Celadon City - Pastelparty

I've been a fan of Celadon City's Zelda-esque beauty ever since I heard his remix of Chet Porter's "tbh ily." Last month he debuted the first track from his upcoming album, Somehow We Will Get Through This, which is set to drop November 24th. Today he's treated us to the second single, entitled "Pastelparty." Celadon City indeed continues to craft some of the most tender and loving pieces of ear pleasing artwork you'll ever hear. The name "Pastelparty" is a perfect fit for the positively breathtaking beats and golden glow this track exudes. Whereas its predecessor "Nevermind" works more with percussion, "Pastelparty" succeeds through splendiferous strings and a more muted magic, almost as though it were a welcome respite, like the return to Pallet Town in the original Pokemon. Breathe in the beauty below and be sure to look out for the rest of the awesome album in the next two weeks.
UPDATE: The album is out now. Get it via Bandcamp here.

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Chet Porter - tbh ily

Chet Porter is so giving, that even on his birthday, he's presented is with the musical gift of "tbh ily." The offering comes today from Moving Castle, and is available on Soundcloud, Spotify and iTunes.It was about this time last year when the world was first graced with the shimmering aura of tbh ily, when it appeared in Ryan Hemsworth's Valentines Day mix for Diplo & Friends. Its effect, in that mix is so impactful, that its beauty has stayed with me ever since. Without a doubt tbh ily is the track that solidified Chet Porter as one of my favourite producers. Everything Chet releases is delightfully and stunningly beautiful, but the dazzling serenity reaches a new peak with tbh ily's utterly effervescent strings, plucking the chords of our hearts.

The percussion leads the way, at times dotingly tying us up in its careful web. Other times, it's consciously tuned to unwind us from that very web and spread our wings, open to the world. The love exudes from the warm and blissfully bouncing strides, around the 1 minute and 2:45 marks, carrying us though the joyride of tbh ily. Perhaps the crowning achievement of this, and many of Chet's other productions, is the unfathomable beauty he achieves with the seemingly glitchy and tripping feelings around the 40 second and 2:13 marks. It's the silence before the squeezed-toothpaste bottle of toothpaste pops, that sets everything straight, regaining it's stride it hits a Utopian high.  I can't help but be overtaking with the image of a pure and innocent love story, that Chet has so expertly embodied; it need not a music video, it could never be as perfect as the effect tbh ily inevitably injects. It is a celebration that you cannot avoid, nor would you ever want to.

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