Don’t let the name troll you. Dutch duo The Titts – comprised of RBMA grad Jameszoo and Eindhoven’s Y’skid Beats – deliver a dead serious bootleg version of Danny Brown’s 2011 smoker’s anthem, “Blunt After Blunt.”  A vindictive quality shines through on each of the track’s elements – from the opening wood blocks to the skittering synths, on to the ominous siren break and the hook’s voracious low-end. Summoning maximalist effect through minimalist measures, the two producers conjure up a potent DJ weapon, which has already been endorsed by the likes of Gaslamp Killer, DJ Shadow, Machinedrum and Salva.

Danny Brown - BAB (The Titts Bootleg)

As RBMA grads @mara-tk and Taay Ninh are gearing up for the release of their second full-length as @electricwirehustle (their first in the current tandem constellation), we are happy to present a brand new cut from it.

Clocking in just under 4 minutes, "Look In The Sky" is essentially a two-faced affair. The slow-burning, wail-streaked first part claims "happiness is coming our way," before the song switches to themes of struggle just before the halfway point. Comparisons to Curtis Mayfield and Marvin Gaye are impossible to circumnavigate - a high compliment if there ever was one.

The <i>Love Can Prevail</i> LP is out September 8th on @okayplayer and @somethinksounds.

http://electricwirehustle.com
http://okayplayer.com
http://somethinksounds.com
http://redbullmusicacademy.com

Electric Wire Hustle - Look In The Sky

The creative mind behind both @burakasomsistema and the Enchufada label, @brankoofficial, has been called "the Anthony Bourdain of ghetto dance music". He hand-picks the tastiest ingredients from around the globe and cooks them up for a global audience of dancefloor gourmands. 2015 will see the Red Bull Music Academy alum release his debut solo album, 'Atlas', which he recorded in five different Red Bull Studios around the globe. This shimmery, slow-burning, post-funky monster - recorded at Red Bull Studios Copenhagen with Danish singer Alex Rita of the band @okapii - gives but a glimpse of the genre-bending, guest-heavy madness we can expect.

Stream Branko's latest mix of unreleased tropical bangers below and watch out for the 'Atlas Unfolded' docu series to drop soon.
http://www.rbmaradio.com/shows/branko-hard-ass-sessions-tokyo-edition

The track is 6/20 of the Red Bull 20 Before 15 series - 20 days, 20 exclusive tracks to take you into 2015. For more tracks and free download head to:
http://redbull.com/20before15

Branko - Eventually (feat. Alex Rita & Bison)

Kadhja Bonet, rj & Mark Maxwell - Latenight Munchies

“Ouro Enfim” is an unexpectedly blissful collaboration between Brazilian participant Luisa Puterman and Belgian participant Roman Hiele. On his previous albums and via releases on his Ekster label, Hiele’s productions tend towards alternately fierce and pastoral electronic abstraction, but “Ouro Enfim” reflects his love for bossa nova grooves. His contributions support Puterman’s beautifully understated melodies, which chime easily throughout the sunny arrangement. The result is utterly relaxing and transportive, with luscious Rhodes seeping into corners carved out by a blunt bassline. The lead and background vocals are provided by an unexpected guest: RBMA Paris lecturer and former lead singer of Stereolab, Lætitia Sadier, who turns in a sumptuous performance.

@luise-puterman
@hielehiele
@laetitia-sadier
http://redbullmusicacademy.com

Luisa Puterman & Roman Hiele - Ouro Enfim (with Lætitia Sadier)

On the title track from his upcoming EP, which drops next week via his own True Romance label, German producer Tensnake plays to his strengths, infusing a bouncy house rhythm with a bit of disco glamour. The song debuted on RBMA Radio's First Floor, our weekly look at what's new in electronic music.

