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bklyn music 'Favourite Things' is the monthly series of selected favourite songs on Soundcloud. It's a cross-genre musical excursion between jazz, hip-hop, electronic music, ambient and soul.

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favourite things | 7.24

September24

Desire Line Mix #01

Newness6

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Smmooooovvvveeeee🎷sssoundzaaaaaaaahhh

The Exciting Sounds of Menahan Street Band

Stepping Through Shadow

Toubouk Ine Chihoussay

Changing Light

The Web

I'll Show You How / Wishing On A Wishing Well

I'll Show You How

Ago - Stop Your Life (DiscoFunk)

It's Cold Out

It's Cold Out (Extended Mix)

Abbreviations

Qwalia - Valeria

The initiatory release on the co:clear label is a stunning debut by Brooklyn-based artist, @edenaurelius. Written between Chicago and New York throughout 2023, 'Plateau' is a lacework of chiller dub-techno and ambient sparkle, crafted via recorded material, astute sampling, and live instrumentation. Rounded off with a stellar remix from your favourite ambient boyband (Purelink), this record is one for the serial unwinders.

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"Plateau is a collision, formed over years of change — an elevated plane where land forms an even surface.

Towering above the ground you see the scale of the earth — terrain merging with sky, enfolding on one another.

Seclusion and observation — a timeless vortex where moments stand still and find place in clarity."

— Eden Aurelius
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credits:

Written & Produced by Eden Aurelius
Remix by Purelink
Mastered by Ike Zwanikken
Lacquer cut by Henry Rudkins
Digital Artwork by Shy
Centre Label Design by Conna Haraway
Distribution by Rubadub

Plateau

Eden Aurelius – Want 2

It’s All a Bit Fuzzy (Remixes) out now:
neilfrances.ffm.to/itsallabitfuzzy_ep

It's All a Bit Fuzzier - World Tour
Grab tix: www.neilfrances.com/tour

Tour Dates:
Jun 11 - Miami, FL - Zey Zey
Jun 13 - Charlotte, NC - The Underground
Jun 15 - Manchester, TN - Bonnaroo Music Festival
Jun 18 - Louisville, KY - Headliners Music Hall
Jun 19 - Columbus, OH - A+R Bar
Jun 20 - Indianapolis, IN - HI-FI
Jun 22 - Rothbury, MI - Electric Forest
Aug 10 - Budapest, Hungary - Sziget Festival
Aug 12 - Prague, Czech Republic - Rock Cafe
Aug 13 - Warsaw, Poland - Niebo
Aug 14 - Berlin, Germany - Lido
Aug 16 - St. Polten, Austria - Frequency Festival
Aug 17 - Zurich, Switzerland - Mascotte
Aug 18 - Charleville-Mezieres, France - Cabaret Vert Festival
Aug 19 - Amsterdam, Netherlands - Melkweg (Oude Zaal)
Aug 21 - London, United Kingdom - Here @ Outernet
Aug 22 - Manchester, United Kingdom - Gorilla
Aug 23 - Lincoln, United Kingdom - Lost Village Festival

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It's All a Bit Fuzzy

Gimme (1 9 0 5 Remix)

Stream / Download

Where Did You Go?

Intro Based On Fire

tonight, lucar joins the hunt

A Data Learn the Language

Tequesta

All I Need

All I Need (feat. Jensine Benitez)

WACK - Cliché

Sam Wilkes, Craig Weinrib, and Dylan Day

How Insensitive

Signs

“Watch out for a great singer from New Zealand called Arjuna Oakes” - Gilles Peterson (BBC Radio 6 Music)

Motel is a song about feeling stuck in life but using that pent up energy to propel yourself into the future. 

"The imagery of being stuck in a shitty motel room just felt like it resonated well. I wanted the groove to feel relentless, and the psychedelic production to hint at the darker themes at play."

The deeply infectious drive of this sleazy and delirious beat, dressed up in the false luxury of fender rhodes and glistening synths is hard to put down - and then comes the twist in the tail. 

"I had recorded a demo years ago and ended up using the vocal take from it because it had a rawness that I loved. We went into the studio to record drums and bass live."

"The second half of the song is my homage to D'Angelo and the Soulquarians who've been a big influence on me. It features some incredible kiwi musicians including Sam Notman on drums, Harrison Scholes on bass, Jo Jenkins on guitar and James Macewan on Trumpet."

Arjuna Oakes is an accomplished singer/songwriter, pianist, composer and producer from New Zealand, currently based in London. Following the release of his debut EP ‘The Watcher’ in 2019, Arjuna has released another six projects all to widespread acclaim. Two EP's ‘First Nights’ and ‘Final Days’ are a collaboration with longtime friend and co-producer Serebii, released by LA-based record label Innovative Leisure (BADBADNOTGOOD, Allah-Las). First Nights debuted at #5 on KCRW's top 30 Albums chart and has had extensive play on BBC6 and BBC1xtra.

