Maybe our favorite band period right now, PAPA let loose another winner with the wonderfully soulful call to arms (singer Darren Weiss said of the track, ” [it’s] a call for young people to get away from the b.s”), “If The Moon Rises” from the band’s much anticipated around B3 debut LP Tenderness. Get it while it’s awesome.
PAPA 
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Rating 8.5
We dig the minimalist hip hop-influenced pop of new NYC duo The Grand Affair. The piano/beat-based track “Work Week” is maybe simple in its lack of complication but is special for its melody-works-so-keenly-in-the-beat mechanisms and the spaces where the tune does become more complex ie: those piano scale runs in the verse and those space lazer synth embellishments that help add tension. Sample “Work Week” below.
The Grand Affair 
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Rating 8.3
We are very pleased to present the premiere of the Kyodai remix of “The Grace” by Birmingham UK-based Troumaca. From their upcoming “The Grace” single due November 4th on Gilles Peterson’s Brownswood Recordings. The Berlin-residing brother duo Kyodai outfit “The Grace” with a rumbling march-leaning beat juxtaposed with more relaxed worldly synth and piano atmospheres and adeptly manage the mix’s dynamic tension & ebbs with a cinematically-informed temperament.
Troumaca 
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Rating 8.0
Hot off the remix press, favorite of the site Catching Flies flips “War With Heaven” from Brighton UK artist Louis M^ttrs into a syrupy late night post-garage cooler.
Catching Flies 
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Rating 8.3
The great Soulection releases today Elevated, the debut LP from German-based rising soul bass producer IAMNOBODI. Our pick from the excellent 10 song set is the vibed down, champagne on the twilight terrace sounds of “Heaven’s Gate”. Give IAMNOBODI your ears below.
IAMNOBODI 
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Rating 8.10
