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10/10 Would Listen: Surface Tension
10 wide-ranging November selections from futurebeat purveyors Surface Tension.. Perth-based club collective Surface Tension have been quietly creeping up as promoters to watch in the past year – we’ve very much been welcoming their diverse taste in talent curation – after teaming up with Get Weird to present the maximalist sounds of Sinjin Hawke in May, in August Surface Tension hosted the oblique club sounds of Melbourne’s Air Max 97, chasing that up in September with Melbourne fringe-dweller Galtier, whom they teamed with the sexy weirdness of New Zealand’s Steezie Wonder. Their local line ups too, bring together a broad spectrum of sounds; from beats through to bass-heavy rhythms. Above: Matt and Stu, two-thirds of Surface Tension   Up next for Surface Tension is international future-beat tastemaker Joe Kay, founder of the super trendy LA-based, internet label Soulection – home to Esta and Lakim, whom you may have caught at Circo Festival earlier this year. If you're in Perth, head
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New: Willow Beats - Chess
With the water EP tour approaching, Willow Beats drop the EP's second single.. As the twilight tones of Merewif continue to burn up the FM dial, Kalyani & Narayana continue to take their Willow Beats project to the world stage. The truly unique duo already have a sold out single tour under their belt, and with the impending national tour for sophomore EP water, it's time to unleash single number two onto the Australian airwaves: Chess. A track that has been labelled as a "masterful summary of the Willow Beats sound", and the EP track that sat at the #1 spot on Hillydilly for a whole month, begins with buoyant drums, tumbling into a breathless amen-break and an ice cold, dripping back beat. Nobody does the dark/light dichotomy quite like Willow Beats, and when the track gives way to Kalyanis' alluring vocals, we're once again transported to another world, a journey through the astral plane, a subterranean journey through planet earth - en route to a late night dance party with the faeri