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Seafloor – I Won’t Love You

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Member of the (awesome) Brooklyn soul-synth pop act Body Language, Matthew Young releases a new solo EP “Churn” under the moniker Seafloor. Marrying elements of classic house and jungle to more contemporary trends in indie dance music, “Churn’s” three tracks do an adept job at covering a lengthy C.V. of genres and sounds while maintaining excellent dynamics, cohesion and pacing; all that and the EP is really really good. “I Won’t Love You” is our pick.

Seafloor (Soundcloud)

Rating 8.1

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06-19-13

Glass Animals – Exxus

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The soulful dark pop of Glass Animals continues to fascinate Team B3. New track, “Exxus” (Double-A w/ the also phenomenal “Black Mambo”) is one of the finest executions of the current trend twoard minimalist beat-driven R&B-informed gloom pop we’ve heard. The potential and promise of Glass Animals seems exponential.

Glass Animals (Facebook)

Rating 8.6

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06-19-13

The XX – Together (U&I vs. davidDann Remode)

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L.A.-based producer David Dann captures an excellent bit of mood and after hours club atmosphere with his latest remix for The xx.

David Dann california (Facebook)

Rating 8.3

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06-19-13

Premiere: Night Drive – Drones [Remix EP and Video]

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Texan synthpop crew Night Drive is releasing a new Remix EP for their latest single “Drones”. It’s a safe bet that you’ve already been (or at least should be) non-stop jamming to Bit-Funk’s stellar version of the track for the past week. Here’s your first chance to check out the full collection of dance floor bangers including additional remixes from Glasnost and Crystal Vision.

Also, below we’ve got the premiere for the superbly cut and visually stimulating music video for “Drones”. As the band puts it about their filming experience for the video, “We shot tons of footage over the course of 2 days, and at the end of the last day we were all pretty delirious. Rodney and I were lying down on a green screen and the crew started dropping pieces of paper on our faces. Jim filmed it and we ended up really liking it. Now we have all of this unused footage we plan to turn into a silent detective film.”

Night Drive (Soundcloud)

NIGHT DRIVE – DRONES (Official Music Video) from nightdrivemusic on Vimeo.

Rating 8.3

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06-18-13

John Newman – Love Me Again (Love Thy Brother Remix)

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Love. Love. Love. Brotherly love by way of electronic production duo Love Thy Brother on this new remix of John Newman’s “Love Me Again”. The sample textures and vocal hook arranging make for a welcome sunny reinterpretation of this already stellar track. Lovely, isn’t it?

Love Thy Brother (Soundcloud)

Rating 8.3

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06-17-13

Sango – When I Need You the Most

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We’re pretty big stans for Detroit producer Sango. Here, Sango lets go a soft & subtle bit of (non-cliched) late-night R&B beats that would do sound right at home on the new Drake record.

Sango (Facebook)

Rating 8.3

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06-13-13

95 Royale – Take Me Back (I’ll Do Whatever It Takes)

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The very strong “Take Me Back”, the latest from Brisbane-based artist 95 Royale, is the sort of uptempo feel-good dance track that should do rather nicely on your summer playlist. It’s on ours.

95 Royale – Take Me Back (I’ll Do Whatever It Takes)

95 Royaleaustralia (Soundcloud)

Rating 8.4

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06-11-13

When Saints Go Machine – IODINE (Robin Hannibal Remix)

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Oh yes, we very much like this. Robin Hannibal, whom you may know from his work with Quadron and Rhye, shines up When Saints Go Machine’s “Iodine” REAL SEXY LIKE. WSGM’s Infinity Pool release is in stores now.

Robin Hannibal (Twitter)

Rating 8.4

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06-10-13

GIANT FANG – Aqualung (Unicorn Kid Remix)

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Glasgow’s Giant Fang is releasing “Aqualung” as a single on the 23rd of June and to mark that occasion, he’s let loose this excellent jetset-in-the-tropics easy d&b remix of the track by Unicorn Kid.

Unicon Kid (Facebook)

Rating 8.3

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06-10-13

Py – Polyethers (Jimmy Edgar Remix)

Polyethers (JIMMY EDGAR REMIX)

Warp artist Jimmy Edgar gives Py’s in-b3-rotation “Polyethers” single a big beats makeover; but in a way the maintains the ethereal other-worldly quality of Py’s original track. The contrast makes for an interesting (and worthwhile) listen.

Jimmy Edgar germany (Soundcloud)

Rating 8.45

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06-10-13

Premiere: Johnny Stimson – Human Man (The Golden Pony Remix)

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Johnny Stimson will be releasing his Human Man EP this coming July. And to help celebrate, NYC crew The Golden Pony have remixed “Human Man” into something of an EDM machine. The Pony’s remix is part of a new set of tracks featuring versions of “Human Man” from the likes of Vice, Dirty Tees, and Holborn Circuit. As Johnny himself puts it, “the chorus hits so hard. I adore it. Strange, because I (at one point) asked my manager for an actual pony. Instead he gave me this Golden Pony remix and I’m not even mad. A+++.” There you have it folks, straight from the horses mouth. So don’t sleep on this one, press play below.

Johnny Stimson (Facebook)
The Golden Pony (Soundcloud)

Rating 8.2

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06-10-13