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New Music, James Blake - '200 Press'
Preview a new wondrously whack, soul-infused house jam from James Blake.. Sometimes we think James Blake is some kind of alien humanoid who fell to Earth to bless us with incredible music from the future, and soon he's going to disappear back to wherever he came ftom, leaving a trail of dumbfounded club music fans in his wake...Today Blake upped an official preview of a new track, which drops in full December 8th, on the Soundcloud of the label imprint he founded with Dan Foat (R & S Records) and Airhead: 1-800-Dinosaur (read more about these dudes in this great Dummy interview). It's a wondrously whacky, loose lounge number with a low, warped Al Green soul sample, reportedly made using just synthesisers and a computer. 200 Press because "only 200 are going to be pressed up", Blake told BBC. A BBC radio rip of James Blake's 200 Press has been on Youtube for a few months now. Fans of Blake's more easy-to-swallow, vocal-led ballads probably think this is some kind of aberration, but Blak
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10/10 Would Listen: Cloudwaves
10 November selections from RTRFM's wavy rap and weird club show - Cloudwaves.. Cloudwaves is a radio show making the late night a great night on RTRFM. On a Friday morning from 12am - 2am, the Wavvy gang - Sleepyhead, Aslan, Dani M, Dan Dalton and Jai Chouhan - select tunes you can get wild and wavy to in your crib, car or club, showcasing a supa-fresh mix of turn up raps, sexy, futuristic R&B, chill low-lying raps, and experimental club tracks. Show Coordinator Dani Marsland rounds up her faves from the last month. 1. Joker – Midnight You don’t know hugeness until you’ve heard this towering track. It’s the first we’ve heard for a while from 26 year-old Bristol producer Liam Mclean – Joker - who, along with a few mates like plastician and Guido, were integral in founding the ‘purple’ genre of dubstep, the big, psychedic, swirly, G-funk-infused style of dubstep that went on to stylistically influence young producers like Hudson Mohawke, Com Truise, Kuedo, and Swindle. Midnight samples
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10 Essential Tour Songs With Julia Stone
Julia Stone gives us the soundtrack to the duo's tour life.. Following a series of intimate shows earlier this year, Angus & Julia Stone are getting back to the bigger venues February next year for a massive Australian tour. A tour that will no doubt see plenty of down time between shows, on the road, with nothin' to do but listen to music. So we thought we'd ask Julia what tunes get her through those down times, and she provided us with a list of music that we reckon will probably go down pretty smooth any time: 1. The Roots - Right On feat. Joanna Newsom I love running to this song. I try to go running a few times a week and this always kicks it off. Such a good pump up. 2. Beck - Blue Moon This is my alarm clock song. Waking up can be rough after late shows, and this makes the mornings a little easier. Or harder because you just want to stay asleep and listen to the song in your dreams.  3. Beth Orton - Central Reservation I like something about the lyrics in this song. Somehow th
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How To Dress Well 'You and I Are The Same' Mixtape
Hear How To Dress Well's left-field reworks of FKA Twigs and Sia.. Just wanna marry Juana. Just wanna marry Tom Krell. Six months after the release of his third studio album, What Is This Heart?, Chicago-based singer / producer has made a new mixtape, his first since that great tape he made hungover a year ago. For years Tom Krell's Tumblr was an excellent source of discovery for new, strange music works, with music nerd Tom posting annual round-ups of his favourite tracks and albums - he's taken that music nerdery across to his mixes, steering us in the direction of some loose new stuff, including this great Medifired track, Spring Is Here, a slowed 'n' screwed, cloudy take on Backstreet Boys' I Want It That Way.   I love how artists like Krell, and Ryan Hemsworth, just do away with pretention in their mixes and just let their mixes go everywhere, including whatever songs are moving them at the time; like how Ryan puts Broken Social Scene into mixes alongside modern raps - Krell's don