XLR8R News and Features: The Lowdown - This Week's XLR8R Top 10 with Frankie Knuckles, Tycho, Todd Terje, and More |  |
- The Lowdown - This Week's XLR8R Top 10 with Frankie Knuckles, Tycho, Todd Terje, and More
- Pantha du Prince Announces Brief US Tour
- Watch the Wild New Video for "Angry Frogz" from POL Style, Vin Sol & Matrixxman
- Video: Orcas "Infinite Stillness"
- TWR72 "Mode"
- Leaving Records Readies Sprawling New Album from M. Geddes Gengras
- Watch a Dark Short Film Inspired by The Body's Haxan Cloak-Produced Album for RVNG
- Drew Gragg "Metroplex Theme"
- Watch Legowelt Give an Hour-Long Tour of His Studio
- Axel Boman, Tom Demac, KiNK, and More to Feature on Upcoming Pets Recordings Comp
- Clouds Readies Second "Analord-Style" Acid 12" for Turbo; Preview It Now
- Split Secs "I Stand Alond (Mike Simonetti Mix)"
- Listen to Machinedrum's Unreleased Contribution to 'Bleep:10'
- Stream the Debut Compilation from DIVA's Obsession Label
- Watch Tom Demac Make a Beat in 10 Minutes
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Posted: 04 Apr 2014 12:00 PM PDT
 Throughout the week, a whole lot of material gets posted here on XLR8R. And while we know—and love—that some hardcore readers will eagerly pour over every single news story, interview, podcast, video, and MP3 download that appears on the site, we also realize that for most people, it's impossible to see everything, which means that some quality XLR8R content is likely to get missed in the hustle and bustle of everyone's daily lives. In the interest of making it easier for everyone to catch up, every Friday we present The Lowdown, a weekly wrap-up of the top 10 tidbits from our site. read more   |
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Pantha du Prince Announces Brief US Tour
Posted: 04 Apr 2014 11:54 AM PDT
 Performing with his new "triad" lineup, Pantha du Prince has announced an upcoming US tour which will find the artist unveiling currently unreleased material alongside musicians Scott Mou and Bendik Hovik Kjeldsberg. read more   |
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Posted: 04 Apr 2014 11:50 AM PDT
 Last month, the ever-active Unknown to the Unknown label continued its musical onslaught with the release of a collaborative 12" from POL Style, Vin Sol & Matrixxman. Brimming with hyperactive energy, the four-song effort is loaded with jacking rhythms—one of which, EP cut "MZJACKIE," was offered up as a free giveaway via our Downloads section—and now, lead song "Angry Frogz" has been blessed with an appropriately insane video. read more   |
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Posted: 04 Apr 2014 11:25 AM PDT
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Posted: 04 Apr 2014 11:20 AM PDT
Amsterdam pair TWR72 has been quietly ascending in the techno realm for a few years now, with a pair of releases for Turbo to its name (including an innovative DJ tool made up of 72 locked grooves) and, most recently, working with LA techno fiend Truncate to deliver a tune on Sound Pellegrino's recent
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Posted: 04 Apr 2014 11:15 AM PDT
 The "signature sound" of Matthewdavid's Leaving Records imprint has been joyously hard to pin down since its inception, with the label anchoring itself in the world of abstract beats as much as it is unafraid to venture into lopsided noise, refracted house, musique concrete, and, in the case of a forthcoming record from M. Geddes Gengras, sprawling ambient expeditions. read more   |
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Posted: 04 Apr 2014 10:43 AM PDT
 Released this week, The Body's nightmareish I Shall Die Here LP for RVNG, which was co-created with Tri Angle affiliate The Haxan Cloak, is a compelling example of how sonic landscapes can forge incredibly visceral and ardent narratives. Inspired by that new album, Jason Evans directed a short film conceived around the music's "incredibly visual account of death, tragedy, and loss." He goes on to say, "I had this image of a man, his face covered in dirt, but his arms still moving and his eyes open." The results of those ideas are now available to watch online. read more   |
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Posted: 04 Apr 2014 10:05 AM PDT
 With an academic background in electroacoustic composition, jazz guitar, and orchestral composition, Montreal-based musician Drew Gragg and his recently released Over-Under EP are an exceptional fit for for Nicolas Jaar's Other People label. From that record, "Metroplex Theme" is a minimal trek through colorful, reverb-heavy synths and muffled percussion. The drum patterns are eventually taken out of the last stretch of Gragg's composition, as it's left to concentrate on the voluminous and somewhat somber sonics of the ambient keystrokes present throughout the piece. The rest of the up-and-coming Canadian artist's Over-Under EP can be streamed in its entirety after the jump. read more   |
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Posted: 04 Apr 2014 09:50 AM PDT
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Posted: 04 Apr 2014 09:01 AM PDT
 Pets Recordings, the label run by enduring Polish duo Catz n Dogz, will continue with its ongoing compilation series later this month, releasing the third entry of Friends Will Carry You Home. read more   |
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Posted: 04 Apr 2014 08:21 AM PDT
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Posted: 04 Apr 2014 07:46 AM PDT
 Italians Do It Better label boss Mike Simonetti is one of four remixers who appear on the I Stand Alone EP by LA DJ/production duo Split Secs (pictured above). Along with Monty Luke, Secret Circuit, and Blakkat, the New Jersey-based veteran artist delivers his own deep, dark, and motorik version of the record's title track—diving straight into stripped-down drum-machine rhythms and bouncing basslines, and even indulging in a bit of the original version's kitschy, spoken-word lyrics. "I Stand Alone (Mike Simonetti Mix)" is available with the rest of Split Sec's record on vinyl, with the digital release arriving on April 14 via Machine Limited; clips of the EP's five productions can be heard after the jump. read more   |
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Posted: 04 Apr 2014 07:23 AM PDT
 With the arrival of the Bleep:10 compilation just under a month away, the online music retailer celebrating its 10th anniversary, Bleep, has been slowly unleashing some of the release's exclusive tracks to stream online. We've already heard Fuck Buttons' contribution, and we're now treated to the unreleased track arriving from prolific, multi-faceted producer Machinedrum, an expectedly drum-centric tune called "aeolia." read more   |
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Posted: 04 Apr 2014 05:00 AM PDT
 Earlier this year, formerly anonymous producer DIVA revealed himself to be Matt Didemus (a.k.a. half of Canadian outfit Junior Boys) at the same time that he announced the launching of a new label by the name of Obsession. Now, the imprint's debut release has officially landed in the form of a four-track compilation featuring a new DIVA production along with new work from fellow Canadian Iron Galaxy and others, all of which can now be streamed in full. read more   |
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Posted: 04 Apr 2014 04:00 AM PDT
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