Joel Little, the NZ producer behind Lorde and BROODS, helms a new track from his latest collaborator; Kiwi newcomer Indira Force a/k/a Indi. “Stay” is an immaculately-produced piece of R&B-leaning modern pop.
Jupiter Project 
(Soundcloud)
Rating 8.2
Yes, indeed, Black Dave. The New York rapper abides well by a gritty guitar-driven instrumental w/ a set of no cliche dope as f bars. Dave’s Black Bart project is out now. (2DBZ)
Black Dave 
(Facebook)
Rating 8.2
Phil Beaudreau, the L.A.-based smooth tenor behind such fave tracks from last year including “This Is Why” and “Take It High” and an alum of our SX showcase this past March , announces anticipated debut LP Ether. Featuring those same tracks as well as a set of new unreleased material incl. the excellent ’70’s R&B meets Nigel Godrich of “Won’t Get Away”, Ether also showcases Eminem/Jay Z collaborator Dawaun Parker’s steady wide-palette but hook-focused production. Get introduced to Ether with a stream in full below.
Phil Beaudreau 
(Soundcloud)
Rating 8.7
Ryan Hemsworth with good reason celebrates the end of 2013 with this rendition of “Ribs” by way of year-end-list rainmaker Lorde. Get into it.
Ryan Hemsworth 
(Facebook)
Rating 8.3
Proliferative east coast producer/musician Sam Ray aka Ricky Eat Acid recently returned from his trip to Mars with this stellar interpretation on the new single “Drifter” from electronic artist Beat Culture. The remix comes in anticipation of Beat Culture’s forthcoming AA-side 7″ expected January 21st via B3SCI and Kaya Kaya. Have a spin at something fresh below.
Ricky Eat Acid 
(Soundscloud)
Beat Culture 
(Soundcloud) (Purchase 7-inch)
Rating 8.4
Following up her impressive debut single for Champion Records, “Polyethers” is London-based Py with the warm R&B-tinged pop of new one “Swimming Slow”. The “Swimming Slow” single is out March 10 and features remixes from Gang Colours, Throwing Snow, Citizen, and Sweater Beats.
Py. 
(Soundcloud)
Rating: 8.3
The gently sorrowful “Baby Bunny” is the third and latest single from Canadian post-punkers Mode Moderne. Melodic late 80’s guitar combos with singer Phillip Intilé’s Ian Curtis had a cup of coffee peppy monotone. The sound of “Baby Bunny” is actually not unlike an Ian Curtis fronted New Order which sounds much more like “Age of Consent” than “She’s Lost Control”. Mode Moderne Occult Delight LP is out January 21st on Light Organ Records.
Mode Moderne (Tumblr)
Rating 8.4
UK up and comer and the featured artist on the original Bondax track, cuts a beautiful harmonically-layered acoustic mix of “Fires”. Mr. Record’s new version is so good, it too (like Bondax’s track), is worthy of a Radio 1 playlisting.
Josh Record (Facebook)
Rating: 8.3
23-year old Daniel Wilson makes his B3 debut w/ the cool, impeccably-voiced minimal soul hymnal of “Will You”. Built around a simple four bar synth melody and Wilson’s Tunde Adebimpe-esque (w/ a crazy strong falsetto) vocal, “Will You” succeeds on not only both those qualities but its refreshing uniqueness. Daniel Wilson’s debut EP is due in March on Zap Records.
Daniel Wilson 
(Soundcloud)
Rating 8.9
0:24. The point in “Black Rivers” when UK singer Kate Miller’s vocal first enters the track; that moment is really all that’s necessary to know how serious a talent with whom we’re being confronted. Of a similar vocal cloth, at least tone-wise, of the latest crop of breakout UK female vocalists like Banks and London Grammar’s Hannah Reid; the standout qualities of Kate’s vocal are all her own.
Kate Miller
: (Official)
Rating: 8.4
Blackedout, whom we’ve covered a couple times before on B3, returns with a new one today in the form of the lowtempo creeper “Champagne”. The quality and variety of sounds and production techniques (seriously, the stylistic variation (but still coherent) here is blowing our minds) is indicative of a young producer of considerable talent.
Blackedout (Soundcloud)
Rating 8.4
“Lacuna” is the follow-up to Swedish band Last Lynx’s chart topping “Killing Switch” single. “Lacuna” does share some of the strains of soul & r&b contained within “Killing Switch”s DNA but pushes the hooks and choruses more out front; where “Killing Switch” was subtle, “Lacuna” is its more straightforward (still great) cousin. Look for “Rifts”, Last Lynx’s new EP, later in the year.
Last Lynx 
(Facebook)
Rating 8.2
