Showing posts with label Moullinex. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Moullinex. Show all posts

Friday, August 13, 2021

Enlightened Listening for August 13

Another week, another incredible edition of Enlightened Listening. Coming in at just under 40 tracks and 3 hours, there are all kinds of goodies in store here. First up, Brock Edwards dazzles with an awesome saxophone-led dub of his own "Up At Dawn." A second dub follows as MK makes good on his "Chemical" with a classic IV dub. Upbeat energy follows with a trio of DnB tracks, highlighted by a divine instrumental from Platinum Breaks.

Moving to longer-form releases, the next two come from Juelz and Feed Me, both bringing the bass with their own established brands of fire. Resetting things with a run of singles, the playlist pushes on with an invigorating take on Alan Parsons Project classic "Sirius," courtesy Armin van Buuren and AVIRA. Staying nostalgic, 1990-classic "The Age Of Love" gets a fearsome facelift from Charlotte de Witte and Enrico Sangiuliano. Finally, our run of fire ends with a bang thanks to the ingenious guttural growls of Kage in "The Zone."

Part punningly, part sonically fitting, the next three releases follow from "The Zone," as "Perpetual Motion" eventually leads to "The Hangover." The Fort Romeau mix of "Perpetual Motion" is equally epic and elegant, the following Neighbour remix of "Going Late" is groovy and gorgeous, and finally, Bush League's "The Hangover" is unavoidably infectious and undeniably head-pounding. Lastly, the playlist closes with lush, sensual stuff from Moullinex, Anderholm, and CRi, each of which features sublime, soulful synths.

Stream the weekly new-music playlist below and find each individual release linked at the bottom.
















Friday, April 30, 2021

Enlightened Listening for April 30

It's new music Friday, and it seems like the theme this week was LPs. With more than a handful of albums we've been building towards dropping today, only four made the cut for this week's Enlightened Listening, as they go deeper than their singles. Each of Tor, Rochelle Jordan, Moullinex and Cadence Weapon captured the quality of the long-form release, taking listeners on diverse yet equally compelling journeys. Aside from the albums, the playlist opens with a fist full of funky stuff, including remixes from Pat Lok and the dynamic duo Breakbot & Irfane. Two Toronto talents follow that, as Frustra and The Kount hit us in the feels. After Tor's Oasis Sky comes a trio of remixes of Robotaki, each seemingly better than the next. Finally, bookending the last two LPs are two strong singles in the nasty Night Bass garage groover, Badger's "Give It To Me" and Prospa's rapturous "WANT NEED LOVE." Enjoy!












Friday, November 06, 2020

Enlightened Listening for November 6

We've made it through another week, and what a week it was, so let's celebrate with some new music.

This week's edition of Enlightened Listening opens with ATTLAS' second album of the year, an even more sublime offering than his usual ethereal excellence. It's not the only awesome album either as the ageless Kylie Minogue offers up an absolute delight in DISCO. Staying with longer releases, This Never Happened continues its unbelievable run of quality as Deeparture delivers an incredible EP, just as Overmono complete their inspired Everything U Need with two more top-notch tracks. Closing the book on EPs, HERO's CLUB NOWHERE is another stunner that, like CRY BABY and Dirty Work, will keep me coming back for weeks, if not months.

Now for the singles: Moullinex delivers sensuous pleasure in "Ven," Tiga turns Elderbrook's "Back To My Bed" into an infectious, uplifting roller, The Magician goes Italo disco on Mercer's uber-catchy "Lemonade," The Reflex brings "Sweet Freedom" closer to Michael McDonald's original, KUU deliver a chill second single, KAS:ST does dark and dismal with "VTOPIA," and we get the first taste of what promises to be a killer collaborative project from Frustra and Maddmon in "Eternal Wake."

Tuesday, June 16, 2020

The Magician - Magic Tape 97

Finally, the first new edition of the vaunted Magic Tape mix series since COVID-19 captured the world's attention in early March. The Magician is back with an hour made up almost exclusively of new and forthcoming material.