@tensnake
rbmaradio.com/shows/first-floor-shawn-reynaldo
http://redbullmusicacademy.com/

Freundchen EP

Tensnake - Freundchen [First Floor Premiere]

"Tempest" is from Alix Perez's Ghosts EP, out September 30 on his 1985 Music label. Premiered by Vivian Host (aka Star Eyes) on her weekly RBMA Radio show The Vortex (Wednesdays, 1P-3P EDT), "Tempest" is a beehive of synthetic activity that breaks into a future bass bomb propelled by off-kilter knocks and killer mentasms.
Buy here: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/ghosts-ep/id1150913300

@alixperez
@1985music1985
www.rbmaradio.com/shows/the-vortex/
redbullmusicacademy.com

GHOSTS E.P (ONEF002)

Alix Perez - Tempest [The Vortex Premiere]

New Zealand’s Myele Manzanza, who took part in the Red Bull Music Academy 2010 in London, first gained recognition as the drummer of the celebrated Electric Wire Hustle outfit. Since leaving the band in 2013, Myele has had some impressive solo work to show on ‘One,’ released via BBE, and collaborated with luminaries such as Theo Parrish, Amp Fiddler, Mark de Clive-Lowe and fellow Academy alumnus and First Word Records label-mate Ross McHenry.

We’re proud to present this exclusive stream of Myele’s excellent new ‘OnePointOne’ album, recorded live at Los Angeles jazz institution Blue Whale. Besides live versions of ‘One’ cuts, the album also features covers of Theo Parrish, Jill Scott and Bobby Hutcherson, and was recorded with Mark de Clive-Lowe, Ben Shepherd, Nia Andrews, Charlie K and the Quartetto Fantastico string quartet under the lead of Miguel Atwood-Ferguson.

Pick up the album via First Word Records on November 11th, 2016 and catch Myele Manzanza and Ross McHenry on their double album release tour through New Zealand later this month:
http://redbullmusicacademy.com/events/myele-manzanza-ross-mchenry-nz

@myele-manzanza
http://myelemanzanza.com
http://firstwordrecords.com
http://redbullmusicacademy.com

Myele Manzanza - Montara

This track is part of Red Bull 20 Before 17, a look back at Red Bull’s year in music through its 20 biggest moments. Check out the remaining exclusive videos, tracks and interactive experiences at http://redbull.com/20before17.

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MISO – Take Me (Red Bull 20 Before 17)

None may be better suited to crafting eulogies than William Basinski. The composer who graced us with the melancholy masterpiece Disintegration Loops now turns his gaze to David Bowie. Today marks the one year anniversary of Bowie's passing and so we humbly premiere Basinski's tribute 'For David Robert Jones.' This hymn for the music hero will be released January 20th on Temporary Residence Ltd. Keep your ears on RBMA Radio because Los Angeles resident Basinski will soon appear as a guest on Frosty's weekly LAndscape program.

@william-basinski
@temporary-residence-ltd-1
rbmaradio.com/shows/landscape
redbullmusicacademy.com

A Shadow In Time 

William Basinski - For David Robert Jones [LAndscape Premiere]

A recent graduate of the Red Bull Music Academy 2016 in Montréal, French producer Malibu has carved out her very own lane in the field of ambient experimentalism. Her emotive, vocal-led soundscapes evoke the aura of ephemera, eroding forms into fluid shapes. On “Being There” Malibu’s processed voice runs like water over subtle, sustained drones and minimalist melodies, blurring the very contours of time itself.

Malibu also passed on this epigraph to go along with the track:

"you will begin to touch heaven (...)
in the moment you touch perfect speed
and that isn’t flying a thousand miles an hour
or a million
or flying at the speed of light.
because any number is a limit
and perfection doesn’t have limits.
perfect speed, (...) 
is being there" - r. bach

@blu174
http://redbullmusicacademy.com

Malibu - Being There

After making a splash last year with their debut EP on Midland's Graded label, Montreal duo Solitary Dancer has now teamed up with San Francisco outpost Dark Entries for their sophomore outing, Dualism, which is set to drop on April 10. In the meantime, the spooky, pop-tinged electro of "Emails 2 Myself" – a collaboration with fellow Montreal talent and RBMA alum Marie Davidson - debuted on Red Bull Radio's First Floor, our weekly look at what's new in electronic music.

