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Kito Jempere – Monday

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Producer/DJ Kito Jempere, who recently DJ’ed at Montenegro’s Southern Soul Festival, creates a sharply hypnotic synth-drenched moodscape on his bold and cinematic, oddly-captivating new acid-house techno track “Monday”. Reviewed by Kito Jempere.

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06-29-15

Prof. Delacroix – Cupid

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Get caught up in the vibrant hypnotic rhythm between beat, percussion and synth on cinematic-vibe expansive instrumental melodic-techno track “Cupid” from German label-owner DJ/producer and visual artist Aybee Deepblak who is also known as Prof. Delacroix and better known as his DJ/producer name Deepblak. Aybee (who is veteran artist entrenched in the music scene for about a decade now) fashioned label Deepblak Recordings to “create a home for all things Avant-Garde, Kosmic and Soul”. Aybee has only released one other track “Build Her” under the name Prof. Delacroix (it’s also very good) and few under Deepblak as of late so we feel honored to cross the soulful techno-stunner “Cupid’s” path. Be sure to check out his Deepblack label webpage and Soundcloud for some very well-selected genre-fusion tracks and featured artists as well as Aybee’s own excellent Berlin-techno-bent music. Reviewed by Erin Shay.

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06-25-15

Nami Ramo – Honey (AbJo Flip)

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SoCal-based producer/beatcrafter/DJ and Soulection artist ABJO who we recently covered for his synth-driven atmospheric track “To The Edge” turns in an absolute-scorcher beat-centered R&B-melodic Nami Ramo flip called “Honey”. Reviewed by Erin Shay.

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06-25-15

Fractures – Reactor

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We love the slightly-intense mismatched interludes of beats and guitar as well as the beautifully spun wandering-debate I-am-human emotional lyricism and heart-felt falsetto vocals of Melbourne multi-instrumentalist musician-singer and producer Fractures on his fresh new track “Reactor” which is the first song the solo artist has released since his atmospheric self-titled EP that includes B3 highlighted winner track “Cadence”. We look forward to hearring more tracks off Fractures’ debut early-2016-release full album. Reviewed by Erin Shay.

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06-24-15

Yheti & Esseks – Voices In The Dark

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Lose yourself in the broad depths and atmospheric experimental folds of new track “Voices in the Dark” which was created on a cold NY day by collaborative duo Yheti and Esseks; who go for a brilliant subtly-robust percussion-peppered eccentric-instrumental vibe on the track that contains a beautifully dramatic and spacey escalating synth line. “Voices in the Dark” actually reminds us of the muted and watery deeply-embedded mind-expansive sounds that come out to play on a cold wintery day. We’re into it. Reviewed by Erin Shay

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06-24-15

Antony & Cleopatra – Take Me (Pat Lok’s “Yukon Funk” Mix)

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Vancouver DJ wiz-kid and producer Pat Lok (who excels at remixing new fresh-release tracks from A to B) captures our attention again with his fabulously funky, energetic new “Yukon Funk” dance edit of “Take Me” the tropical-vibe Anthony and Cleopatra new release out on Vitalic Noise. We’re impressed again by Lok’s rising-style producer skills on “Take Me” which Lok cleverly infuses with reverberations of his previous track, the brilliantly topped-out instrumental-heavy ‘Yukon Soul’ edit of Boxed In track “Mystery” that we recently covered here on the B3 blog. Reviewed by Erin Shay.

You will currently find Pat Lok on the last dates of his West Coast tour:

7/2 – Calgary, AB @ Stampede
7/22 – Washington, DC @ U Street Music Hall
7/25 – San Francisco, CA

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06-23-15

Krs – All of U (Feat. Roy Woods)

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B3 just covered Toronto producer and Noir Sound (Film Noir) founder Krs. for his joint-effort acoustic-leaning fix of D.R.A.M track “Cha Cha” (feat. Tierra Wilson) that he created with Texas producer pal Romby. We love the endearing, artfully-inspired minimalist style and long-view creative vision gift of Krs. who is rapidly becoming well-accomplished in making bootleg remixes and introducing the world to some incredibly promising vocal acts. Krs. impresses again on his newest bootleg endeavor “All Of U” which is a slightly more upbeat percussively-textured bass-heavy take on talented 19-year-old Brampton (Toronto suburb) vocalist homeboy Roy Wood$; who’s track “All of You” features his own very attractive, superbly impassioned MJ-reverbing vocal talents that have indeed captivated us. Stay tuned and be sure to check out Roy Wood$’s upcoming project EXIS which is scheduled to drop sometime in 2015 and follow Krs./Film Noir for some lavishly modern minimalist cross-genre R&B/Hip-Hop roots hybrid electro-tinged tracks. Reviewed by Erin Shay.

