New for U

We all like to have a certain song that will forever remind us of a specific summer. Something that represents all the BBQs with friends, skinny dipping in lakes and hangovers sweating in your pants. Regardless of Europes current inability to allow summer to start proper, I search high and low for that elusive track that SCREAMS été 2012; which i believe I have found in the form of Andrés “New for U”

Its everything a summer track should be: Rolling and repettive with a simple warm melody that rises like the july temprature. It reminds me a little of Chemical brothers seminal “Star guitar” in its underlying samples constant motion, while its faux string melody gives it a wonderful originality and warmth.

It may be raining 98% of the time even as we are in the middle of May but the heatwave is blasting through my macbook speakers like broken airconditioning on a summer car ride to the beach.

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New For U

Paradise 100

Ive been tinkering with a few synthesizers and filters and come up with a little selection of tracks that I like to call “Paradise 100″

Its early days, might add or remove from these as I see fit but for the meantime have a little listen and see what you make of them. The image in my mind is of tropical forests at night, torchlight, distant sounds of tribal ritual dance and ghosts.

all in all its quite a pretentious little number ;)


 

Suzanne Kraft

The search for your “soudtrack to the summer” can be a difficult one. Trying to get the mood just right for all them late nights, cocktails and lazy days in parks watching topless bodies. For your consideration, Suzanne Kraft.

He (its a guy) has created a rather nice little E.P. called “Green Flash” that has all the elements of the perfect summer soundtrack. Its just the right tempo that borders easy listening and daceable with a nice selection of disco samples filtered and cut to perfection. Check out “Morning come” then do the guy a favour and buy the record.

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Ish

A down-tempo sunday find to accompany the lovely burst of sunshine; here is the Marvelous “Ish” with his synth/folk/disco hybrid ode to superman “Faster than a speeding bullet.”

The song rolls along with the casual ease of many tracks from its era (the 70s) but its the remarkably modern synth sounds that raise it above your everyday retro fodder. I also love the very prog way that the track is, in fact, two side by side (the other being “Don’t Stop”) separated by an explosion noise…pure seventies

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Ssion

Being incredibly ill can be a blessing in disguise sometimes. Take today for example; had i not been woken up at 6:30am by the pain of my own coughing and, therefore, forcing myself to get some well earned rest, perhaps i wouldnt have had the time to create this remix for Ssion’s new single “My Love Grows In The Dark”

The original is a neat little slice of pop in its own right; with a video that echos early culture club (only slightly more street than boy george).

SSION – My Love Grows in the Dark (Official Video) from Dovecote Records on Vimeo.

Cézaire

This just randomly popped up and i feel the need to share with you.

Cézaire is from Paris and makes literally the most fun sample based funks I have heard since tiger and woods first came on the scene. His track “Malibu” just makes it impossible for you not to shake at least one body part.

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Love it or else

6am, sunrise, totally wasted

A short post highlighting John Talbot’s edit of Pionals track T.A.M.B. Its been on repeat on my smartphone as I walk around in cold, wintery wastelands: making me look forward with anticipation to summer and all heat it will bring.

Pional – T.A.M.B. (John Talabot’s Sunset Edit) by Hivern Discs

I dare you not to smile as you listen to this…