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onte - halcyon
Read more . . . →Three plays in and I still cannot decide whether halcyon is genuinely moving or just very good at pretending, which is probably the most interesting thing about it. onte is an NCS artist, which means this is built to be dropped into a gaming montage or a creator’s video royalty-free, part of a catalogue engineered to be useful first and personal second. And yet halcyon has a real wistfulness to it, a melodic electronic track with a vocal cut and a drop that picks glow over aggression. The melody is strong enough that it would survive well outside the NCS...
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OVERTONE - Alone
You've heard a hundred tracks like this and OVERTONE's Alone still stuck. Soft vocal, simple piano, a warm swell of a drop. Quiet evening upgraded.Read more . . . →Subscribe →Weekly digestSundays. One email. Zero ballads from white guys in beanies. -
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excape. - it's gonna be okay
excape.'s it's gonna be okay is MrSuicideSheep-brand emotional manipulation that works anyway. I didn't want it to and it did.Read more . . . →Subscribe →Weekly digestWhat you missed this week, minus the corporate emo. -
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k?d - akio (cage script era)
k?d's akio is anime-tinged trap melodrama played dead straight, and somehow it worked on me. Silly on paper, genuinely moving.Read more . . . →Get the tee →Support the blogSome shirts are statements. This one is a verdict. -
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Last Sun - Siren's Scene
Last Sun's Siren's Scene is strange, note-bending melodic electronic that earned its spot on MrSuicideSheep. More of this, please.Read more . . . →Get the tee →Support the blogMade for people who left the room during Yellow. -
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The Afterglow
Read more . . . →Everyone left. The music is still going. 1. Maribou State - Blackoak (Myd Remix) The original Blackoak was already a slow-dissolve kind of track, patient electronic music that trusts you to stay with it. Myd took that and added a pulse underneath, just enough kinetic energy to turn a headphone record into something you could almost dance to if the room were empty and nobody was watching. Released on Hallucinating Love Deluxe ten days ago, which makes it the newest track in this entire summer run. Ninja Tune holding this one until late August was the right call. It needed...
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Lynxie, Pat - LABELS
Lynxie and Pat's LABELS has more front than a free NCS track has any business having, an ache under the polish that lodges by the second chorus.Read more . . . →Get the tee →Support the blogLooks like Helvetica. Sounds like a closing argument. -
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Lost Sky, Chris Linton - Heaven & Hell
Lost Sky and Chris Linton prove NCS can be more than gaming wallpaper. Heaven & Hell commits fully to the feeling, no irony, no hedging.Read more . . . →Get the tee →Support the blogThree words. One opinion. Cotton. -
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HESTER - Brighter Days
HESTER's 'Brighter Days' is NCS uplift with real spine under the piano and pitched vocal chop. Perfect gateway drug, no snobbery here.Read more . . . →Get the tee →Support the blogWhat if your laundry was also a personality? -
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Loboski & Elipsa - Another World
Loboski and Elipsa's melodic dnb has a snare crack I keep rewinding just to hear again. Tighter and more ambitious than either alone.Read more . . . →Get the tee →Support the blogShips in 3–5 days. The outrage ships immediately.
