Here’s a nice little piece by a good friend of us, Gabriel Brault Tardif. To see his demo reel, be sure to check out Gab BT’s website and for more videos of his, here’s a link to his vimeo page.
His popularity is increasing at a rate no other EDM producer come close to, his productions are fresh and musically impeccable, Nico Jaar is certainly one of the most in demand artists in the business right now. He’ll be at Fabric on August 7, so just as the Heartthrob track, here is a little giveaway. Grab it.
Nicolas Jaar – John The Revelator (Original Mix)
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[Picture by Mando Alvarez]
One of Minus‘ predominant artist Heartthrob will be playing Fabric on saturday and he offers you this full quality track as an incentive. It seems more expressive than most of his past work. The main line, which is predominant does it for me. It’s real fun to hear grainy aggressive synths and bass lines in minimal, the way Cobblestone Jazz, Extrawelt and Minilogue do it.
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[Amazing drawing by Marissa Textor, more to come]
It’s gotta have something with the fact that I can’t travel to Switzerland this summer, but this house in the Vals got to me in the deepest manner. Built inside a hill and designed by Christian Müller Architects and SeARCH, it really looks like the abode of a whealthy ground hog…
See all the pictures here.
"Alisia In Her Mother's Fur Store", Moscow 2009
Il se tient près du foyer, le noeud papillon noué autour du cou et les cheveux léchés, l’air fier. Elle, tout près, se perd dans des vagues de crinoline, une rivière d’émeraudes et de diamants attachée sur sa nuque. Ils sont des enfants, et déjà, ils sont plus riches que je ne le serai jamais dans ma vie entière. Ils font partie de la nouvelle génération russe, celle des “nouveaux-riches”, qui attend de ses enfants de représenter l’élite future. Leur réalité, la photographe Anna Skladmann a voulu la mettre en images. La série “Little Adults” émeut donc par cette vision d’une enfance qui se passe à agir comme des grands, trop vite, dans un luxe inouï dont ils doivent en payer le prix, au grand sacrifice de plaisirs enfantins refoulés.
Anna Skladmann est représentée par la galerie Volchkova à Paris. Son travail (admirable) peut être apprécié sur Dripbook.
Brandt Brauer Frick is one of the few authentic electronic music bands out there. What they do is different and refreshing. The suited up trio got remixed by Losoul and the result is real nice; an unusual house track with an uncommon but very effective structure. Make sure you get that release and check out the Bop video after the break.
BBF – Paino Shakur (Losoul Remix)
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[Artwork by Damien Rudd again]
UK is a huge box of ideas at the moment and its bass culture is shaking the whole world. Young producers are incessantly putting out original pieces of electronic music that redefine standards. Hackman wasn’t propelled into stardom as quickly as some of his fellow dubstep makers, but with his latest release, he proved to be major league.
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Buy the whole thing here. Make sure you check out Dusk, it’s my pick.
[Artwork by Damien Rudd]
Super hip house producers Soul Clap have just released their latest EP, Action Satisfaction, on Crosstown Rebels. Containing three originals and one remix, the episode is pretty much what you’d expect from the two producers: something very moody, deep and ambient. While the originals are very good and all, my favorite one of the bunch is the remix of Action Satisfaction by Lee Jones, which pushes even further the boundaries of deepness established by the original track. However, I do love the groove and vocals of the original.
Soul Clap – Action Satisfaction (Lee Jones Remix)
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buy the whole record here
[photography by equally-as-hip fashion photographer Till Janz]
To celebrate its five years of existence, Mobilee, one of the best techno label out there, decided to release, a la Dirtybird, three mini-compilations of work, called Hi-Five Mobilee!, made by various techno artists to commemorate the label’s birthday. The first two mini-compilations are out and they include works by big names such as Anja Schneider, Pan-Pot & Exercise One. Cheerfully, the laters might be some of our favorite techno producers of the moment. It seems that everything they touch turns into gold. Attendance, the piece they’ve produced for the occasion is no exception. It might be too big roomy for some of you fellow readers. Well, I like it. Big basslines, high pitched toms, lots of reverb & delay and just a little bit of distortion. Keep it coming Exercise One.
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buy the first two Hi-Five Mobilee! here (part 1) & here (part 2)
Techno mastermind Mark Henning just released his newest EP, Supersonic, under the Clink Music label. Including four pretty similar tracks in their style and in terms of the feeling/emotion/vibe they transmit, the EP is a pretty sure bet. While you won’t find any mindblowing piece on this one, each and every track offers amazing elements. Must it be, the deep, ghostly vocals on Supersonic or the disco-ish bassline and shakers on Sweet Atom, you’ll find numerous interesting bits here and there on the mini-album. Favorite one is Supersonic (obviously, that means you’ll have to buy it). Second best is Sweet Atom and here it is.
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[Double-exposure photography by Rui Bibeiro]
