Enlightened Listening for June 26

I know I'm more than a day late, and while I'm planning to take a few days off from blogging, I've just got to share this week's incredible new releases. Headlining this week's Enlightened Listening is a trio of albums, including Gaspard Augé's genius and epic debut, Escapades, Chromeo's killer live compilation, Date Night, and Unglued's gorgeous galactic liquid jam, Interplanetary Radio. Further standout releases come smack dab in the middle as Canadian outfits Vibrancy and Westwood Recordings bring together a ton of talents in the third edition of the Exhibits compilation series and the I Get Down With Aliens remix package, respectively. Finally, there are three more singular tracks I just have to showcase; they are Fluida's splendiferous "Refuge," voljum's insanely awesome "anemoi," and Robert Smith's remix of his song with CHVRCHES "How Not To Drown." Find those and more via the playlist below and find each individual release linked at the bottom. Have a great weekend. Enjoy!

Gaspard Augé - Escapdes

Fluida - Welcome Home

Chromeo - Date Night: Chromeo Live!

Flight Facilities ft. Channel Tres - Lights Up (Myd Remix)

Badjokes & Tambour Battant - Oui

Various Artists - Vibrancy Presents: Exhibits, Vol. 3

RUMPUS & Kid Enigma - I Get Down With Aliens (Remixes)

Posij - Superlative

Markka - Colours (Stranjah Remix)

Unglued - Interplanetary Radio

voljum - dayscapes

CHVRCHES ft. Robert Smith - How Not To Drown (Robert Smith Remix)

Enlightened Listening for June 4

After a week off, we return to our new music playlist in a big way. This week's edition of Enlightened Listening features fifteen releases, largely in the funky sphere, but gets further driving and dark the deeper it goes. If there is one theme, it is the guitar (bass and otherwise). The oft underused instrument plays a varied role in several of this week's standout tracks, including particularly enjoyable iterations from ARTY, Myd and Lamorn. The latter mau5trap release, along with singles from Gaspard Augé and Rampa, and minds&machines' "Resurrected" make up my favourite four tracks of the week. The final third of the playlist, which holds all of the longer releases, features the second sensational EP from Hyunji-A in as many weeks, the deadly good debut EP from Afterlife & Tale Of Us founder Anyma, and another epic delivery from Drumstone, who continue to amaze at every turn. Finally, there's a massive compilation in Interzone that features killer new content from Cardopusher, Gesaffelstein, Djedjotronic and more! Stream everything now below and find each release linked individually at the bottom. 

CHVRCHES - How Not To Drown (ft. Robert Smith)

ARTY - One Night Away

Elohim - Strut (Myd Remix)

Lamorn - Physical Layer

Jessie Ware - Hot N Heavy

David Penn - Lift Your Hands Up (ft. Ramona Renea)

Gaspard Augé - Vox

Xinobi - Birds & Smoke

Rampa - The Church

Booka Shade - Essential Chrome

Hyunji-A - Chapter One

minds&machines - Resurrected

Anyma - Sentient

Drumstone - Freedom Call

Various Artists - Interzone

Enlightened Listening for May 14

After perhaps the final Bandcamp Friday, we're back to Spotify with this week's Enlightened Listening. While the vast majority of the names in this week's list appear here often, there is but one rarity in Skrillex, who actually released two tracks this week, of which "Butterflies" with Starrah and Four Tet is my preferred release. And I guess since we're down near the bottom of the playlist, why not finish those final four releases right now. Ahead of "Butterflies" are a couple of dope, deep and groovy remixes from Majestic and Tiga. The final release in the list comes from Overmono, who tease their forthcoming venture with fabric, the titular "If U Ever." The fabric mix is set to drop July 16th.

Staying with mixes, we move to the first group of four releases as Jayda G's 21 track DJ-Kicks compilation was unveiled today. Joining it in the upper third is Gaspard Augé's excellent second single, Myd's jovial remix of Hot Chip, and two new takes on MD X-Spress from trusted talents Eats Everything and The Vision. Finally, the middle third of the playlist features three of my favourite long-running, organic/progressive/house artists in ASHE, ATTLAS and Qrion. Somehow each of these three tracks manages to be more serene and inspiriting than the next. Standing on its own in this middle foursome and standing out in its own EP, "True Romance" from My Friend is the latest exemplification of Anjunadeep's recent run of brilliance (see "Clouds" and "I See You In My Dreams").

Dig into the weekly new music playlist below and each individual release linked at the bottom. Enjoy!

Gaspard Augé - Hey!

Hot Chip ft. Jarvis Cocker - Straight To The Morning (Myd Remix)

MD X-Spress - God Made Me Phunky (Remixes)

Various Artists - DJ-Kicks: Jayda G

ASHE & Oliver Wickham - Like Home

Joachim Pastor ft. EKE - Be Someone (ATTLAS Remix)

Milk Talk - Sunshower (Qrion Remix)

My Friend - True Romance

Todd Edwards - The Chant (Majestic Remix)

Sons Of Raphael - Revolution (Tiga's LoveChaos Remix)

Skrillex, Starrah & Four Tet - Butterflies

Overmono - If U Ever

Enlightened Listening for April 16

It's Friday and I'm busy as all hell, but that doesn't mean I can skip the weekly tradition of Enlightened Listening. However, I will forgo any specific shoutouts save for the godly Gaspard Augé offering "Force Majeure," the lead single from the Justice co-founder's forthcoming album. Apart from that, the playlist opens with some easygoing, emotional stuff, moves through heavier, funkier stuff and ends with a bunch of DnB. Stream the playlist below and find each of the individual releases linked at the bottom. 

London Grammar - Californian Soil

ATTLAS - Long Ride Home (ft. Oliver Wickham)

Bob Moses - Griffith

Doorstep Rebellion - Float Point

Franky Rizardo & Joe Goddard - No Judgement (Kölsch Remix)

Innellea - It's Us

Sam Gellaitry - Duo

Gaspard Augé - Force Majeure

A. G. Cook - Oh Yeah (Caroline Polachek Remix)

Jon Tho & flowanastasia - Awakening

Incandescent - Constellation

NC-17 - Most Violent Year Part 1

Gaspard Augé - Force Majeure

Last week, Ed Banger boss Busy P spun a DJ set as part of Brut.club's ongoing series that recently featured Vladimir Cauchemar, Jean Tonique and others. Sharing some exclusives from friends Myd, Metronomy, and SebastiAn, Pedro Winter's hour-long set is chock full of gems. While SebastiAn's take on Giorgio Moroder and Donna Summer's classic "I Feel Love" is indeed ear candy, the sonic craving I came out of this set with comes from Gaspard Augé. Recently appearing alongside Victor Le Masne for a remix of Myd and Mac DeMarco's "Moving Men," Augé is spreading the gospel of Justice, even without Xavier de Rosnay. "Force Majeure," the track in question here, could easily be passed off as a Justice production as it reeks of their fabulous and forceful electroclash/space-disco sound. Exceptional and exultant, its energy radiates triumphantly throughout, filling its listeners with an unfounded fearlessness. Like a sonic forcefield, its electro intensity instantly makes you invincible. I'm even hearing that French chemists are working on a way to synthesize it into their COVID-19 vaccine. Obviously, I'm joking with the last bit, but "Force Majeure" is no farce but rather a force to be reckoned with. Check it out below (as ripped from the set and edited by Kwaak) or catch it in the full set here.