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06-22-15

Jamie xx – Just Saying (Samuel Proffitt Remix)

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Get into the transitive high-brow otherworldly mesh of nature-infused electronica, newsroom cutting-room-floor-style vocal clips and mystifying seductively-tapered female vocal accents on remix-veteran Samuel Proffitt’s new synth-heavy atmospheric deconstruction fix of “Just Saying” the short and sweetly-spacey British-garage-influenced track by B3 favorite artist Jamie xx who just released his debut solo album, In Colour, on June 2nd via Young Turks. Reviewed by Erin Shay.

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06-18-15

Billie Black – Music Box

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“Music Box” is the fundamentally appealing beat-centered melodic antique-music-box-accented Billie Black track that is based upon a seductive all encompassing R&B vocal hook and rock steady deeply-sultry beat. Miss Black’s vital slightly-cautious vocals are very engrossing on new track “Music Box”; as are most songs led by the promising young West London vocalist extraordinaire who recently released her wonderful debut “Teach Me” EP which includes the seductively stellar late night synthed-out gem “Going Under” that we recently covered here on B3. Simply amazing. We love you Billie Black! Reviewed by Erin Shay.

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06-18-15

Gold Fields – Make Me Feel (Feat. KLP)

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The awesomely timeless Australian-electro act Gold Fields beautifully maintains their spot as one of our favorite groups on the planet with their new entrancing track “Make Me Feel” which has the signature GF blissfully-ethereal deep-house Je ne sais pas quoi that we have come to expect from the muti-talented awe-inspiring five-some. Gold Fields excels again with new original track “Make Me Feel” which explores a graceful combination of GF’s outstanding deep atmospherics and subtle male background vocal harmonies that are softly layered with the delicately-falling vocals of talented Sydney singer-songwriter KLP; who has been on a rising star trajectory of new releases this past year. We’re also into another KLP-featured Gold Fields track “Hold Me” which we were astounded by and discussed here in October 2014 as something between love and beyond amazing. B3 is stoked to see Gold Fields and KLP have hit a new stride in their collaborations with “Make Me Feel”, a track that is currently on repeat. Check out Gold Field’s Australian tour dates below which begin June 19th in Sydney. Reviewed by Erin Shay.

Fri, 19th June
Newtown Social Club, Sydney, NSW

Sat, 20th June
Transit Bar, Canberra, ACT

Fri, 26th June
Jive Bar, Adelaide, SA

Sat, 27th June
Amplifier, Perth, WA

Sun, 28th June
The Newport, Fremantle, WA

Fri, 3rd July
Karova Lounge, Ballarat, VIC

Sat, 4th July
Howler, Melbourne, VIC

Fri, 10th July
Elsewhere Club, Gold Coast, QLD

Sat, 11th July
The Brightside, Brisbane, QLD

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06-18-15

Rihanna – BBHMM (Esta Remix)

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On the heels of his super catchy jazzy-instrumental-infused Masego colaboration “Childish People” (recently covered here on B3) LA producer and Soulection feature-artist esta. puts out rad new track “BBHMM” which is an attention grabbing beat-b-crazy banger twist on the new modern edge trap-infused Rihanna track “Bitch Better Have My Money”. We’re into it. Reviewed by Erin Shay.

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06-18-15

Swim Good & Merival – Since U Asked

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The latest iteration of Ryan Hemsworth’s long running Secret Songs series is a collaboration between Toronto producer Swim Good and vocalist Anna Horvath a/k/a Merival. Set on a looping piano figure and a sweeping cinematic whirl, “Since U Asked” is a neat bit of shimmery electronic chamber pop that deserves your tension.

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06-17-15