James Blake - Splendour In The Grass 2011

James Blake, not only a master in making the music, but also in bringing it. Here's a set I would like to share with you guys. It's Blake's performance at Splendour In The Grass 2011, located in Australia. The way he brings 'Klavierwerke' is just simply madness! Looking forward to see him again at Pukkelpop 2011.

James Blake @ Splendour In The Grass 2011

It's been a month.

Since the last post dates from april, it's about time to provide you guys with some tracks.

Kicking down the post with the Groundislava debut LP which is an absolutely astonishing album. This is the outcome of combining creativity with 8bit and chip-tune samples, amazing!

Groundislava - Animal (feat. Jake Weary)
Groundislava - A Grass Day

Next up, the Norwegian Mr. Little Jeans, who's busy writing and recording her first record. Meanwhile she did a cover on The Suburbs by Arcade Fire, unpacking the track from its original soundings adding up a sublime key of electronica.
Mr. Little Jeans - The Suburbs (Arcade Fire Cover)

A tribute to Gil Scott-Heron, who passed away on the afternoon of may 27 in New York City. A great musician he sure was, being called 'the godfather of rap' and 'the black Bob Dylan'. Here's a track coming from his latest album 'We're New Here' featuring Jamie XX
Gil Scott-Heron and Jamie XX - NY Is Killing Me

He brought out more music under aliases such as Prefuse 73. Prefuse 73 - Perverted Undertone

Continueing with Holland young producer Luisterwaar who recently released his debut album 'Dry/Wet' which you can download for free here.

Luisterwaar - How Deap You Go by Luisterwaar

D33J, a member of the wedidit collective, just brought out his first ever public release, entitled 'Tide Songs'. You're able to download it for free here.

3. Reever's Edge by D33J

Mount Kimbie Bave's Chords

In anticipation of their new 'Carbonated EP' release, Mount Kimbie is giving away

a new tune called 'Bave's Chords', which will also get a release on the EP.
You can grab it right here:

The EP itself will see the light of day in June, on Hotflush Records.

Cheers!

AKS - First EP

The Belgian band AKS (Addicted Kru Sound) is on the edge of releasing their first EP on Forma.T Records, which is going te be dropped somewhere may. In anticipation of their EP, they already released a track called 'Give It Back' featuring Lola for the vocal part of the song. I had never heard of this Lola but her voice is definitely incredible! The single is out since the 3th of april, you're able to grab it here if you'd like to.

AKS & Lola - Give It Back by Addictedkru

Live on Studio Brussel:

New Amon Tobin Album

Here it is, the new Amon Tobin album 'Isam' (released on the mighty Ninja Tune label) with all of the full tracks available for preview. Most of the tracks remind me of a lovechild between Eskmo and 16bit, which is a good thing of course! My personal favorites? Lost & Found and Bedtime Stories (you won't expect that massive drop!)

Enjoy! B.

ISAM by Amon Tobin

Why Won't You Make Up Your Mind? (Erol Alkan Edit)

Erol Alkan's edit on 'Why Won't You Make Up Your Mind?' by Tame Impala dropped on Modular Records on the 6th of february. Unlike lots of remixes, this one's very similiar to the original which, in this case, is an asset. Buy the Why Won't You Make Up Your Mind? (Remixes) - EP

Tame Impala - Why Won't You Make Up Your Mind (Erol Alkan Rework) Radio Edit by Erol Alkan

Tame Impala - Why Won't You Make Up Your Mind? (Erol Akan Rework)

Embody

On the 4th of april, SebastiAn's brand new track 'Embody' has been released on Ed Banger. The Embody EP comes with a remix by Kavinsky and DJ Premier 95 Break. Check the Embody videoclip below, directed by So Me.


SebastiAn - Embody

Embody will be the first single on SebastiAn's upcoming debut LP Total. Total is set to be released on the 30th of may 2011! You can watch the trailer for Total below.



Total Tracklist:

01. Hudson River
02. Love in Motion (feat. Mayer Hawthorne)
03. Tough Games
04. Embody
05. Ross Ross Ross
06. Fried
07. Kindercut
08. Water Games
09. Total
10. Jackwire
11. C.T.F.O (feat. M.I.A.)
12. Cartoon
13. Arabest
14. Prime
15. Mean Games
16. Tetra (feat. Gaspard Augé)
17. Motor
18. Night
19. Yes
20. Bird Game
21. Doggg
22. Frustra

Ifan Dafydd - No Good

Here's a track that's been roaming around for a little while in my iTunes without being shared with you guys yet! The artist is called Ifan Dafydd of who there's little to say, but some think it's James Blake under one of his aliases of which there's no prove yet. All we can say is that this Ifan Dafydd uses samples from Amy Winehouse's 'You Know I'm No Good'. So the actual title of the song clearly refers to that. Enjoy this wonderful piece of music!



Ifan Dafydd - No Good

Asa

Let me introduce you to Asa, one of my favorite artists at the moment. He's made some really deep and beautiful tracks that will stay in your head for hours after hearing them. Check out his masterpiece, what a beauty:

This week, he gave away a remix with Koan Sound for free on his SoundCloud, you can download it below for free. Good stuff!

