Huxley – 'Let It Go'
Huxley, one of FACT’s favourite current house producers, has a new single due out next month on Hypercolour. Titled ‘Let It Go’, it runs a straighter course than the heavyweight swing of last year’s ‘Shower Scene’, a high-ranker in our 50 best tracks of 2012, but it’s no less classic sounding. Hypercolour have uploaded a [...]
Sinden feat. Natalie Storm – 'Pull Up Wheel Up'
Natalie Storm, of dancehall’s Charlie’s Angels equivalent TNT and recent collaborations with Sticky, has teamed up with Sinden for the latest single on his Grizzly label, ‘Pull Up Wheel Up’. It’ll be released on March 5 with remixes from John Roman and Dillon Francis; we’re streaming the original below. Sinden feat. Natalie Storm – Pull [...]
Gaston Arevalo – 'Deriva'
Gastón Arévalo is a Uruguayan electro-acoustic sound artist who produces truly atmospheric drone music, enlivened with subtle, spacious field recordings. ‘Deriva’ is the title track from a recently released cassette which is based on the work of fellow countryman and author Horacio Quiroga, a jungle-dwelling charismatic figure who produced a mountain of strange and eclectic [...]
Willis Earl Beal – 'Take Me Away'
You know Willis Earl Beal, right? That guy with the drawings who offered to sing you a song? Well XL have just sent out audio of a new track by him, taken from his forthcoming debut album Acousmatic Sorcery, due for an April 2 release on Hot Charity / XL. You can stream ‘Take Me [...]
Gucci Mane feat. Future – 'Sometimes'
Between the prison sentence, the ice cream face tattoo and him recording an entire album with Kreayshawn sidekick V-Nasty, being a Gucci Mane fan in 2012 is about as uneasy as having John Terry on the back of your England shirt. On Trap Back however, Gucci’s latest mixtape, he sounds more hungry than he has [...]
Nicki Minaj – 'Marilyn Monroe'
Nicki Minaj’s second album, the follow up to Pink Friday, is coming out in the spring apparently. But if you can’t wait until then for new material, this song ‘Marilyn Monroe’ has now leaked from it. It’s a pretty slickly produced, piano-driven piece of auto-tuned pop, which sees Nicki in a more sombre mood, reflecting on the [...]
Project Pat & Nasty Mane – 'Nobody'
Timeless sounding highlight from the long-standing Three 6 affiliate’s new mixtape.
Roscoe Dash – 'Good Fucking Night'
You don’t necessarily need the most talented or interesting rapper to make the club explode: you just need someone who knows his way around a banging beat, a catchy hook and some lines devoted to getting crunk. That’s exactly what former C-lister Roscoe Dash, hitherto best known for providing the hook on Waka Flocka Flame’s [...]
Factory Floor's Kraftwerk Mix for 6Music
Yesterday, BBC’s 6Music hosted a show celebrating Kraftwerk to mark 30 years since the band reached number one in the UK charts with ‘The Model’. It includes an in-depth interview with Mute Records boss Daniel Miller on the band, along with selections of his favourites of the bands tracks, influences, and rarities. The final part [...]
Skepta – 'Certified Skepta'
Is it just us, or is Skepta sounding a lot like Giggs these days? Either way, it’s not every rapper who can get away with talking about the “number one rule of the trap” one line and his pajamas the next. Skepta – ‘Certified Skepta’ Download: Skepta – Certified Skepta
James Blake & Rob da Bank – One On, One Off
James Blake guested on Rob da Bank’s Radio 1 show last night, and the pair went “one on, one off” – that is, each taking it in turns to play one record at a time – playing new and old material from D’Angelo, Jamie XX, Beyonce, Mala, DJ Q, XI and more. You can stream [...]
CFCF – 'Exercise #3 (Building)'
It’s been a while we’ve heard from Canadian producer CFCF, but he’s due to return with a new mini-album, Exercises, on April 24. Paper Bag Records are streaming a track from it, the tumbling, Roedelius-recalling ‘Exercise #3′ below.
Nina Sky – 'Day Dreaming'
Ever-overlooked r’n’b duo Nina Sky probably found a new niche last year, collaborating with Young Turks duo CREEP on ‘You’. The pair will release a new album, Nicole & Natalie, this Summer, and a stuttering, filter-heavy new track from it titled ‘Day Dreaming’ is streaming below.
Julia Holter – ‘In The Same Room’
Every piece of music thus far leaked from Julia Holter’s forthcoming album Exstasis has been intriguing, but ‘In the Same Room’, with its blend of ’60s pop jangle, multi-tracked vocals that seem to melt into each other, and its ending, which seems to burn out like the last smoulder on a matchstick, just takes the [...]
Orbital feat. Zola Jesus – 'New France'
As previously reported, British rave institution Orbital will release a new album, Wonky, this year. It features collaborations with Lady Leshurr and Zola Jesus; the latter of which, the shimmering ‘New France’, is now available to hear. You can also watch a new video by the group here. Stream: Orbital feat. Zola Jesus – New [...]
Krystal Klear, Ghosts on Tape & Broke One – 'You Said You Loved Me'
From now until February 24, Red Bull Music Academy will be letting out tracks made by students during their time at last year’s Academy in Madrid. ‘You Said You Loved Me’ sees Ghosts on Tape – who must love a rave, if his edits of dancefloor classics like ‘Gypsy Woman’ are anything to go by [...]
Shawn Kemp – 'Radiation (Lung Pollution)'
Shawn Kemp (possibly his real name, possibly a reference to six-time NBA All-Star) is producer for Richmond rapper Lil Ugly Mane – both of whom we will probably be picked up on for being criminally late in covering. At times edging a little too close to James Ferraro’s Bebetune$ project for comfort, there is still [...]
Zebra Katz & Njena Reddd Foxxx – ‘Ima Read’
“This is the future.”
