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I spok to you some months ago of Kuduro, about this tribal electronic music coming from Angola, former Portuguese colony. It is exactly in Portugal where Kuduro found its leader with the band Buraka Som Sistema. Beats which put you in trance, this black side tainted of a violence make all the strength of this new kind of night parties. On "Aqui Para Voces", you will discover an incredible MC, Deize Tigrona. Be careful, the sky is going to fall on our head.
For all fans of missing Digitalism, Let me present a German producer, Cajuan, who seems to be a friend Ă the duet from Hambourg. It appears almost an evidence when you listen to the song "Raven". This track is a must-have with these beat and beeps typically Digitalism, a high-powered bassline and this gorgeous organ melody which breaks the tempo to boost it just after. Rewind!
I am one of those who in 1996 felt in love with the album "Londinium" of the English band, Archive. Around Darius Keeler and Danny Griffiths, the band evolved a lot (some leaving others coming) as well as in the styles crossing of the trip-hop to rock and even electro music. They come back soon with a new album "Controlling Crowd" which is still to discover but with this music video for the first single "Bullet", there are some reasons to be impatient. I let you discover.
It is decided, it will be the song of spring season which gonna start. The new yorker Denvil whom I did not know previously, enchanted me from the first listening of "Let Go". His quite gently singing style reminds me to Ben Westbeech, the half-house, half-nu-jazz production gets closer to the Kerry Chandler's best tunes. It is definitively my nowadays favorite song.
And one more. A new track of the two accomplices, Simian Mobile Disco. This time an instrumental electro track really really hypnotic. Associated with a great music video, it sets in guts. Can't wait anymore for the album!
I found few weeks ago a hip-hop band from Chicago, Hollywood Hold, but did not find it so good even if the electronic touch in the productions were interesting. Finally I change my point of view thanks to a remix of Fanstatadon, breakbeat house producers from Boston. The track "Hollywod" gets an electronic groove and slappy basslines which remind the remixes of English regretted Phones (Listen to my old mixes "French Accent" in the same vein).
Small bend by techno music with one very very good EP edited by the label Bondage Music (what a name!). The band, Transistor, has been producing for 5 years a minimal funky techno which works perfectly on the dancefloor. And this new opus makes the tradition continue with in particular "Zonderstaff", a uprising and hypnotising track.
In spite of some interesting releases but nothing exceptionnal, I find it was a long time to get a great hip-hop album. I needed to discover the third album, "Never Better", of American P.O.S whom I never knew not. A pure hip-hop throughout this LP with accents of Madvillain and a zest of Anticon. The track "Savion Glover" is of a classic construction: a pure breaks sample, some scratchs and it's done!
It's a big come-back of Depeche Mode. At the opposite of U2, the band succeeds in staying at the top. The talent to create great melodies, the dark production and the Dave Gahan' magic voice are still present on their next album out from which comes the first single "Wrong". A totally representative tune of Martin Gore and his two accomplices leaned in an exceptional clip. The idea of a rewinding punctuated with many subtle details, a fascinating realization glorify the song.
The guy I discovered as the producer of Le Klub des Loosers (French Hip-Hop MC), namely Orgasmic, evolved in an impressive speed. Coming from a dark hip-hop, he now produces booty electro, what an evolution. It is necessary to precise he is one of the producers of French hip-hop electro band, TTC, and it is with the potbellied Tekilatex (Tekitek, this time) that he's releasing "The Sixpack Anthem", a track which will delight the fans of Baltimore sounds, Spank Rock, etc. His own remix with a featuring of MC E Mackey, is terribly effective.
If Michael Jackson had not made clear his brain as his skin, he would have enough neurones to decide to work with good producers because when we discover that T&T, Tim and Tim (Goldsworthy of DFA Records and Sweeney of Beats In Space), make an incredible acid-disco edit of "Don't Stop", we can have regrets. Let's bring our handkerchiefs, King of Pop is not really dead, he is only a zombie!
The sun is back on Paris and a sudden desire of house music appeared to me (don't ask why!!!). Theoccasion to speak to you about English producers, Kings Of Swing, who perpetuate the fundamental of house music : a groovy melody of piano, an afro-beat and an excellent black singer. The fans of Davina and her mythical "Don't You Love Me" will be delighted to discover " Music Keep's Me Dancin' ".
An English MC who becomes electro-house producer, it is not common and nevertheless Roska coming from the UK garage scene did it. And it works well for him. His last track "In Your Handbag" on which he puts his voice (not need of featuring with him!), is intoxicating, entailing. A tune to play at night party and the atmosphere will rise up.
The winter doesn't stop being rough but it's not a reason to get sad. A mix for evenings at the corner of fire, to go to work, for the hard wake-up, to face the greyness days. Musically Yours.
Through the remix of Italians Crookers, Kid Cudi had last year a big buzz for his track "Day 'N' Nite". An hybrid hip-hop mixing electro and soul which is at the top today because of a new music video performed by So Me, graphist of Ed Banger crew. I am a fan of his univers with his cartoon touch. Lightful, happy but not simpleton!
I did not know until now Dr Kucho, a Spanish house music producer, while he started in 1993. To discover his works, we cannot dream better than this "Groover's Delight", the perfect union enters this funky hip-hop anthem and the nowadays clubbing music. Really effective.
I have already written about the American label Italians Do It Better I like so much with all its releases of nu and cosmic disco, electro-pop and neo-wave. But I cannot refrain from continuing with its new signature, Bottin, an Italian producer and sound engineer who fooled me with his track "No Static", delicate and graceful mixture between Prince, Giorgio Moroder and Daft Punk (period "Discovery"). A must have !
Let's go to London to present you Keep Up! a label, an party promoter of hip-hop, funk, soul, disco, reggae, boogie partie and especially a collective of excellent and multi-ethnic DJs. Coldcut, Dangermouse, Edan, Bonobo, DJ Vadim and Prince Paul have already appealed to them. 2009 starts for Keep Up! with its new 3rd release where from arises the hip-hop and soul track flirting towards trip-hop (it reminds me the Kid Loco at his debuts), "Change The Channel" of paraguayan Cosmo Lopez and French Ave Blaste. Really really awesome...
It's the day of all hearts which fills with love for their soul mate, an occasion to rerelease this good song of Alan Braxe and Fred Falke, a romantic electronic track. As love, we do not grow tired of it.