We’re beyond psyched on the brightly-animated soothing-sensed synthed-out lustrous-toned playful-vibe beats-led eclectic beauty track called “Water” from Milwaukee-based producer and Flamingosis pal-collaborator Ian Ewing off his brief joint creation EP Tons of Friends Vol. 1 which is out via nohlifesyle. Reviewed by Erin Shay.
Ian Ewing (Soundcloud)
Logic’s album, The Incredible True Story, was announced to drop next month following the release of “Young Jesus” featuring Big Lenbo. The second single off the album (excerpted here) “Like Woah” is a 6ix produced track reminiscent of Logic’s hard beginings and lyrically a tribute to his current lifestyle. Reviewed by Jake Goldstein
Logic 
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In June we featured Talented young producer Sydney-based Australian, Basenji, for his outrageously lovely percolating-beats-led stunner track “Petals” which is the first single off his August-released Future Classic-rep’d debut “Trackpad” EP. We also profoundly appreciate the new EP’s classical-instrumentals-brightened closing dazzler “Air” which we think excels (above and beyond) for its deeply-wound intrinsically-melodic glistening-chimed sparky-beat-bombarded heart-stirring-vocals-tinged atmospheric style that has divine-talent Basenji penciled in on our mental list of artists to watch in 2016. We are enthralled by your unique sound Basenji! Reviewed by Erin Shay.
Basenji 
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The dream is real! A Justice League of West Coast underground rap MED, BLU and MADLIB connect on the A+ “Finer Things”. Featuring the ultramelodic vocal stylings of Phonte (the Little Brother/Foreign Exchange rapper to home Drake owes a good chunk of his rap palette), “Finer Things” picks excellently right up in the heyday of this crew of artists. WE NEED MORE. Look for Bad Neighbor on October 30th.
We’re caught up on the robustly-sparkling creatively-possesed temperatures of genre-less house-leaning Melbourne producer Roland Tings who is currently working on his upcoming 2016-release EP that is out via new label Soothsayer. We love his latest synth-illuminated enchanting-atmospheric percussion-tempered dynamic-mood-consumed metallic-percussion-imbued nature-inspired tropical-vibe-y space-disco house-based dance epic called “Headonist”, which at over eight minutes long has a long-lasting slightly-hypnotic beautifully-calmative ecstatic-vibe effect that we totally dig. Reviewed by Erin Shay.
Roland Tings (Soundcloud)
In early August B3 showcased the deeply unique whispery-soulful sense-drenched vocals, stunning quiet-array of relentless beats and beautiful dank-centered under layers of new bass-led CYGN-assisted jam “Arum” from French beatmaker-producer duo Workers. Give a listen to their bass-heavy trap-percussion-bewitched new one “Nowhere in France”, a short and sweet shimmery-synth uplifter which we especially like for its mild-mayhem funked-out background keyboard melody. The brightly-dimensional on-point beats-drenched “Nowhere in France” is the first track off Workers‘ latest two track “Two Jobs” EP. Reviewed by Erin Shay.
Workers 
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Zone out to the beautiful transcendental far-out trance-y-lulling dampened-beat-tempered soft-piano-led melodic-vocaled atmospheres of Brisbane, AU beatmaker-producer Feki on his gorgeous luminously-effervescent new single “Quiet Minds” which features the amazing-promising vocals of a mysterious and talented songstress called Emily. According to Feki the song is inspired by the idea that “silence is beautiful thing, but it is often intentionally blocked from our lives because we choose to avoid reality. Sometimes in order to find the truth, we need not run from the quiet, but rather embrace it”. Despite this advice, the dynamically inspiring, lovely and alluring new gem “Quiet Minds’ is decidedly on repeat. The track is out October 16th via iTunes. Reviewed by Erin Shay.
