Pilerats

Carmada are hitting the road, and bringing Kilter along for the ride.. The bromance that envelops Drew Carmody and Max Armata - aka Carmada continues in 2015 with the duo going from strength-to-strength, after they trailblazed their way through 2014 capturing an iTunes No.1 album and much acclaim for performances on the Listen Out and Stereosonic tours, and just recently popping up at #41 in the triple j Hottest 100 with their huge debut single, Maybe. After releasing their debut Realise EP plus a VIDEO for the Maybe single, a track that led to the guys bagging a deal with the Skrillex-run OWSLA label in the states, the pair have decided to turn things up a notch and are taking their strong party game on the road for a headline Australian tour where they'll be joined by Kilter, coinciding with their Groovin' The Moo dates: GROOVIN THE MOO DATES: Sat 25 April - Groovin the Moo, Oakbank SA Sun 26 April - Groovin the Moo, Bunbury WA Sat 2 May - Groovin the Moo, Bendigo VIC Sun 3 May - Gr

The Melbourne disco-funk duo give us an insight to some of their influences.. GL are engaging in a hectic start to 2015 - with show announcements coming out the wazoo. Check down the bottom of this post for a full wrap because there's a heap, although Melbourne fans are in for a triple treat this March when they take up an artist residency at Hugs & Kisses starting March 4. Click the poster below to go to the Facebook Event, then revel in the glory that is GL's 'tiny' guide to some of their electro-funk favourites. GL'S TINY GUIDE TO ELECTRO-FUNK: Kevin McCord - From the band One Way and known for his hits with Alicia Meyers, but it's the stuff from his own label Presents Records that really gets us: Leon F Sylvers - You can pretty much listen to anything written or produced by Leon and know that it will be amazing: Hubert Eaves III - Best known for his work with D Train as the producer of the Boogie classic You're The One For Me, Hubert also wrote and produced this one for a group

Go storm-chasing to the tune of Tchami's banger, Promesses.. The father of future-house will soon be back in the country for Future Music Festival, and any time we find some news that's Tchami-related is fine by us. This video clip is a couple of weeks old, but we only just stumbled upon it today so we're gonna fucking talk about it. Why? Because it's pretty beautifully shot, and tells a pretty cool (although sadly fictional story) about Oaklahama's Struckist Subculture. What's a struckist? I'm assuming it means someone who chases lightning, because that's what seems to be happening in this video. And what a merry band of misfits they are - tieing forks to their persons, dressing up in full armour, all to attract the lure of the lightning, and get some sweet electrified body art in the process. Follow Tchami: FACEBOOK / SOUNDCLOUD

US producer pumps up the tropical-vibes with new remix.. Taking influence from the likes of Hudson Mohawke (catch our interview with him HERE), Cashmere Cat and Just Blaze, US-born producer AObeats has released a stellar new remix, flipping London’s tune Juice on its head and packing it full of tropical vibes. With his typical hip hop overtones evident throughout the track, AObeats transforms the original a capella into a future-esque, chilled-out track, overflowing with tropical xylophone, circling synth, some funky percussion and a heap of bass to top it all off. It’s a definite tune and up for free download HERE. Follow A0BEATS: FACEBOOK

PC Music's enigmatic female icon Hannah Diamond opens up in new web series.. Underground dance music has been talking in pop's language of late; with producer A.G. Cook's UK-based upstart label (well, more of a semi cultural movement, lately) PC Music leading the charge in this new conversation. Pilerats were lucky enough to have a first hand experience of the label when SOPHIE and SOPHIE's visually provocative female stand-in/mascot QT, performed at our Christmas party. While QT is usually the female most put forward in association with PC Music, her talent is mostly limited to standing around in metallic outerwear holding energy drinks. Producer / vocalist Hannah Diamond, meanwhile, has been putting in W-O-R-K.  She's recorded a series of singles, most recently Every Night back in November, has provided guest vocals for AG Cook's Keri Baby, co-edits/ directs photography for the tongue-in-cheek, visually intriguing online publication LOGO Magazine, and has modelled for London latex cl

New experimental electronica from Houston-based producer Rabit.. Tri Angle Records, whose guiding motto as music curators is "haunted by the need to find things that will haunt us", have birthed a number of high-profile releases (as far as weirder, non-convential beat music goes, in any case) over the past couple of years: artists such as Evian Christ (whom we experienced live at our music festival, CIRCO, in the festival's initial year), Forest Swords, How To Dress Well and many more left-leaning artists we really respect. Next thing coming up for this awesome label is an EP release - Baptizm - from Rabit, a grime producer from the US, who has this really distinct, mechanical sound that instantly draws you in, and has been one of the key young producers spearheading the genre's resurgence in recent years. The EP will be Rabit's debut on the label, probably his most high profile release, too, although he's been cranking out mixtapes and 12"s for a minute now, and in 2013 had a nice fea

Purity Ring nail it again with Repetition.. Purity Ring have been wooing fans with their steady release of singles like Push Pull and Begin Again, and now with the airy Repetition. It doesn’t carry the soaring anthem of Push Pull nor the bewitching mood of Begin Again, however much like the previous two singles Repetition has its own identity with Megan James’ golden vocals untouched against a shimmering sound-bed of sharp percussion. And with the release of this third single, the release of Another Eternity on March 2 could not come sooner. UPDATE - Youtube is broken, here's the BBC Embed, skip ahead to 8:20 to listen (thanks Tim Kroh): Follow Purity Ring: FACEBOOK / TUMBLR

Action Bronson dishes up a new exclusive with partner-in-crime The Alchemist..

A$AP TyY drops a new single with an assist from the late A$AP Yams..