Refuge (feat. Containher) https://soundcloud.com/containher

"Refuge" is the first single from Host Bodies and Containher. Written during the pandemic, a time of deep reflection for all of us, the track tells a story from the perspective of someone left alone to wander a library of personal memories. Taking refuge among the books, all the unplanned moments in life emerge as experiences too priceless to trade.

Containher's soulful lyrics and warm, ethereal vocals rise and fall over the downtempo electronic production. A strong triphop breakbeat layered with jazz-inspired percussion carries antique autoharp recordings, fuzzy synths, and a psychedelic bass solo to a groovy plateau supported by lush strings. The track was mixed & mastered by Count Eldridge (DJ Shadow, Tycho, Thievery Corporation).

A natural collaboration formed between Containher and Host Bodies after playing at Starcrash, SF's electronic music residency at DNA Lounge in early 2020. Almost two years later, the first of many more tracks arrives just as both artists return to live shows."

CONTAINHER
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HOST BODIES
https://www.hostbodies.com/

Refuge (feat. Containher)

Host Bodies + Alexa Jesse (soundcloud.com/alexajesse)

“It’s still dark when singer-songwriter Alexa Jesse arrives at Ocean Beach, San Francisco for the 6AM video shoot with Host Bodies. Their first single together, “Hourglass,” features Alexa gracing a psychedelic dance track built on the live-electronic duo’s swaggering basslines, atmospheric synths, and idiosyncratic drums. Alexa’s lyric, “What will we find at the edge of the night?” seems posed against the beach as surf booms and a breeze carries drifts of sand over the empty Great Highway. 

Director and bassist, Nick Hess, reviews the storyboard with the cameraman while producer, James Collector, prepares to drive his vintage camper van onto the dunes for the opening shot. The day looks clear, a well-timed window between winter storms. Timing has everything to do with Hourglass. After a shared 2020 gig was cancelled by shelter-in-place, Alexa Jesse and Host Bodies started exchanging musical ideas. Hourglass surfaced soon after, a smoky demo that has since evolved into a polished groove mastered by Count Eldridge (Tycho, DJ Shadow, Radiohead) for release on May 19, 2023.

As color creeps into the sky, Alexa steps onto the sand. The music is cued. The camera brings her into focus. By the end of the day, she’ll be dancing barefoot in the waves under a fiery sunset—until then, there is only this present moment and the next, grains falling one by one."

Hourglass - Single

Hourglass

Hourglass (feat. Alexa Jesse)

Official submission for the Tycho Remix Contest (October 2023). We were voted into the final round of 6.

Tycho’s music has always been a major influence on Host Bodies so remixing his latest single was not only super fun but a huge honor. Big shout out to the whole Tycho Open Source community.

Time To Run (Host Bodies Remix)

Tycho - Time To Run (Host Bodies Remix)

Rabbit Hole by Chroma Sea (original)
https://soundcloud.com/chromasea/rabbit-hole

Chroma Sea - Rabbit Hole (Host Bodies Remix)

It’s probably not a good idea to drive a party bus straight at an approaching storm. But there’s nobody around to stop Host Bodies from doing exactly that by dropping two indie-dance singles, “Bronzer” and “The Driving Rain.” Both tracks hit the SF-based duo’s sweetspot for blending electronic music with live instrumentation. This time the vibe is late night beach club. After Bronzer cruises into the desert with the perfect cocktail of chemicals in the bloodstream, The Driving Rain taps a stormchaser’s vein for pure adrenaline and dances barefoot through puddles until sunrise. 

Mastering by Count Eldridge (DJ Shadow, Thievery Corporation, Radiohead)

Bronzer / The Driving Rain

Bronzer

The Driving Rain

12th track from our new album "Daily Apparatus", out July 1st 2016.

Daily Apparatus

So Good To Be True

4th track from our new album "Daily Apparatus", out July 1st 2016.

Rift Raft

2nd track from our new album "Daily Apparatus", out July 1st 2016.

I Am Flying

Host Bodies remix of Tycho's "Daydream". This has always been one of our favorite tunes, so we tried to do something unique with it.

*We have written permission from Tycho / Ghostly for this remix.

Tycho - Daydream (Host Bodies Remix)

Host Bodies remix of Youandewan's "Have The Guts".

Youandewan - Have The Guts (Host Bodies Remix)

When a place on the map becomes a place in your heart, you can bring it anywhere. From a seldom-visited beach in northern California to an isolated cabin in the mountains of Colorado, Diamondfruit’s second track “Wildcat Beach” carries with it an essence of the EP’s wilderness origins.

Diamondfruit

Wildcat Beach

Our newest remix of "Your Body Feels" by Four Tet.

Your Body Feels (Host Bodies Remix)

Four Tet - Your Body Feels (Host Bodies Remix)

Recorded at The Treehouse cabin in Winter Park, CO, the track builds on the cozy, uplifting vibes of Diamondfruit and develops into a dance-inspired groove, hinting at a new sound and energy from the San Francisco based electronic duo.

Treehouse

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