It’s that day. That day when whether you’re single, not-single, or not-not-single, you’re bombarded with cloying, overly-saccharine romantically-themed everything. That’s where Wifey and Deadboy come in. Wifey, a London-based club, does a series of mixes, and for their Valentine’s Day special, they brought in underground UK funky DJ Deadboy. Deadboy hits the nail on the head here [...]
Categories: Deadboy,Dubstep,Electronic,Garage,mixtape,U.K.,Wifey
Everyone’s in love with Los Angeles’s lo-fi beat producer Shlohmo (Friends of Friends), and even The Weeknd’s Abel Tesfaye is not immune to Henry Laufer’s charms. Shlohmo’s remix of Drake and The Weeknd’s “Crew Love” has already done its share of internet rounds in the form of live YouTube videos, but as he expressed in a Tumblr post, even The [...]
Categories: Drake,Electronic,Experimental,friends of friends,Hip Hop,Lo-Fi,Rap,Shlohmo,the weeknd
Matan Zohar, code name Mat Zo, had his first track signed at the age of 16. Born in 1990, he’s even younger than I am, and he’s already made himself into a household name. While his association with Above & Beyond’s Anjunabeats label means he’s most frequently associated with trance and progressive sounds, and he certainly [...]
Categories: anjunabeats,Dance,Electronic,House,Mat Zo
San Francisco-based electronica duo Andain blend acoustics and electronics with blissful vocals that lend themselves often as a perfect base for remixers. Their latest single, “Touch Too Much”, was released January 30 on Black Hole Recordings (whose roster space they share with big trance names like Cosmic Gate and BT), and now a few remixers not included on [...]
Categories: Andain,Black Hole Recordings,Dance,Drum and Bass,Electronica
Not unlike the phrase “jump the shark,” the genre title formerly known as “dubstep” has, for many, taken a leap over a threatening aquatic creature to the point where it’s sort of embarrassing to admit that you enjoy something that can be filed under “dubstep”. I sometimes find myself stuttering over the word in conversation; I try [...]
Categories: bass,Dubstep,Electronic,Experimental,Goth-Trad
Tagged: deep medi musik
The inaugural release on the new PRISM imprint comes from UK-based abstract hip-hop beatsmith Jon Phonics, whose Grid Games is a smooth, funky six-track EP with influences from electronica, 2-step, and, in his own words, “tropical um bongo bass music”. The EP is comprised entirely of collaborations with names including Ghost Mutt, BUG, Pete Cannon, Jeeks, Jaisu, Kidkanevil, [...]
Categories: bass,Electronic,glitch-hop,Hip Hop,Jon Phonics,LuckyMe,PRISM,S-Type
Although Manhattan’s Webster Hall brings a decent number of solid acts through New York City and I have to appreciate it for that, the place represents everything I hate about club life. From staff who are (understandably) annoyed and consequently do things like pretend your container of earplugs is a container of eardrugs to a [...]
Categories: Brodinski,Bromance Records,Concert,Dance,Destructo,electro,Gesaffelstein,Tech House,Techno
Russian abstract hip-hop artist 813′s new EP, Spectrum Riff, is out digitally today on Donky Pitch, and Earmilk has a smooth sip here for exclusive premiere! The six-track EP is pretty unclassifiable, blending influences from wonky UK bass, electro, and instrumental hip-hop, and features a remix by Slugabed, if you’re one to be lured in by [...]
Categories: 813,Dance,Donky Pitch,Electronic,Hip Hop
Trust’s latest single, “Sulk”, is a delectable preview of things to come on their upcoming LP TRST (out February 28 on Arts and Crafts), blending their eerie instrumentation with a well-suited post-punk feel that gives the track a strong Echo and the Bunnymen flavor (with a cheeky lyrical nod to Ian McCulloch). The track is a [...]
Categories: Arts and Crafts,Austra,Experimental,Indie,post-punk,Psychedelic,Synthpop,Trust
In a world where my electronic explorations often lead me to all things dark and abrasive, I recently find myself increasingly compelled to seek out the foil to my natural inclinations in the form of smooth, silky disco beats (it’s important to consume a balanced diet, after all). Brooklyn’s Jacques Renault has proven to be an [...]
