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Step Into Opiuo’s Omniverse

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Sky High: Giraffage

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February 7, 2014
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San Francisco beat-master, Charlie Yin AKA Giraffage, has blown up within the past few years- putting out some chilled out electronic tunes with a nostalgic swag, it’s obvious why.

Influenced by beloved UK based Star Slinger, he plays up his mellow beats by sampling 90’s R&B and some indie goodness- messing with various midi controllers and performance pads- catching him live, is a real treat!

If you like Star Slinger, Toro y Moi, Flume & Bondax- we’re pretty sure you’ll get down with Giraffage. Good thing for all of us, he gifts most of his tracks- like this load of 9 remixes he posted yesterday.

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#giraffage #freemusic #chill #dream #nostalgic #indie #r&b #sanfrancisco

 

 

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A Ginuwine #tbt

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January 31, 2014
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#TBT comes with a side of Ginuwine this Thursday featuring a sexy slowed down version of “Pony”remixed by Aussie aywy (Abstract Youth) & Florida native, xxyyxx.

Chopped and screwed with some serious bass- jump on it.

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#aywy #abstractyouth #xxyyxx #ginuwine#pony #choppedandscrewed #slow #bass

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Music is Love – Podcast E006 – feat. Jason Burns

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January 28, 2014
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Somewhat solely a house head, Fall 2012 I started delving into the likes of what is now coined “future” bass. Coming up on Jason through my newest obsession, Druid Cloak, as he wonderfully remixed “Somebody” originally by Jason Burns & Symbols owner/producer, Kastle.

 A first listen for Burns, I went one deeper and loved what I heard from him individually. Darker and sexier than the future pop sounds of beloved UK babes Disclosure & Bondax… even L.A based Kastle. Burns gives us a technical bassy house vibe that we can only call, “future” whatever. Lucky for us, Portland’s own, Jason gives out most of his tracks for free.

 His rather eclectic style is seamlessly executed in an hour and a half mix. Jason comfortably swings between bass and house- some killer new tracks, originals and just plain goodies.

Always curious to hear fresh transitions of last year’s hit “Let’s Get Hot” by Breach & NEVER complaining about a French Fries “Yo Vogue” throw in- you will play this one out.

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#bass #house #westcoast #deep #uk #garage #nudisco #chilltrap

Maya Jane Coles – Burning Bright ft. Kim Ann Foxman (Joyce Muniz Remix)

Dusky – Careless

George Fitzgerald – Child (NY Stomp Remix)

Clientele – Love Games

Jason Burns – Hold On

Drake – Too Much ft. Sampha (Jessie Andrews & Jason Burns Remix)

Squarehead – Bats (Francois Le Roy & Nanni Remix)

Woz – Feel

Aaliyah Feat. Drake – Enough Said (Shlohmo Remix)

Dark Sky – Be Myself

Ciara – Body Party (Jacques Greene Remix)

Tony Quattro – Doubt

Breach – Let’s Get Hot

Rude Boy – Hannah Wants & Chris Lorenzo

Squarehead – Fell For It

Kixnare – Gucci Dough

Hannah Wants & Chris Lorenzo – You Love Me

Squarehead – WRK

French Fries – Yo Vogue VIP

George Fitzgerald – Needs You

Jason Burns – Back 2 you (remix)

Natasha Kmeto – Pleasure Delay (Jason Burns Remix)

Jonas Rathsman – Bringing You Down  

Klaue & Tatze – Bringing It

 

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Velvet: so hot right now

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January 22, 2014
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Exposed to producing at the sweet young age of 13, UK’s Ryan Redican began as a dubstep and garage producer. By the age of 16, the self-taught teen had established a residency with Rough Hill events around London.

Expanding his knowledge of music production and mixing, Ryan attended courses to focus on production and sound engineering.

Now, living in Brighton, performing under the name Purple Velvet Curtains with a show on Nasty.FM- it all looks promising for P.V.C. in 2014.

UK grime with a little bit of hip-hop & soulful house comprise P.V.C.’s tune “Our Reason” brought to you via XLR8R.

Like P.V.C. on SoundCloud

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#pvc #purplevelvetcurtains #postdubstep #uk #grime #house #soul #garage

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Music is Love – Interview 001 – feat. Dirtwire

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January 16, 2014
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Comprising that inner groove to release the ecstatic flow that lay dormant in that magnificent body of yours- Dirtwire is the collaboration of David Satori (Beats Antique) and Evan Fraser (Hamsa Lila, Stallamara).

Each with their other creative projects, they have gained worldwide recognition for the stellar musicianship that they reverberate. Impeccably incorporating the all-encompassing sounds of the world into their own  unique palette of textural frequencies; the duo meshes raw instruments with electronic deliciousness to conceive a style that is all-in-all, Dirtwire.

We were fortunate enough to get a few words with them amidst their hectic West Coast tour.

