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Premiere: Mansionair – Pick Me Up (BAILE Remix)

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Australian band Mansionair, the author of Hypem #1’s “Hold Me Down” and “Speak Easy”, are the recipients of an ace new remix from BK producer BAILE on latest track “Pick Me Up”. On the mix, BAILE, who’s produced strong past remixes for BAIO and Akiine, takes warmly spatial approach to “Pick Me Up” crafting an expansive but still emotively near new frame and atmosphere for Mansioair’s neatly composed tune. We love it. Stream the B3 Premiere of BAILE’s remix of “Pick Me Up” for Mansionair.

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03-11-16

Cassius – Action (Feat. Cat Power and Mike D)

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The French duo who haven’t released an album since 2006 (!) return today with a star-studded new track featuring Cat Power and the Beastie Boys’ Mike D. Despite the hiatus from releasing LPs, one half of the twosome Philippe Zdar has been active on the production seen; including heading up records from both Cat Power and the Beastie Boys. “Action” follows a vaguely Brazilian/tropical-styled beat with Ms. Marshall’s breathy coo atmospherically lilting about the track’s off-beat syncopations with living legend Mike D adding in a pair of slick rhythmic bars. It’s a very cool return for Team Cassius.

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03-11-16

Show Clothes – Pool Party (Feat. Gavriella)

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The stylish lounge-inflected house of “Pool Party” is the sort of “fancy sounding” vocal electronic music we can’t really resist falling for. Stunning track.

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02-29-16

Kauf – Through The Yard

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Regrowth is the forthcoming debut LP from electronic pop artist Kauf. Lead track “Through The Yard” posits a neat blend of exotic-sounding rhythms and world-beat ref’ing songs with cool indie pop writing structures and is well along on its way as it was the recipient of a coveted on-air debut by Jason Bentley on KCRW’s “Morning Becomes Electic” last week. Stream “Through The Yard” below.

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02-29-16

SwuM – Owls

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Favorite ambience-setting hip-hop producer SwuM. keeps the excellent songs coming with a sublimely smooth r&b-vibe vocals-led Drake-sampling hip-hop diddy named “Owls”. Reviewed by Erin Shay.

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02-24-16

Charles Murdoch – Nothing For You (Feat. Kučka)

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Lose yourself in the subtle flamboyance of “Nothing For You” the latest soul stirring production from Brisbane, AU artist Charles Murdoch (who also just released a remix EP named “Point”). A beautifully glimmered combination of electronic vocals, shadowy synthesizer atmospherics and relentless trap percussion, “Nothing for You” also features the elegant pop vocals of fellow Aussie Laura Jane Lowther (a.k.a. KUČKA). On the track (which exudes a moody dynamic) Murdoch revels the listener in a tranquil selection of atmospherics and instrumentals neatly layered in with some simmering melodic keyboard touches and Kucka’s angelic vocals. Murdoch’s multi-dimensional “Nothing for You” is out via Future Classic. Reviewed by Erin Shay.

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02-24-16

Kenton Slash Demon – Dok

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Groove out to the latest sprawled-out bright-side techno jam from B3 uniquely favorite Copenhagen duo Kenton Slash Demon. Called “Dok” the track is a flavorful mesh of world-music vibe vocal ambiances, incessant driving drum and percussion rhythms (signature KSD), and a technicolor mood-altering synth line. Incredible (as per usual). Reviewed by Erin Shay.

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02-22-16

Robots Can’t Dance – Running

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Belfast-based Conor Duggan aka Robots Can’t Dance catches a soulful 70’s-soul inspired vibe on neat new midtempo disco re-spin “Running”. The track’s sample source is the mid 00’s dance-driven R&B song Domu & Pete Simpson’s “It Won’t Mean a Thing” which has been turned about in such a way as to suit Evelyn “Champagne” King or Patrice Rushen. It’s a very cool bit of mixing. Listen.

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02-22-16

Metropolitan Soul Museum – Let’s Play

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London producer Metropolitan Soul Museum have less than one hundred followers on Soundcloud yet they landed on style-setting London online mag Stamp the Wax for “Let’s Play”, a recent world-music vibe house track that also has a disco-funk dynamic. We’re stoked on this song! We love how Metropolitan Soul Museum mixes the track (a meld of intricate tribal rhythms a wash an intense electro undercurrent) and we particularly like the interplay between the natural tribal-vibe rhythms and percussion versus the dreamy dramatic synth atmospherics (great melody) and primitive mantra chant vibe vocals. Amazing song. Reviewed by Erin Shay.

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02-22-16

Todd Osborn – We Gonna Jak

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Michigan dynamo production artist Todd Osborn captivates our attentions with his recent deeply focused, sprawling expansive, trance inducing acid techno release “We Gonna Jak”, which is the brightly appointed (slightly-foreboding) synthesizer-characterized a-side to “On the T”. Both Todd Osborn songs are out on Feburary 22nd via Fort Romeau’s label Cin Cin. Awesome. Reviewed by Erin Shay.

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02-22-16

Blunted Beatz – Over Time

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Zone out to the superbly-scintillating guitar interludes and expressive keyboard melody of “Over Time” the latest lovely, quietly-simmering vocals-led hip-hop beats track from Hamburg, Germany producer Blunted Beatz (a.k.a. Dr Slice or Dave White). Reviewed by Erin Shay.

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02-22-16