jet set siempre 1°

'clive tanaka y su orquesta' release 'jet set siempre 1°' with a dense electronic sound and a miami vice edge. split into two halfs, 'for dance' and 'for romance', we can hear the two different personailities break away but intimacy remains throughout.

a town called obsolete

this is the second single to feature on the forthcoming debut album from andreya triana, which is produced by bonobo and due for release this august. sign-up to the andreya triana newsletter here to get a free download of 'lost where i belong (flying lotus preview edit)'.

"'a town called obsolete' is an obliquely upbeat and heartfelt plea for patience and faith in the face of indifference. triana's voice is perfect for this mixture of longing and hope, smokey, beautiful and tonally perfect. bonobo, meanwhile, hooks up dusty break-drumming, thrumming electric bass and a horn part that peaks at just the right times. it's another example of the understated brilliance and emotional weight that the pair have packed into triana's debut."

the keeper

this is the first single from bonobo's new album, which is as yet untitled and due for release early next year. 'the keeper' features vocals from andreya triana, a british singer/songwriter who has also had interesting collaborations with flying lotus and mr. scruff. this new track shows bonobo's continually evolving sound, melancholy yet uplifting, wonderfully soulful vocals with a relaxing trip-hop beat.


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bonobo - the keeper (feat. andreya triana) [mediafire]

love cry

the new single from four tet is a nine-minute percussive-dance track with ghostly female vocals. the artork is inspired by the cyclical pattern of a 'rainbow' of downtempo electronic sounds. it looks like hebden is scheduling a release for the new four tet album, 'there is love in you', to be january 25th 2010.




four tet - love cry [mediafire]


the limited edition 12" single can be purchased here which features the b-side 'our bells', an interestingly beatless, ambient track.

unkle - heaven

UNKLE's latest video is for the track 'heaven' which featured on the 'end titles... stories for film' album of recent collective recordings, and it continues UNKLE's tendency to produce unforgettable music videos. the footage for this piece was originally from lakai's 'fully flared' skateboarding film; collaborative directors spike jonze and ty evans re-edited a sequence which shows southern californian skaters demonstrating their skills. footage of skaters is slowed down to a snail pace which makes you focus on minute details like t-shirts rippling in the wind, or the skaters wavering in balance when making impact with the ground. what separates this from a simple homage to skaters is of course the unexpected explosions of parts of the skate park which the skaters navigate through. this is really where the slowed down speed of the film has maximum effect as we see sparks flying, concrete shattering, clouds of rubble hanging in the air - all in precise detail. the album this track featured on, 'end titles... stories for film', was made to harness a relationship between music and images, an area of audio-visual association. in the credits to the album james lavelle described making music for film or television as "frustrating" because:

"a lot of the music you're making ends up sitting on the shelf, neither properly released or heard. a waste really, we thought. so this album is our attempt to alleviate our musical frustrations whilst hoping that it will find a wider audience."

the menacing 'heaven' is a great track in it's own right, and this video could be their best since the groundbreaking work on 'rabbit in your headlights' by chris cunningham. the video builds slowly in tension and expectancy, like the song, towards a gallant conclusion. the images are successfully related with the musical backdrop in both matter and timing, producing an extraordinary relationship between sound and picture that lavelle clearly wanted to achieve when making his music.

birdy nam nam

birdy nam nam consists of four french djs who believe in using the turntable as an actual instrument. they scratch, cut, cross-fade and loop in harmony to create some really unique tracks – often complimented at their shows with live percussion, strings, and keys. their first album which i have posted below is a great little contemporary jazz record. the clever thing about it is that you wouldn't notice it was four turntablists using vinyl as the only sound source unless you read about it. it has a very vintage style of sound, obviously originating from the vinyl samples used, yet a fresh style is present with the modern production techniques. stand-out tracks in this album include the more traditional lounge-jazz effort 'kind of laid back', the heavily scratched yet infectious 'jazz it at home', and the more epic 'abbesses'. some of their vinyl compositions are breathtaking when you consider how they are assembled; with clear influences ranging from 1990’s electronic experts to 1980’s rap producers.


1. ready for war, ready for what?
2. body, mind, spirit...
3. too much skunk tonight!
4. transition
5. kind of laid back
6. jazz it at home
7. we drummin'
8. new birth
9. escape
10. l'interlude de qualité
11. engineer fear
12. rainstorming
13. il y a un cauchemar dans mon placard (ft. d-styles & mike boo)
14. migration
15. abbesses
16. new steps breaking barriers [bonus track]
17. from here to there [bonus track]

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da feelin'

nightmares on wax, or dj ease, has a habbit of making low tempo yet infectious abstract hip-hop with influences inclufing funk, soul, and jazz. 'da feelin' was a single released from his lastest album to date, and is a again a song which has a distinct 'summery' feel - probably why i'm listening to it at moment with this week of sun we are having in brighton.

nightmares on wax - da feelin' [mediafire]

recommended album: 'in a space outta sound'