Sometimes things just drop right into place... Lots of great sounds in here, and I'm particularly liking the New Order/Krautrock sounds of Das Beat's "Identität", the upbeat vibe of Jessie Ware's "Please", the Italian disco-flavours of Noon Garden's "Decca Divine" and the chilled ambient lo-fi of Fletcher Reed's "Sacramento Steve". But... best track for me is the classic reggae of Rebelution's "Old School Feeling".

Apr 23 - Apr 29 2021

Pre-order: https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/pastpalms/tropics

@pastpalms  is a New York-based producer creating lush music to water your plants to. The music aims to encapsulate the feeling of surrounding yourself with an oasis of tropical houseplants while living in a grey, nature-less
city.

The producer is preparing to release their third EP entitled 'Empyrean', which features a more Eastern-inflected sound palette. Inspired by the scores of Avatar The Last Airbender and The Legend of Korra, 'Empyrean' is a lush soundscape blooming with cascading harps, rainforest field recordings, ethereal strings, and warped vocal samples. The first single, 'Tropics', is premiering now ahead of the EP’s full release on April 30th

On 'Tropics', Past Palms says: "My vision for Past Palms has always been to encapsulate the feeling of bringing nature indoors while living in a nature-less place. With COVID-19 and lockdowns, I’ve found it more personally resonant than ever to bring plants indoors to nurture my innate connection to nature. As I hunkered down in my Brooklyn apartment this past year, I aspired to write music that felt like I was actually in the rainforest. I started ‘Tropics’ with a bed of jungle field recordings, cascading harp samples, and botanical textures. But I also felt the need to capture the environment I was actually in, so I included city elements like uptempo house beats and deep bass waves. It was important to me to keep that juxtaposition present between natural and unnatural elements."

More exclusive music

Premiere: Past Palms 'Tropics'

Old School Feeling

Ecstasy

Decca Divine

Rich with minimal textures and refined electronic chords, ‘Dusk Light’ is progressively chilled as it incorporates the works of Pablo Bolivar and Ben Preisinger into one, cohesive creation. An ode to the synchronicities and complex behaviours found in nature, the single manages to create an organic atmosphere while only using rolling electronic instruments and entrancing synths. @seven-villas-records

Framework of a Dream

Dusk Light feat. Ben Preisinger

Please

Please (Single Edit)

Identität EP

Identität

A scorching hot Italo sizzler from Mothball boss and edit maestro Hysteric, on LA-based edit label Pleasure of Love.

Read More & Buy: https://www.stampthewax.com/2021/04/27/premiere-hysteric-chrome-plated-broiler/
Listen on Youtube: http://bit.ly/HystericChromePlated

Listen on Youtube

Hysteric - Chrome Plated Broiler (STW Premiere)

A long lost remix from Andrés of ‘I Recoginise’ by Dave Lee fka Joey Negro. Never before released this was unearthed deep within a hard drive in the ZR vaults, now seeing the light of day it deserves. Andrés does what you would expect of him delivering a bass heavy MPC driven rework, utilising the synth lines and vocoder to great effect.

Dave Lee fka Joey Negro feat. Sacha Williamson - I Recognise (Andrés Remix)

Fletcher Reed "Sacramento Steve" 
Available Now https://fletcherreed.ffm.to/sacramentosteve

Follow Fletcher Reed:
https://www.instagram.com/lofi.fletch/
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6Faq3dkoywntvkt8LG1FXQ
https://www.facebook.com/Fletcher-Reed-101688388473717

Sacramento Steve

Long-time (3+ years!) curator of a regular weekly 10 track playlist of legit, (mostly) new tracks from Soundcloud, dug up here, there and everywhere. The lists always start out as 10 tracks, but some subsequently get pulled from Soundcloud by the band/artist or the label, so don't blame me for any short lists!

Apr 23 - Apr 29 2021

GordyB