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Pilerats' 10 Days Of X-Mas #3
We want you to go to Southbound 2015, and we've got 2x Happy Camper double passes to make it happen.. We're feeling a bit, um, "Christmassy" so we've taken it upon ourselves to launch the inaugural Pilerats' 10 Days Of X-Mas - a different giveaway will be up for grabs each day leading up to December 25.Yes, we're aware it's supposed to be 12 Days of Christmas. But there's a limit to how much we can suck up to people for free stuff ;) January 3 & 4 of 2015 will see Western Australia's raddest camping festival once again have the hordes heading south for the summer and Southbound Festival. It features one of their biggest lineups to date (Alison Wonderland, Alt-J, Asgeir, Bluejuice, Glass Animals, George Ezra, Jagwar Ma, Jamie xx, Joey Bada$$, Julian Casablancas & The Voidz, The Kite String Tangle, Milky Chance, Movement, The Presets, Empire Of The Sun, Safia, Run The Jewels & HEAPS MORE), along with a Coconut Club lineup that we've already gone bananas OVER. Check the timetable down the
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New Music: Azealia Banks - Chasing Time (Høwl Remix)
Høwl drops a fiery remix of Azealia Banks' Chasing Time.. Not to be confused with Ta-Ku and Kit Pop's project HWLS, Høwl is Melbourne wunder-kid James Moriarty's (also the same name as the central villain in Sherlock Holmes) moniker where he drops some vicious knick/snare combos that make us think of Sable/Night Cruise. While the young producer has had a short history it's been an inciting one when he dropped a Friday Freebie for us and also featured on the recent Rat Pack #2 Compilation. And now he has remixed Azealia Banks. This guy has our hearts' a flutter. Høwl changes up Chasing Time into a hyper-active, pounding trip. And his traditionally bass-driven focus drifts a little as he tweaks the vocals alongside some glittering synths that give the feeling that the track just recieved an injection of adrenaline. Follow Høwl: FACEBOOK
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New Music: Hiatus Kaiyote - By Fire EP
Grammy nominated band Hiatus Kaiyote have just dropped their electronic, soul infused EP In Fire.. One of the most impressive Australian stories of musical triumph in recent years is Hiatus Kaiyote; a band that dabbles in electronic-infused R&B, and were the first Australian group to be nominated for a Grammy in the R&B Performance catergory. You can listen to the award-nominated single, Nakamarra, HERE. They also played a stunning set in Melbourne as part of a Boiler Room series, which you can re-watch here, along with downloading the audio from the set. They've also just released a three track EP, By Fire, ahead of their sophomore album, Choose Your Weapon, which will arrive in the new year. By Fire as a whole highlights Nai Palm's scintillating voice, the merging of electronic polyrhythms with more traditional rhythm and blues and lashings of otherwordly moods. It's this refreshing distillation of both organic and seemingly artifical sounds that creates a vibrant love affair. The ti
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Gasp x Pilerats.com Guest Mix
Meet the NZ-based producer forging his own path at 17 years of age - Gasp.. A few weeks back we decided to set up our own Pilerats.com Soundcloud to give us free reign to post all the rad new music we discover through the Pilerats website, and avoid any confusion with our own Pilerats Records releases. It also gives us the opportunity to host some guest mixes moving forward, kicking off with this one from 17-year-old New Zealand-based producer Eden Burns AKA Gasp. Having already had guest mixes with the likes of THUMP and Red Bull Studios Auckland, Gasp's keen interest in the house genre bucks the trend of New Zealand's love affair with drum'n'bass in the past. Take a listen below, and check the brief chat we had with the young gun after that: Hey Eden, thanks for answering a few questions and sending us the mix! First up, you’re only 17, but you’ve been making music in bands and on your own for some time now, what first prompted the shift from bands into production? The band I was
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RTRFM: Distant Murmurs Festival
RTRFM have just announced an exciting new festival called Distant Murmurs.. Perth taste-makers RTRFM have announced they're throwing a multi-stage festival called Distant Murmurs. It's taking over the Rosemount Hotel in January 2015 for some hip-shaking good times. Said hip-shaking will be occuring on Saturday, 17 January 2015 with the event spanning the whole day over four stages. Tickets are $20 for the regular punter and $15 for subscribers to RTRFM, for more info and who is playing where head HERE. The full lineup is: Adem K (solo) Custom Royal Doctopus Eleventeen Eston & The Conversation Ghetto Crystals Gunns Leaving Long Lost Brothers Mathas Mayor Dadi Mei Saraswati Band Naik Odette Mercy And & Soul Atomics The Painkillers The Pissedcolas Silver Hills Simone & Girlfunkle Split Seconds + DJS: Tobacco Rat 420 Crew Aslan & Sleepyhead The Whipcracker Eddie Electric & Jamie Mac Disco Science DJs and more!  Some Pile faves playing over the day include: Gunns who just released a split 7