Editor’s Choice: April 6, 2013
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Lisa Blanning (Online Editor)
James Ferraro – Cold
Another somewhat baffling, but compelling free album from Ferraro (which you can download in its entirety here). It’s still in the vein of all of his post-Far Side Virtual work, meaning it draws most heavily from commercial R&B and hip-hop—my favorite of his phases.
Kode9 –”Xingfu Lu”
The Hyperdub boss is consistently on the cutting edge of dance music. His new single is another example of that.
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Louise Brailey (Deputy Online Editor)
Mr. Beatnick – “Savannah”
Taken from Savannah, the third EP of Mr. Beatnick’s Synthetes trilogy, “Symbiosis” displays the same lightness of touch that characterised “Synthetes”. Like that record, this features a string sample immeshed within the body temperature house textures.
Balam Acab – “La La La”
Cheesy as hell, this sketch suggests Balam Acab is still pursuing his Disneyfied strain of witch house. Stop laughing! Do you now how much tenacity that takes in 2013?
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Moritz Gayard (Online Duty Editor)
Mark E – “Fake Bitches”
Taken from the compilation House Slippers, from Friends of Friends’ sister label Young Adult, here’s Mark E’s stompin’ “Fake Bitches” track. Made for the dancefloors.
The Knife – “A Tooth For An Eye” (Cooly G remix)
Cooly G’s rework of the latest The Knife single “A Tooth For An Eye” has only just had its premiere at Dummy. It also has a pretty dope accompanying video.
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Daniel Jones (Contributing Editor)
OVRJYD – “Mirror”
A heaping helping of chilly and cheese, this weeded-out bass track with pitched-up and chopped-up Justin Timberlake vocals might be a bit corny, but it’s still quite lovely. Maybe I’m just on a high vocals kick…
Yo Gotti feat. Teezy, Young Piff and Sandor – “Blow” (Trill Scott Heron Future Screw)
…Which wouldn’t explain the other track I’ve been playing all week, this blurred-out bleak-hop edit from Trill Scott Heron. The foundation-rattling bass and snares on this one go hard, though I’ve been using it as relief after powernoise binges.
Published April 05, 2013.