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FKJ – Drops (Feat. Tom Bailey)

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We like Darius-pal collaborator and B3-featured producer FKJ (last discussed here in conjunction with “Ô”) who recently teamed up with r&b vocalist Tom Bailey for a gorgeous-melody-driven tone-centered superb-vocals-led track called “Drops” which we think beyond excels for Tom Bailey’s luminescent deeply-soulful vocals (which go through a beautiful transformation during the song) and FKJ’s incredible brightly-laced instrumental sentiments. Awesome collaboration. Reviewed by Erin Shay.

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07-30-15

Jungle – Time (Darius Remix)

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Imagine the pleasant surprise we encountered in finding a remix from new fave, Darius after just showcasing his recent superbly-captivating soundscape “Ô” created with fellow French producer and collaborator pal FKJ (French Kiwi Juice). We’re totally into Darius’ newest track, a brightly-playful soul-tinged upscale-cosmo-vibed remix of former B3SCI Records rep’ed-artist Jungle; which is a suitably smooth sentimental ride on something fantastic with its delicate (yet dramatic) piano tones, atmospheric French Touch (nu-disco) accents and sweet-natured dance floor feels. Really good stuff! Reviewed by Erin Shay.

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07-30-15

Paisley – Yozakura

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Spend a little time with the 4:20 minute dream-scape known as Part 1 from squad wave producer Paisley who floors us with an instrumentally-lustrous jazz-inspired keyboard-tone-touched beat-led sampler (tracks 1-3) from their “Hanama” EP, out now via Blvnt Records. Reviewed by Erin Shay.

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07-30-15

Zikomo – Eclipse

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We can’t get our ears off of new track “Eclipse” the melodic and sunny natural-bent buoyantly-percussive multi-layered neo-soul jam from Zikomo, who we last covered on B3 for his sensational disco-leaning electro-funk dance flip of J Dilla’s whimsical, pure velvet track “Purple”. Reviewed by Erin Shay.

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07-29-15

Chet Faker – 1998 (Feat. Banks)

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Get enthralled by the soulfully sonorous male-female vocal juxtaposition (including a new interpret of Faker’s classic catchy hook) and a beautiful artistically-laid seamless meld of old and new on Chet Faker’s new golden-vocaled Banks-infused indie-dance reinterpret of “1998”, his poppy r&b banger hit from last year. Faker’s newest interpretation of “1998” recently premiered on Zane Lowe’s Beats 1 and helped to launch his world tour (which kicks off on July 31st). Reviewed by Erin Shay.

7/31: Montreal, Canada @ Osheaga Music & Arts Festival
08/01: Chicago, IL @ Lollapalooza Music & Arts Festival
08/03: Denver, CO @ Gothic Theatre
08/04: Denver, CO @ Gothic Theatre
08/07: San Francisco, CA @ Outside Lands
08/15: Seattle, WA @ 1077 The End Summer Camp 2015
08/16: Portland, OR @ KNRK 94.7 Birthday Concert
08/22: Los Angeles, CA @ FYF Fest
10/30: Melbourne, AUS @ Arts Centre Melbourne, Sidney Myer Music Bowl
10/31: Brisbane, AUS @ Riverstage
11/06: Sydney, AUS @ Sydney Opera House Forecourt
11/07: Sydney, AUS @ Sydney Opera House Forecourt

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07-29-15

J. Roosevelt – When I Run Don’t Chase Me

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Get into the deeply seductive lightly-simmering beats, shimmery-toned interludes and uplifting moody sentiment of ‘When I Run Don’t Chase Me” an excellent new jazz-tinged electro-instrumental track from LA-based producer J. Roosevelt. Reviewed by Erin Shay.

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07-29-15

Darius & FKJ – Ô

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Discover the immense sonic chemistry and superbly captivating artistic cohesion between B3-featured artist Darius (who brought us the outstanding Wayne Snow featured “Helios”) and fellow French producer FKJ (French Kiwi Juice) on the pair’s new collaboration “Ô” a jazzy bright-tone-drenched guitar-infused French Touch soundscape that features a reverb-heavy array of quieting sounds, atmospheric vibe-y vocals, and a poignantly-subtle relentless barrage of metallic percussion. New one “Ô” is out on Roche Musique’s new WAVE compilation which is set to hit the street in full on August 21st. Reviewed by Erin Shay.

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07-28-15

Leo Kalyan – Silver Linings

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Tune into the profoundly-adorning r&b songwriting, piano-led melody and quietly-laid sensibly-subtle beats on “Silver Linings” the delicately-voiced ultra-contemporary EP-namesake track from new B3-artist fave London-based organic-beat-maker and singer-songwriter Leo Kalyan. “Silver Linings” is Kalyan’s third track to drop in about a month off his new “Silver Linings” EP (which is out today). Gorgeous song! Reviewed by Erin Shay.

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07-24-15

Vic Mensa – Codeine Crazy

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Chicago’s own Vic Mensa has been killing recently and, with songs like “U Mad” featuring Kanye West, it’s hard to not see how. On new track “Codeine Crazy”, Vic shows off a great and soothing vocal over a beat worth getting stuck in your head. Reviewed by Jake Goldstein.

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07-24-15

abhi//dijon – Wait

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Go deep with the beautifully-layered sentiment-drenched vocals, trap-beat-inspired tempo and exquisitely stylized hip-hop beats/r&b hybrid production dynamics on new track “Wait” from producer/singer duo abhi//dijon, also known as Abhi Raju and Dijon Duenas; an immensely talented R&B act that we last featured for their voluptuously magnetic beat-poppin’ new jam “ECS”. The Maryland duo, who we have not heard from in awhile, are back-in-the game with a fresh new NPR Music-featured track that (as per their very excellent usual) entices and charms our dreamy slow-jam sentimentality and has us wanting to hear more abhi//dijon. Fortunately, new one “Wait” is the first single to release off the duo’s upcoming (no details yet) “Stay Up” EP. Reviewed by Erin Shay.

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07-24-15

Mélat – If It’s Gold I Love (Prod. by WoodysProduce)

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We recommend the amazingly-simple gunner-paced trap punctuation vibe of new track “If Its Gold I Love” the new WoodysProduce-produced r&b original which features the distinctively lovely whispery-Whitney vocal sentiments of Austin songstress Mélat, off her recently released multi-producer-showcasing EP, “It Happens So Fast”. Reviewed by Erin Shay

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07-23-15