Opening up this new set is the simply sensational Chemical Brothers cut "Catch Me I'm Falling" from No Geography. It is followed by a beautiful, yet unidentified scintillating synth number which has an undeniably familiar feel, yet I can't quite put my finger on who either the vocalist or producer is. As the mix continues to pick up steam we get brand new and forthcoming releases from Mohawk & The Kid and Myd (respectively) before The Magician's "You And Me" appears to receive a sublime, striding remix from another yet unidentified source.

This same formula of new followed by forthcoming tunes is replicated as Boys Noize's Defected affair "Mvinline" is followed by a trio of yet unreleased offerings from Theo Kottis and Mozambo, with the former absolutely rocking resplendent. In terms of overall trajectory this is where the mix really peaks as both Tchami's "Buenos Aires" and Alex Preston & Rion S' "Love Somebody" deliver incredibly infectious energy. Finally, The Magician crafts a killer come-down with Moullinex's remix of Poolside "Sunrise Strategies" and Justice's remix of Frank Ocean "Dear April." Find the 'full' tracklist as identified by the prolific Zinderlong at 1001tracklists here and enjoy the mix in its entirety below.
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Friday, June 14, 2019

Enlightened Listening for June 14

We've got an awesome summery edition of Enlightened Listening this week. There's some funky grooves, divine disco, heavenly house and more! We start with Pat Lok's Corazón, which features some easy going, glitzy and glamorous numbers. It is then followed by the final track from The Kount and falcxne's fantastically funky REFLEX EP. After that Hayden James comes through with an absolutely divine debut album, building upon the success of some recent singles. It is an instant entrant in the best album of 2019 debate, so do not miss this one.

Taking a bit of a turn, we enter into an section of extended, epic cuts starting with the latest from All Day I Dream, which is some of the coolest, at times acoustic, techno I've ever come across. This is followed by Serge Devant's "It's Like That" which includes a fantastically fitting take from Sébastien Léger.

Changing gears again, we turn towards intoxicating dance numbers starting with Rex The Dog's black hole banger "Vortex." Following that is Annie Mac's Hottest Record In The World, the ingenious Elderbrook track "How Do You." The always awesome Low Steppa then comes through with a supremely satisfying remix of Phil Fuldner. As if that weren't enough disco for you, Moullinex delivers an epic 11 minute explosion of energy in "CLUB COTTON." As with above, the next two tracks offer up some of the coolest sound design and overall production I've ever heard. First Gorgon City stun with a mix of brilliant highs and wickedly licentious lows. Then the combination of Tommie Sunshine and INDO build through a very summery track only to pull the rug out from underneath you, delivering delirium with their incredibly nutty effects. Finally, DJ Zinc unleashes his Crackhouse, Vol. 3 LP with 10 tracks that can only come from the mind of the legendary DJ and producer. Enjoy it all new below!


Pat Lok - Corazón

The Kount & falxcne - Workin' Up A Sweat

Hayden James - Between Us

PADRE & Oe - Sweet Transport

Serge Devant - It's Like That

Rex The Dog - Vortex

Elderbrook - How Do You

Phil Fuldner - Take Me (Low Steppa Remix)

Moullinex - CLUB COTTON

Local Dialect - Poseidon (Gorgon City Remix)

Tommie Sunshine & INDO - Make You Feel

DJ Zinc - Crackhouse, Vol. 3

Tuesday, April 30, 2019

Moullinex - The Huggers (Club Edit)

Lisbon, Portugal's Luis Clara Gomes, better known to us as indie dance/house producer Moullinex just released a club edit of jazzy scat joint "The Huggers." Originally part of the superb Hypersex album, "The Huggers" hits like a fantastically funky, uber cool mix of Andy Bernard's a capella group Here Comes Treble, The Chordettes' "Mr. Sandman" and Metroplane's "Bahp." Like the mini album art that accompanies Hypersex, there's a whole lot going on as countless bodies flail every which way. For this reason it was not the most DJ friendly track. However its undeniable allure led to countless requests for a club-centric edit to which Moullinex obliged. Extending the awesomeness to over seven minutes, the flurry of um-bops, das, dos, and dows now have a more consistent bed to bounce on. That said the backing beat is nothing to scoff at, but rather a power funk factory that would be a banger even without the awesome vocal offerings. Wrap yourself in the club coolness of "The Huggers" via Beatport here.FOLLOW MOULLINEX: FACEBOOK SOUNDCLOUD TWITTER