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k?d - breathe (feat. Nevve)
Read more . . . →k?d has spent years building this whole sci-fi mythology around his project, the lost-in-space visuals and the question-mark name, and the funny thing is the music usually backs up the theater. “breathe” pairs him with Nevve, who has quietly sung on half the melodic dance records you’ve loved without ever getting the credit, and she’s the secret weapon again here. The track opens like it’s going to be a gentle one and then the drop arrives with teeth, that crunchy melodic dubstep snarl that k?d does better than almost anyone working right now. What keeps it from being just another...
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KAIVON - To Build A Home
Read more . . . →Naming a track “To Build A Home” sets a bar, because the Cinematic Orchestra song with that title is one of the most quietly devastating pieces of music of the last twenty years, and you do not borrow that title lightly. KAIVON either doesn’t know that or doesn’t care, and weirdly the confidence works in his favor. This is big, open-hearted melodic bass, the kind designed for that moment at a festival when the sun’s going down and ten thousand people decide to feel something at once. The chords are warm, the drop is more emotional than aggressive, and there’s...
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