Saturday night throwback from Fischerspooner, the electroclash duo from New York City. In a world filed with ‘hyper-mediocre’ electronica, their high-octane track “Emerge” still holds up.
Lane 8 – Every Night
Daniel Goldstein, the house producer from San Francisco known as Lane 8 has been making waves in the world of electronica this year. The shimmery downtempo track, “Every Night” samples vocals from Diana Ross & The Supremes “Reflections” and is a perfect number for your end-of-summer playlist.
HLD weekend, everyone.
Upcoming tour dates below. Serendipitous that the day I go to post this track, he happens to be playing in DC the next day, non?
August 30 – U Street Music Hall, Washington DC
October 4 – Zanzabar, Louisville
October 4-6 – Music in the Middle, Tennessee
Dillon Francis – “Without You” (ft. TEED)
Dillon Francis and Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs recently paired up to create collaborative single “Without You.” The Moombahton pioneer solicited TEED on vocals, who ended up writing the track on the relationship troubles Francis was enduring at the time. Stream the ruminative nu disco track below.
The Chain Gang of 1974 – Miko
Black and white. Cityscapes. Pulsing synthpop with romantic underpinnings. Pretty much the trappings of an irresistible video/song marriage for me. The frenetic energy of “Miko” perfectly captures the beat of the city – making it the ideal soundtrack for any on-the-go activity. Download the new track by The Chain Gang of 1974 (moniker of Kamtin Mohager) in iTunes and look out for his sophomore LP scheduled to drop in 2014.
Disclosure – F For You (TEED Remix)
Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs just dropped this new remix of Disclosure’s “F For You” and true to hype, TEED doesn’t disappoint. So what are you waiting for? Hit play and prepare for euphoria to set in around 3:30.
Bonobo – Know You
The Brooklyn-based and British-born electronic producer Bonobo (aka Simon Green) released new album The North Borders a couple months back, and it’s one you should know. The artfully layered sounds and textured melodies of Green’s music are exemplified on the track below.
Bonobo’s upcoming tour dates can be found on his website here, including a stop at DC’s 930 Club in October.
RÜFÜS – Desert Night
Get your Saturday night started off right with RÜFÜS, a new three-piece from Australia. The second single off their upcoming debut album, ATLAS, “Desert Night” is a deliciously textured and irresistible house number. Reaching #1 on the HypeM charts a week ago, house lovers everywhere can look forward to the album dropping August 9th.
London Grammar – Wasting My Young Years (Henrik Schwarz Remix)
Continuing the trend of London Grammar from last week, today I had to share the UK group’s third single “Wasting My Young Years” released off their new EP yesterday. The original track is a pop ballad featuring the haunting vocals of Hannah Reid, which have been likened to those of Florence Welch. The EP includes this powerful rework by German house producer Henrik Schwarz, a beautiful bass-infused composition that only serves to strengthen the original.
Disclosure – Help Me Lose My Mind (ft. London Grammar)
Disclosure released their debut album Settle a week ago (6/3), which includes the following collab with trio London Grammar. “Help Me Lose My Mind” is the perfect downtempo track for a rainy Monday night such as the one we’re currently experiencing in DC (power out at 930?!).
Catch the UK duo this summer at Lollapalooza in Chicago 8/2, and at New York’s Central Park Summerstage 8/6.
If you can’t get enough of this future garage group and are anticipating the weekend already, check out Baauer‘s dance remix of Disclosure’s “You & Me” (w/vocals by Eliza Doolittle).
Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs (T-E-E-D) – Household Goods
Although I featured TEED on my Best-of-2012 list and mentioned him briefly on this Foals feature, I have been fascinated with the UK artist (and his futuristic headgear) for some time and have yet to pay him proper tribute. Thus, what better time to recognize electronic DJ/producer Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs than on the day of his concert in DC? (There are still tickets avail, though I can’t imagine why — what with his alleged glittery cannons and dancing dinosaurs on stage.)
TEED, otherwise known as Orlando Higginbottom released his first EP in 2009 and eventually his debut album Trouble in 2012. Sample some of the addictive and avant-garde electro-house beats with “Household goods” and “Garden” below, available on iTunes.
poetry in an empty coke can 