Swiss artist Delakeyz blends deep house, jazz & a touch of more modern indie beats on “Snapositive”. As a full piece, “Snapositive” succeeds on its wholeness; each counterrhythm, every pulse of kick drum is perfectly timed and skillfully connected into the broader instrumental. “Snapositive” is included on Delakeyz’s new “Organic & Smooth” EP.
Delakeyz 
(Official)
Rating 8.3
Parisian crew ANTHEMS release “Up In Mine”, their debut track for the great French label 25 Years and Running. “Up In Mine”, which is produced by labelmates Champions League, features soothing Balearic influences and textures interweaved w/ a sparkling (& quite melodic) female vocal. Into it.
ANTHEMS 
(Facebook)
Rating 8.2
The ever consistent Knocks deliver a further solid outing w/ new track “Comfortable”. Featuring BK risers X Ambassadors, “Comfortable” strides an accessible line between 80’s pop hedonism and modern indie breaks (your weird creepy uncle that was big in 1985 and girls in Bushwick that weird dresses w/ bird patterns on them now share a new favorite song). The ineffable Neon Gold will be releasing a new Knocks EP on Feb. 18.
The Knocks 
(Facebook)
Rating 8.1
Our Man in New Haven, Yale student/beats-wiz Sunik Kim a/k/a Beat Culture follows up last month’s “Drifter” with the equally excellent ambient pop of “Shibuya”. On the track, washes of swirling synth haze and dynamic bits of noisy electronics provide the axis & center point around which a pulsing kick and vocalist KID A’s percussive melodies whril about. “Shibuya” is paired w/ “Drifter” on a 7″ release on our very own B3SCI Records.
Beat Culture 
(Soundcloud) (Purchase 7-inch)
Rating: 8.3
Two of the hottest producers in the indiesphere, Mad Decent’s Man in Hawaii, Mr. Carmack & Mr. Everytime He Remixes The Bloggers Lose They Minds, Kaytranada link up for a fluid and smooth bit of future quiet storm. Into it.
KAYTRANADA
: (Facebook)
Rating: 8.7
We love MISUN. The D.C.-bred now L.A.-based band’s stylistic breadth (from R&B to surf rock to country-western, there’s seemingly not a genre the 4-piece won’t touch), pop songwriting skill (melodically and lyrically slay your faves w/ every track), and crazily impressive run of singles over the last twelve months (“Hills and Trails”, “Promise Me”, “Darkroom”, etc all knockouts). So clearly, partnering with MISUN to launch their first physical release on B3SCI Records was a 100% no brainer for us. We present the first single from MISUN’s brand new 7″ “Travel With Me”, a track that again finds the band pushing not only the boundaries of their own sound but of the indie 2014 palette as well (there’s tropical refs in there, a little bit of 60’s, Asian melodic structures, etc). “Travel With Me” is out Feb. 18.
Rating 8.4
In his new mix for King Krule, French producer 20syl ingeniously bends R&B and trap to create a truly standout and orginal remix. Blending seemlessly soaring 70’s R&B orchestration & wah pedals w/ crazy cut-up and chops in the rhythm (that coupled with/brilliantly juxtaxposed against King Krule’s modern transatlantic grumbling), to create a resulting product that really quite special (and bangin). 20syl rules!
20syl (Soundcloud)
Rating 8.2
L.A. producer Templeton adds a great early 90’s-styled piano house sound to our buddies Blondfire’s killer in its own right “Walking With Giants”. Turn this one all the way up.
Blondfire 
(Facebook)
Templeton (Soundcloud)
Rating 8.5
