Here is a collection of tracks I came across over the year 2016: music by women artists that rocks my foundation.
From the pathfinder Arctic Windhorse in Alaska, via the streets of Argentina that Pulpa de Luz walks, the exquisite sounds from Mari Jürjens in Estonia and the mysterious poetry Miraela dreams in Romenia. The Austrian rap that Augenmerk makes lets you notice small things differently in your day to day life, and with the grooves of Band Ane, Yasynhta, Priss, Cio d' Or and Feathers you can just keep going on forever.
No matter the bullshit from the powermen this past year, these ladies make it all good...

Enjoy 2017!

Mike

2016 music was a strong feminine year!

Cirkel

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tMgkt9jdjTU

Kyoto Prod. Yung Gud

Empress Of - Tristeza (Delorean Remix)

Buy 'Do You Feel The Same?' (Remixes)- 
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"It’s Butler’s precision on the boards that’s most impressive here - his polished, spacious touch is pumped with enough groove to win over any dance floor without inhibitions" DJ Magazine. 8.5

"John Grant follows in Antony’s footsteps, bringing the melancholy to Hercules and Love Affair’s tough old-school house production Guardian - mention from Alexis Petridis

"It’s back to 1989 for this amazing Acid House collection featuring vocals by John Grant" - Daily Star

Heartbreaks and 808s near a perfect balance between chart-ready house and the flouncy electro-pop/ Italo disco image H&LA have nurtured. CLASH 8/10

“Only a fool would dismiss Butler’s expansive vision and flair for daring reinvention.” Mixmag 8/10

“A set of classy no-frills, no-nonsense house anthems, all vintage 808 drum patterns and bubbling bass squelches, it works a treat.” Q Magazine

Hercules & Love Affair’s new album ‘The Feast Of The Broken Heart’ (released 26th May / pre-order here georiot.co/3mv7) sees another musical reinvention from ringmaster Andy Butler - delivered by an impeccable new line up.

The ever-revolving collective led house music’s resurgence with club anthem ‘Blind’ in 2008 (Pitchfork’s record of the year), and 2014’s line up is another roll call of exceptionally talented vocalists. Brits nominee John Grant’s ability for translating hardship into elegance is writ large on ‘I Try To Talk To You’ and ‘Liberty’; Rouge Mary, whose deep, spiritual voice is hewn from a gospel education; Belgian singer Gustaph whose counter tenor takes lead on the single ‘Do You Feel The Same?’ and smoky voiced virtuoso Krystle Warren, who was introduced to Butler by Grant, and sings the provocative ‘My Offence’.

Andy Butler comments: “I wanted nasty basslines, stormy, bleary-eyed sounds, fiery, rough, tough and ragged old school house productions that sounded almost techno. I didn’t want polite, I wanted aggressive.”

This aesthetic coupled with tales of emotional triumph makes for something tough yet soulful. Meaningful house music that IS pop music and can speak to the most musically adroit of tastes.

One of dance music’s finest live acts Hercules & Love Affair are set to announce a full run of summer shows and festivals. They tour Europe in May.

Connect with Hercules & Love Affair:
Hercules site - herculesandloveaffair.net
Hercules YouTube - herculesandloveaffair.net/YouTube-Subscribe
Hercules Facebook Page - herculesandloveaffair.net/Facebook-Like
Hercules Twitter - herculesandloveaffair.net/Twitter-Follow
Hercules Instagram - herculesandloveaffair.net/Instagram-Follow
Hercules SoundCloud - herculesandloveaffair.net/SoundCloud
Hercules MixCloud - herculesandloveaffair.net/MixCloud
Hercules Tumblr - herculesandloveaffair.net/Tumblr
Hercules Google+ - herculesandloveaffair.net/G+
Hercules Free Music - herculesandloveaffair.net/Free-Music - Get free downloads of other Hercules tracks
Hercules beatport - herculesandloveaffair.net/beatport
Hercules Spotify - herculesandloveaffair.net/Spotify

Do You Feel The Same?

The River Monks - I Am A Lake

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Come Away

EROS AND THE ESCHATON 2014
Song written by Arthur Alexander. 

ANNA

Entspannungsmusik zum Einschlafen und Chillen auch für Katzen

Entspannung

Summer's Over Tour
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PARTYNEXTDOOR 3 (P3) available now
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Apple Music: http://smarturl.it/PNDP3.AM 
Spotify:  http://smarturl.it/PNDP3.Spotify

Come and See Me (feat. Drake)

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Haltestellenansagen BOB "standardsprachlich" und "REGIONAL"

Pre-order the new album 'It Is What It Is', released 3 April on Brainfeeder: https://thundercat.lnk.to/it-is-what-it-isSo

Thundercat - Oh Sheit It's X

Sõnad ja viis: Mari Pokinen / 
Laul, kitarr: Mari Pokinen; klaver: Aivar Surva; elektrikitarr, laul: Sten-Olle Moldau /
Laul 27. mail ilmuvalt albumilt "Maa saab taevani"

Avar

MATJAMI: Acoustic-electronic soundscapes, deep beats, slow trance, empty space: meditation by listening and playing. 
Tip: Use good speakers or headphones to enjoy the rich, deep sounds and binaural recordings.

We three at MATJAMI (Marcel Bode, Tjalling de Leeuw, Mike de Leeuw) develop our sounds and grooves as we interact live, using our bronze, wooden and stringed instruments, (Balinese gamelan & gongs, bowls, Tibetan horns, Chinese guxing & gongs, Javanese kendang drums, timpani, beer bottles) with Native electronics, samples and live loops. The quality and the texture of our sounds are at least as important as the composition. 
We play our sessions 'on the fly', where one of us starts and the rest comes in at leisure... All you hear here was recorded live, with only some simple stereo and eq mixing afterwards.
We love to perform in open areas, theaters, level stage, and spaces with a special feel to them; a small audience is just as nice.
Recently we started collaborating with other audio-artists like VictorYibril, Fintan O'Brien and Phlip Smith (G.A.), Miraela, and Augenmerk, combining their very different music styles, field recordings and soundscapes with our beats and sounds. 
Connect at mike@branchingtree.com

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