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Tycho "Awake" LP on Ghostly International
Release date: MARCH 18, 2014

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For nearly a decade, Tycho has been known as the musical alias of Scott Hansen, but with the release of Awake – his second LP for Ghostly International – the solo project has evolved into a three-piece band. Relating closer to post-rock than ambient soundscapes, the record is situated in the present, sounding more like Hansen than drawing from his influences. “This is, in many ways, the first true Tycho record.”

Following 2011’s Dive LP, the San Francisco-based designer toured extensively, and with a full band on stage, his sound coalesced into a percussive, organic whole. Zac Brown (guitars, bass) rejoined Scott on the road for this tour, but it was the particular addition of Rory O’Connor’s live drumming that ultimately sent Hansen back to the studio with a more precise vision. “After the tour, I decided that I wanted to capture the more energetic, driven sound of the live show on the next album,” Hansen recalls. Bringing musicians into Tycho’s creative process was a step towards expanding his own songwriting and advancing the project beyond its current sound.

In a cabin near Tahoe last winter, Zac and Scott began fleshing out the structure of the new record, but it wasn’t until they set up shop in the hills of Santa Cruz with Rory that it all fell into place. “It crystallized the vision of how the drums would come to the forefront on this record,” says Hansen. The sound was much more stripped-down and concise with more organic instruments in the fold. Songs like “Montana” and “Awake” are a departure from Tycho’s previous material – unique to the group effort poured into the songs on the new record – while “See” and “Dye” echo ideas from previous works, bridging a middle ground between the old and new. Working with Count Eldridge, who also engineered Dive, the team could fixate on the pulses that Tycho might previously layer under synthesizers and exhume them with distinct bass and guitar patterns.

Also known for his design work as ISO50, Hansen’s visual and sonic efforts have dovetailed throughout the course of his career. “This is the first time in my life I've dropped everything to focus on one artistic pursuit,” notes Hansen. Previous Tycho releases came to fruition when an amalgam of songs were nearing completion, but Awake is where music becomes the focus and true expression becomes the result.

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Montana

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Subsonik Instrumentals, Vol. 2

Kiss Of Life (Instrumental Mix)

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Following on from 2008’s critically acclaimed Stop, Space, Return, Crazy P return for their fifth studio album When We On, released September 27th through Smoke N´Mirrors (North America).

Alongside the wealth of brilliant remixes they have served up recently, When We On shows how far Crazy P have come since 2008. Whether it’s the anthemic ‘Beatbox’, with its freeform acapella work, grinding Prince—style guitar and haunting strings, the reflective ‘Eruption’, driven on by a rave piano figure and lead singer Danielle Moore’s plaintive cry of “Let me be the one you run to” or, at the other end of the scale, the Detroit techno-esque ‘Sonar’, with its increasingly frenetic payoff, this is an album packed full of potential singles. They might be crazy, but they sure know where the tunes are located.

“With Stop Space Return we wrote the majority of that as a band,” explains Jim Baron. “For this, we decided to strip it back to me and Toddy (Chris Todd. Guitar/Keys) writing with Danielle. We gave Danielle the Loop Station and she’s really taken to it. You can layer vocals, you can hear harmonies immediately, so she can jam along with us now. It shaped a lot of the vocal sound for the album. There’s a tune called ‘We Can Only Be Who Are’ which has big vocal layering, and there’s a lot of that. It’s probably a bit more… grown-up.” 

Chris expands on the theme: “We had quite a big year last year for lots of different reasons and we had difficulties too and I think a lot of the writing came out of that. It’s a little bit more reflective and thoughtful than previous albums.” 

For Danielle, it’s been a revelation in the way they work. “It was back to basics,” she says. “I’d have a go on the keyboards using two fingers or I’d have a go on the drum machine. It was like being at school or in a huge sandpit where you’ve been given loads of buckets to muck about with. We had a loop station as well which I’ve always been nervous of and this time it was like right let me have a go of this and it allowed me to record my vocals.”

For Danielle, the album narrative is the camaraderie between its protagonists. “Their friendship came through in creating this album. The way we worked created a lot of intimacy between us and a definite warmth to the album.” 

Despite the suggestions of melancholy from the band, and they certainly know how to emote when the moment’s right, they haven’t forgotten how to party. “We’re open for service, we’re open for love,” sings Danielle. Crazy, but true. 

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Leonid. (not to be confused with Leonid, and soon to be known as Leon Revol) absolutely stunned me with some tracks he sent me that will be released soon on my label @monologues Records ('Clear Definition EP', out March 28). The prodigious 22-year-old from Bordeaux has a sensibility with house music and old samples that's beyond his years, and he's put out some beauts on Apersonal Music and Carré Blu Records thus far. This is the glorious title track from his new EP for Italian imprint @Boutade-Musique: a summery slice of Brasiliena slo-mo house that should warm your cockles right up. A serious talent in the making.

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Release Date: Feb 15
Label: Boutade Musique
Cat. No.:  BM 030

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After the succes of “Just To Make Me”, Vhyce is back on Smile.
“Into The Sun” takes this 3-track EP to a whole nother level.
With its slow and extatic build-up, it takes off to an open plain of altered
consciousness in a galaxy far away where the concept of time does not apply.
Those who manage to listen only once will win a free washer-dryer combo.

“Against The Window” heralds the message loud and clear: summer’s here.
It’s sweet honeyglazed soul accompanied by necksnapping percussion
to raise the sunroof. Just like a whipped cream topped chocolate meringue,
it’ll sink straight into all the young womens’ hips.