@solitary-dancer
@darkentriesrecords
http://redbullradio.com/shows/first-floor-shawn-reynaldo
http://redbullmusicacademy.com

Dualism

Solitary Dancer "Emails 2 Myself (feat. Marie Davidson)" [First Floor Premiere]

Spanish Hivern Discs cohorts Olde Gods – comprised of RBMA alum Guillamino and JMII – are back with a new tape that pays tribute to tapas. To whet your appetite, they’ve served us the edit “El Acid” on a platter to premiere. What sounds at first like a relaxed stroll at the beach soon turns into a comment on air pollution, as the acid reference reveals itself. Keep an eye out for Olde Gods’ “Tapes” release, coming up on April 21, and also check out La Mandanga’s Instagram account, the satirical Barcelona outpost responsible for the sweet illustrations.

Pre-order “Tapes” on Bandcamp: https://oldegods.bandcamp.com/album/tapes

@oldegods
https://instagram.com/oldegods
https://facebook.com/godsolde
https://twitter.com/OldeGods
https://instagram.com/la_mandanga
http://redbullmusicacademy.com

Tapes

Olde Gods - El Acid

Berlin-based techno duo Cassegrain has been making waves since they first appeared in 2010, most recently with the launch of their own label, Arcing Seas. For the young imprint's latest release, they enlisted the likes of Shifted and Peder Mannerfelt for a Cassegrain remix EP, but the biggest score of all was convincing rave and hardcore legend The Mover to come out of his self-imposed exile to rework "Trappist." The EP drops on April 28, but The Mover's brawny remix debuted on Red Bull Radio's First Floor, our weekly look at what's new in electronic music.

@cassegrain
@arcingseas
http://redbullradio.com/shows/first-floor-shawn-reynaldo
http://redbullmusicacademy.com

ARCS-03

Cassegrain "Trappist (The Mover Remix)" [First Floor Premiere]

When it comes to techno resumes, there aren't many artists who can match up with Robert Hood. This Detroit native has been releasing music since the early 90s, yet one could easily argue that he's currently doing some of this best work of his whole career, both with his solo work and the collaborative Floorplan project with his daughter Lyric. On May 22, he'll be releasing the 'Paradygm Shift' album via the Dekmantel label, and we premiered propulsive LP cut "I Am" on Red Bull Radio's First Floor, our weekly look at what's new in electronic music.

@roberthood
@dkmntl
http://redbullradio.com/shows/first-floor-shawn-reynaldo
http://redbullmusicacademy.com

Paradygm Shift (DKMNTL050)

Robert Hood "I Am" [First Floor Premiere]

Longtime Kompakt affiliate and Cologne techno stalwart Michael Mayer makes his outing for the DJ-Kicks series on May 19 with an eclectic mix that includes Throbbing Gristle, Jon Hopkins, CSS and this hypnotic, percussive ambient house cut called "The Horn Conspiracy." We premiered this Michael Mayer original on Red Bull Radio's Peak Time, our daily show covering the best in new music and sonic culture from around the world.
https://soundcloud.com/michael-mayer-kompakt
www.redbullradio.com/shows/peak-time
www.redbullmusicacademy.com

DJ-Kicks: Michael Mayer

Michael Mayer "The Horn Conspiracy" [Peak Time Premiere]

A loose and easy guitar solo launches “Summer Breeze On A Summer Night In Between The Shadows Of Winter,” a “desert rave,” according to Lontalius. He and UhAhUh remember dancing around the studio to this six minute-long Afrobeat-tinged jam, and why not? Funky and expansive – especially when Emma-Jean Thackray’s trumpet solo blurts triumphantly – this is exactly the kind of song you want to wriggle into your ears as you throw back your head and gaze at a starry sky.

