Ifan Dafydd, if you can’t tell by his name, is Welsh. He is also an amazing producer and his track ‘Miranda’ was praised heavily and frequently (I’m exaggerating slightly) by Gilles Peterson, who seems to love everything Push & Run put out. Anyway, it’s now available for free download, so if you want it, you can have it. No strings attached. Apart from the ones I attached. When you’re listening I may reel it in without warning, just like I used to do with my sister’s hamster…although you’re not really supposed to tie string around animals. That’s a life lesson for you. Don’t tell me I never teach you anything!
Listen below and click the download arrow in the player to…well, download it.
The title of this post may seem like nonsense but it’s actually the name of an amazing forthcoming compilation album from R&S records and the return of the legendary In Order to Dance series. Featuring the likes of James Blake, Pariah, Blawan, Bullion, Airhead and a fair few others, the 22 track release is a mix of new and old, with the first disc celebrating the best tunes from the last 18 months and disc 2 offering 10 completely new tracks, including Pariah’s ‘Left Unsaid’ which you can peep below. This is massive. Add it to your “Must Have” list along with Dougal and the Blue Cat on DVD.
Today, not only did I see a red squirrel (which is always awesome), I also saw the announcement of Zomby’s forthcoming EP entitled Nothing. Slated to drop on November 28th, it’s going to be issued on limited edition white vinyl and will be “considerably lighter in shade” than his last release, Dedication. By “lighter in shade”, whoever wrote the article over at 4AD was referring to the tone of the music, not just the lighter colour of the vinyl…although instead of explaining that, I probably should have just picked a different quote. Anyway, a stream of the opening track, ‘Labyrinth’, was also made available and by made available, I mean you can listen to it and by you can listen to it, I mean it’s below and you can press play and have its beautiful ’90s throwback vibe in your ear holes. This isn’t really going anywhere. Head over to 4AD for some more info on the release and listen to the track below.
Everybody has been remixing Lana Del Rey’s ‘Video Games’ recently and by everybody, I mean Jamie Woon and now, Joy Orbison (there has actually been loads more, but these are the only two I’ve posted). Where Woon’s version splices, transposes and generally focuses on switching up the vocals — in a beautiful manner, I must add — Orbison has kept the original vocal track complete and married it to a characteristically majestic house inspired beat with rather exquisite results. Have a listen while simultaneously admiring a picture of Miss Rey. How nice.
God knows this one has been in the works for a long time. You only need to check the 27 page thread on Dubstep Forum where the first poster, in October 2010, states that he has been waiting for the album for over a year. Hell, we’ve all been waiting a long time and come the end of the month, the wait is over. Slated to drop October 31st on 4AD, The Vision is a combination of instrumental bangers and vocal collaborations with artists such as Buggsy, William Cartwright (whose name reminds me, for some reason, of William Regal) and Jessie Ware. From what I’ve heard so far, my personal favourite is ‘Milky Way’, a fairly chilled out tune which, while retaining the Joker clap, steers away from his usual distinctive synth stylings. A track which is more traditionally inclined, however, is ‘My Trance Girl’ which I’ve attached below for the princely sum of nothing. Download it, have a listen, buy the album. Simple.
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In order to attract the bass music masses to their Facebook page — which includes you mr/mrs/master/ms/miss reader — London night Triangle is offering up a download of an hour long mix from Manchester’s xxxy. There’s no tracklist provided so you’ll have to head into the affair blind, armed only with my assurance that it’s a rather delightful listen. Of course, I have steered you wrong before, remember that time I told you to go through a door because I had “accidentally” forgotten I’d left a bucket of flour above it? OOPS [insert laugh track].
To get it, just “like” the Triangle Facebook page and click the “xxxy DJ Set Free Download” link in the left-hand column. I suppose you could have figured that one out yourself really…
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