Kito & Reija Lee-This City (Asa & KOAN Sound Remix) by maddecent

III years of RAMPAGE - livesets

Last friday III Years Of RAMPAGE took place. The event was hosted at Trix, Antwerp. Too bad i wasn't there, knowing they put up two rooms of drum&bass and dubstep giving us artists like DJ AMC, Delta Heavy, Logistics, Gemini, Dubba Jonny and many more! So here's the good news, i found out about some livesets that were recorded during the evening.

DJ AMC @ Main Room, Trix - Antwerp (Belgium)
Battery b2b Meddik @ Main Room, Trix - Antwerp (Belgium)
Murdock @ Main Room, Trix - Antwerp (Belgium)
Jenna G @ Main Room, Trix - Antwerp (Belgium)
J Majik @ Main Room, Trix - Antwerp (Belgium)
David Boomah @ Main Room, Trix - Antwerp (Belgium)
Logistics @ Main Room, Trix - Antwerp (Belgium)
Delta Heavy @ Main Room, Trix - Antwerp (Belgium)

THE BEATING OF A MILLION DRUMS...

Justice strikes again! They recently announced their new single 'Civilization' on their facebook fanpage, which will be released on the 4th of april 2011! This is the first single on their forthcoming album, which will be released on Ed Banger later on 2011. Civilization is used in the brand new adidas campaign directed by Romain Gavras, the director of 'A Cross The Universe' and 'Stress'.



Justice - Civilization

New Burial. Again.

I still can't believe this... 3 new Burial tracks. The collaboration with Four Tet and

Thom Yorke was nice indeed, but this is just... damn! Still can't believe it.

Stolen Dog and Street Halo were featured on Kode 9's mix for Benji B this week,

NYC wasn't but will get a release as well next week on Hyperdub Records.

Buy. It. This stuff is going to dominate my iPod for the following weeks...

PS: I promise to stop spamming Burial videos for a while now, but I just had to do this.

I am a happy man now.

Enjoy,

B.

And finally NYC. This is just... daaaaamn <3

oOoOO

oOoOO, which, like San Francisco producer Christopher Greenspan says, came from when he was putting songs on his MySpace and he just put in a bunch of O's. And so he says "What I do is poppy electronica, in my mind". He uses cut samples and airy, tweaked vocals to surround his melodies and so he did for his remix on 'Obsessions' by Marina & The Diamonds.

Marina And The Diamonds - Obsessions (oOoOO RMX)

James Blake - A Case of You (Joni Mitchell Cover)

James Blake - A Case Of You (Joni Mitchell Cover) by Hypetrak

Kmag Guest Mix by Fred V

Here's a guy who's been passing by very often on my iTunes in the past half year, called Fred V. 2010 sure was a good year for him dropping some releases on labels like Talkin Beatz, Cue Recordings and Mainframe Recordings. 2011 will definitely bring even more for him as he recently released his first tune for Hospital Records on Hospitality Drum and Bass 2011. [all Fred V tracks - buy link]

He made a guest mix for kmag [tracklist], giving us an apetiser of some of his newest tunes, which haven't been aired anywhere before. So be sure to have a look at this one. Surprisingly, the mix also includes some drum and bass from the more darker side.

Fred V - Kmag Guest Mix

Blissful Ignorance

Hi there again, my last post was like a month ago so it's about time i start posting again. I remember a fan asking for an upload of Blissful Ignorance by B-Complex. It's already been a while ago, just couldn't find out anything about this tune. So here it is, one of the newest tunes by B-Complex. It has been released in a special way, meaning that you got a free 3-track ep when buying tickets for Hospitality at Brixton academy.

B-Complex - Blissful Ignorance

Cheers!

Dark Arx

I have received some fresh information from Dark Arx about some of their new plans and releases. First of we can expect a new Gerry Read release during the few next weeks, vinyl only though and the track "will work equally well in a dingy London basement as at a Miami beach party". Very curious about this one.
You can read the review I did on his first EP right here, and it was number two on my top 5 releases from 2009/2010. So be sure to check it out.

Dark Arx also did a collaboration with Reggae Roast Records, this brings us a fabulous EP with an orginal reggea track remixed by RSD and Dark Arx (also includes a dub version).
You can hear a preview of the EP:
Righteous EP - Release Date: 7th Feb 2011 | 12" Vinyl & Download by ReggaeRoast

As you can hear, the EP gives us 4 totally diverse but great tracks. EP release date is February 7.
But you can also Pre-Order the limited Vinyl right here: http://www.cargorecords.co.uk/release/14732

On the 21st of this month Darx Arx will be doing a late night set at CAMP for the Reggae Roast monthly. So be sure to check the blog the day after if you're interested about the set.

Dark Arx Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Dark-Arx-Recordings/295562965412

Silent Dust

Just recently I heard about this artist. And this track astonished me, the good thing is that the track is being given away for free.

Download here


Be sure to check out his Soundcloud, if you like track you will love the other songs.
http://soundcloud.com/silentdust