XLR8R News and Features: Watch Mathew Jonson Talk Synths, Drum Machines, and Production in New Video

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1. Watch Mathew Jonson Talk Synths, Drum Machines, and Production in New Video
2. Donky Pitch Readies Debut LP from Starfoxxx
3. bRUNA "Closer (Lost Twin Remix)"
4. Anenon Announces Upcoming Sophomore LP for Non Projects
5. Matrixxman Returns to Delft on Split 12"
6. Quays "Austere"
7. Gui Boratto Announces New EP, LP for Kompakt, Shares First Single
8. Caribou Shares an Extended Mix of "Can't Do Without You"
9. Fracture
10. Hotflush to Release Debut EP from Newcomer Auden; Preview It Now
11. Bipolar Sunshine "Deckchairs on the Moon (Just Kiddin Remix)"

Watch Mathew Jonson Talk Synths, Drum Machines, and Production in New Video Posted: 15 Jul 2014 01:15 PM PDT A veteran producer and the driving force behind the Wagon Repair imprint, Mathew Jonson has opened up the doors to his enviable studio space in a new video. read more

Donky Pitch Readies Debut LP from Starfoxxx Posted: 15 Jul 2014 11:20 AM PDT Following recent LPs from The Range and Lockah, the Donky Pitch label will release the debut full-length from Chicago producer Starfoxxx in August. read more

bRUNA "Closer (Lost Twin Remix)" Posted: 15 Jul 2014 11:00 AM PDT On his remix of bRUNA's "Closer," Brighton-based producer Lost Twin tones down the summer-soaked vibes of the Barcelona resident's original. In its new form, "Closer"—a cut pulled from bRUNA's 2013 Thence album for hometown label spa.RK—the track is reimagined as a stoney piece of understated boom-bap, its radiant synth lines subdued by hazy textures and lo-fi filtering. read more

Anenon Announces Upcoming Sophomore LP for Non Projects Posted: 15 Jul 2014 09:28 AM PDT Los Angeles producer and saxophonist Brian Allen Simon (a.k.a. Anenon) has revealed the details of Sagrada, his forthcoming sophomore LP for his own Non Projects label. read more

Matrixxman Returns to Delft on Split 12" Posted: 15 Jul 2014 09:05 AM PDT The exploits of prolific San Francisco producer—and recent XLR8R podcast contributor—Matrixxman are set to continue next month, as the Stateside artist has announced plans to return to the Delft imprint with a split 12" alongside Delft label head LA-4A. read more

Quays "Austere" Posted: 15 Jul 2014 09:00 AM PDT "Austere" is one of 13 unconventional beats set to appear on an upcoming mixtape of original productions from NYC artist Quays. read more

Gui Boratto Announces New EP, LP for Kompakt, Shares First Single Posted: 15 Jul 2014 08:43 AM PDT Gui Boratto has unveiled details for his fourth full-length album on Kompakt, which is slated for release in early fall. The Brazilian producer has sustained a longstanding relationship with the esteemed Cologne-based label for nearly a decade, which oversaw the release of his debut album Chromophobia back in 2007. read more

Caribou Shares an Extended Mix of "Can't Do Without You" Posted: 15 Jul 2014 07:38 AM PDT Ever-evolving electronic artist Caribou (a.k.a. Dan Snaith) has shared an extended, DJ-friendly mix of "Can't Do Without You," which initially surfaced last month alongside the announcement of his heavily anticipated sixth studio album Our Love, which is due out on October 7 via Merge/City Slang. read more

Fracture Posted: 15 Jul 2014 07:00 AM PDT After nearly a decade in dance music purgatory, drum & bass and jungle have gradually worked their way back into the spotlight. Throughout this process, few labels have proven more reliable than dBridge's Exit Records, and the imprint's latest offering, the Loving Touch EP, comes from Fracture (a.k.a. Charlie Fieber), a veteran UK producer who also heads up a quality imprint of his own, Astrophonica, with partner and frequent collaborator Neptune. On the record's title track, Fracture flips Ralphi Rosario's and Xavier Gold's house classic "You Used to Hold Me" into a hyperkinetic piece of drum & bass, while the remainder of the EP finds him working bits of footwork, grime, hip-hop, and dubstep into a jungle template. On a basic level, this sort of hybridization and creativity is at least partially responsible for the revitalization of drum & bass, and hearing these tunes left us curious about how the approach would work in an elongated format. As such, we invited Fracture to put together an exclusive mix for the XLR8R podcast series. read more

Hotflush to Release Debut EP from Newcomer Auden; Preview It Now Posted: 15 Jul 2014 06:18 AM PDT Hotflush has always prided itself on being difficult to pigeonhole, but the label's recent releases have shown a preference for darker shades of techno, as seen in label head Scuba's Phenix EP trilogy or South London Ordnance's Contact 12". It's no surprise, then, that its next release taps UK newcomer Auden, whose forthcoming debut spans four tracks of "unsullied atmospherics, large-scale techno, acid, dub, and two-step." read more

Bipolar Sunshine "Deckchairs on the Moon (Just Kiddin Remix)" Posted: 15 Jul 2014 06:00 AM PDT "Deckchairs on the Moon" is the new single from Manchester vocalist Adio Marchant (a.k.a. Bipolar Sunshine, pictured above). The sky-high pop song has seen a release as a three-track package next week along with two house-minded remixes from Eli & Fur and Just Kiddin, whose sleek effort is featured here. On its rework, the Kettering-based outfit laces Marchant's easygoing vocals with a set of soul-drenched chords and a sharply skipping drums that keep this version of the tune completely focused on the dancefloor. Out now, the full "Deckchairs on the Moon" single package can be streamed after the jump. read more