Arjuna Oakes' first release on Albert's Favourites is a heady and confident statement that we're sure is going to leave people very excited for what's to come.

Motel

Download

Arjuna Oakes - Motel

Raining On Your Pillow

The Craving

The Craving (single version)

Model

You (Show Me Where My Days Went)

Charm out July 12th

Purchase/Save the album:
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Credits:
Written By: Claire Cottrill, Leon Michels, Homer Steinweiss, 
and Nick Movshon
Produced By: Leon Michels and Claire Cottrill
Claire Cottrill: Vocals, Piano  
Leon Michels: Piano, Mellotron, Flute, Synths, Percussion, Organ
Homer Steinweiss: Drums, Percussion 
Nick Movshon: Bass, Mo Tuck
Paul Castelluzzo: Slide Guitar

Lyrics:

Sexy to someone
Is all I really want
Sometimes sexy to someone
Is all I really want
Nothing more nothing less of thought
Walking through the park

Sexy to someone
I think about it all
Checking out of the hotel
Or moments at a bar
Ask if I’m in a movie
No, I didn’t get the part

Sexy to somebody it would help me out
Oh, I need a reason to get out of the house
And it’s just a little thing I can’t live without

Sexy is something I see in everything
Honey sticking to your hands
Sugar on the rim
Nothing more nothing less of thought
Take it all to heart

I want afterglowing
And when I call a car
Send me eyes with the knowing
That I could pull it off
Ask if I’m doing TV
No, I didn’t get the job

Sexy to somebody it would help me out
Oh, I need a reason to get out of the house
And it’s just a little thing I can’t live without

(I want to be sexy to someone)
Is it too much to ask?
(I want to be sexy to someone)
Then what’s holding you back?
(I want to be sexy to someone)
It’s not too much to ask
(Sexy to someone)

Sexy to somebody it would help me out
Oh, I need a reason to get out of the house
And it’s just a little thing I can’t live without

Sexy to somebody it would help me out
Oh, I need a reason to get out of the house
And it’s just a little thing I can’t live without

Sexy to Someone

LOOM

Nice to Meet You

Check Your Face

Anhedonia II b/w Ecstasy Cowgirl

Ecstasy Cowgirl

bklyn intro 7.24

Jour 1596

Bach in Town

Mariah - 心臓の扉 (Shinzo No Tobira)

Intrigue - Call Of The Heart (Funk 1984)

Da Real World

Crazy Feelings

The Diary Of Alicia Keys

Feeling U, Feeling Me (Interlude)

Paul Hardcastle

Moonhopper

Beware, Discomatin is back. In 2018, the Parisian crew of diggers and DJ’s originally known for their edits goes official with fully licensed and remastered reissues. For this new adventure, they chose an incredible in-demand French boogie EP from Diva, an eighties funk band from Bordeaux.  
Diva only released one EP with La Nuit, a sentimental, almost poetic boogie banger with great synth, guitar and vocal parts. The track could honestly have been a radio hit in the eighties with some real promotion. Today, it’s still time to make it right and it is already an anthem in the French underground disco scene.   
 Originally on the B side of the 1985 original release on Cactus, "La Nuit" is here available with its two different versions (12’’ and 7’’ mix) and comes also with “Prise Au Piège”, a more synth-pop influenced funk track which gave its name to the original release. 
 The band was formed by Gabrielle Andriampanana, Alex Louisor and Olivier Renoir. Before Diva, these last two already played together in the local new-wave band Bolton which was one of the first of the area to use synthetisers. Even if they had a small recognition at the time, the original release stood quite underground. Thanks to Discomatin, it’s now available to the real connoisseurs and still with the fantastic illustrations of French artist Camille de Cussac on the back cover. Preorder here : https://discomatin.bandcamp.com/album/la-nuit

LISTEN ON YOUTUBE

PREMIERE : Diva - La Nuit (Version Longue Spéciale DJ)

Written by Bacharach & David Published by Carlin Music Featuring Jackie Jackson (vocals) First released on Three Stripe Records 1988
Produced by Smith & Mighty at Ashley Rd Studio Bristol

SMITH & MIGHTY - Walk On

THIS IS THE END 

*** Bandcamp Only : https://closedparadise.bandcamp.com/album/this-is-the-end

Old stuff, new stuff, released and unreleased music! 
Full Frequency / Stereo / For Promotionnal Use Only

1. Closed Paradise - Secrets 06:29	
2. Closed Paradise - City Streets 04:01	
3. Closed Paradise - Let's Get On With It (vive le rêve) 06:54	
4. Closed Paradise - Then You Die 06:43	
5. Closed Paradise - Cassette 04:00	
6. Closed Paradise - If You Don't Know 04:22	
7. Closed Paradise - Cindy Goes to a Party 05:42	
8. Closed Paradise - Tchin Tchin 06:20	
9. Journey Reverse & Closed Paradise - French Instruction 05:18

Signs

Ms Ray