Enlightened Listening for December 13

The year is wrapping up and compilations and remix packages continue to abound. And while so many best of lists keep cropping up, good music keeps dropping and here it is in this week's Enlightened Listening. Things start with mau5trap's 9th edition of We Are Friends followed by two top notch techno EPs from two more top labels in Phantasy and Afterlife. We're then treated to eight new Hot Chip remixes which join the four previously released gems. Justin Jay then joins the fray with a quirky and killer EP worthy of Dirtybird before DJ Zinc and Chris Lorenzo get back together for a couple new joints. Things then turn to remixes as legends Four Tet and SOPHIE take on Skrillex and SONIKKU respectively. Finally the mysterious DnB entity Dawn Wall unleashes propulsive four-pack, Birdmask.


Various Artists - We Are Friends, Vol. 9

James Welsh - Sitting/Rubber Dog

KAS:ST - Hold Me To The Light

Hot Chip - A Bath Full Of Ecstasy (Remixes)

Justin Jay - Don't Trip Like This

DJ Zinc & Chris Lorenzo - Deeper

Skrillex & Boys Noize ft. Ty Dolla $ign - Midnight Hour (Four Tet Remix)

SONIKKU ft. LIZ - Sweat (SOPHIE Remix)

Dawn Wall - Birdmask

Mohican Sun - Cold Earth EP

Whoever Mohican Sun is/are, they're definitely off to an incredible start to the year, gearing up for their Cold Earth EP to drop February 9th. I say whoever they are because despite being around since at least September 2016, we still don't know much about them. We know they're affiliated with Dawn Wall, if only through their similar masks, and of course their label, Integral Records. A UKF article Who The Hell Is Mohican Sun? got a quote from Integral's head honcho saying "Mohican Sun is a new member of the tribe. A new combination of producers including original members of the camp."

But as I say, whoever they are, they are off to a blazing start offering up four of the five tracks from Cold Earth, following today's DJ Mag premiere of "Calgary." Stream below and pre-order via Intergral Records, where it's available a week early, otherwise wait and grab via Beatport here.The opening track "Don't Wait" strikes me as a raucous, rolling liquid version of SBTRKT, especially as the vocals add even further emotional depth to the already inciting organic elements. The title track again invokes intense power with its enveloping atmosphere and smart use of effects to further fill the strong soundscape. As unleashed on Rene LaVice's BBC Radio One show, "Spiralled" is supremely strapping, ushering in some unyielding waves of endorphins with its rushes of robust bass wallops. The most recent, and penultimate track of the EP, "Calgary" conjures up crystal clear imagery of one of the coldest urban centers on the planet. Its glassy glaze and chilling atmosphere is the fantastic yet freezing finale. And now I say finale, because "Calgary" will be the end of the EP on its vinyl release, with "Living This Way" coming as a digital bonus. There is a two minute preview on Intergral Records release page here, which sees it continue this trend of chilling liquid DnB. And if you're a fan of DnB then be sure to grab Cold Earth, which certainly does not disappoint.

FOLLOW MOHICAN SUN: FACEBOOK SOUNDCLOUD TWITTER