South London pop outfit Kero Kero Bonito traffic in video game beats and bilingual (English & Japanese) M.I.A.-esque melodic structures. “Sick Beat” is the trio’s latest track from the forthcoming Intro Bonito mixtape for Double Denim Records.
Kero Kero Bonito 
(Soundcloud)
Rating: 8.8
Aside from the whole oppressive air pressure and scare oxygen supply “Ocean Floor Kisses” do sound quite appealing and so is Danish star producer Galimatias’ low-touch new track.
Galimatias 
(Soundcloud)
Rating 8.3
The ever-consistent Snakehips remains undefeated and still defending champ on brand new mix for buzz artist RAURY and “Cigarette Song”. If you’re familiar with/into the Snakehips’s style of easy R&B-esque beats with pop-informed electro touches then you’re already into this new one. Spin it below.
Snakehips (Facebook)
Rating 8.2123
Fave producer Black Metaphor sets the instrumental for the 70’s cinema rap of Young Jeezy’s “Beautiful”. The three vets trade hooky bars on top a “Gonna Fly Now/Summer Madness”-styled and one of the coolest tracks in hip hop this year. Jeezy’s Seen It All LP is out September 2. “Mirror mirror in my garage, tell me which lambo to park at B3SCI”.
Young Jeezy 
(Facebook)
Rating 8.5
Traces, a modern pop/R&B band out of Guildford UK that we posted back in February for the stunning debut “A Place To Call Home”, release a second, equally strong, track today “Obstacles”.
Traces 
: (Soundcloud)
Rating: 8.6
S. Pepsi keeps his parabolic trajectory firmly in the forward position on the breezy late summer anthem “Fall Harder”, the b-side to his “Fiona Coyne” single for Carpark Records.
Saint Pepsi 
(Soundcloud)
Rating 8.4
SBTRKT collaborator Fabiana Palladino links up with another SBTRKT pal Sampha for minimalist indie pop of “For You”. Producer Sampha is stylistically present on “For You” in the track’s soulful visceral quality and its more adventurous arrangement choices with Fabiana’s R&B-y but restrained vocal (this is not another singer trying to duplicate Jessie Ware) the track’s star attraction. “For You” is forthcoming on the great Double Denim Records.
Fabiana Palladino (Soundcloud)
Rating: 8.8
Sample the Aaliyah-sampling “Polaroids”, the coolly soulful self-produced new one from great UK artist Jay Prince.
Jay Prince (Soundcloud)
Rating: 8.8
