Encore

im really starting to lose track of where weekends end and weekdays begin. and it is awesome. having no full time job for the first time in years is precisely as excellent as i thought it would be.

i also really love matias aguayo's music. everytime i listen to it, i envision a big truck with big speakers inching slowly down a road packed with sweaty, tanned dancers sipping on cheap beer..
and his latest ep "i dont smoke" definitely fits that mould. powerful, rhythmic percussion and minimal synth melodies. perfect for summer! im sweating even thinking about it!

Matias Aguayo - Ligado

head out and grab the "i dont smoke" ep here.

by now most of you would have heard black van's (aka kris menace & kowesix from moonbootica) take on munk's new single 'mis labios' but in case you haven't, here it is in all its glory..
beautifully crafted and composed down-tempo electro with some great synth touches.. one of the better examples of the genre that i have heard for a while:

Munk - Mis Labios (Black Van Remix)

grab the "mis labios" remix package here.. definitely worth a listen with a cool joyce muniz remix and the awesome original featuring.

im really in two minds as to whether i still have time for the ravey indie dance of digitalism. a lot of the tracks on their new album "i love you dude" sound really good to me - and i appreciate that they have toned down a lot of the ravier sounds from their earlier work - but im just not sure that their big, made-for-festival sound really appeals anymore.. or maybe i should just stop being a dick.
this is one of my early favourites off the album - a bright, happy number that feels like a spray of water from surly festival security at the front of a digitalism show.

Digitalism - Encore

"i love you dude" will be released in 10 days from now! pretty exciting! preorder yourself a copy right here.

right - im'ma sign off and go and enjoy some more sun. have a good weekend!

disco whoa

a bit of radio silence from us recently.. sorry about that! the silly season seems to really be clogging up our schedules.
in any case, there is an absolute truck load of good music doing the rounds at the moment.. a bit of quiet time has helped us to soak it all up.

the disco that ive been hearing around the shops recently has been absolutely impressive. just in time for summer really.
bot'ox's "bearded lady motorcycle show" is an absolute stand out with its grungy, sweaty sound taking its time to blossom into a breezy head-nodder thanks to some lovely, calming synths. great, great track: "highly recommended".

Bot'Ox - Bearded Lady Motorcycle Show (alt)

'bearded lady motorcycle show' is plucked from bot'ox's 'blue steel' release which you can find here. there is also an excellent remix package of 'blue steel' which you should check out. right here.

bottin's latest project involves a swiss vocalist curiously named joy freypong and is called 'tinpong'. i didnt mind the intimate jazz club vibe of the original, but the glamourous strut of pete herbert's dub really caught my ear. love how serious shit gets at the 3:40 mark. stabbing keys ftw.

Bottin Presents Tinpong - New Religion (Pete Herbert Dub) (alt)

grab the full 'new religion' release by tinpong/bottin here.

i always thought that discodeine was limited to his little patch on the blog haus map but recently he has been proving me very wrong indeed. following hot on the heels of their superb take on rebotini's '777' is this slice of heaven called 'synchronize' featuring pulp vocalist jarvis cocker. great disco-pop ditty complete with strings, pianos and emotional vocals.. what more could you ask for?

Discodeine - Synchronize (feat Jarvis Cocker) (alt)

grab the full 'synchonize' release here.

im still trying to make my mind up about black van.. i sometimes think that their beats are a little too simplistic and undeveloped. feels like both oliver kowalski and kris menace have had to dial back their individual flair to get this vehicle moving. still, 'the calling' is a nice little piano house number with a really strong melody and deck-chair vibe. definitely worth a look:

Black Van - The Calling (alt)

'the calling' is off black van's 'moments of excellence' release. you can grab that off the kompakt site here.