Apply now for Red Bull Music Academy Berlin 2018: redbullmusicacademy.com/apply

Various Assets – Not For Sale 2016

UhAhUh, Lontalius, Emma-Jean Thackray - Summer Breeze On A Summer Night In Between The Shadows

‘Descend in Chains’, the new release by Torus, reflects the Dutch RBMA alumni’s “personal fascination for the semantics and semiotics of religion” and its relation to capitalism. The spiritual undertones are apparent on “Earth”, Torus’ collaboration with fellow Academy grad Malibu. A sacral choir greets the listener in the track’s opening seconds, gradually communing with exalted piano chords and Malibu’s own divine incantations.

Torus’ ‘Descend in Chains’ is out as a free release July 17th.

@torvs
@blu174
https://facebook.com/Torvss
http://redbullmusicacademy.com

Descend In Chains

Torus - Earth (feat. Malibu)

After turning heads with 2016's 'January Sun' EP, Russian producer Kedr Livanskiy is set to return to the 2MR label with a full-length album, 'Ariadna.' Slated for release on September 8, the LP finds her conjuring up a new batch of dreamy melodies and pop-leaning dancefloor sounds, including the soaring "Love & Cigarettes." The track debuted on Red Bull Radio's First Floor, our weekly look at what's new in electronic music.

@kedr_livanskiy
@2mrecords
http://redbullradio.com/shows/first-floor-shawn-reynaldo
http://redbullmusicacademy.com

Ariadna

Kedr Livanskiy "Love & Cigarettes" [First Floor Premiere]

Less than a year after his celebrated entry in Dekmantel's 'Selectors' compilation series, Young Marco has returned to the Amsterdam label with "Palace Green Beans." Taken from the sixth volume of Dekmantel's ongoing 10th anniversary EP series – which is set for release on September 25 – the chiming melodies of this relaxed dancefloor cut debuted on Red Bull Radio's First Floor, our weekly look at what's new in electronic music.

@youngmarco
@dkmntl
http://redbullradio.com/shows/first-floor-shawn-reynaldo
http://redbullmusicacademy.com

Dekmantel 10 Years 06 (DKMNTL-10YEARS06)

Young Marco "Palace Green Beans" [First Floor Premiere]

After spending the bulk of his career as a key member of the 50Weapons clan, Welsh techno producer Benjamin Damage has now found a new home on the vaunted R&S label. Although his new 'Montreal' EP won't arrive until October 27, we debuted the record's melodic, rave-ready title track on Red Bull Radio's First Floor, our weekly look at what's new in electronic music.

@benjamindamage
@r-srecords
http://redbullradio.com/shows/first-floor-shawn-reynaldo
http://redbullmusicacademy.com

Montreal EP

Benjamin Damage "Montreal" [First Floor Premiere]

One of Italy’s finest purveyors of jazzy and soulful house beats, Academy alumnus Broke One, returns this February with a new EP. ‘This Thing Called Reality’ collects four tasteful takes on Big Bait Records’ random color series with 555 individually colored records. “Don’t Fight the Feeling,” the second groove on the record’s A-side, is built around Herbie Hancock’s musings on what he learned about mistakes from Miles Davis. The tune itself bears strong traces of a jazz signature and will slide nicely into your crates next to the likes of Max Graef and Theo Parrish.

Broke One’s ‘This Thing Called Reality’ EP is out February 5th via Big Bait Records and can be ordered here: https://brokeone.bandcamp.com/album/this-thing-called-reality

@broke-one
@big-bait-records
http://redbullmusicacademy.com

Broke One - Don't Fight the Feeling

In just two short years, Barcelona vocalist Bad Gyal has risen to prominence in the world of progressive club music thanks to her forward-thinking spin on dancehall and reggaeton, singing in Spanish, Catalan and English. We debuted the final single from her forthcoming mixtape 'Worldwide Angel' on Red Bull Radio's Peak Time, our daily look at the hottest new music, the best artist interviews and breaking news.
http://redbullradio.com/shows/peak-time
http://redbullmusicacademy.com

