When B3SCI sent over to me this banger from Paris Blohm (formely Parisyte), after one spin, I knew it had to be shared. The LA progressive-house DJ reworked Amba Shepherd’s vocal for “Solider”, and created a brilliant dance floor jam. Right from the start, the beat is hard and the build is intense. Add synths and a balanced mix and the overall product is pretty epic. By Brian Litwin
Amba Shepherd – Soldier (Paris Blohm Remix)Paris Blohm 
(Soundcloud)
Rating 8.0
Josef Salvat’s “This Life” is one of our favorite tracks of 2013 thusfar. Maybe THE FAVORITE. “This Life” is modern pop perfection. Do not miss.
Josef Salvat – This LifeJosef Salvat 
(Facebook)
Rating 8.3
mr. carmack blesses us with a step by step guide on what it is to grind. If we’ve got it straight it would seem shows come before hoes come before lambos.
mr. carmack – Grind (Lex)Mr. Carmack (Facebook)
Rating 8.1987
Gold Fields bring their electro ethos to the Diamond Rings dance party for this new synthy, glammed-up flip on “Runaway Love”. Get familiar below.
Gold Fields 
(Facebook) (Purchase)
Diamond Rings 
(Facebook) (Get Free Dimensional)
Rating 8.3
Straight from the b3 synth pop heatbomb files is Chicago duo Hey Champ’s latest, the house-tinged “Cliche”.
Hey Champ – ClicheHey Champ 
(Facebook)
Rating 8.1
East Londoner Azekel delivers a compelling red wine-flavored 2 AM marriage of T-Rex’s “Bang a Gong” on top an XXYYXX instrumental. We’re just bummed we didn’t think of first. A+
Azekel – Get It On (T-Rex/XXYYXX Cover)Azekel (Soundcloud)
Rating 8.1
Seductively ambient and drenched in legato, “Daybreak” is a highlight from the forthcoming debut LP, I Promise You Always The Sky, by new Luxembourg duo, Love Echo. To date only a select set of lauded tracks have surfaced from the group. On “Daybreak” producer Vic Miranda and vocalist Vicki Glass continue their journey down a road of electro beauty with a warm and unique blend of glo-fi. I Promise You Always The Sky drops January 28th via LebenStrasse Records.
Love Echo 
(Official)
Rating 8.2
It’s about to get freaky! Alizzz’s new mix on Ali Jamieson’s “Four Thirty” is somehow on both the b3 “crunchy” and “lush” levels that it makes us all want to do the praying mantis dance. Bend yr elbows like a praying mantis.
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Ooh, you fancy huh? French squad The Popopopops (yeah I just counted very carefully there too.) give a sparkly Francophonic new finish on the Manceau pop track.
Manceau – Full Time Job (The Popopopops Remix)The Popopopops (Official)
Rating 8.2
DJ/producer Lars Aar dials-in a nocturnal strut on this remix of “Bombs Over Capitals” from AN21 & Max Vangeli. At only 21 years old, the young producer hints at greater things to come with a unique attention to melodic balance and momentum. Cruise it below.
AN21 & Max Vangeli – Bombs Over Capitals (Lars Aar Remix)Lars Aar 
(Soundcloud)
Rating 8.1
Grammy Award winning producer Dawaun Parker has linked up with New England born and LA based artist Phil Beaudreau for the pre-release of several tracks including the infectious “Take It High” and “Spark”. The two linked up while at Berklee College of Music and have since put together a collection of tracks to be released this April on Parker’s own High Renaissance imprint. Get familiar below.
Phil Beaudreau – Take It High Phil Beaudreau – SparkPhil Beaudreau (Soundcloud)
Rating 8.2
Indie dance-rock outfit We Were Lovers recently premiered the video for their new single “Islands”, off their Pyramids LP coming this April. This is their first official music video, but you wouldn’t know it. Playful, sexy, and badass. That is how I would describe this video. Also, the landscape shots are as epic as the vocal and beat that accompany them. We Were Lovers are the duo of Ash Lamothe & Elsa Gebremichael from Saskatoon, Canada. By Jon Herriot
Islands – We Were LoversWe Were Lovers (Facebook)
Rating 8.4
