The most impressive facet of Molly’s graceful seven-minute house cut “Voovoo” is that the track always feels like its gliding just above the ground. Perhaps over an amber-hued field. Even when the French artist craftily works in thumping drum machine beats that lithe feeling doesn’t dissipate. She keeps things nimble. The various synth textures will… Continue reading Molly- “Voovoo”
Effortless. Painless. Trouble-free. Natural. Uncomplicated. Easy. Exactly how many descriptors need to be exhausted to get at how Yaeji makes it look on surprise new single “One More”? Would throwing in a “breezy” or a “fluent” change the equation any? However you want to explain it, Yaeji’s at a point right now where she doesn’t… Continue reading Yaeji- “One More”
Creep. Creep. Creep. Stick to the shadows. Gradually inch forward. Carefully peer around that corner. Try to keep as quiet as the steam rising up from the manhole. This is stealth mode. You’re flying slow and low under the radar. The way this track is moving? That’s the way you need to be. Every movement,… Continue reading Orson- “12:09”
Look, I’ve got almost nothing for you on this one. It’s borderline upsetting how expertly calibrated this blurring of warm, carefree house and exacting techno is. Gnork moves between both worlds without ever losing sight of one. So there will be stretches where the synth chords just seem to float in the air as the… Continue reading Gnork-“3PM (And Already Happy)”
The central tension of Bad Channel’s immersive new house cut “B” is one between marked desire and, maybe, just a little, palpable dread. Some of the synth wobbles and thumps the Melbourne, Australia duo incorporates on the track are totally seductive but they slowly curdle toward the sinister as “B” continues to unfurl. What’s initially… Continue reading Bad Channel- “B”
For a group purporting to be “taking time away from music,” Guy and Howard Lawrence of Disclosure have been awfully damn busy this week. Monday we got a new song. Tuesday we got a new song. And now, Wednesday, you guessed it, we have a third new song in as many days. As Stereogum points out,… Continue reading Disclosure- “Love Can Be So Hard”
Made for summertime. There honestly isn’t a better way to describe the first taste of DāM-FunK’s new EP Architecture II. Those synthpads the L.A. producer is tinkering with scream tropical. Each and every gently rolling bass line would sound like heaven emanating from a four-door with the windows down. This is a song that’s damn cool but… Continue reading DāM-FunK- “In The City”
Damn it. Damn this. Damn the audacity of Jon Hopkins. The London-based electronic artist didn’t need to serve up something so massive and grandiose in scale as this. Singularity‘s fourth track could’ve been a palate-cleansing slice of ambient music between more towering efforts. “Everything Connected” probably would’ve worked just as well as a four or… Continue reading Top Tracks: Jon Hopkins- “Everything Connected”
No need to wait for Memorial Day weekend or June 21st to signal that summer is here. It’s not necessary to check weather forecasts or calendars. For cats such as Måns Glaeser, summertime’s already upon us. The sun’s beaming as we speak. Clouds are lazily passing overhead. Cool glasses of sangria are staving off oppressive heat.… Continue reading Måns Glaeser- “Velvet Tony”
For someone that’s more or less electronic music royalty, Kieran Hebden (known to all of us as Four Tet) isn’t afraid to still take swings. Between album and mix releases, dude stays busy collaborating with artists such as Burial and Thom Yorke and Steve Reid and reinterpreting the works of everyone from Aphex Twin to Lana… Continue reading Top Tracks: Bicep- “Opal” [Four Tet Remix]
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