XLR8R News and Features: Stream The Field's New LP as HANDS

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1. Stream The Field's New LP as HANDS
2. Check Out New Remixes from Tom Trago
3. Kode9, DJ Rashad, and Ikonika Announce Select North American Tour Dates
4. Watch a Mini-Doc on the History of Dance Mania
5. Mike Paradinas' Heterotic Project Announces Sophomore LP
6. Minorstep "Weep"
7. Download a New Mix from Todd Edwards
8. Teebs Announces Sophomore Album for Brainfeeder, Shares New Track
9. Ten Thousand Yen to Release New EP from Bodhi
10. Faws "Ghetto Lover"
11. Listen to Hound Scales' New 12" for White Asega

Stream The Field's New LP as HANDS Posted: 06 Feb 2014 11:47 AM PST Announced late last year, the new LP by Axel Willner (a.k.a. The Field) under his HANDS alias is set to arrive next week via the Ecstatic label. But before the noise/drone project's debut sees a release, its four lengthy tracks are now available to stream in full. read more

Check Out New Remixes from Tom Trago Posted: 06 Feb 2014 11:26 AM PST Next week, Anu Pillai (a.k.a. Freeform Five) will release his "Leviathan" single via Belgium's Eskimo label. Featuring the talents of Irish vocalist Róisín Murphy (of Moloko fame), the single will also come backed with a pair of remixes from Dutch house maven Tom Trago—both of which can now be heard exclusively on XLR8R ahead of their release. read more

Kode9, DJ Rashad, and Ikonika Announce Select North American Tour Dates Posted: 06 Feb 2014 10:45 AM PST Seeing as how 2014 marks the 10th year of Hyperdub's existence, the Kode9-helmed label has some special celebratory plans in the works, but before those details are announced, the boss man himself (pictured above), Chicago footwork don DJ Rashad, and UK DJ/producer Ikonika will all soon embark on a handful of performances in select North American cities. read more

Watch a Mini-Doc on the History of Dance Mania Posted: 06 Feb 2014 10:18 AM PST Late last year, Strut announced it would release a double-disc retrospective of pioneering Chicago house label Dance Mania. Now, with the comprehensive Hardcore Traxx compilation set to drop next week, a new mini-doc has surfaced which chronicles the history of the imprint. read more

Mike Paradinas' Heterotic Project Announces Sophomore LP Posted: 06 Feb 2014 09:47 AM PST After issuing its debut LP as Heterotic last year, the collaborative husaband-and-wife project of Planet Mu label boss Mike Paradinas (a.k.a. μ-Ziq) and Lara Rix-Martin will issue its sophomore album in April. read more

Minorstep "Weep" Posted: 06 Feb 2014 09:00 AM PST After catching the attention of Kastle's Symbols label with his busy remixing, Athens-based producer Minorstep (a.k.a. George Kroustallis) has signed his Weep EP to the imprint for a release on February 18. Featured here, the record's title track kicks off with an aquatic bassline accented with ornate vocal chops which waft upwards like exhaled smoke. Minorstep's production only continues to gather momentum with the thumping pulse of a kick drum, making room for a short breather just before it all dissolves into silence. A quick preview of the rest of Minorstep's Weep EP can be found after the jump. read more

Download a New Mix from Todd Edwards Posted: 06 Feb 2014 08:52 AM PST The LA-based garage icon and Daft Punk collaborator known as Todd Edwards has graced the internet with another of his outstanding mixes today, offering the 14-track foray into buoyant dancefloor music as a free download. read more

Teebs Announces Sophomore Album for Brainfeeder, Shares New Track Posted: 06 Feb 2014 08:17 AM PST It feels like it was ages ago when a young Southern California beatmaker by the name of Mtendere Mandowa dropped his first official full-length as Teebs via Flying Lotus' Brainfeeder imprint, wowing just about everyone who heard Ardour with the crunchy, autumnal splendor of its glowing beats. And though the producer has been anything but quiet in the three-plus years since that record dropped, his insatiable fans have undoubtedly all been waiting for the moment he announced his follow-up album. Thankfully, that moment arrived today. read more

Ten Thousand Yen to Release New EP from Bodhi Posted: 06 Feb 2014 07:47 AM PST Burgeoning Cardiff production duo Bodhi has announced its signing to Doc Daneeka's Ten Thousand Yen label for the pair's next release, a three-track EP called I Need You. read more

Faws "Ghetto Lover" Posted: 06 Feb 2014 06:00 AM PST After remaining dormant for roughly two years, Dublin-based producer Faws has dropped his Free Samples EP as a name-your-price download on Bandcamp, and is teasing the release with one of its three tracks. Right from the start, "Ghetto Lover" constructs a depth that is almost tangible. read more

Listen to Hound Scales' New 12" for White Asega Posted: 06 Feb 2014 04:00 AM PST Before international upstart label White Asega drops the upcoming four-track 12" from Fifth Wall co-founder Hound Scales early next week, we're pleased to share with our readers a full stream of that record's "exploration into the darker midnight reaches of house and techno." read more