Category: Electronic

2000 – Grand Puba

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Some more old-skool rap coming at ya. 2000 is Grand Puba’s 2nd album, confusingly released in 1995. Smooth vibes. My picks from the album are Back Stabbers and I Like It (I Wanna Be Where You Are). If you recognise the latter, it’s probably because you played Tony Hawk’s Underground 2.

Shout out to Guy Perkins for the heads-up.

Heartbreaker (Feat. John Legend) – MSTRKRFT

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Let me take you back to 2009. Barack Obama has just become President. Chrysler has just become bankrupt. Ireland are on their way to a Grand Slam. And that heavy electro-house is in vogue. Here is MSTRKRFT’s finest work.

Two things before I leave you: first, a big shout out to Al for the suggestion. Secondly, this fact: the band took the vowels out of their name to avoid trademark infringement with Mastercraft, a Canadian tools company. Have a bit of that.

Anything in Return – Toro y Moi

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Toro y Moi (Chaz Bundick) has been at the top of the synth-pop game for a while now. His sound is influenced by R&B and sometimes garage, but more the most part he stays in the indie electronic sweetspot. It’s fun, it’s catchy – you’ll like it, trust me. Jai Paul must be a jealous man.

My highlights is track 3, So Many Details – but it is a solid release taken as a whole. Fans are in luck; he’s prolific, and due a new album.

 

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My Lady – Crusaders (Purple Disco Machine Re-Edit)

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Purple Disco Machine is another that can be a bit hit or miss. This one is a bona fide hit. He’s given a funky re-rub to one of Crusaders’ biggest hits from back in the 70s. Where once it was jazz fusion, now it is full of dancefloor energy and cascading piano. Enjoy.

Live in the Moment (Tycho Remixes) – Portugal. The Man

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Here are a couple of nice re-imaginings of Portugal. The Man’s Live in the Moment by Tycho.  Portugal. The Man has an annoying way of writing his artist name which is going to make this post unintelligible if I refer to him too often. Anyway, he sounds a bit like Alt-J, if Alt-J wasn’t so sad. Tycho on the other hand, make blissful dream-scapey electronica which is pretty soothing and sweet. The two come together pretty nicely here.

Please keep your suggestions on artists with moustaches coming in. This post was suggested by the band Rule of Young.

Sylvan Esso – Sylvan Esso

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Followers of the blog will know I’m a big fan of Sylvan Esso. This is the album that kicked everything off for the lovable North Carolina duo. The smoothness of their production has come on since they released this one, but in terms of raw freedom of sound, I think this release is hard to match.

Dress and Coffee are my highlights, but there aren’t really any weak tracks. Fun fact, the repeated final refrain from Uncatena (“All I want from you’s a letter and to be your distant lover. That is all that I can offer at this time”) is ripped directly from a break-up letter that singer Amelia Meath received in her teen years. Apparently the experience of having a massive crowd sing it along with her at gigs is incredibly cathartic.

Mander House, Vol. 1 – Letherette

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I’ll be honest – I got real lucky with this one. The new Letherette album came out (it’s great) and after a quick Google it turns out that one half of the UK duo has a ‘tash! Joy!

Right, so what have we got? Funky loops, soulful samples, dreamy piano chords and solid basslines. It’s cool, it’s clever, and it’s fun. Two highlights are You Like to Dance? and my fave, Major.

DJ Harvey

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This guy is revered as a bit of a God in the house scene. Famous for genre-bending sets of epic proportions. DJ Harvey is London-born but now travels the world as a superstar of the scene. Highly recommend. And boy, what a moustache.

Also, one of my favourite quotes of all time. “You can’t understand the blues until you’ve had your heart broken by a woman. And you can’t understand my music until you’ve had group sex on Ecstasy.”

BODOMRGWLD03 – Frits Wentink

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You might have noticed that I love this guy. This bite-size EP was a collab with the Dutch vocalist Loes Jongerling. It’s deep, it’s soulful, and it’s obviously a bit wonky. Perfect for a classy dinner party that goes a little awry.