8.3
B3SCI has teamed up with the good peeps at Danger Village to drop this exclusive mix of their choice Spring 2013 worthy jams. Owner Beth Martinez curates the mix track by track below. Hibernation doesn’t stand a chance.
1) holychild “Best Friends”
This song sets the tone perfectly for what I want to come across in this mix. For spring we’re looking to brighter, organic sounds threaded through with good feelings of friendship and laughter. Shifting away from the electronic-heavy vibes of the last mix, this song feels like all things lovely and light while still twisting in the confrontational vocal edge.
2) Denai Moore “Gone”
In February I put a British songstress, Laura Mvula, on the mix. Denai Moore comes from the same city, and this stripped down rendition of this ballad reveals how stringently gorgeous her vocals are without embellishment. I obviously love high-produced material, but nothing goes straight to your heart like these soulful vocals.
3) Rainy Milo “This Thing of Ours”
We can’t stop listening to Rainy Milo. The tone of her voice is lovely and this song is excellent.
4) Autre Ne Veut “Counting”
One of my favorite bands I saw at SXSW and one of my favorite albums of the year so far.
5) Jagwar Ma “The Throw”
Convoluted textures and excellent progression. Somehow Jagwar Ma is the only Australian band on this mix.
6) Freedom Fry “Friends and Enemies”
A breezy song about Frenemies. I love how Freedom Fry is able to make intelligent songwriting sound simple.
7) Mystery Skulls “Ghost”
If you want to get pumped up for anything, put this song on. Pay attention to this guy.
8) Mikael Cronin “Weight”
It’s a melodic and bombastic cocktail. I wish more rock bands were able to write songs like these.
9) Shelter Point “Braille”
Shelter Point makes delicately ardent music. The alien sounds in this song keep making me think my phone is ringing.
10) Shlomo ft HTDW “Don’t Say No”
I love everything about How to Dress Well and this Shlomo collab is so fab. Tom Krell’s vocals lead well into the next artist…
11) Justin Timberlake “Mirrors”
This is probably the most adult-contempo song I’ve ever truly loved. It feels like such a progression in his career, and lyrically I think it’s a very mature assessment of the evolution of a “grown-up” relationship. It feels like a true love song to me, which is always my favorite thing.
12) Sigur Ros “Brennistein”
I’m loving the weightier sound of this song. Leave it to Sigur Ros to make “heavy” sound “gorgeous.”
13) Phospherescent “Song For Zula”
I love how this song encapsulates the feeling of entrapment that comes with being broken in love. The epic lyrics here feel so out of place in modern pop music, it made me realize we don’t see many oathey songs these days. When did epic songwriting go the way of Homer?
14) Cloud Boat – “Youthern”
Been loving everything out of the Cloud Boat camp lately.
15) Active Child “Evening Ceremony”
Stunning church-wave at its finest.
16) Beach House “Troublemaker”
Like Real Estate, Beach House is a paradigm of a band that has the ability to continue refining their craft while retaining their singular sound. “Troublemaker” is a song I’ve had on repeat- the airier sounds fit well with spring’s breezes.
Danger Village (Official)
Rudimental are the shit, but you already knew that (we hope). The UK dance act’s awesome live show was one of our favorite sets of SX. Here, Rudimental dial back the vibe a touch (but without sacrificing the quality of arrangement or writing) & put on record a slightly more R&B-heavy lean to their sound with new track “Baby”. We’re definitely into it.
Rudimental (Official)
Rating 8.4
Lapalux’s new LP Nostalchic (really his entire discograhpy) has recently been in very regular rotation at camp b3. Today the Brainfeeder artist released this nice & fine opening-the-interstellar-envelope non-album track, “Moveoutofmyway”that we’re digging just as much as anything on the album. Give it your ears below.
Lapalux (Facebook)
Rating 8.3
