xxyyxx - Unknown (feat. Vanessa Elisha)

LA is hyped to see what XXYYXX has in store for FYF. Vanessa Elisha is bad btw.

Chipotlaid Burrito - ICanLuhYou

Chipotlaid Burrito came out of nowhere to drop this banger today. Peep his/her/their(?) facebook + twitter.

Seven Davis Jr. - Friend EP

Guerre - Ex Nihlo

Ex Nihlo, creation out of nothing. Read Guerre's interview at Thump. From the archives. 

Gobby - Wallet & Cellphone EP

Out now via Vancouver's 1080p; with purchase you receive a bonus EP: "The Atm is Empty."

Melodic and playful techno interactions in particularly cohesive form from one of the most crucial occupiers of the freaked out sweet spot inbetween the hypothesized club/anti-club binary. Gobby’s skill for sampling anything and everything into strange and insanely funky techno loops is particularly apparent on this six track release that has eyes on ultra serene trance heights as much as the most fucked streaks of purist techno.
Somewhere beyond the historic thump of Black Dice’s rhythmic experiments and classic acid and freaked out, Gobby’s beats are both sludgey and vivid. On “Wallet and Cellphone”, Gobby comes out in particularly high spirits that affirm his desire for shredded joy rather than purposely weirded out dance obfuscations.
The circular glee of “Y Smart Car” segues into the bubbling four-four of “MaybeImLying”, casually jumped up and wobbling with a classic acid mood. “Clifford” is a giddy two minute flotational refrain with a steady 140bpm pulse under super beautiful and starry melodic sample that leads perfectly into the reverb damaged gramophone ballad that introduces “XM Whimsy”, a 7-minute almost Avanlanches zone of shuffled beats.
Gobby has produced beats for Mykki Blanco and Le1f and recenty linked with DFA’s Dan Bodan recently with a shredding remix. He’s on that “distinctly Gobby” weird-as-I-wanna-be tip with particular clarity and linear groove objectives on “Wallet & Cellphone”.

Lusine - Arterial EP

This comes out officially tmrw on Ghostly International... a label you should be hip to (Com Truse, Dauwd, TOBACCO, Gold Panda, Mux Mool, Phantogram, Tycho...).

Chris McClenney - Mine

McClenney is out of Maryland and used to use the moniker MisterMack. Good bedroom banger for you n your shorty.

DIVERSA - you think i'm playing?

Signed with Inspected. 

Paco Sala - Impossible Places

Composed of Anthony Harrison and Birch, the London duo Paco Sala plan to release their new album Put Your Hands On Me through Digitalis records in the autumn.  

Stream Shabazz Palaces New Album: Lese Majesty

Shabbazz Palaces is still Seattle's best Hip-Hop.
Stream HERE via NPR

Jeremih & Shlohmo - No More (EP)

Yea... what we've wanted for a while for the boom boom room collection... Jeremih and Shlohmo's FreEP available for download HERE.  It has 'No More', Bo Peep, and 'Fuck You All The Time' plus 3 others including one with a Chance The Rapper feature. You can stream/get it for free for an email address.

Paradis - Garde Le Pour Toi

Paradis captured our hearts with their video for Hémisphère in 2012.

Now we get a slice of their new project and it feels real heavenly. I wish I spoke French right now.

hide sentient drones vol​.​1 by ЯΛRΞ ППUƉΞS

New release from one of the cleanest labels in the game right now: ЯΛRΞ ППUƉΞS

Throwback Thursday: Lou Bond - I'm So In Love - Motherless Child (Live)

Lou Bond... the boss known best for his song "To the Establishment" (also amazing and heavily sampled by the likes of Mary J Blige and Outkast)... gets loose in a little medley action seamlessly bleeding Al Green's Let's Stay Together and Motherless Child blues (popularized by Robert "Barbecue Bob" Hicks - but covered by many and began as a "traditional negro spiritual").  Lou's scatting at the beginning is especially interesting... reminiscent of Jack Black at some moments - putting a smile on your face and yet by his wailing at the end, you all but cry.  Lou Bond should be lauded as one of the great soul artists of the 60s and 70s but is actually fairly slept on.  His conscious strumming and wailing is perhaps a political response to Bill Withers.

Throwback Thursday: Ann Sorel - L'amour à plusieurs

1972.  Okay so you might be able to tell a little bit from her tone, but the lyrics to this joint are about "making love to many".  She speaks to her lover who she realizes she desires most but is likely making love to someone else in the room and she questions if "making love with many is good for the heart".  French composer Jean-Claude Vannier did his thing with the strings on this one... giving them a piercing oriental sound.