Claude VonStroke & Jaw - Le Fantôme, image: slothboogie.com

‘Claude VonStroke teams up with Jaw, lead singer of the notorious dOP crew, for a trippy slab of modern funk. This marks the very first time VonStroke has worked with a singer and we think the results are superb. Jaw’s smooth falsetto harks back to singers such as Curtis Mayfield and the backing track is filled with trademark dirtybird flavor. The record is a slow building jam that grows into an almost church-like resolution, filled with spiraling space echoes and organs that are sure to set off all the right rooms.’ (SoundCloud)
 
 
 
 

Bears - "Be Strong", image: prefixmag.com

Take a listen to the latest release from London-based musical duo The 2 Bears
titled Be Strong, which was released on January 30 on Southern Fried Records/DFA. The 2 Bears (Joe Goddard of Hot Chip and Raf Rundell) produce beats that incorporate various styles including 2-step, house, hip-hop and soul. Pop-hip-house, liquid-bmore-house-step and rave-garage are some of descriptions critics have attributed to the duo. (WikiPedia)
 
 
 
 
 

Burial - 'Kindred': image: dubstep101.com

‘Kindred’ is a 12-minute-long track on Burial’s new three-track EP, Kindred. Burial (William Bevan) is an electronic producer from London whose debut self-titled in 2006 took Album of the Year in The Wire magazine. Pushing sound design to new levels, this track is for the true Burial fans. Download the EP here.

Petit Noir - Till We Ghosts/The Dance

‘’Till We Ghosts/The Dance’ is a track off the new Petite Noir EP ‘Till We Ghosts. Petite Noir is the first solo project by IAMWAVES (Yannick Ilunga), one half of the Cape Town-based nu fisco outfit Popskarr. ‘Till We Ghosts is his second release after his first EP Maison Noir, which we reviewed in Issue 23 of one small seed. Photograph by Thomas Pepler.

War, image: scdistribution.com

‘…War is a band who falls somewhere between Daily Void and Trust…The b-side, ‘Brodermordet,’ is a about fratricide, specifically Cain and Abel’s.’ (Sacred Bones, SoundCloud). Released on February 21 by Sacred Bones Records. Check out more tracks from Sacred Bones HERE

 
 
 
 
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