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zensei ゼンセー & Holochrome - far away (ORACLE Remix)
ORACLE's remix turns zensei and Holochrome's 'far away' into washed-out, melancholy future bass. Weightless, and it still leaves a mark.Read more . . . →Subscribe →Weekly digestOne email per week with the tracks worth your time. No spam, no Coldplay. -
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Skrillex's Actual Legacy, Reconsidered
The snobs spent a decade clowning Skrillex's brostep wobble. They missed that the guy was a generational sound designer who shaped EDM and the pop you love.Read more . . . →Subscribe →Weekly digestSundays. One email. Zero ballads from white guys in beanies. -
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Small Town Kid - Mara
Who is Small Town Kid and why does Mara sound this expensive? Melodic electronic music with real space left to breathe in.Read more . . . →Subscribe →Weekly digestWhat you missed this week, minus the corporate emo. -
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Windows Down, Nothing Else
Read more . . . →Some tracks exist for dancefloors. These two exist for tarmac. 1. Tinlicker - Reborn The arpeggios come in and immediately it’s the late 90s and trance is the most important thing in the universe. Tinlicker spent three albums getting more refined, and then just went back to what got them started — rippling synths and urgent stabs, the kind of build that makes you grip the steering wheel tighter without realising. It runs close to nine minutes and earns every one of them. The third single off their fourth album, and the first Tinlicker track in a while that made...
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The Widdler - Squatly (Distinct Motive Remix)
The Widdler's deep dubstep before it got a chainsaw bolted on. Distinct Motive stretches the low end until the gaps become the hook.Read more . . . →Get the tee →Support the blogMade for people who left the room during Yellow. -
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His Lawyer Said AOC Would Be President Without Him
Read more . . . →Andrew Tate’s lawyer went on Instagram this week and wrote that AOC will be the next president if Trump doesn’t intervene to stop his client’s extradition to the UK. The client in question is sitting in a Miami jail on 59 charges of rape and sex trafficking, using his phone to complain about the food and beg his followers to show up at his bail hearing on August 13. His lawyer, Joseph McBride, went on the Fresh and Fit podcast to make the pitch: help the man facing nearly five dozen rape charges, or lose the youth vote. The White...
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Slow Magic & Beacon School - Need U
Slow Magic and Beacon School's Need U has real drum kit energy under the glow, a heartbeat where most electronic music settles for a pulse.Read more . . . →Get the tee →Support the blogLooks like Helvetica. Sounds like a closing argument. -
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Renaisshouse & Maria Mathea - Seeking
Maria Mathea's crack in the big notes is the realest thing on Seeking. Revealed put out something genuinely tender for once.Read more . . . →Get the tee →Support the blogThree words. One opinion. Cotton. -
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Pola & Bryson & DRIIA - Where Did You Go
Pola & Bryson and DRIIA's Where Did You Go is liquid dnb that earns the ache in its low end. 2am, staring-at-the-ceiling music.Read more . . . →Get the tee →Support the blogWhat if your laundry was also a personality? -
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UK Garage Sold Out Alexandra Palace
Read more . . . →Ten thousand people in Alexandra Palace, arms up for a two-step beat. Sammy Virji headlined two consecutive nights in April and sold both out. On the other side of the Atlantic, jigitz and Charlotte Plank premiered “car crash” at Coachella in the California heat. A month later, Virji announced a Finsbury Park headline for August. UK garage is a main-stage sound now, and these two records helped put it there. 1. Sammy Virji & Skepta - Cops & Robbers Skepta walked into the studio, put a UK garage documentary on mute, and freestyled the whole thing without writing a word...
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