CANDELA by @badgyalsc prod. @dubbeldutch
Mixed by El Guincho @pablodiazreixa 
Mastered by Vlado Meller
© 2018 Pure Records & @canadaeditorial

Bad Gyal "Candela" Prod. Dubbel Dutch [Peak Time Premiere]

Back in January, UK producer and RBMA alum Throwing Snow announced that he would be dropping a four-part series of dancefloor-oriented releases over the next several months via the Houndstooth label. The cracking rhythms and bleeping synths of "Subtitles" are from the series' second installment (which is dropping soon but hasn't even been announced yet), and the track debuted on Red Bull Radio's First Floor, our weekly look at what's new in electronic music.

@throwingsnow
@houndstoothlbl
http://redbullradio.com/shows/first-floor-shawn-reynaldo
http://redbullmusicacademy.com

Throwing Snow "Subtitles" [First Floor Premiere]

It's been four years since Efdemin last released a full-length, but the Berlin techno mainstay is set to return on April 13 with Naïf, a hybrid album/mix CD. The record features 29 tracks of previously unreleased music from both Efdemin and a bevy of collaborators (e.g. Marco Shuttle, Gunnar Haslam, Steve Bicknell), and ahead of the LP's arrival we debuted the hypnotic melodies of "Love" on Red Bull Radio's First Floor, our weekly look at what's new in electronic music.

@efdemin
@curlerec
http://redbullradio.com/shows/first-floor-shawn-reynaldo
http://redbullmusicacademy.com

Naïf

Efdemin "Love" [First Floor Premiere]

Since his first record dropped in 2010, UK producer Blawan has been gradually rewriting the techno rulebook while making hardware mayhem as one half of Karenn and dropping solo releases on labels like Hessle Audio, Clone, R&S and his own Ternesc imprint. However, despite all that activity, he's somehow never released a full-length album – until now. The highly anticipated 'Wet Will Always Dry' LP is slated to arrive on June 18, but ahead of that we debuted the ominous sounds of "Stell" on First Floor, our weekly look at what's new in electronic music.

@ternesc
http://redbullradio.com/shows/first-floor-shawn-reynaldo
http://redbullmusicacademy.com

Wet Will Always Dry

Blawan "Stell" [First Floor Premiere]

Emanative are a stellar UK ensemble guided by spirited drummer Nick Woodmansey. Their newest album, Earth, radiates out June 22nd on Jazzman Records. Red Bull Radio host Frosty provided an early glimmer by premiering Sandhyavandanam on his Open End radio show. This piece, pulsing with the vibrations of ancient Hindu rituals, is an expression of centered energy that disperses in an infinite glow. Emanative are intent on bringing light to Earth and we can glide along.

@jazzmanrecords
@emanative
@freeform-frosty
http://redbullradio.com/shows/open-end-frosty
http://redbullmusicacademy.com

Earth

Emanative - Sandhyavandanam [Open End Premiere]

Eric Estornel, AKA Maceo Plex, has revived his Mariel Ito alias to release two new EPs - one n R&S and the other on his own Lone Romantic - plus a retrospective LP on R&S. Titled '2000-20005,' the album highlights the Cuban-born producer's trademark driving percussion and hypnotic IDM. 
Today on Peak Time we premiered the remastered cut "Lovely."
www.redbullradio.com/shows/peak-time

@r-srecords
@user-805873663
@maceoplex

2000 - 2005

Mariel Ito "Lovely" [PEAK TIME PREMIERE]

Quinn Oulton, Starchild

Recorded at the 2018 Red Bull Music Academy in Berlin.

Various Assets — Not For Sale: Red Bull Music Academy Berlin 2018

Quinn Oulton, Starchild - QB 2

Mike Banks, Mess_Montage, MORPSIS

Recorded at the 2018 Red Bull Music Academy in Berlin.

