XLR8R News and Features: Check Out a "Portable Animation and Sound Kit" Called Patatap

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1. Check Out a "Portable Animation and Sound Kit" Called Patatap
2. Illum Sphere Readies New EP for Record Store Day, Shares Nine-Minute Title Track
3. Watch Kevin Saunderson Talk Records, New Music, and More
4. Old Money "Mothership (Lamin Fofana Remix)"
5. Hudson Mohawke Reveals International Tour Dates
6. Listen to Robag Wruhme's and Roman Flügel's Remixes of DJ Koze
7. Auntie Flo Preps New EP for Permanent Vacation
8. Cómeme to Release Debut LP from Philipp Gorbachev
9. Krystal Klear Readies Second 12" for Cold Tonic, Streams A-Side
10. Rioux "Lucifer"
11. Leon Vynehall Shares New Video for "Inside the Deku Tree", Announces US Tour Dates
12. Hear Another New Track from Dauwd
13. Artist Tips - Hauschka Shares the Secrets of the Prepared Piano
14. Trees "Rootwork (DJ F Restructure)"

Check Out a "Portable Animation and Sound Kit" Called Patatap Posted: 26 Mar 2014 12:29 PM PDT A collaboration between designer/developer Jono Brandel and Japanese musical outfit Lullatone, Patatap is a "portable animation and sound kit" which turns one's browser and keyboard into a musical/visual playback device. It's also a whole lot of fun to play with. read more

XLR8R News and Features: Rioux "Trails"

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1. Rioux "Trails"
2. Listen to Terrence Parker's 'Life on the Back 9' Album for Planet E
3. David Douglas "Higher (Weval Remix)"
4. Ed Banger Mainstay Feadz Shares Video for New "Metaman" Single
5. Win TMA-1 X Headphones from AIAIAI!
6. Alis "Leslape"

Rioux "Trails" Posted: 20 Jan 2014 09:34 AM PST In terms of genres, Rioux's "Trails" is truly hard to place. Appearing as the first effort in a monthly single series the Brooklyn producer has planned for 2014, the song incorporates threads of robotic pop, miniature house, and smoky jazz into an adventurous electronic form. Rioux's production swiftly glides through a number of musical movements, with the track's light opening skip eventually being consumed by melodic outbursts and flashes of disco guitar riffs, with layers of dusty percussion occasionally joining the mix. read more