Son Lux - Build a Pyre (Begin Again) (Video)

Children... civilians... I humbly apologize.  I have been sonned by the game.  I stand before you on a mountain, embarrassed.  Lay people, I have slept on what was possibly the most major banger of the year.  This banger also features one of the biggest artists in the world right now: Lorde.  The track is a remix to Son Lux's hit "Easy". Go head n drink the coo-lade:

Now why did I sleep? I slept because I don't read Pitchfork.  Lately my digging has been done in the cobwebs of the internet.  Small blogs, soundcloud pages with as many followers as I have fingers, tasteless bandcamp pages... I friends am an admitted hater of the mainstream.  This music game is watered... no, hosed with recycled sounds and artists that the Gods discovered years ago... only to see the game launch them into popularity when the civilian ears were ready.  Reader, you are not that civilian.  You are different.  You are prettier.  You've definitely got bitches.  The "Easy (Switch Screens)" remix is an amazing song... it may be the banger of the year. And I slept.  For this slip up I am humbled... and I can assure you that I will no longer sleep on the mainstream.  It has its place.  Forrest Gump was a banger of a flick. Give credit where it's due.  The timing of this post coincides with Son Lux's newest video that NPR premiered today. It's directed by Geoff Hoskinson, who makes some trippy shit.

Edit:
Also this new track by the beast:

SELA. - jddee (sample flip contest)

SELA. on the contest: "i don’t really care about winning"

A like on soundcloud = a vote.

Kelis - 'Rumble' (Actress Sixinium Bootleg Mix)

Bukiko - fantasy fuel

Sentinel - hybrid

Baltimore producer Sentinel (or Sentinl) released his debut project, hybrid, a few days back, which is itself an assortment of previously uploaded soundcloud tracks. Together, these songs take on a new voice which is maybe closest, in conceit, to Logos' Cold Mission if only in the way they alienate the traditional grime palette. Yet, in truth, that doesn't begin to describe the ambition and texture of the protean forces and stuttering rhythms that shoot through hybrid. 

After the jump, I have included two of Sentinel's recently uploaded tracks, that sacrifice none of the experimental nature of hybrid, but push in wholly other directions.

Four Tet - Buchla (Seven Davis Jr Remix)

Listen to LA-producer Seven Davis Jr's remix of the Beautiful Rewind track above and his P​.​A​.​R​.​T​.​Y EP below. 

slw.kng - may ep

SELA. - Anniversary

I have been waiting on this from the California-based Flau producer for some time. The project is comprised of an LP made up of original material and a second compilation of SELA's notable previous bandcamp releases. Stream the LP above and the compilation after the jump; read SELA's description of the project description below:

"the idea for 'anniversary' was originally conceived in 2012, and it was supposed to be a 'serious' LP with the release date being the anniversary of my first release/when i started making music (aug 21st 2011).
needless to say, this didn't necessarily happen. the cause being 'life' happening, me scrapping songs, losing inspiration, and just changing my mind in general the more time i spent trying to make this album a reality. the aforementioned took place for a little over a year, and most of the songs/song ideas that were originally intended for this LP resulted in the 3-part 'STRESS' project.
then came fall of 2013. in late july/august, my contract at my previous job ended, which (obviously) resulted in me being unemployed. this is still the case at the time of this writing (feb. 26th, 2014), but i say all this to say; after much time and money spent applying for various things in my area/surrounding cities, i soon realized that i'd be stuck at home with a bit more free time on my hands than i had previously thought.
knowing this, i decided to finally give this idea the time and attention i had envisioned initially. and now here we are. as the project started to flourish, the original theme i had in mind was a bit lost for lack of a better word (especially in terms of timing for the completion/release), but it's all fitting.
i think it's fitting because this is how all of my projects have been. i've never been good at spending a really long (long meaning 2+ months) time on anything i make. if you notice, the first half of this LP is drastically different in terms of mood/tone/production in comparison to the the second half (track 7 and up).
this is because they were all created in succession at two separate times, with me being in two different states mentally and emotionally. it's all self-expression and 'stream of consciousness'. i feel like i'm rambling, but what i'm trying to say is that although the album doesn't really follow a clearly defined theme and is more so just me indirectly paying homage to some of my favorite artists, experiences, and other various things, it's all still 'fitting' in my opinion because it is 'me'. none of it was made with a pre-planned end result in mind.

now it's time to see if any of this matters"

Foodman - Drum Desu

Noumenal Loom's latest release features Japan's Shokuhin Maturi a.k.a Foodman and his beguiling brand of experimental footwork. The album is be both a challenging listen as Foodman shirks any sense of traditional progression, with his assortment of musical ideas at points seemingly deconstructing melodic progression leaving the skeletal outline of music to show through, while also building wholly unique melodies and rhythms outside of normally forged paths.  I have included two of his recent soundcloud releases below, both of which are exemplary in their own right.

AyGeeTee - Panacea

Hear the newest track from AMDISCS: Futures Reserve Label's prolific producer. Make sure to listen to the stellar Reckno-released "Eternity's Conceit."

Shisa - vip vol. one

Why Be - Bitches Ain't Shit YB R.I..P. Ley Chop

The Copenhagen producer reworks Ty Dolla $ign's original.  See past work and a stellar mix after the jump.

