XLR8R News and Features: Stream a New Track from Actress' 'Ghettoville' LP

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1. Stream a New Track from Actress' 'Ghettoville' LP
2. Bitwig Production Software Gets Official Release Date
3. Check Out a New Track from Cosmin TRG
4. Forest Swords to Tour with How to Dress Well and Mogwai
5. IYDES "Call To Reason (feat. Danglo)"
6. Nord Reveals New Analog-Modelling Synth Lead A1
7. Video Premiere: Sano "Contonéate"
8. DJ Harvey, Ben Frost, Machinedrum, Laurel Halo, and More Announced for Sónar 2014
9. Jon Phonics "Mind Games (Pedestrian Remix)"
10. Download a New Mix of Original Productions from Helix's DJ Vague Project
11. Untold Announces New Live A/V Show
12. Adhesive
13. Trainwreck: David Rodigan Recounts the Shock of His First DJ Gig and the Time He Made a Bad Costume Choice
14. Rainbow Chan "Milk (Cassius Select Remix)"
15. Baths Announces Extended Tour Dates
16. Pulshar "Jungle Fever"

Stream a New Track from Actress' 'Ghettoville' LP 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

Musique Non Stop | eMusic Electronica

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John Wizards, John Wizards Posted: 03 Sep 2013 06:00 AM PDT African and Western, traditional and modern, mashed together in a way that defies separation When in the 1980s African artists began to make their way to world music circuit, the biggest acts — Fela Kuti, King Sunny Ade, Ali Farka Touré — were also the most unadulterated, their music with clear lineages back to their highlife, juju and griot roots. But in the 21st century, the African acts most likely to break through are instead a messy and bright jumble of genres. The Very Best, the acts on the Shangaan Electro comp and Cape Town’s John Wizards offer a panoply of sounds both African and Western, traditional and modern, mashed together in a way that defies separation.

Forest Swords: Engravings – review

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Forest Swords is Matthew Barnes, a Liverpudlian producer whose sound is singular and hopelessly gorgeous enough to induce oppositional descriptors such as "ancient but contemporary" and "epic but intimate". This is his first full-length release and it's restless – exploring dub, post-rock and R&B – but each track coheres seamlessly into a whole of a record. The only human voices are processed and reverbed into wordlessness so that they sound as dread-laden as they do ecstatic. In short, it has the kind of beauty that sees you playing it, and only it, for the next three weeks.

Musique Non Stop - SPIN Mix

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Freddie Gibbs Goes (Slightly) Less Gangster for Madlib Team-Up 'City' Posted: 19 Jul 2013 10:35 AM PDT When last we heard from Freddie Gibbs, the Gary, Indiana-bred MC was back in his hometown proudly trapping with a gang of local goons (via

Best New Tracks - Pitchfork

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Forest Swords: "The Weight of Gold" Posted: 18 Jul 2013 02:43 PM PDT It seems rare that an artist emerges from complete obscurity with such a unique and fully formed sound as Forest Swords did on 2010's impressive Dagger Paths. More surprising still is the number of genres at work in such a singular aesthetic. The Englishman born Matthew Barnes touches on everything from drone to hip-hop to dub to experimental techno in his music, always pushing those disparate influences into a desolate and cacophonous vibe with the help of dense atmospheres and visceral instrumentation.