This week I've whipped together a can't miss edition of Enlightened Listening. Each of the 15 releases here are exceptional and I have to recommend a full play-through from the new Gorillaz to the latest godly Local Dialect in "Perseus" to Apashe's magnum opus Renaissance and finally Nina Las Vegas' "Impossible." However, I'm not going to do the full rundown as I'm cramped for time today. Instead I'll provide a bit of a road-map through the playlist below.
Funky, disco and house grooves rule the first third with strong, sample-driven tracks from Diplo, Wax Motif and Discotron closing out said section. Turning more-tech driven, EPs from the duos of each Cowboy Rhythmbox. BSOD (Steve Duda and deadmau5) and 29 Palms (Boreta and Ooah from The Glitch Mob) are amazing, Orbital's remix of Joris Voorn is simply fabulous and, as mentioned above, Local Dialect are once again divine. In the final third, Morgan Geist leaves me agape at the utter brilliance of his Caribou "Never Come Back" mix, as does the work of both Squarepusher and Apashe. Finally X&G's EP powers us into the almost Tokyo Drift quality of Nina Las Vegas' "Impossible." Enjoy!
Gorillaz - Aries (ft. Peter Hook and Georgia)
Coucheron & Pasha - Lighthouse (ft. Soul Gem)
Kiesza - Crave
Diplo & Wax Motif - Love To The World
BSOD - No Way, Get Real
Joris Voorn - Never (Orbital Remix)
Local Dialect & Las Von - Perseus / Flote
29 Palms - Nobody Horizon
Cowboy Rhythmbox - 6AM Cowboy
Caribou - Never Come Back (Morgan Geist Remix)
Squarepusher - Lamental
Apashe - Renaissance
X&G - Losing Myself
Nina Las Vegas - Impossible (ft. Thai Chi Rosé)
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Friday, April 10, 2020
Enlightened Listening for April 10
Labels:
29 Palms,
Apashe,
BSOD,
Caribou,
Coucheron,
Cowboy Rhythmbox,
Diplo,
Enlightened Listening,
Gorillaz,
Kiesza,
Las Von,
Local Dialect,
Morgan Geist,
Nina Las Vegas,
Orbital,
Pasha,
Squarepusher,
Wax Motif,
X&G