Category: Review

Christian Prommer – Marimba (Jon Charnis Remix) [Compost Records]

[soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/170724340″ params=”color=ff0000&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false” width=”500″ height=”90″ iframe=”true” /] Following his stellar work on “Prophecy,” and “Lonely Stars in Open Skies,” Los Angeles-based creative mind Jon Charnis again lives up to the uniquely innovative precedent he has set for himself with his artfully constructed remix of Christian Prommer’s “Marimba.” First heard in its earliest form…

September 15, 2014
Caribou – Can’t Do Without You (Tale Of Us & Mano Le Tough Remix) [City Slang]

[soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/166083001″ params=”color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false” width=”500″ height=”90″ iframe=”true” /] Of the tunes heard at Burning Man this year, Tale of Us and Mano le Tough’s beautifully moving remix of Caribou’s “Can’t Do Without You,” created a glowing sense of bliss on dusty dancefloors. With heartfelt, impassioned lyrics, and an infectious vocal hook, this emotive track…

September 15, 2014
Gabriel I, Chaty, Tamez – My Escape (Climbers Remix) [Selador]

[soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/156541838″ params=”color=ff1600&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false” width=”500″ height=”90″ iframe=”true” /] Climbers puts a deeper and darker cast on this track by Mexican producers Gabriel I, Chaty, and Tamez, in an elaborately sinister remix of “My Escape.” Mysterious, exotic sounding strings draw the listener in to an 8-minute journey through emotional highs and lows. An uplifting, slowly…

August 15, 2014
David August – Epikur (Original Mix) [Innervisions]

[soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/127978873″ params=”color=ff0000&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false” width=”500″ height=”90″ iframe=”true” /] How do you describe musical genius verbally? Defining it accurately in words is a challenging feat of wordsmithery, but I can tell you how it sounds- just listen to “Epikur.” And I can tell you how it feels- like incredible elation. I’ve been delaying writing about…

August 15, 2014
Adriatique – Space Knights (Original Mix) [Cityfox]

[soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/156978008″ params=”color=ff0000&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false” width=”500″ height=”150″ iframe=”true” /] The release of “Space Knights” has been eagerly awaited since Adriatique‘s early teases of the gem months earlier in sets such as their BPM Festival Podcast. Following their recent outstanding releases “Midnight Walking,” and “Rolling Stone,” they have raised the bar as some of the most…

August 14, 2014
Qtier – Set Me On (David August Remix) [Fayer]

[soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/160787266″ params=”color=ff1600&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false” width=”500″ height=”90″ iframe=”true” /] After leaving a deep mark on thousands with the impressively beautiful “Epikur,” and an absolutely killer Boiler Room set that is still lauded well after its airing, young musical prodigy David August drops jaws yet again with an unbelievably gorgeous remix of Qtier’s “Set Me On.”…

August 11, 2014
Spotlight on: Mantra Recordings

Recently materializing on Soundcloud, the UK-based Mantra Recordings mix series explores the darker side of deep house. Featuring exceptional tracks from favourite artists such as Adriatique, Michael Gracioppo, Vaal, Baikal, Mind Against, Avatism, Lake People, Dixon, Sandrino & Frankey, Mano le Tough, Ten Walls, Alex Niggeman, Agents of Time, Take of Us, &Me, Few…

August 8, 2014
Sailor & I – Turn Around (Âme Remix)

[soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/153695788″ params=”color=ff0000&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false” width=”500″ height=”90″ iframe=”true” /] The word anthem is used in music journalism to signify an extremely popular bit of music that everyone recognizes and loves. All genres and communities have a few of these monster tracks each year, songs that rejuvenate and revive even the most tired, bored, or sullen of revellers,…

July 24, 2014
Agents of Time – Live Teaser (Spread the Word LP)

The electronic music scene is replete with showmanship and careful image-crafting, but there are few artists who have taken this to near-Deadmau5 levels. This is especially true in the realm of underground electronica, where costumes, grand entrances, and cake-throwing antics are generally viewed with disdain, and respect is only earned through the quiet expression…

July 6, 2014