Soul singer Bobby Caldwell and producer Jack Splash just teamed up to create a really cool duo, with a really cool name, Cool Uncle. And what’s even more cool here is their new single, Break Away, with some lovely contribution from Jessie Ware. The full album will be out November 13 and I’m pretty convinced it will be f*cking cool!
Just came across this and it instantly made my Friday. Sound debut from 1 RDJ. Catchy beat, fantastic progressive chords and expressive piano transitions all together will send shivers up your spine. I can smell a disco hit coming our way. The track will officially be out on August 3rd.
Irish electropop artist Róisín Murphy just served us a new, self-directed video for “Evil Eyes”, off her recent album, Hairless Toys. It’s a fascinating and unpredictable clip, in which she acts as a hysterical woman. So full of personality. What a legend that woman is!
‘Bang That’ – advise brothers Lawrence in their new track, which premiered yesterday on Annie Mac’s BBC Radio 1 show. And it already caused some hot discussion and quite a lot of criticism that Disclosure don’t sound like Disclosure anymore. Well, we probably shall wait for their new album to decide. And for now let’s just dance to the old-school groovy house rhythm!
Watch this brilliant video just released by Pional for his ‘It’s All Over’ track. The animated drama was directed by Manson and is based on the Spanish youth culture in the early 90s. Great video and what a tune!!
Producer Aaron Jerome, better known as SBTRKT, paired up with Ezra Koenig (Vampire Weekend) to record this masterpiece. ‘New Dorp New York’ is the lead single from SBTRKT’s forthcoming album, Wonder Where We Land. Minimal, groovy, catchy, rebel, class!
La Roux again proves that pop music doesn’t have to be bad. Just shared ‘Topical Chancer’ is the next single from her upcoming album, Trouble in Paradise (out July 7). Simple lyrics and melodic synths work together quite well taking you back to the 90s. Nice holiday vibe 🙂
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Blood Orange, aka Dev Hynes, has just shared a video for the sweet ‘You’re Not Good Enough’ from his latest album, Cupid Deluxe (out now). It was directed by Gia Coppola and features Hynes dancing charismatically among some nice ladies (well, charismatic too) . Lovely, oldskool disco-soul-funk fusion!
A few days after sharing ‘Let Me Down Gently’, the English synthpop singer La Roux released another single from her forthcoming LP, Trouble in Paradise (out July 7). Nicely uplifting funky vibe, will make your feet jiggle 🙂
Fantastic Florencio Cruz and his new video for ‘Pueblo del Sol’. Absolutely yummy sax!
English indie rock band, Klaxons, have shared a video for their new catchy single ‘There Is No Other Time’. The visuals perfectly match dancey rhytm and melodic synths. Something tells me it will be a good disco anthem of this summer. The song will appear on Klaxons’ forthcoming LP Love Frequency which drops June 2nd.
Last week’s Tim Sweeney’s radio show hosted two fantastic DJs, Jamie XX and John Talabot, who presented their rich in different music genres dj set. Two and a half hour of quality! +Free Download
Jack Steadman (yes, the lead singer of Bombay Bicycle Club) has shared a new track which you can download for free. It’s worth. Once again he proved that with or without BBC, he’s doing great and his creations are always filled with emotion. What a huge talent this guy has, really!
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Hilarious, animated video from Flume for ‘Space Cadet’ recorded together with Ghostface Killah and Autre Ne Veut. The song appears on the upcoming (April 15th) deluxe edition of this young Australian producer’s debut album released last year. Nicely surreal, colorful cartoon 🙂
New York based dj Andy Butler has reinvented Hercules & Love Affair project for a new album ‘The Feast Of The Broken Heart’ (out May 26). Listen to a dancy invitation to the LP which features Belgian singer Gustaph. Good, funky, old skool house. Do you feel the same? 🙂
A little bit of funk, this time from the Canadian duo Chromeo. It will make you dance no matter how much of a nerd you are 🙂 These guys are awesome. And jealous. And too cool to admit it. Whatever, I just love them. ❤
‘Jealous’ is taken from Chromeo’s upcoming album ‘White Women’, set to be out on May 12th.
Very talented Russian producer, Nina Kraviz, is yet another proof that dj stand is not only designed for men. She has just recorded quite nice, hypnotic, acid dj mix. Grab it for free now!
Marvelous, artistic video from Polish electronic duo, Plastic, for their song ‘I Want U’. The colorful, neon animations perfectly fit in the groovy basslines, melodic 80s. synths and sweet vocals, taking you on a psychedelic, dancy journey. Quirky and lovely!
The video was illustrated by Dawid Krępski and the song comes from the recent Plastic’s record ‘Living in the iWorld’.
Electronic music duo, The Knocks, have recently teamed up with a Brooklyn quartet, X Ambassadors, and here is the funky result!
Glorious new single from the Norwegian dj Todd Terje off his debut album ‘It’s Album Time’ (out April 7). Mixmag called him the ‘King of the summer jams’ and it just couldn’t be more accurate. Definitely one of the best dance house producers these days.
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Not so long ago Metronomy have shared with us the audio version of their hippie song ‘Love Letters’ and now we can also watch the video. Abstract and colorful scenery will just take you back to the cartoon world from your childhood 🙂
The video was directed by Michel Gondry. Full album with the same title will be out on March 7th. It features also the previous single, ‘I’m Aquarius’.
Major Lazer teamed up with Pharrell for their new single ‘Aerosol Can’. The rhymes dropped by the multi-Grammy Award winner Pharrell sound quite efortless, still perfectly fit in the danceable drum beat. Monkey outside bumbum bumbum!
The song will appear on Major Lazer’s new 5-track EP ‘Apocalypse Soon’ which releases on Feb 25.
‘APOCALYPSE SOON’ TRACKLISTING:
1. Aerosol Can (feat. Pharrell Williams)
2. Come On To Me (feat. Sean Paul)
3. Sound Bang (feat. Machel Montano)
4. Lose Yourself (feat. RDX & Moska)
5. Dale Asi (feat. Mr. Fox)
Psychedelic, vintage ‘Love Letters’ is the second single from the new Metronomy’s album with the same title. The longplay, which features also ‘I’m Aquarius’, will be out on March 7th.
Viennese duo FlicFlac seem to be reaching for some ambicious repertoire and still handle it perfectly with style. Listen to the funky remix of the old Sixto Rodríguez’s song. No, you can’t get away.
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Very, very cool 30-minute mix from Robert Hood as a promotion of his forthcoming set, out on Sat, 14th December. Filled mostly with his own, funky tunes 🙂
Absolutely magnificent track from DJ Bobby Nourmand! Expressive bassline enriched with chirping birds could not sound any better. Groovy, hausy, superb!
Tasty fruit of collaboration between Sam Smith, Nile Rodgers, Disclosure and Jimmy Napes.
A groovy remix of ‘My Love Grows In The Dark’ by Ssion. Pop, punk, funk!
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