New UK band PREP make their B3SCI and online debut with feel good late 70’s/early 80’s R&B-inspired “Cheapest Flight”. The band are comprised of an unusual lineup of a hip hop producer, opera composer, house DJ & singer songwriter which as distilled down in “Cheapest Flight” does make sense as a melange of Steely Dan meets Al Green on a cool boat with a way solid horns section that just loves to “put it down”. Listen.
PREP 
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We like the intense-natured high-brow minimalism, syrupy-shuffled pace and deeply emotive synth-heavy metallic-percussion-centered instrumental dynamic of LA’s genre-defying producer Kastle on his beautifully steely new late-night zone-out dance-floor-creeper remix of Tinashe’s hit Drake cover “Days in the West”. Reviewed by Erin Shay.
Kastle 
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Get captivated by the smooth and melodic muted-veil percussion-heavy lounge-vibe instrumental interludes, dramatic rad-dynamic organ-led elements, and genius-slow pause-heavy stride of Ta-Ku on his newest remix of Gallant’s recent seductively languid r&b gem “Weight In Gold” which we covered here on B3 a month ago. Reviewed by Erin Shay.
Gallant 
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We like Darius-pal collaborator and B3-featured producer FKJ (last discussed here in conjunction with “Ô”) who recently teamed up with r&b vocalist Tom Bailey for a gorgeous-melody-driven tone-centered superb-vocals-led track called “Drops” which we think beyond excels for Tom Bailey’s luminescent deeply-soulful vocals (which go through a beautiful transformation during the song) and FKJ’s incredible brightly-laced instrumental sentiments. Awesome collaboration. Reviewed by Erin Shay.
FKJ 
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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 (Soundcloud)
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.
Zikomo (Facebook) (Soundcloud)
Get enthralled by the soulfully sonorous male-female vocal juxtaposition (including a new interpret of Faker’s classic catchy hook) and a beautiful artistically-laid seamless meld of old and new on Chet Faker’s new golden-vocaled Banks-infused indie-dance reinterpret of “1998”, his poppy r&b banger hit from last year. Faker’s newest interpretation of “1998” recently premiered on Zane Lowe’s Beats 1 and helped to launch his world tour (which kicks off on July 31st). Reviewed by Erin Shay.
7/31: Montreal, Canada @ Osheaga Music & Arts Festival
08/01: Chicago, IL @ Lollapalooza Music & Arts Festival
08/03: Denver, CO @ Gothic Theatre
08/04: Denver, CO @ Gothic Theatre
08/07: San Francisco, CA @ Outside Lands
08/15: Seattle, WA @ 1077 The End Summer Camp 2015
08/16: Portland, OR @ KNRK 94.7 Birthday Concert
08/22: Los Angeles, CA @ FYF Fest
10/30: Melbourne, AUS @ Arts Centre Melbourne, Sidney Myer Music Bowl
10/31: Brisbane, AUS @ Riverstage
11/06: Sydney, AUS @ Sydney Opera House Forecourt
11/07: Sydney, AUS @ Sydney Opera House Forecourt
Chet Faker 
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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)
Discover the immense sonic chemistry and superbly captivating artistic cohesion between B3-featured artist Darius (who brought us the outstanding Wayne Snow featured “Helios”) and fellow French producer FKJ (French Kiwi Juice) on the pair’s new collaboration “Ô” a jazzy bright-tone-drenched guitar-infused French Touch soundscape that features a reverb-heavy array of quieting sounds, atmospheric vibe-y vocals, and a poignantly-subtle relentless barrage of metallic percussion. New one “Ô” is out on Roche Musique’s new WAVE compilation which is set to hit the street in full on August 21st. Reviewed by Erin Shay.
Darius (Soundcloud)
FKJ (Soundcloud)
Tune into the profoundly-adorning r&b songwriting, piano-led melody and quietly-laid sensibly-subtle beats on “Silver Linings” the delicately-voiced ultra-contemporary EP-namesake track from new B3-artist fave London-based organic-beat-maker and singer-songwriter Leo Kalyan. “Silver Linings” is Kalyan’s third track to drop in about a month off his new “Silver Linings” EP (which is out today). Gorgeous song! Reviewed by Erin Shay.
Leo Kalyan (Soundcloud)