Categories: Buddy Holly,disco,Electronic,Funk,Jacques Renault,Verve Forecast
With a savory, rhythmic take on UK bass music, producer Ghost Mutt (aka Matt Mcloughlin) is giving away his four-track EP of Keith Sweat reworks, Sweat Mode, out today on Donky Pitch (labelmates include Slugabed), via Bandcamp. Soulful R&B tweaks are quickly becoming all the rage in bass music, with Aaliyah and Ciara samples turning up at every corner, and Ghost [...]
Categories: Donky Pitch,Garage,Ghost Mutt,House,Keith Sweat,r&b,UK Funky
We’ve already made it more than obvious that we’re smitten with Pictureplane aka Travis Egedy’s 2011 release, Thee Physical (released via Lovepump United). Having nabbed the #7 spot on our best electronic albums of 2011, we’ve previously waxed poetic on the album itself, the video for “Black Nails”, and Pictureplane’s Halloween show in Boston. Pictureplane’s music is [...]
Categories: Dark Synth,Dis Magazine,Electronic,Experimental,grimes,Lokiboi,Lovepump United,Pictureplane,True Womanhood,Witch House
We’ve already made it more than obvious that we’re smitten with Pictureplane aka Travis Egedy’s 2011 release, Thee Physical (released via Lovepump United). Having nabbed the #7 spot on our best electronic albums of 2011, we’ve previously waxed poetic on the album itself, the video for “Black Nails”, and Pictureplane’s Halloween show in Boston. Pictureplane’s music is [...]
Categories: Dark Synth,Dis Magazine,Electronic,Experimental,grimes,Lokiboi,Lovepump United,Pictureplane,True Womanhood,Witch House
You may already know Brodinski or The Shoes. Let me introduce you to their sinister offshoot, Gucci Vump (comprised of Louis Brodinski and Guillame of The Shoes). Participating in the rite of passage that is making a Lana Del Rey remix, the pair have just released their take on Lana’s “Born to Die”. At first, [...]
Categories: Brodinski,Gucci Vump,House,IDM,Lana Del Rey,The Shoes,Witch House
My early expectation for Ernest Gonzales’s third LP, the first I’ve actively checked out, was based upon the chilled-out, perfect-nap-worthy track “The Prudence of Evolution”, which we posted as a part of our Daily 2% feature a little while ago. That track, the opening track for the album Natural Traits out January 17 on Friends of [...]
Categories: Ambient,Chillout,Ernest Gonzales,Experimental,friends of friends,Instrumental
If you’ve taken any basic history or politics classes in your life, you’re probably familiar with the basic types of authority: rational-legal, traditional, and charismatic. Being a massively famous party DJ is 50% musical selection and production, but it’s also 50% a test of character. If you can take over the club as a charismatic [...]
Categories: Dance,DIM MAK Records,electro,electro house,House,Steve Aoki,Ultra Music
Montreal’s Milo Reinhardt and Xavier León, who make ethereal music of their own under the combined moniker Sibian & Faun, have released a bootleg of The Weeknd’s “High for This”. At the moment, remixes of Echoes and Silence have taken over the Weeknd remix sphere (a sphere that’s full of shining examples of how remixes can be [...]
Categories: Experimental,Hip Hop,r&b,Sibian & Faun,the weeknd,Witch House
I have a crush on a label and its name is Night Slugs. Incidentally, I also have several crushes on DJs involved with this label — one particularly worthy of mention being co-founder James Connolly, alias L-VIS 1990, whose debut album Neon Dreams rocked it in 2011. It took a few days for me to find time [...]
Categories: BBC Radio 1,Essential Mix,Garage,L-Vis 1990,Night Slugs,UK Funky
We just brought you a post with Christian Strobe’s free remix album, Reworks #1, and if you’re anything like me, it probably left you thirsty for more cheery party tracks in Strobe’s unique style (the closest comparison I could make would be to R.A.C.). As much as we may love remixes of beloved tracks, we [...]
Categories: Bag Raiders,Christian Strobe,Daft Punk,Dance,disco,holy ghost!,Kid Sister,mixtape,Sidechains
Spooky and danceable simultaneously, Toronto synthpop duo Trust have seen features with Egyptrixx, who I love, but for some reason, I never took the initiative to seek out their independent creations. Thankfully, their works found their way to me, and they’re definitely worth a listen. This track, “Bulbform”, has been floating around since September, but the [...]
Categories: Arts & Crafts,Dark Synth,Experimental,Synthpop,Trust,video,Witch House