Feki (Soundcloud)
We last featured the awesome dynamically-textured synth line, on-point deep-bass accents and contrastingly-delicate melodic vocals of Perth-based B3-featured male-female duo GRRL PAL on their mellow-vibe trap-infused jam “Vice” which is the ninth track in the pair’s one-song-a-month-for-a-year series. We’re totally vibing the poppy sentiments of “Suggest” the duo’s synth-fed eleventh series single which excels exponentially for its finely wrought melange of sultry-sensual brightly-muted beat-tempered background-vocals-tinged ambience and exquisitely-feminine celestial-otherworldly catchy-harmonic quiet-vibe vocals. Reviewed by Erin Shay.
GRRL PAL (Soundcloud)
Dutch veteran producer and singer Benny Sings (who had a memorable standout album in 2011 called ART) makes a slick serendipitous comeback after a long absence from the limelight with his new rhythmic-melodic hip-hop-inspired r&b-lustered smash hit single “You and Me” from his upcoming new Step Kids-mixed album called STUDIO that is out on November 27th via German label Jakarta Records and Dox Records in the Netherlands. New track “You and Me” (which we like for its stylish mesh of subtle-sensuous mellow-sublime beats, slick out-of-this-world vocals and cheery-guitar-groove-fed instrumentals) features the versatile vocal style and current-trend-bent flow of Soulection-artist VA-based emcee/vocalist Goldlink (who we recently covered for his Missy-sampling And After That, We Didn’t Talk LP knockout single “Spectrum”). We love the incredibly charming cohesive mesh of vocals on “You and Me” and look forward to hearing the lot of STUDIO which apparently only features one other track with a guest vocalist. We think Benny Sings made a wise choice to include Goldlink! Amazing collaboration. Reviewed by Erin Shay.
GoldLink Tour Dates:
Oct 15 @ Marathon Music Works – Nashville, TN
Oct 17 @ Orpheum Theatre – Madison, WI
Oct 21 @ Egyptian Room at Old National Centre – Indianapolis, IN
Oct 24 @ Mercury Ballroom – Louisville, KY
Oct 26 @ The Lyric Oxford – Oxford, MS
Oct 30 @ TOYOTA PARK – Bridgeview, IL
Oct 31 @ Red Rocks Amphitheatre – Morrison, CO
Oct 31 @ TOYOTA PARK – Bridgeview, IL
Nov 01 @ TOYOTA PARK – Bridgeview, IL
Nov 06 @ McDonald Theatre – Eugene, OR
Nov 07 @ Knitting Factory Concert House – Spokane, WA
Nov 09 @ Showbox Sodo – Seattle, WA
Nov 12 @ Knitting Factory Concert House – Reno, NV
Dec 10 @ Bill Graham Civic Auditorium – San Francisco, CA
Dec 14 @ Shrine Expo Hall – Los Angeles, CA
Benny Sings (Soundcloud)
Brighton-bred Berlin-based male-female duo IYES (Josh Christopher and Melis Soyaslanová) recently resurfaced with their sweetly-emotive effervescent-toned catchy-melodic chorus-laden r&b-inspired synth-pop beauty “Gone” (B3-featured) which is the second single off the pair’s highly anticipated sophomore EP “Part Two” (that released on October 12th via IYES’s own label Love By Mistake). We love the newly released EP’s lyrically-vibrant vocally-exuberant whimsical-synth-tickled sing-along track “Beautiful Mess” for its ear-captivating harmonic vocal sensibilities and wonderfully emotive quintessential-IYES catchy hook. Reviewed by Erin Shay.
IYES 
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French producer Canblaster has a new EP coming out on the 23rd called “Continue ?”. The newest stream from the project is many-textured vibe-y number “Encore DX”, which Canblaster says is component to “a soundtrack to a video game that doesn’t exist yet”. Listen.
Canblaster (Soundcloud)
We last showcased Toronto producer, Noir Sound founder, and talented bootleg-rework style-setter Krs. for his heated and seductive deep-surface tropical-flamboyant shadowy-vibe artfully-beat-driven Demarco-inspired subtle-stinger bootleg, “Gyal Thing”. We are completely smitten with his latest “Ever Blessed” a beat-heavy steamy-sensual dance-grind-driven fun-wonder bootleg of Jamaican dancehall reggae artist Vybz Kartel. Reviewed by Erin Shay.
Krs. 
(Soundcloud)
