Rising producer Amtrac dials up the mansion, the yacht and the Elmer J. Fudd millionaire on this “outer space luxury” version of the much remixed “Gold” track from Bondax. We promise this one is worth it.
Amtrac 
(Soundcloud)
Rating 8.3
Rising producer Amtrac dials up the mansion, the yacht and the Elmer J. Fudd millionaire on this “outer space luxury” version of the much remixed “Gold” track from Bondax. We promise this one is worth it.
Amtrac (Soundcloud)
Rating 8.3
To excite a bit more fervor and zeal (if you’re cool like us and into BBD, you should already be brimming with excitement) for their upcoming debut record, Big Black Delta today released the official remix to the their recently P4K Best New Music’d “Side of the Road”. Courtesy of UK producer Emperor Machine, this dub remix grinds out the original, processes it down and then smooths it out into a thinly compressed groove-heavy gem. We’re doing a head bop and so should you as B3’s got your premiere waiting below just a Soundcloud player away. Bop to it with us.
Big Black Delta 
(Official)
Emperor Machine 
(Facebook)
Rating 8.2
The nightclub scene can be a tricky beast. Clubs open and close, what’s trendy now won’t be in a year and the turn over rate is pretty high for a “sustainable business”. However, Lure (where The Cabana Club once stood) in Hollywood seems to have a something good brewing. Being opened in May 2012, Lure is not only one of the hottest nightclubs in LA right now, but seem to be on a consistent track with booking the best of new and old talents of EDM. This was ever so apparent, with the bottle service crowd in full swing, for Breakbot and Bondax on Friday night.
Having already seen Bondax at SXSW, and knowing what Adam Kaye and George Townsend would do to a crowd brimming to kick the weekend off on the right note, I just sat back and watch the madness ensue. Some highlights from the set were Moon Boots’ remix of Gold, Pharrell and Jay Z’s “Frontin'”, Mystikal’s “Shake Ya Ass” and Bondax’s monster single Gold. The young UK producers are a must see if they roll thought your town.
A friend of mine would look at the scene for the next act, Breakbot, and would say that the club was “elbow to asshole” packed. Now take that saying however you want to, but the place was at max capacity and every soul under the tented roof were getting down. French native Thibaut Berland, nonchalantly started the funk/French house explosion and the crowd, already feeling it from Bondax, went nuts. The whole set was down right awesome, but a shining moment for me was Baby I’m Yours. The Ed Banger release track is just immaculate and the video is the ultimate compliment to the track. By Brian Litwin
Welcome back, Mayer. After the disappointing How Do You Do, new track “Designer Drug” recaptures much of the energy, spontaneity, and tunefulness that made Mayer’s early records so much fun. The throwback touchstones are there; 70’s soul, 90’s hip hop, classic 80’s pop (& mostly accuratley Michael Jackson) but with “Designer Drug” Mr. Hawthorne doesn’t allow his influences and a bit of a self-consciousness about them shackle him to the safety of pastiche & trope.
Mayer Hawthorne 
(Official) (Facebook)
Rating 8.3
London band Still Corners announced second LP Strange Pleasures last month. First single “Berlin Lovers” indicated perhaps a more synth-laden, compact direction for LP #2. New track “All I Know”, while in structure follows on from that first indication, takes a even darker and decidedly more nocturnal direction. Built on the simple mechanic of a spare drum figure & hushed percussive guitar; “All I Know” is primed for car stereo listening; late night, streets of the empty city cruising. That we can definitely dig and we can definitely get into Still Corners new sound. Strange Pleasures is due May 7th on Sub Pop.
Still Corners (Facebook)
Rating 8.2
Insanely talented electronic musician and Welsh language enthusiast Ifan Dafydd is back with a new track today in the form of the kinetic & beautiful “Llonydd”. If the Andromeda Galaxy had a quiet storm R&B station (and if they spoke Welsh) “Llonydd” would likely dominate its’ “late night” “grown” rotation. A part of a new out-today 10″ compilation spotlighting rising Welsh artists, you can find “Llonydd” via Recordiau Lilwgar.
