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- Stream a New Track from Actress' 'Ghettoville' LP
- Bitwig Production Software Gets Official Release Date
- Check Out a New Track from Cosmin TRG
- Forest Swords to Tour with How to Dress Well and Mogwai
- IYDES "Call To Reason (feat. Danglo)"
- Nord Reveals New Analog-Modelling Synth Lead A1
- Video Premiere: Sano "Contonéate"
- DJ Harvey, Ben Frost, Machinedrum, Laurel Halo, and More Announced for Sónar 2014
- Jon Phonics "Mind Games (Pedestrian Remix)"
- Download a New Mix of Original Productions from Helix's DJ Vague Project
- Untold Announces New Live A/V Show
- Adhesive
- Trainwreck: David Rodigan Recounts the Shock of His First DJ Gig and the Time He Made a Bad Costume Choice
- Rainbow Chan "Milk (Cassius Select Remix)"
- Baths Announces Extended Tour Dates
- Pulshar "Jungle Fever"
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Posted: 22 Jan 2014 03:15 PM PST
 Though we here at XLR8R HQ were elated to have Werkdiscs label boss and resident Ninja Tune experimentalist Actress helm this week's exclusive podcast, the mix was noticeably devoid of the DJ/producer born Darren Cunningham's own productions. The London artist didn't tease a single clip from his upcoming Ghettoville album throughout the tracklist, but he's since made up for that lack of new material, allowing one of the record's dense and mesmerizing cuts to be streamed in full. read more   |
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Bitwig Production Software Gets Official Release Date
Posted: 22 Jan 2014 11:39 AM PST
 After a long devlopment period which has seen the program only available as a beta release, the cross-platform Bitwig Studio production software has at last set a date for its full release. read more   |
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Posted: 22 Jan 2014 11:30 AM PST
 Berlin trio Brandt Brauer Frick's forthcoming DJ-Kicks mix album will feature eight exclusive cuts, including one from Romanian-born tunesmith Cosmin Nicolae (a.k.a. Cosmin TRG), whose latest effects-laden techno offering is now available to stream in full. read more   |
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Posted: 22 Jan 2014 11:13 AM PST
 Burgeoning UK artist Forest Swords (a.k.a. Matthew Barnes, pictured above), who just last year released his debut album Engravings via Tri Angle, announced today that he'll be combining forces with Chicago singer/producer How to Dress Well (a.k.a Tom Krell) and the Glaswegian stalwarts of Mogwai for an extensive tour. read more   |
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Posted: 22 Jan 2014 11:04 AM PST
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Posted: 22 Jan 2014 10:34 AM PST
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Posted: 22 Jan 2014 10:09 AM PST
An affably funky groove backed by a strong four-to-the-floor beat helps generate a suave atmosphere that the video for "Contonéate"—a track from Columbian producer Sano's self-titled debut LP for Cómeme, the same one we posted as a free download back in October—does not fail to emulate. read more   |
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Posted: 22 Jan 2014 09:33 AM PST
 Following the initial details of Barcelona's 21st Sónar festival lineup, a second wave of performing artists has been announced for the storied summer event. read more   |
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Posted: 22 Jan 2014 09:27 AM PST
 Glasgow-based artist Jon Phonics lends a sensual approach to dusty textures, warping them around his funky and slack hip-hop rhythms. Pairing with Trinidadian Londoner Tabanca for the Domino Effect EP (out now via Push & Run), the producer's collaboration with the singer on "Mind Games" is a heady, atmospheric R&B piece with pulsing low-end synths and misty percussion, anchored by Tabanca's yearning vocals. Pedestrian, a rising UK artist who reworks "Mind Games" for the remix-only second half of Domino Effect, transforms the original song into an easygoing, orchestral cut of jungle-referencing music, stretching out Tabanca's vocals until they smear with reverb. The three original tracks from Jon Phonics' and Tabanca's Domino Effect EP can be streamed after the jump. read more   |
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Posted: 22 Jan 2014 08:47 AM PST
 It was only a couple of weeks ago when we discovered that Night Slugs upstart Helix would soon issue an EP under new handle DJ Vague. And with that record's release upon us this week, the artist born Beau Thigpen has shared a fresh mix of entirely original productions as a free download. read more   |
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Posted: 22 Jan 2014 08:00 AM PST
 Now with the details of his forthcoming Black Light Spiral LP released into the world, Hemlock label boss and consistently forward-thinking DJ/producer Untold (a.k.a. Jack Dunning) has another project ready to unveil, a brand-new live A/V performance appropriately called Black Light Spiral Live. read more   |
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Posted: 22 Jan 2014 08:00 AM PST
It shouldn't surprise anyone familiar with Ren Schofield's musical output that Adhesive, his new four-track EP under his current Container moniker, makes a wicked racket. After all, Schofield has been producing some variation on experimental noise since 2005. That said, the Container project is arguably his most focused attempt at music making, one that reassembles his influences into a propulsive industrial-noise-techno package. The first two Container LPs (each confusingly called LP) and the Treatment EP placed Schofield within a larger global movement, alongside artists like Regis (a.k.a. Karl O'Connor of British Murder Boys), Function, Cut Hands, and more minimal outliers like Silent Servant and Powell. Now, he's returned with Adhesive, the most hard-charging and brutal Container outing to date.
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Posted: 22 Jan 2014 07:00 AM PST
 It's easy to overuse tags like icon or legend, but when talking about veteran British reggae DJ and broadcaster David 'Ram Jam' Rodigan, both terms seem appropriate. Since beginning his career as a host on Radio London in the early '70s, Rodigan has gradually garnered a reputation as one of the most popular and respected names in reggae and dancehall. Over the years, he's fronted shows on influential radio stations including Kiss, Capital, and the BBC's 1Xtra and Radio 2, had his voice sampled in tracks by the likes of Breakage and Caspa, and even had his own station in one of the Grand Theft Auto games. Rodigan is also one of the genre's most prolific DJs, having played to thousands and clashed with some of the biggest soundsystems in the game. Next week, Ministry of Sound will be releasing its latest Masterpiece mix, with Rodigan at the helm. To mark the occasion, we've asked the storied selector to take part in our Trainwreck series, and he's met the request by recounting a couple of the most awkward moments from his DJ career, one involving a misguided jockey outfit and the other a crowd that couldn't believe its eyes. read more   |
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Posted: 22 Jan 2014 06:00 AM PST
 Sydney-based singer and producer Rainbow Chan (pictured above) has forged a career out crafting keenly forward-thinking pop music, which will be expanded on by a handful of artists for a remix collection due out on February 18 via the Silo Arts imprint. Ahead of the Long Vacation Remix EP, Rainbow Chan has shared a version of her "Milk" song by fellow Austrialian producer Cassius Select. read more   |
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Posted: 22 Jan 2014 04:00 AM PST
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Posted: 22 Jan 2014 02:00 AM PST
 Based in Barcelona, the AvantRoots label prides itself on a catalog which focuses on the more soul-soaked ends of hybridized electronic music. Now in its fifth year as an imprint, AvantRoots has put together Waves, a 13-track compilation which gathers some of the label's best work from its handful of years, along with a number of unreleased cuts. One such exclusive is "Jungle Fever," credited to Barcelona duo Pulshar, who, incidentally, is also repsonsible for piecing together the Waves comp in its mixed form. read more   |
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