We’ve loved first singles “Seraphim” and “Fourteenth Principles”, now third Unpatterns release “Cerulean” emerges. Accompanied by an awesome Jack Featherstone & Will Samuel directed 80’s video game inspired clip, the hypnotic “Cerulean” sounds like what the soundtrack for games like Pong and Asteroids would’ve sounded like had they come out today. You are getting sleeeeeeepy….. veeeeerrrryyyy sleeeeepppy.
Simian Mobile Disco 
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Rating 8.4
Arthur Beatrice’s “Midland” track is beautiful. Remixing such a gorgeous (simple) track is not necessarily the easiest ask. Toronto producer Nathan Micay a/k/a Bwana is up to that measure and more though on this new official mix for “Midland”. Micay takes on the original’s really stunning vocal sample and chops it up, morphing the vocal into the third, fourth, fifth, etc percussive instruments in the track; creating a chorus of rhythms There are some other great added elements here (especially the interesting counterrhythmic flourishes and additional atmospheres) but the use of voice in the remix is quite the beautiful stroke. Check out one of our favorite remixes of the year thusfar below!
Bwana 
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Rating 8.7
The Streets’ Original Pirate Material was a huge record for all of us at b3sci. I spun the CD (remember that shit?), when I was 18, so many times I broke the thing. Here we are 10 years on (has it really been that long?) and to celebrate that anniversary King Krule a/k/a/ Zoo Kid has put together this sharp new remix of the Pirate Material standout “Weak Become Heroes”. Young King Krule, who was likely still in primary school when this LP was first released (damn, do we feel old), does an A+ job here, not only adding his own verse to the track but also peeling back the instrumental a bit, spacing it out, modernizing it a bit (like we love that funky UK piano shit on the original) but it’s cool to hear the track like this. Don’t miss it. (ABEANO)
King Krule 
(Facebook)
Rating 8.5
OK. So Madonna is our girl and all but what we’ve heard so far out MDNA hasn’t really grabbed us. (Sorry M!). That said, this BRAND NEW mix that Avicii dropped into his ULTRA headlining set last night (which included an appearance from Madge herself) is fire. So where was this sort of sound in the first place? With Madonna, the resources are unlimited. Benassi, Solveig, etc there are some big names on MDNA‘s production roll call but it’s like why not go for more? Madonna’s been able to stay relevant as long as she has by being nimble and by embracing those sounds just underneath the reach of the mainstream and making them mainstream. It’s clear she wanted to make some sort of EDM spectacle with this record. So why pull back? In pop’s current incredibly dance-friendly climate, there’s no real necessity to cull the “club elements” out of a track for the sake of broader palpability. Avicii’s remix is a bit of glimpse at what could’ve been with MDNA. It’s great. Turn it up.
Avicii 
(Facebook)
Rating 8.5
The WMC weekend bombs continue to drop as (although Alesso dropped this new vocal mix for “Years” as part of his Radio 1 Essential Mix the other night), the Slinging Swede did have this brand new mix in his Masquerade Motel set in Miami tonight. Give your boy some ears with this one below.
Alesso (Facebook)
Rating 8.2
It’s that “special time of the year” when the world’s indie EDM glitterati descend on Austin Miami for SXSW the Winter Music Conference. Avicii’s playing the Ultra main stage tomorrow night and he’s got a little (if not the only) something special to drop into his headlining mix, it’s a brand new tune and it’s called “Last Dance”. Get it girl.
Avicii (Facebook)
Rating 8.2
The internets have been buzzing about this Bassnectar/Lupe collab all week. Teasers, previews, blog promos, etc, etc, the promotional build-up has been extensive. So how’s the track stack up? First, it doesn’t sound really at all like anything we thought it would. (which is probably a good thing.) With its HEAVY bass bang, slowed vocal chop ups, and beefily synthed arpeggios, the track’s pedigree is more Dirty South rap than EDM, L.A.S.E.R.S. or whatever else. Swerve to it.
Bassnectar 
(Facebook)
Rating 8.3
Ruh roh. Roc Nation’s new Young Queen, Rita Ora has been fitted with a Drake-written Chase & Status-produced first single in “R.I.P.”. Here, up and coming UK up and comers Delta Heavy sully up that Roc $$$$ shine a bit with his new mix for “R.I.P.” Delta Heavy are producing at a high level and this “R.I.P” mix is a further A+ in the duo’s output.
Delta Heavy (Facebook)
Rating 8.3
And we just found our new favorite band. With the crazy good weather we’ve had on the East Coast this week, the usually reserved for summer 90’s soft R&B bangers (KP & Envyi, Total, Something for the People, etc) have been raining down all over b3sci HQ the last few days. So, Lancaster UK dance duo Bondax (who are definitely painting, at least partially, from that “My Love Is The Shhhhh” palette) are fitting nicely into our current 85 degrees in March quiet storm tip. If you’re not up on these guys yet, do not sleep, Bondax are serious.
Bondax (Facebook)
Rating 8.5
Whomadewho drummer Tomas Barfod has one of his tracks remixed by the spectacularly consistent producer Shlohmo and it’s….(drum roll)……AMAZING. Shlohmo bends the track into an, at first, more ominous place (with slowed vocals and eerie programming), only to open the mix up a bit in the back half (a direction we don’t hear often from Shlohmo), leaving the listener (at least these ones) in a different place than before the song started (the best kind of music).
Shlohmo (Facebook)
Rating 8.5
By Jon Herriot
New track out of Vancouver from a dreampop group called Ferals. Anyone who likes Teen Daze won’t be disappointed. Maddi DeWalt sings on their music, and she has the voice for this genre for sure. The vocals are what separates this from some other chillwave stuff out there. They have a really nice EP on their bandcamp also, make sure to check it out if you dig this.
Ferals (Facebook)
Rating 7.9
LA-based band The New Division remix Keep Shelly in Athens’ “DIY” track from last year. We’re loving the wide open big beat feel TND have selected for on this mix. Listen.
The New Division (Facebook)
Rating 8.2