To top things off nicely, there’s closing track “Lazylight” that cement the divine message and makes smiles appear in agreement: summer is here, and Vhyce is curating it with sounds to suit any and all purposes.

© Smile Recordings 2016

Against The Window EP

Vhyce - Against The Window

I Am a Joker! (Nick Monaco Retouch)

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Up next from from Soul Clap’s self-titled sophomore LP is an uptempo house jam featuring  Phil Celeste of Life On Planets. Originally written as homage to the swing and bass of UK Garage,  ‘Timespent’ is a collaboration between Soul Clap’s beats/melodies and the creative male vocal stylings of Baltimore based Celeste , the singer and guitarist of Life On Planets.

“The chords, bassline, melodies and sound effects for ‘Timespent’ were made almost exclusively with the Yamaha DX100, an FM synth from the 80’s which gives the song a real throwback feel. The drums bring it to the future, swung hard, using Roland TR-8. On top of the track, Phil Celeste brings his distinct jazzy/R&B approach to tell the story of relationships gone wrong and time wasted on love abandoned. The result is one of our favorites from the album, a piece of music clearly influenced by the past, but sounding even m  ore fresh in the present.” -  Soul Clap

Starting out cutting their teeth in the early rave scene in Boston,  Soul Clap soon found fame through a series of pop music edits and became household names through notable releases including a DJ Kicks alongside close allies Wolf + Lamb. In the ir second album, ‘Soul Clap’, we can hear four years of maturing technique since their first album, carefully crafted and supported by a whole community of musical talent. In the words of Charles Levine, one half of the duo, “ it  digs deep into our funky souls and turns our wildest dreams into sound.  If ‘EFUNK’ [their first album] was an attempt to create a blueprint using our past inspirations, then “Soul Clap” is the beautiful skyscraper, standing tall as it looks to the future.”

Soul Clap The Album Tour 2016
Thursday, September 29th - Princes Charles -  Berlin
Friday, September 30th - The Grand Social - Dublin
Saturday, October 1st - Terminal - Birmingham, UK
Sunday, October 2nd - Michelberger Festival - Berlin
Thursday, October 6th - Jaeger - Oslo
Friday, October 7th - Chateau Motel - Copenhagen
Saturday, October 8th - Slakhuset - Stockholm
Sunday, October 9th - Village Underground - London
Friday, October 14th - Nuits Fauves - Paris
Saturday, October 15th - Wall - Milan
Sunday, October 16th - Coropuna - Rome
Thursday, October 20th - Disco Dolly - Amsterdam
Saturday, October 22nd - Wintershuiven - Amsterdam 
Friday, October 28th - Smart Bar - Chicago
Sunday, October 30th - Output - New York
Thursday, November 3rd - Stereo Bar - Montreal
Friday, November 4th - Electric Pickle - Miami
Saturday, November 5th - Flash - Washington DC
Thursday, November 10th - Q Nightclub - Seattle
Friday, November 11th - Los Globos - Los Angeles
Saturday, November 12th - It’ll Do Dallas - Dallas
Thursday, November 17th - Bang Bang - Seattle 
Friday, November 18th - Habitat Living Sound - Calgary 
Saturday, November 19th - Public Works - San Francisco
Wednesday, November 23rd - TV Lounge - Detroit 
Saturday, November 26th - Ascend - Boston
Sunday, November 27th - Output - Brooklyn
December 3rd - Electric Pickle - Miami (Art Basel)
Friday, December 9th - Beam - Bangkok
Saturday, December 10th - Contract - Tokyo
Sunday, January 8th - BPM Festival - Playa del Carmen
January 10th - Holy Ship - Florida
Friday, March 10th - Laruche - Brisbane
Saturday, March 11th - Randwick - Sydney
Sunday, March 12th - Sets on the Beach - Perth
Monday, March 13th - Pitch Festival - Melbourne

Soul Clap

Timespent ft. Phill Celeste

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Weekend Affair - Descends (YUKSEK Tropicinstrumental Edit)

DJ Steef, the mysterious edit maestro is back with an eclectic four-track killer EP: A1 is an epic, cosmic and disco track with a very queer vocals; A2 is based on some obscure french psych jazz song, quite beautiful and in the same vein as Steef’s Black Savate edit; B1 and B2 are two 80’s classics edits: perfect to end your set leaving the audience with a smile on their face!

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Nick Monaco only has one secret — and it's that Nick Monaco is his real name. He's never afraid to be exposed. 

He is a fluid, eclectic spirit, a way of being in the world. He's the guy that you swear that you know from somewhere. But it's not him that you recognize. It's the familiar, essential, pulse of his art and aura.

With his first two albums, Mating Call and Half Naked, Nick Monaco established himself as an irresistibly magnetic, relentlessly creative, and genre-defying artist in dance music. 

Now, with the creation of his new label, UNISEX Records, and his latest works Pop Works and Heroin Disco, he announces himself again as one of the most original and insightful artists working in the genre. 

Always creating music toward the values of inclusivity, radical self-expression, the strange and uncanny, Monaco stands as a powerful and positive force against the homogeneity of mainstream dance music, asking everyone to wave their freak flags high along with him. 

Through his music, enthralling performances, collaborations with artists of all media, impeccable musical curation, and worldwide touring, Nick Monaco has created more than just a holistic sensory experience — he's created a community, a network of lovers.

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