If your friend with the funny fringe says he’s heard this before, he’s probably lying. Straight out of the place I call home via Notts and Leeds, Atlas are a new production duo with a talent for deep vibes. ‘This Is’ featuring Emmo comprises intricate percussion, immersive bass and silky vocals which drop into mellifluously pitched up sections like beams refracted through night-time raindrops. These guys have a promising look for the future, although that’s largely irrelevant because I’ve still got my fingers crossed for a zombie apocalypse…so hopefully we’ll be spending more time killing things with baseball bats than listening to music. Anyway, listen/download after the jump.
Scheduled for a February 6th release, The Hope is the first single from Scuba’s forthcoming album Personality. A sinister ten-ton beat laced with down-pitched vocals and the occasional section of euphoric chords, it’s like being hit over the head with a groovy brick. The less abrasive but equally bassy ‘Flash Addict’ appears on the flip and was actually made available for free download this week, so you can grab that after the jump.
Just to clarify, when I mention Scuba, I’m referring to the seminal electronic artist, not Scuba Steve, the awesome toy diver.
Slated for a late February/Early March release, No Sleep EP is the latest offering from Finland’s mercurial dubstep export Desto. I listen to so much future garage, post-dubstep and [insert other strangely coined genre here] these days, that I rarely seem to indulge in some good old chest-boxing dubstep, and this is exactly what Desto delivers. Accented with a cold melodious twist that transports me to the Arctic tundra, a blast of ‘Monsters About’ evokes vivid images of the outpost in The Thing (which is actually set in Antarctica, but whatever). You should probably appropriate a Russian Ushanka before you stick this on, although the bass will probably warm you up anyway. Have a listen below.
Way back in October 2011 (so, like, forever ago) I described Pedestrian’s musical temperament as “wondrously delicate yet lush”, a statement which could be partially applied to this remix of ‘Mouves’ from Tropics’ recent album Parodia Flare.
By partially applied, I mean that while it’s certainly not as delicate as Hei Poa, it is still lusher than a tropical bird convention held in the default Windows XP wallpaper field…which, I must admit, is rather lush.
I would have actually come up with a brand new way to describe this sublime offering, but it’s Saturday and you know what that means: no time to write, too busy eating chicken wings and watching QVC. I’ve always wanted a tool that would take the elbow grease out of household cleaning and now I’m finally going to get it!
So it’s Wednesday night, time for some speedcore and a prolonged session of rough German sex, right? Well, not quite. Maybe this will fit the mood a little better. Deep, tranquil and underpinned by a simple yet methodically pulsing bassline, this Blynk remix of Qualmsound’s ‘Water’ is an artfully laid-back affair which would perfectly soundtrack the sunrise after a heavy night out. Not that I would know anything about that, of course. I don’t go out because my only friend is a dog.
Did I mention it’s free? Listen and download below.
Bobby Champs may sound like the name of an early ’80s darts player, but he’s actually a rather talented music producer fellow man chap from Brighton. The newest addition to the Pictures Music roster, we’ve been assured that he’s hard at work DJing and remixing and that a single should be on its way soon.
For the impatient among us, you can sample Bobby’s style immediately with the rather charming ‘All Night’. I rather like it. I reckon could listen to it all night…I said, I reckon I could listen to it ALL NIGHT!
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