Air Max '97 - Progress and Memory EP

Lil Bad Swagga - ファンタジー (Fantasy)

Via White Colours:

Enjoy this compilation of Lil Bad Swagga tunes that look more like an psychedelic mushroom trip to a gangsta magic kingdom than an actual gangsta beats.
"All those tracks were composed in less than 4 hours and weren't mastered. That's part of the concept bitches." - Lil Bad Swagga

RAP/RAP/RAP - Ashikaga Takauji (preview)

Ashikaga Takauji was the founder and first shogun of the Ashikaga shogunate and more importantly lends his name to a forthcoming record from RAP/RAP/RAP's soon-to-be-released album, Killing, on Golden Mist Records. Temporal braids. See the Portuguese producer's "Girl" after the jump.

AWALthe1$T - Motion

Future - Move That Dope (Dark0 & E.m.m.a ‘Too Turnt’ remix)

Fis - Iterations

Listen to Fis' Tri-Angle-Records-released Iterations EP in full after the jump.

Yung Jake - Look (Prod. Larry David)

Video by Uzi. His tumblr coo too.

Aye so I feel bad cuz the video is unlisted so I don't think they were ready to show it to the world, but I'm a Plug God and this is what I do. Eli aka fourclops the interactive god put me on tho. It's got 198 views right now.  That first shot is in Red Bull music studios in Santa Monica. I been through there.  Yung Jake is a recent CalArts grad.  His first dope shit was an interactive video that is a must see: http://e.m-bed.de/d/

Arca & Jesse Kanda - Trauma Scene 2

The second collaborative video from the duo; with audio provided by Arca's "Harness" from his &&&&& mixtape. 

Ben Khan - Youth (Video)

Welp... thats the dopest video to drop thus far this year:

Directed by BRTHR.  So for those of you that don't know BRTHR is a directing duo comprised of Alex Lee, a 21 year old Tokyo native now living in New York and Kyle Wightman a 22 year old New Yorker.  They curate for Yours Truly too.

Dream Koala - Earth

I discovered the french, vegan, laptop artist, singer, Dream Koala in the summer of 2012.  He's entering a new kind of coldplayish realm lately and I can't say I've been stoked about it.  He dropped Saturn Boy last week:

It's a little too clean for me.  But hours ago the Berlin based producer gave us Earth and I may have underestimated him too quickly.  Excited for this new 5 track EP Earth. Home. Destroyed.

笑ぅ環境音楽 (Warau Kankyo) - flashpink

djwwww - jeje

Madegg - M/D/G '??????'

Kyōto-resident Kazumichi Komatsu, who performs under the moniker Madegg, has been making electronic music since the age of 15. He has released music for a variety of record labels since 2011 including EPs with both Flau and Duenn. "M/D/G '??????'" comes as he prepares to release a new album in 2014. Listen to work from his back-catalogue, notably Alone Breath To My Family EP, after the jump.

Madegg will be performing with Arca at Tokyo's LiquidRoom on May 16.

Ninos Du Brasil - Legiõs De Cupins (video)

Ninos Du Brasil are an Italian percussion duo, fusing the seemingly disparate influences of punk, techno and Batacuda, a substyle of samba.

Below is their new album, Novos Mistérios, which is out on Hospital Productions. Pay particular attention to ‘Sombra Da Lua’.

Lipgloss Twins - Wannabe

Shabazz Palaces - They Come in Gold

LESE MAJESTY is out July 29 on Sub Pop.

Sleeper: MAS YSA - Years (Dutch E Germ Remix)

Aye my dude Dutch E Germ AKA Tim DeWit is very very major. You heard from the mountain tops of Olympus... and as of late pitchfork.  He was a founding member of Gang Gang Dance, and co-produced their 2008 album Saint Dymphna after a gunshot wound to his chest ended his stint as their drummer.  He also soundtracked the documentary 12 O'Clock Boys, amongst others.  He was sampled on Yeezus too? Put this man on your radar immediately.

Peep his two month old EP too:

Yung Lean - King Of The Darkness (UV boi Edit)

Jeremih - 773 Love (Baba Stiltz Edit)

Gh∞st - Get On The Floor

Update: Below is today's post:

Incredible Polo - Travis

I guess this is pop... its like some 21st century barbershop shit. Dope harmonies... production... composition... Incredible Polo is a Parisian label called LZO Records. This is kind of a saturday sleeper. this is 19 days old.

Contact Lens - Euro to Dollar

Dis Magazine is streaming Contact Lens' new album, Euro to Dollar.

Dre Green - Guarded (Produced by The-Drum)

In preparation of her debut on Chicago label Lo Motion, Dre Green releases the The-Drum produced 'Guarded.'

Tielsie - Hueboy EP

French producer Tielsie has released his Hueboy EP, a free release that includes remixes from Pheonix-based DJ Clap and Donky Pitch affiliate Tokyo Hands.

Quirke - Break A Mirrored Leg

Young Turks will release London producer Josh Quirke's debut EP, a four track project entitled Acid Beth, on 19 May 2014. The project finds resonance with "the rhythmic, clattering sounds of the industrial machines that soundtrack [Quirke's] day."