The great Soulection releases today Elevated, the debut LP from German-based rising soul bass producer IAMNOBODI. Our pick from the excellent 10 song set is the vibed down, champagne on the twilight terrace sounds of “Heaven’s Gate”. Give IAMNOBODI your ears below.
IAMNOBODI 
(Soundcloud)
Rating 8.10
We’re in love with the gorgeous tunesmithing of “Strange Charm” from New York band The Landing. Spacey w/ out being distant, withdrawn, or kitch; lovely w/ out being precious or twee “Strange Charm” is that perfect sort of piano-driven space-pop ballad that all the best & ambitious writers on both sides of the Atlantic aspire to write. A+.
The Landing 
(Facebook)
Rating 8.3
Melbourne-based Fractures a/k/a multi-instrumentalist (and once owner of an actual fractured neck – our man injured himself last fall but is now 100% recovered) Marc Zito announces new single “Cadence”. Excerpted from a forthcoming EP due early next year, “Cadence” succeeds in many categories but is particularly special for its simple, beautiful, plaintive vocal melodies. Very well done.
//Fractures
(Soundcloud)
Rating 8.7
Aussie 80’s house revivalist Jagwar Ma takes to task Angel Haze’s latest with spectacular results. Backing up the ghettoblaster beats and mixing’em up w/ psych-leaning exotic-sounding synths Jagwar Ma beefs up not only the mix on “Echelon” but Angel Haze’s vocal itself, casting the blogwave fe-MC as a clattering androgynous misfit aimed straight at you. We very much love it.
Jagwar Ma (Facebook) (‘Howlin’ on iTunes)
Our Man in Harlem Killa Cam posts up on some classic early 90’s Jodeci w/ this new set of verses for “Come and Talk To Me”. If you’re like us and have been spinning the piss out of the new Drake (which is a definite record of the year candidate btw) then you are familiar track 13 “Pound Cake”, particularly Jay Z’s feature in which he says and I think the first instance in which Mr. Carter has mentioned Mr. Giles by name on record in several years, “I’ve done made more millionaires than the lotto did. Dame made millions, Biggs made millions. Ye made millions, Just made millions. Lyor made millions, Cam made millions“. Well you know Killa being Killa he couldn’t just let a ref like that slide and thus, “We made each other millions, that was my reply.. Had a mill before I met em baby that ain’t no lie! He named some Harlem cats & the homey from the Chi but my thing he ain’t name nobody from the Stuy.” #TeamCam.
Cam’ron (Official)
Rating: 8.0
Production prowess collides as Ghost Loft and the Twice As Nice crew link up for an analog-warm 80s diamond of a remix to “Electric” from the Aussie collective Atlas Genius’ When It Was Now LP. This spliced-up and laid-back electro rendition of “Electric” is a welcome perspective from the track’s original more frenetic dance rock nature. And still, it’s every bit as melodically palatable.
Check out new tracks from Twice As Nice always on Soundcloud. Ghost Loft is currently working on his debut project, and you can check him out live on The Circus with the Neighbourhood, Lovelife and RAJ*.
TOUR DATES
OCTOBER
1 Turner Hall, Milwaukee, WI
2 Metro, Chicago, IL
4 Bogarts Cincinnati, OH
5 Newport, Columbus, OH
7 House of Blues, Cleveland, OH
8 Mr. Smalls, Pittsburgh, PA
10 Corona, Montreal, QB
11 Empire, Portland, ME
12 The Met, Providence, RI
14 Paradise, Boston, MA
17 Terminal 5, New York, NY
18 Union Transfer, Philadelphia, PA
19 National, Richmond, VA
21 Mercy Lounge, Nashville, TN
22 Mojos, Columbia, MO
23 Granada, Kansas City, MO
25 Ogden, Denver, CO
26 In The Venue, Salt Lake City, UT
28 House of Blues, San Diego *
30 The Palladium, Los Angeles *
NOVEMBER
1 Observatory, Santa Ana *
2 Ventura Theater, Ventura *
Ghost Loft 
(Facebook)
Twice As Nice (Soundcloud)
Atlas Genius (Official)
Rating 8.3
He put his lunar touch on Bondax’s “Gold” and now he’s gone zero gravity on the the electro-pop of Scottish breakout group CHVRCHES. Per usual from the French Express producer, the synths are super smooth and the new disco vibe is layered thickly. By Brian Litwin
Moon Boots (Facebook)
Rating 8.3
Save Money affiliate Vic Mensa gets an assist from UK songstress Eliza Doolittle for the latest INNANETAPE bumper “YNSP”. Look for INNANETAPE September 30th.
Vic Mensa 
(Twitter)
Rating 8.4
UK melancholy merchant King Krule’s f w/ me if you want or don’t, I’m not bothered either way sound seems the perfect cross-genre match for Australian-based producer Ta-Ku’s f w/ me if you want or don’t, YOU will be bothered either way beats. Krule’s melody, vocals, and tune are all about knifed out inside Ta-Ku’s mix and what replaces it is a syrupy melange of soft-touched bass and delicate programmed hi-hat and snare. Listennnn.
Ta-ku (Facebook)
Rating 8.4
The Terry Lewis & Jimmy Jam-produced “That’s The Way Love Goes” is one of the best R&B tracks ever. So why remix it? Enter Final DJs and their 80’s synth-pop inspired heatrock of a mix. FDJs select for big room synth textures and balance them with smooth as silk house beats to create an A+ juxtaposition and an overall very good remix.
Final DJs (Soundcloud)
Rating 8.1
“Fallin” reminds us of so many things we love about that mainstream late-90s R&B. Dallas Austin, Darkchild, Jermaine Dupri, you know the good stuff. A’LONNA is an L.A. based newcomer with sounds seemingly well beyond her years. Having already caught the attention of producers like Timbaland and INDIAN, take note and sample “Fallin” from A’LONNA below.
A’LONNA – FallinA’LONNA (Twitter)
Rating 8.1
Review By Bruce Rave
Moby can pretty much do what he wants. Although it’s been awhile since he’s hit a commercial bullseye, but he’s got one in “The Perfect Life”. This near-perfect collaboration with Wayne Coyne of Flaming Lips has got a sing-along quality that sticks with me big-time, and will probably do the same for you. Moby’s latest album Innocents will drop this October.
Moby w/ Wayne Coyne – The Perfect LifeMoby (Official)
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