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A convincing debut of gentle electronic folk from sadly departed Sydney talent.. Instrumental track Katyusha is the first song from 23-year-old Sydney music producer Szymon Borzestowski's debut release, Tigersapp, an album that was performed, recorded and produced entirely in Borzestowsk’s bedroom.It's a modest but convincing debut of gentle but triumphant electronic folk, with a sweetly swelling, softly muffled trumpet chorus that calls to mind Beirut’s brassy leanings. Listen here:  This uplifting track carries with it a sad story. Two years ago, the track's creator took his own life, after a long-running struggle with depression. The talented Borzestowski had been working on putting an album together - he had a small development deal and the bulk of the album completed before his mental illness quelled the project.After his death, his family got in touch with Mark Holland and Craig Hawker, who’d expressed interest in an early demo they’d heard from Borzestowski a few years back when

Dizzee Rascal follows up his gruesome Halloween exclusive with Pagans, a new track and video that goes in like a fly kick to the head.. After bouncing back onto the scene in a flurry of spurting blood and ripped bedsheets in his nutso, next-level Halloween exclusive Couple of Stacks, Britain's most legendary MC Dizzee Rascal just premiered Pagans (prod. by Footsie), which takes the next level to..um...whatever comes after the next level.  The video takes on the form of an Asian martial arts film spoof, replete with chapters, with Dizzee showing off his talent for kung fu. The reference to Asian culture could be seen as a throwback to Dizzee's first ever album, made at age 19, Boy In Da Corner, which utilised Asian synths and plucked strings, bringing international texture to his East London garage style.   "Some people think I'm bonkers...there's nothing crazy about me?" rapped Dizzee back in 2009. Six years on, and 100% can confirm Dizzee is truly bonkers. Also, still a visionary.  Wa

French electronic duo Kuage drop their A Part Of You EP, and it's great.. If Flume and Caribou had a bady, and they decided they didn't have enough time to raise it, so they put that baby up for adoption, and then Nicolas Jaar took it under his wing, I think that would end up calling itself French duo Kuage. However accurate you feel the above summation is (or isn't) do yourself a favour and take a listen to Kuage's extended mix of their single A Part Of You below. It comes from the A Part Of You EP, also featuring B-side Break Osaka, and is a beautiful composition of electronica. They dropped the original single a year ago, but only last month released the proper EP package. It's already seen them appearing at this year's Pitchfork Music Festival - no small feat given it's their first official release, and a clear indication they've been earmarked for big things. Stream it below, buy it HERE, and if you can't get enough get stuck into their half-hour A Part Of Us Mix with Paris La Nui

The likes of Cassian, Canyons, Van She DJs take the keys to your Sydney summer.. Sydney's Kings Cross is in one for heck of a summer over the next few months. First there was the EMC Play announcement last week, and now one of the crews hosting parties at that event - UNDR Ctrl - have announced a very sexy summer series of dance events taking over the Kings Cross Hotel Rooftop from Saturday 22 November until January 31. With one eye firmly on the resurgent disco-house scene, and the other on outdoor dancefloor vibes, they've announced a v-strong lineup of local legends and national/international guests. Nov 22 - Van She DJs, Olympic Ayres DJs, Adi Toohey Nov 29 - Canyons, Marcus King, Adi Toohey Dec 6 - Flex Cop, Softwar, Ariane Dec 13 - Cassian, Frames, Adi Toohey Dec 20 - Ara Koufax, Noise In My Head, ROOF Dec 27 - Slow Blow, Playmode, Adi Toohey Jan 3 - Tornado Wallace (3 Hour Set), Adi Toohey Jan 10 - Parkside DJs, Set Mo, Adi Toohey Jan 17 - Dreems (3 Hour Set), Slow Blow Jan

