Parisian producer Andrea links us up with the soundtrack to your next 3 A.M. tumblr creep session with new track “Places”. A collaboration with Irish rapper Rejjie Snow, “Places” sounds a bit of what a Tricky record might be like in 2013 if our man were more bummed out and more into drugs. “Places” is really really good and demands your attention below.
Andrea 
(Facebook)
Rating 8.2
Chrome Sparks never ceases to impress, remixes and singles alike, the artist has yet to disappoint. The new Sparks EP has that same glow. Singles, “Send the Pain On” and “Marijuana” both make appearances but are far from the only standout tracks on this release. Sparks doesn’t miss a beat. The EP is replete with tracks that can both lull you to sleep and make you dance all night. Sparks is Springtime music and with the new season right around the corner, it’s just in time. By Phoebe Anne Severin
Chrome Sparks 
(Facebook)
Rating 8.3
Interstellar traveller/electronic producer Mr. Gonzo comes up aces on this sunny new roller skates-pop collab with East Coast DJ J Paul Getto of new track “Gon Be A Thrill”. Now lace up those skates while we get a mantis dance circle going on the skate floor.
Mr. Gonzo (Facebook)
Rating 8.2
Budding Bristol, UK based multi-instrumental producer and composer Barny Carter continues down a road of picturesque soundscapes on his forthcoming EP, Montpellier. This sophomore release drops Tuesday, March 5th via DryCry Records. It features a recent Gilles Peterson (BBC) minted first spin with “Bouquet”, and as great as that track is, Montpellier as whole offers a momentous listen. From the serene initiation of “Clamour” to the piano chatter of “Oceans”, Montpellier boasts a complete body of work. B3SCI has your first listen-through, and if you have 20 minutes to spare, then we highly recommend that you lend your ears below.
Barny Carter 
(Purchase)
Rating: 8.4
Roosevelt, who impressed last fall with his debut track “Sea”, returns with sophomore single “Around You”. Light, airy, “summery” but still very well conceived as a pop song, “Around You” is very impressive indeed. Look out for an EP release from Roosevelt a bit later this year on Greco-Roman.
Roosevelt Balthazar 
(Facebook)
Rating 8.1
Young Amsterdam producer Saux may be a bit under the radar as of yet but the 19-year old (!) has already made some pretty impressive fans including Jessie Ware, Bondax & our buddy KCRW’s Anthony Valadez (who tipped us to the track). “Itay”, which is sampled here from Saux’s new EP “Bring Me Home” marries the R&B, soul-influenced electronic sound that’s been such a major Dutch export the last several years with more modern instrumentation and rhythm structures; that and the track sports an absolute lights out vocal melody. Get introduced to Saux below.
Saux – ITAYSAUX 
(Facebook)
Rating 8.4
OMG! Canadian West Coasters WMNSTUDIES get their hands into one of the best 90’s/R&B/songs maybe ever; (& because it’s WMNSTUDIES you know it’s going to be fresh) remixing Tamia’s 1998 classic “So Into You” to 100% perfection. “So Into You”!!
WMNSTUDIES 
(Soundcloud)
Rating 8.3
Yuksek is one of the most consistent remixers in the game right now. Here on his latest mix for C2C, the French producer does go for that big anthemic floor-filling sound but manages to do so without falling into the same tropes and cliches such a sound is often littered with. The mix sounds fresh and immediate and great and will make you want to re-live 2009 all over again (that and starting your own personal dance circle). Go ahead, do it. We won’t judge (too much).
Yuksek (Facebook)
Rating 8.2
Remixers Recycle Culture take How To Dress Well not to the club or to the cruise ship or the beach but to the roller rink with their new remix for “& It Was U”. Stacked wall to wall with “funky drums” and an instrumental that sounds lifted from the “King of Wishful Thinking” video shoot wrap-party, Recycle Culture’s mix should be your “go-to” for that next rollerblader date with yr shorty.
How To Dress Well – & It Was U (Recycle Culture’s Uptown Remix)Recycle Culture (Tumblr)
Rating 8.3
UK based Chad Valley flips the fan fave from Ghost Beach. Peep his remix of “Tear Us Apart” and keep an eye out for Ghost Beach’s Modern Tongues Remix EP, which also features remixers like Penguin Prison, Gigamesh, Summer Heart and Shook, expected to drop this April.
Chad Valley (Facebook)
Rating 8.4
Have you ever woken from a dream, questioning whether what you’d seen had really happened? A disconnect from what is real, and what is imagined? Enter Diaries, the newest work of fast rising Irish producer MMOTHS, who at only 19, is adept at rendering reality from the lack there of.
Diaries’ lead track, appropriately titled “One”, lulls and pulls you into a hypnotic state, with a gentle progression from simple cymbal to something much more emotionally dense. “One” feels like when the dusk meets the dark, a proposal of possibility without certainty. Another stand out song on the EP is, “For Her” featuring Young & Sick. The track showcases a level of depth from the collaboraters with its colorful pallet of glittery clicks and sounds, abounding only the best types of memories. With verse lyrics like “Earth is an ocean, a feather in flames”, the track builds an image of elemental perfection, as well as destruction. The music speaks of an all-consuming beauty summed up with the lyric, “There’s nothing like us, nor like you.”
Jumping from lust to sadness, tracks like “For Her” and “Losing You” bleed into “No One”. Calling up a wide range of emotions which deals with the gain, loss, and the odd places in between those you’ve cared about. The single release from Diaries, “All These Things” features Holly Miranda and surfaces late in the EP and offers a welcoming uplifting vibe, further highlighting Diaries clearly well devised range of moods. Miranda’s vocals sing, “you’ve been on my mind, now let me get in yours” with urgency, yet never hitting desperation showcasing a beautiful restraint.
“Too Real” winds the EP down with a glassy look at yearning, happiness, and notably sadness. MMOTHS makes emotions that are so very hard to identify, glaring with this track and the entirety of Diaries. By Phoebe Anne Severin
MMOTHS 
(Facebook)
Rating 8
With a tagline like “Are you ready for the Bassline Sound?” would you expect anything less than an absolute monster of a first major release from 22 year bass wizard Stratus? “Alarm” is oozing with bass, hair raising builds and a drop that is seriously huge. The Ultra Records artist, Patrick Stratton, aka Stratus, seems on the right track to be playing more major festivals and more headlining shows in the future, and especially after sharing the stage with the likes of Zeds Dead, Flux Pavilion, Wolfgang Gartner, Krewella, Big Gigantic, Skream & Benga, Feed Me, Adventure Club, Porter Robinson, Kill The Noise, Borgore and others. By Brian Litwin
Stratus 
(Facebook)
Rating 8.1
