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Premiere: Haux – Caves

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Berkshire UK native Woodson Black a/k/a Haux channels pinpoint modern pop songwriting (think Ben Leftwich or Aquilo) through the frame of sweeping and stunning electronic instrumentation. Single “Caves” with its numerous turns of brilliant melody and broad but subtle hook-laden accessibility amounts to a wide-net platform from which the talented Haux can build a recording career. The “Caves” single is out today and available for streaming on Spotify. Stream the B3 Premiere of the video for Haux’s “Caves” below.

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Workers – Arum (Feat. CYGN)

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Fall into the deeply unique whispery-soulful sense-drenched vocals, stunning quiet-array of relentless beats and beautiful dank-centered under layers of new track “Arum”, the latest bass-led CYGN-tinged jam from French beatmaker-producer duo Workers (off their new recently released beats-trap infused “Pollen” EP). Reviewed by Erin Shay.

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Shon Hayes – Paint

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We dig the slow drying bold-ethereals and wild centerlines of new track “Paint” in which producer Mikezilla expertly meshes a draconian-sleek metallic-vibe dub sub-current with the superb slow-paced Kid Cudi-esque rapper calm of LA artist Shon Hayes. Awesome track. Reviewed by Erin Shay.

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Mars Today – Summatime (Prod. Esta)

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Get caught up in the snappy piano-led atmospherics, melodic vox-enhanced summer ooze and superbly-sensuous sun-drenched breezy feels of “Summatime Fine” the picturesque new r&b-juicy smooth-jazz-inspired collaboration between Cali-native producer/singer/songwriter Mars Today and B3 fave esta. (a Soulection artist who excels at creating a sultry atmospheres adorned with a sweet-sexy appeal that we are currently vibing here at B3). Reviewed by Erin Shay.

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Vindata – Wide Awake (Feat. Kenzie May)

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We like the positively electric vocals of London songstress Kenzie May on “Wide Awake” the new Vindata track which artfully celebrates a particularly bright and bouncy atmospheric and warmly tantalizing chime-toned background melody. B3 recently covered the LA electro duo for their breathtaking Mack-sampling Bjork-style-vocal-ed gem “Getting Away”. Both tracks are a lead in to Vindata’s forthcoming “Through Time And Space” EP, which is out via OWSLA on August 14th. We look forward to it. Reviewed by Erin Shay.

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Premiere: Vandetta – Number One (Isaac Aesili Remix)

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New Zealand producer Isaac Aesili outfits Vandetta’s new one “Number One” with an expansive jazz-infused new mix. The Aesili remix is a component part of Vandetta’s new remix EP, due August 14th, that will feature brand new takes on tracks from the Singaporean artist’s 2013 self-titled debut EP. Stream the B3SCI Premiere of Isaac Aesili’s remix of Vandetta’s track “Number One” and get her new remix EP when it drops on August 14.

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Carroll – Alligator

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Minneapolis-based Carroll has crafted a hazy summer jam worthy of airplay across all alternative stations in the country. “Alligator” is an immediately tangible indie-psych rock single that instantly sets you into a trance. The guys are releasing debut self-titled LP (via eOne Music) on September 18th. Reviewed by Tony Perkis.

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Classixx – w1w-16tp

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Get into the far-out stratospheric beat-centered calm and overtly-catchy mellow-vibed simplicity of “wiw-16tp” a vibrant new soundscape from LA-based veteran electro DJ/production duo Classixx (a.k.a. Tyler Blake and Michael David) who have not released much since their debut “Hanging Gardens” EP which was out a couple of years ago. We covered the duo in 2009 and still dig their signature spacey ambient-based quiet-side sound and are pleased to see Classixx (presumably Tyler Blake) headlining a DJ set at Denver’s Cloak & Dagger music festival on September 19th along with Four Tet and Lido. If you are into a spaced-out techno-lounge dynamic be sure give a listen to “A. Ohana” the beautifully robust bass-laden recent-release a-side track from Michael David’s new solo act called Studio Paradiso (which is out via new label Distant Works on August 24th). Reviewed by Erin Shay

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SALES – Big Sis

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Floridian male-female lo-fi indie-pop/shoegaze duo SALES (a.k.a. Lauren Morgan and Jordan Shih) turn in a warmly-emanating sublimely-minimalist mellow-vibed guitar-laced new one called “Big Sis” which excels for its beautifully languid sub-tropic pace and subtly-emotive soft-luminescent hazed-out (reverb-y) vocal style. “Big Sis” is an excellent follow up to SALES’s debut eponymous EP and is the second track featured here on B3 after the very excellent Broken Social Scene-vibing track “Vow”. We are totally into SALES and look forward to hearing more from this talented duo. Reviewed by Erin Shay

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Class Actress – GFE (Obey City Remix)

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A comment on this song’s SoundCloud page is ‘this is sex’. No truer comment on a song uploaded to SoundCloud has ever been typed in the 8 year history of the site. Class Actress (Elizabeth Harper) gets an unreal flip from NYC based Obey City on new remix for “GFE”; a proper collaboration in the future should, hopefully, already be in the works. Vibe below. Reviewed by Tony Perkis

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M.I.L.K. – Everything You Know

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Zone out to the the horn-infused bongo-subtle 70’s-groovy funk undertones, cheery sweetly-reverberant pleasantly-subdued (Carpenters-inspired) vocals and brightly reminiscent summer-breezy feels of new jam “Everything You Know” the latest track from Copenhagen-based M.I.L.K.; a new group (headed by vocalist Emil Wilk) who B3 recently covered for their soulful and dreamy career-debut track “If We Want To”; both songs are off of M.I.L.K.’s upcoming no-details-yet debut EP. Stay tuned. Reviewed by Erin Shay

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