XLR8R News and Features

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1. Safety Scissors "You Will Find Me (Loscil Remix)"
2. Disclosure to Release Remix-Packed Special Edition of 'Settle'
3. Warp, Ghostly, RVNG, and More to Curate Moogfest 2014 Showcases
4. Kompakt Preps The Field Remixes and New John Tejada 12"
5. Hreno "Little Squirl"
6. Richie Hawtin, Carl Craig, Dixon, Simian Mobile Disco, and More to Play Movement Festival 2014
7. Download Jacques Greene's New Edit of Sampha
8. Addison Groove Readies Sophomore Album for 50Weapons
9. Stream Burial's New 'Rival Dealer' EP
10. XLR8R's Best of 2013: Labels
11. Doshy "Malfunction"
12. Solstice EP
13. Pink Skull "Mutant Comfort"

Safety Scissors "You Will Find Me (Loscil Remix)" Posted: 11 Dec 2013 11:00 AM PST Earlier this year, NYC producer Saftey Scissors delivered his adventerous In a Manner of Sleeping LP via BPtich Control. In that record's wake, a number of remixes have been commissioned, including this one from budding Vancouver resident Loscil. read more

Disclosure to Release Remix-Packed Special Edition of 'Settle' Posted: 11 Dec 2013 10:44 AM PST Brothers Guy and Howard Lawrence (a.k.a. Disclosure) have had an excellent year on the back of their debut LP, Settle—a record which, believe it or not, was recently nominated for a Grammy. Before the London pair's unstoppably busy 2013 comes to a close, they will release a special, remix-packed edition of its breakout album—featuring a star-studded cast of producers which includes the likes of Paul Woolford, Hudson Mohawke, Midland, Dixon, and even DJ Premier, among others. read more

Warp, Ghostly, RVNG, and More to Curate Moogfest 2014 Showcases Posted: 11 Dec 2013 10:00 AM PST Moogfest, a festival hosted by revered synth company Moog in Asheville, North Carolina, has unveiled a selection of record labels set to curate showcases during next year's event. read more

Kompakt Preps The Field Remixes and New John Tejada 12" Posted: 11 Dec 2013 09:59 AM PST Cologone outpost Kompakt is looking to quickly get the ball rolling in the fast-approaching new year, with a fresh collection of remixes for The Field's Cupid's Head LP and a new 12" from John Tejada set to drop in early 2014. read more

Hreno "Little Squirl" Posted: 11 Dec 2013 09:00 AM PST Berlin-via-Montreal producer Hreno hit XLR8R earlier this year with a track from his The Frank Barns EP and a remix for Visionquest starlet Dinky. read more

Richie Hawtin, Carl Craig, Dixon, Simian Mobile Disco, and More to Play Movement Festival 2014 Posted: 11 Dec 2013 08:52 AM PST Held during Memorial Day weekend inside Detroit's iconic Hart Plaza, the annual Movement Festival has announced the first phase of its 2014 lineup. read more

Download Jacques Greene's New Edit of Sampha Posted: 11 Dec 2013 08:33 AM PST Canadian DJ/producer Jacques Greene (pictured above) is the latest contributor to LuckyMe's 2014 advent calendar, and he's turned in an edit of Sampha track "Can't Get Close" for everyone to nab as a free download. read more

Addison Groove Readies Sophomore Album for 50Weapons Posted: 11 Dec 2013 08:20 AM PST Roughly two years after his Transistor Rhythm LP dropped via Modeselektor's 50Weapons imprint, Bristolian bass maestro Addison Groove will return to the label in early 2014 to release his follow-up album, Addison Groove presents James Grieve. read more

Stream Burial's New 'Rival Dealer' EP Posted: 11 Dec 2013 07:37 AM PST Though it was earlier reported that the new EP from shadowy Hyperdub icon Burial would be released on December 16, the UK imprint surprisingly elected to make the three-song effort available a week early. Even better, all three tracks from the Rival Dealer EP (artwork above) have been posted online and can be heard in their entirety. read more

XLR8R's Best of 2013: Labels Posted: 11 Dec 2013 07:00 AM PST Up to this point, the entirety of our Best of 2013 content has been focused on material that has popped up here on XLR8R throughout the year. However, starting today, we're turning our attention outward, specifically toward the new music that surfaced during 2013. Of course, much of that music was delivered by record labels, which continue to occupy an important position in the music world. While the internet has undoubtedly reduced their relative power and bridged much of the gap between artists and their fans, record labels—at least the good ones—act as curators, and help deliver music according to a particular perspective. Of course, those perspectives will often vary wildly from one imprint to the next, but that's undeniably part of what makes following labels so much fun. In truth, 2013 didn't really have one dominant label, or even a dominant sound, and as a result, the entries on this list don't necessarily have all that much in common, apart from a devotion to steadily releasing excellent music. (Keen-eyed readers will also recognize many of our picks from October's Labels We Love series.) That being said, during an era when people often complain about being overwhelmed by the sheer quantity of music out there, celebrating labels whose activities are focused on quality seems like the right thing to do. read more

Doshy "Malfunction" Posted: 11 Dec 2013 06:00 AM PST Lifted from German beatmaker Doshy's forthcoming Hijacked EP, "Malfunction" condenses together a heavy amalgam of electro and dubstep tropes. The maximal dancefloor cut hangs onto dense base tones, flurries of 32-bit phasers, and punchy toms as high-register clicks accentuate the chrome-tinted pad swells and even out the track's heavier undertones. The rest of Doshy's cyber-themed record is set to drop on December 15 via Saturate, but before then, a teaser for the record can be heard after the jump. read more

Solstice EP Posted: 11 Dec 2013 05:00 AM PST Other than a track on 3024's Dovercourt compilation of Canadian producers, Solstice represents Graham Bertie's first entry as Nautiluss this year. Its four tracks fall into the same contoured, sort of genre-less tech-house as his contribution to that EP. Bertie uses a lot of familiar sounds, but does not stick to a particular arrangement pattern. This means that his tracks can vary in quality, and that variance is at the heart of this record. read more

Pink Skull "Mutant Comfort" Posted: 11 Dec 2013 03:00 AM PST Pink Skull—an evolving Philadelphia-based project which now counts Julian Grefe, Justin Geller, and Joe Lentini among its ranks—is set to drop the six-track Huitlacoche EP this week via Candian outpost My Favorite Robot. Serving as one the record's b-side cuts, "Mutant Comfort" utilizes lightly charged analog electronics to weave together a coyly percolating, electro-tinged house number. Electing to simmer for most of its run, the production shines in its details, where the subtle tweak of a melody or slow morph of a filter are what draw the listener in. Set to drop in vinyl form tomorrow (months ahead of its digital release), a preview of Pink Skull's Huitlacoche EP can be heard after the jump. read more