A lusciously dreamy piece of electronic pop from Perth's Flower Drums.. Bad Websites is the first single from Perth four-piece Flower Drums' upcoming seven-track EP 28 Mansions, and it's one of the most delicately crafted pieces of electronic-pop we've heard in a long time. They've very quickly emerged as one of this part of the world's most exciting new acts, layering swirling, warm synths over dark, rhythmic percussion, all under-pinned by a deep understanding of pop and dream-pop sensibilities. After winning the triple j Unearthed Competition to play St Jerome's Laneway Festival earlier this year, it's been a steady build of momentum over 2014, which is beginning to crescendo towards early next year's EP, which has plenty of promise given the quality of Bad Websites:

Paces proves it's not all about the Doritos with an accomplished 3-tracker.. Following the release of his first single with new home etcetc a few weeks ago in On My Mind feat. Youth, Gold Coast producer and part-time Surcut Kid Paces has released the full EP that homes the track, and it's a tidy, self-contained release that feels a lot more rounded than a lot of what we see these days. By this I mean a lot of artists throw out EPs with the one good single and a couple of follow-up tunes, with the package as a whole feeling a little disjointed. Very pleasing in the cases of young Paces, the On My Mind EP features UK outfit Youth providing the vocals on all three tracks, instantly making it feel like more connected body of work. Each track feels different to each other, but not separate. Basically, I love it, and it continues a good run following his work with Aussie hip hop queen Tkay Maidza on her recent single Switch Lanes, and bodes incredibly well for the coming summer. CHECK HIM O

The banger-machine has been vibing on Perth duo Slumberjack.. We're not sure what's bigger news this week - that Skrillex just performed a Celine Dion cover on a grand piano on Diplo's boat party in the Carribean, or that young Perth producers/Wonderland local headliners Slumberjack just had their track Body Cry feat. Father Dude (the first from an upcoming EP release) hand-selected by the internationally renowned Skrillex to feature on his Top 10 Tracks on his Skrillex Selects Soundcloud. The second one is definitely more exciting to us... and means huge exposure for Perth's electronic music scene - although Skrillex does have a quite nice voice.   On top of Skrillex's heckers tour schedule (that in the last few months has seen him play huge festivals Coachella, Hard Summer, Ultra Festival, the Mad Decent Boat Party, and will very soon see him jet around Australia for Stereosonic Festival), the producer otherwise known as Sonny Moore is widely regarded for his taste making and talent-

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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

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

A new single and EP, with all the sales going to charity.. Throughout ten years of music and monkey business, Midnight Juggernauts have long maintained their adventurous course through the music scene. Recently separated across different countries and different projects, they banded back together on impulse to record a series of EPs, the first called Aerials, (out now via the band's own label, Siberia Records) reflects the world from a vertical perspective above and below, explored in the music as well as accompanying video clip and live show production. They're also taking the opportunity to do something a little different with the album release structure - making Aerials available immediately, and in return for a donation to the Aboriginal Benefits Foundation specifically for Healthcare. It's a classic win-win, rad new music from Midnight Juggernauts for you, and supporting a good cause in the mean time. Check out the truly global video clip for the first single from the EP, Freefall

A shedload of good music yes - but a heap more too.. Saturday 29 November sees the inaugural CoLAB Festival hitting University Of WA's Oak Lawn and providing a laidback alternative to a certain event taking over two days that weekend and requiring weeks of gym prep in the lead-up. Billing itself as a one of a kind festival built on the collective ideas of crews local to these waters, to the soundtrack of some of Australia's raddest indie and electronic acts, it's gonna be a rad day out. Why? Well let's take a little gander of what's happening: MUSIC As we mentioned CoLAB boasts a top shelf lineup of established and up-and-coming acts, that looks a little like this: Hermitude, Midnight Juggernauts, The Jungle Giants, The Kite String Tangle, Sable, Indian Summer, Gang Of Youths, The Creases, Citizen Kay and KUCKA. Click any of those links to hear some music/get learned on them. FOOD, GLORIOUS FOOD The organisers have teamed up with some of this state's finest fooderies to offer a huge