Mike Banks, Mess_Montage, MORPSIS - METIER

Composed by Mess_Montage, strings directed by August Rosenbaum

Recorded at the 2018 Red Bull Music Academy in Berlin.

Mess_Montage, August Rosenbaum - Flowers at Home

Kate NV, Ango, Passarani

Recorded at the 2018 Red Bull Music Academy in Berlin.

Kate NV, Ango, Passarani - Be My Valentine

Kate NV, Ango, Passarani, Mike Banks

Recorded at the 2018 Red Bull Music Academy in Berlin.

Kate NV, Ango, Passarani, Mike Banks - Do You Like It When I Dance

Dj Heroin

Recorded at the 2018 Red Bull Music Academy in Berlin.

Dj Heroin - Live Tool !2!

Mess_Montage, Repulsive Woman, Solid Blake, Chawood, EMA, Akkor

Recorded at the 2018 Red Bull Music Academy in Berlin.

Mess_Montage, Repulsive Woman, Solid Blake, Chawood, EMA, Akkor - Politeness

Mira Aasma, Repulsive Woman

Recorded at the 2018 Red Bull Music Academy in Berlin.

Mira Aasma, Repulsive Woman - Common Death

Benjamin Sallum, Mike Banks, Angol Akemi Fujimori, Jeannel, Sichangi (...)

Recorded at the 2018 Red Bull Music Academy in Berlin.

Benjamin Sallum, Mike Banks, Angol Akemi Fujimori, Jeannel, Sichangi (...) - Final Track

Deradoorian, Passarani, Tatsuya Takahashi, Dorian Concept

Recorded at the 2018 Red Bull Music Academy in Berlin.

Deradoorian, Passarani, Tatsuya Takahashi, Dorian Concept - Ambient

Taking on the otherworldly debut single from up-and-coming Sydney duo <a href="http://soundcloud.com/gingerandtheghost">Ginger & The Ghost</a> is Academy grad and hard-working beat maestro <a href="http://soundcloud.com/takugotbeats">Ta-ku</a>. Staying with the half-eerie, half-triumphant air of the original, but adding some serious bite with his signature drum assault, Ta-ku leaves his mark on the ominous cut. Dark, light, the real and the imaginary intertwine as two of Australia's most promising artists collide for this <a href="http://www.redbullmusicacademy.com">RBMA</a> exclusive.

www.redbullmusicacademy.com

<a href="http://www.facebook.com/gingerandtheghost?fref=ts">Ginger & The Ghost</a>

<a href="http://www.facebook.com/takugotbeats?fref=ts">Ta-ku</a>

Ginger & The Ghost - One Type of Dark (Ta-ku Remix)

Touching down in New York for our 15th anniversary, the <a href="http://www.redbullmusicacademy.com/">Red Bull Music Academy</a> is a world-travelling series of music lectures, workshops and events: a platform for those who make a difference in today's musical landscape.

Each year we invite 60 of the most extraordinary music makers from across the globe for a month of workshops, studio and live gig madness, working shoulder to shoulder with some of the most influential figures in contemporary music.

We are proud to count the likes of <a href="https://soundcloud.com/flyinglotus">Flying Lotus</a>, <a href="https://soundcloud.com/hudsonmohawke">Hudson Mohawke</a>, <a href="https://soundcloud.com/jesseboykinsiii">Jesse Boykins III</a>, <a href="http://aloeblacc.com/">Aloe Blacc</a> and <a href="https://soundcloud.com/nina-kraviz">Nina Kraviz</a> among our alumni, and we can't wait to hear what magic comes out of the studio jams from the Class of 2013! For the full rundown on #RBMA and what's going down in #NYC check www.redbullmusicacademy.com

Track recorded at Red Bull Music Academy in Melbourne, 2006.

Flying Lotus feat. Andreya Triana - Tea Leaf Dancers

The Red Bull Music Academy is a world-travelling series of music workshops and festivals: a platform for those who make a difference in today's musical landscape. Here, you'll find exclusive downloads and streams from Academy participants, family, and friends.

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