Ifan Dafydd 
(Twitter) (Facebook)
Rating 8.6
Australian trio Tokyo Denmark Sweden make electro-dance-pop that will spur an 80’s movie buff to yearn for a new John Hughes film. While Hollywood can’t seem to create the same magic Mr. Hughes did, Tokyo Denmark Sweden have no problem translating the classic synth era into modern nostalgia. Packed with rich bass and beats, bright vocals and synthesizers, ‘When It Breaks’ is about 3 minutes and 40 seconds worth of danceable escapism; magic we all can use. By Desiree Autobee
Tokyo Denmark Sweden 
(Facebook)
Rating 8.3
Django Django successfully ended their American tour at the Fonda on Saturday night, March 23. It’s been a quick rise for this refreshingly unique band, who was a Mercury Prize finalist and who made many year-end lists for 2012. A year ago, they were earnestly playing smaller SXSW venues as relative unknowns the the US. They sold out The Echo last fall, with several hundred onlookers and fans packed in and vibing to a show that was relentlessly electric. Saturday night, the guys expressed several times, their delight in playing on the Fonda stage. The venue holds about 1200, and an estimated 900 were on hand. Django Django attracted a good-natured crowd, as evidenced by the number of smiles on people during the intermission. The set sounded virtually note perfect, with all twelve songs coming from their debut album. The band has quickly moved to expand their show, with compelling lighting and some extended song versions. The tribal “Introduction” appropriately opened the festivities, leading into the popular “Hail Bop” just as on the CD. “Waveforms” has one of the band’s hottest grooves. The guys played an extended version with a nice little acapella section mid-song, followed by a jam that eased them back into the familiar tempo. Virtually every song has a dance feel and when they got to the acoustically based “Hand the Man”, it was a beautiful change of pace. The crowd was with them from the start but it was toward the end of the set when the house really got moving. As Django Django grows, it might behoove them to deliver their set with just a bit more punch to equal the impact they had at The Echo. As the show progressed, their hit “Default” and the garagy “Wor” ended things on an intense note. They returned to play “Silver Rays” for a hotly demanded encore. By Bruce Rave
Django Django 
(Facebook)
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“Hype for an artist can be generated from different media outlets and will always have different outcomes for that said artist. Certain times, when the spotlight is seemingly on only one artist, that act will fall short and usually go by the way side. However, other times, that one highlighted act rises from the uncertainty and leaves those doubters in the dust. On Tuesday night at The Echoplex in Silverlake, the sold out crowd may have witnessed one of those special artists in Flume.
Warming the audience up for Flume was Jean-Baptiste de Laubier aka Para One. The Parisian brought pure fire, genre hopping and mashing top 40 R&B and rap got the crowd really going. The well established producer/film director was not short on energy and if he had the chance to, he would have played for hours. The crowd really fed off the energy Jean brought and he exited the stage to a nice applause.
After a table change up, the 21 year old Sydney based producer Flume, real name Harley Streten, stepped on stage. The packed Echoplex seemed to shift closer to the stage and the set got on the way. Picking from the very successful self titled debut, Flume started to show the LA audience why there was a large spotlight on the gifted producer. Some personal favorites from the show that was just a non stop dance party were Sleepless featuring Jezzabell Doran, Insane featuring Moon Holiday, On Top featuring T.Shirt, Left Alone featuring Chet Faker and his side project with Emoh Instead monster remix of Major Lazer’s Get Free. Oddly enough, B3SCI contributor Phoebe Severin was also in attendance and she thought,”…his retouch on the Hermitude – HyperParadise remix… wow.” Believe the hype folks, this kid is the real deal.” By Brian Litwin
Flume (Facebook) (Soundcloud)
Para One 
(Facebook) (Soundcloud)
The hour is drawing ever closer to Fossil Collective’s debut album; so here is one final cut before it’s officially time to pour yourself a warming beverage and sink into your life long companion of a listening chair, eyes closed while you carefully breath in every soothing moment of David Fendick and Jonny Hooker’s wonderfully crafted collection of songs. “Tell where I lie” will be released April 8th and can be pre-ordered from Dirty Hit here and in the meantime stream the next single “Wolves” to your hearts content. By Nathan Hetherington
Fossil Collective (Facebook)
Rating 8.3
Aussie producer Burn Water pours one out for the Alicia Keys we all once knew with the deeply soulful “No One”-sampling “I Just Want You (Forever)”. Very very nice, Mr. Water.
Burn Water (Facebook)
Rating 8.4
