Portland duo Pure Bathing Culture preview what is to come from their second album, Pray For Rain, with the recently released eponymous single. Layers of lush guitar and synth on “Pray For Rain” showcase how the group has really refined their sound, potenially paving the way for a breakout album. Listen to the song below and see them live starting in August. Reviewed by Tony Perkis.
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A B3 favorite, London multi-instrumentalist producer/vocalist Tom Misch, turns in a stunner Sam Wills-vocaled original track “In The Midst Of It All” which playfully traverses a quietly-subtle melody and folky-guitar-infused overt simplicity that pleases our ears and brings out the bright side in our day. Good news for fans of Tom Misch, he plans to release a new track every Thursday in August until his upcoming Beat Tape 2 drops on August 28th; “In The Midst Of It All” is his first single to release from the compilation. We really dig the song’s vibrantly calming instrumentals, amazing soft-sultry hum-along vocals, and warm-cheerful bell-tone-saturated atmospheric vibe. Awesome song. Reviewed by Erin Shay.
Tom Misch 
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Imagine the pleasant surprise we encountered in finding a remix from new fave, Darius after just showcasing his recent superbly-captivating soundscape “Ô” created with fellow French producer and collaborator pal FKJ (French Kiwi Juice). We’re totally into Darius’ newest track, a brightly-playful soul-tinged upscale-cosmo-vibed remix of former B3SCI Records rep’ed-artist Jungle; which is a suitably smooth sentimental ride on something fantastic with its delicate (yet dramatic) piano tones, atmospheric French Touch (nu-disco) accents and sweet-natured dance floor feels. Really good stuff! Reviewed by Erin Shay.
Darius 
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Spend a little time with the 4:20 minute dream-scape known as Part 1 from squad wave producer Paisley who floors us with an instrumentally-lustrous jazz-inspired keyboard-tone-touched beat-led sampler (tracks 1-3) from their “Hanama” EP, out now via Blvnt Records. Reviewed by Erin Shay.
Paisley (Soundcloud)
We can’t get our ears off of new track “Eclipse” the melodic and sunny natural-bent buoyantly-percussive multi-layered neo-soul jam from Zikomo, who we last covered on B3 for his sensational disco-leaning electro-funk dance flip of J Dilla’s whimsical, pure velvet track “Purple”. Reviewed by Erin Shay.
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Get into the deeply seductive lightly-simmering beats, shimmery-toned interludes and uplifting moody sentiment of ‘When I Run Don’t Chase Me” an excellent new jazz-tinged electro-instrumental track from LA-based producer J. Roosevelt. Reviewed by Erin Shay.
J. Roosevelt (Soundcloud)
Go deep-surface with the upbeat indie-dance reveries of London-based Abkhazian DJ/producer Siné Buyuka, also known as Villette, on her spaced-out new atmospherics-enhanced remix of B3-featured C. Duncan-vocaled Ambassadeurs track “Looking At You”; which also recently saw a dance-centric boogie-funk-swaggered makeover from veteran beat-maker/producer Moods (also covered by B3). If you are into Villette’s low-key brightly-focused fix of “Looking At You” (like we are) stay tuned for more tracks from her upcoming debut EP out via Injazero Records this October. Reviewed by Erin Shay.
Ambassadeurs (Soundcloud)
Jess Glynne, the London-based voice on Clean Bandit’s international hit “Rather Be”, is prepping the release of her debut LP I Cry When I Laugh for Atlantic UK. Here, Glynne gets a remix helping hand from soulful UK bass fave Wookie on a warm and kinetic new remix of the single that we’re rather into. Spin it below and look for I Cry When I Laugh August 21 in the UK and November 11 in the US.
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Lose yourself in the light and breezy synth-led subtlety, soulful beat-driven essence and pleasant natural-vibe percussive melange of “Cruise” the original beat-driven instrumental
career-debut-gem from rhythm-atmospheric electro producer NNECTARS, a new artist who is currently working on more chillout tunes to accompany you on that sublimely-grounding back-to-basics walk-in-the-woods. We dig it. Reviewed by Erin Shay.
NNECTARS (Soundcloud)
We’re into the unique sassy-awesomeness of “Yams”, a new one from Cali producer Mad Bliss who excels on the track for creating an ultra smooth blend of jazzy beat-backed instrumentals, cleverly chopped hip-hop vocals and an amazing fully-loaded technicolor synth-line. Reviewed by Erin Shay.
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