To all of you beautiful Santa Barbarians: bring your booties out to the Lucidity Festival Pre-Party at SOHo this Saturday.

You can still get pre-sale tickets here.

 

When Dirtwire first formed what was the initial vision for this collaboration?
Dirtwire formed around the same time as Beats Antique – David and I met at CalArts and had been playing together already in a couple different funk bands.  As those bands faded, we wanted to continue making music together utilizing all the new digital production tools that were showing up on the scene and the instruments we were getting into. Our vision was mostly just in making the music, being able to fuse all our skills and crazy instruments and creative juice into something unique, and to carry the traditional instruments we both love into the new millennium. It’s great. It feels like we’re doing all of that with Dirtwire.
How has Dirtwire allowed for a different form of creative space to unfold that differs from your other bands?
Being a duo is more flexible in every way – the way we work, the music is free to become whatever it wants to be. Because we’re still a fresh sound to the world, when we get together we’re able to go with whatever we’re into at the time. We can explore trans-global sounds and bring them back to our American roots and then flip over to a completely different creative flow.
It’s obvious the huge influence of stringed organic instruments drive your overall characteristic, in your perspective how do these wide range of unconventional instruments induce the listener unto a unique plane of sound?
Great question! We’ve gravitated towards these unique instruments because we love how they sound. In an age of polish and advanced technology, these organic raw instruments really appeal to us. Their simplicity, the materials they’re made of, and their ancient beauty tap us into the vibe of the tradition of music as a way of coming together and sharing our authenticity with each other.
If Dirtwire could collaborate with any musician in history, who would it be? Why?
That is a dangerous question. Amazingly enough, we’ve gotten to collaborate with the late legendary Tuvan throat singer Kongar-ol Ondar. An EP with those collaborations is happening soon… That said, there are so many amazing music-makers out there, we could create an infinite list – everything from Taj Mahal to the first human to make a drum!
What’s the technical make-up that goes into a Dirtwire live show?
Our mics and effected instruments go to the computer that goes to DIs that go to the mains.  We run our own monitors in our earbuds.  Lots of cords, cables, controllers, and instruments to juggle- that said, our setup is always evolving.  We’re experimenting more with live looping… come see a show again next month, we promise something will have changed!
You currently have a new EP in the works, what can we expect as far as the theme, story, or emotion that you are trying to convey through it?
Our new EP features Kongar-ol Ondar from Tuva, who passed last year. In his singing you can imagine the steppes that inspired “Taiga”, one of the songs on the release, and contemplate the vast forests of the world, the Aurora Borealis, and the love of all of it that was in his heart. He was an amazing man very much connected to nature.
We have blended his multi octave overtone throat singing with our electro-organic instrumentation and digital production… It’s almost done and its sounding like something really special.
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Bay

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January 13, 2014
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An-Ten-Nae, Laura Low and Lemurr of LowRIDERz released a sexy little trap remix featuring Ava Raiin’s take on Bay Area’s Luniz “I Got 5 On It”

The original hip-hop track features the undeniably cool vocals of Michael Marshall a.k.a “Mike Meezy”, but Ava’s cover paired with the production skills of LowRIDERz pose for a grown-up, sultry 808 version of the track that high school kids were religiously singing before and after class up and down the West Coast.

Almost 20 years since the original’s release- we are all about the revival of this classic.

Unfortunately, it’s no longer just 5.

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#lowriderz #antennae #lauralow #lemurr #avaraiin #bass #808 #trap #sexy #cover #remix #bayarea #westcoast

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Travel Into The New Year

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January 9, 2014
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Production duo, Traveler released a soulful electronic groove last night, reminding us that although it doesn’t feel like winter on the West Coast, it always stays chill as funk.

Within the past couple years, Traveler boys, Blair and Zander, have quickly made a name for themselves up, down and across the West Coast.

Live instruments paired with electronic techniques and technology come together to create a fresh, yet classic sound.

This one is deep, but remains uplifting. Soulful vocals and a deep bass line are juxtaposed by lively electronic pops of production.

 

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#traveler #808 #funk #disco #futuresoul #electronic #westcoast

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Dimonds Are Everyone's Best Friend

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December 26, 2013
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Oakland beat master Releece teams up with established favorite, An-ten-nae, creating a rather elusive group- Dimond Saints.

Alerting their fans to watch out for the signs since early December, they releeced their first full length track last weekend.A tantalizingly sexy remix of Florence & the Machine’s cover of Robert Palmer’s Addicted to Love.

The two put out a trailer for an original track, “Do It Right”- a sexy West Coast post-dub electronic track out December 11th featuring an original video by artist Tomasz Baginski.

We can’t wait to see what the boys bring us into the new year!

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#deep # sexy #space #bass #trap #dimondsaints #remix #florenceandthemachine #addictedtolove #cover #antennae #reelece