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Pools – Summer Sunday

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We completely recommend (and adore) the cheery vocals-led natural-vibe beats-based atmospheric gem “Summer Sunday” from mysterious new (2015-origin Soundcloud) artist called Pools. Beautiful. On repeat. Reviewed by Erin Shay.

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Fwdslxsh – Do We

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Get into “Do We” the deeply immersing, slow burning, synth drenched, sexy ambient vocals-led beat track from B3-recent feature, London-based artist fwdslxsh. Great vibes. Reviewed by Erin Shay.

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Emma Louise – Underflow (Little Dragon Remix)

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Tune into the austere array of finely-laced percussion and cosmic reverb-y synth accents of B3-fave group Little Dragon on their radient new spin on “Underflow” the tremendously emotive plaintive-poetic vocals-led recent track from talented Aussie songstress Emma Louise. Reviewed by Erin Shay

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Joy Crookes – New Manhattan

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17 year old Joy Crookes makes a very strong debut on the subtly sublime “New Manhattan”. Based around whirling cinematic strings and a cool twisty melody “New Manhattan” not only feels powerful (by virtue of its engaging production) but melodically and lyrically is magnetic; the narrative of isolation, smallness, world spinning round being very well fit to the track. A must listen.

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02-05-16

MUN & SOL – Lavender & Dandelion

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Whoa. “Lavender & Dandelion”, the debut track online from bi-coastal tandem MUN & SOL, is stunning (yes, stunning is a word that’s gets thrown around blogs a lot but “Lavender & Dandelion” is really stunning. Warm rhodes, low-touch beats and a soul-stirring tenor vocal set a perfect piece of R&B-influenced indie pop. Take a listen.

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SONDAR – Singlewave

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Welcome SONDAR to B3SCI. The Nashville (ostensibly) girl-girl duo tap into a very strong bit of melodic writing (that “if it’s OK with you darling, if this doesn’t sound alarming” bit is particularly memorable) on debut track “Singlewave”. SONDAR, we are listening.

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Trapo – Bad Gal (Prod. Derrick Thomas)

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The talented Trapo previews first track from upcoming “SHE” EP. “Bad Gal” hits a jazzy polyrhythm-driven (bongos!) groove tipped up with piano accents and Trapo’s smooth effervescent and melodic flow. We love.

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Astronomyy – Something About U (Artlife Remix)

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New-to-B3 artist Artlife are the electronic duo of Casper Jansen & Benjamin Brommer (two close friends who currently live in Amsterdam, Netherlands). We’re jamming out to the duo’s new highly recommendable up-tempo piano-melody-infused remix of Astronomy tune “Something About You” (and totally loving it). According to the Artlife Soundcloud page, after being asked to remix the song by Astronomyy himself the pair set out to create a mix that “keep[s] the deep chords and cool vocal lines while making it more up-tempo and energetic”. Artlife does a beautiful job at highlighting the melody and texturing the remix with their signature multi-dimensional piano-led instrumental touches and phenomenally enhancing guided guitar riff. Our very favorite part of the remix is the euphoric dramatic pause-y portion around 1:25 where there is a perfectly enchanting cohesion of instrumental elements. This is a fantastic remix, we actually like it better than the original. Reviewed by Erin Shay.

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Rare Cuts – Concrete Jungle

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Get acquainted with Moscow-based groove-maker artist Rare Cuts, who recently released this superb edit of “Concrete Jungle” the funk-centric Little Beaver track off their 1976 album When Was The Last Time. Reviewed by Erin Shay.

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The Crusaders – Street Life (MANSTA & Benet Edit)

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Greek producers (and friends) MANSTA (Manolis Stavroulakis) and Benet (covered here) team up for a comprehensively brilliant disco-detailed take on saxy chart-topping vocals-led Crusaders gem “Street Life” (which apparently was part of the Crusaders 1979 hit studio album of the same name). Amazing. Reviewed by Erin Shay.

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Seb Wildblood & James Booth – Lifestyle

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We’re listening to the deep-steady subterranean tropical rhythms, honeyed vocals, and sublime chirpy dance-y tropical rain-forest ambience of “Lifestyle” from new-to-B3 artists London-based producer Seb Wildblood (owns London label Church) and Berlin producer James Booth. If you enjoy the song as much as we do, be sure to check out “Lifestyle” as a part of Wildblood’s forthcoming six-track cassette series. Keep your ears peeled, you can expect the sixth track to hit soon. Reviewed by Erin Shay.

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02-04-16

Kickflip Mike – Vanilla Seibt

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World renowned London Underground music show The Boiler Room debuts new track “Vanilla Selbt”, a uniquely spun instrumental deep house beauty from European producer Kickflip Mike, a.k.a. Joschka Seibt, who (according to TBR) is best known for being at the right-hand of vet Euro producer/musician Max Graef. “Vanilla Selbt”, the fifth original track to release off Money $ex Records “005” EP, is The Boiler Room’s top choice out of the five tracks (we agree). We’re totally compelled by Kickflip Mike’s outstanding chime-y effulgence on the track and also love how he masterfully weaves an inventive mix of beautifully garish distorted drum sonics into the track to act as a kind of stormy-side grounding balance to the chipper melodic scales. Awesome tune. Reviewed by Erin Shay.

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