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Club Cheval kid and Bromantic producer Sam Tiba gives us five favourite Bromance Records tunes.. Friday 10 October sees Nina Las Vegas's next NLV Presents tour, the International Edition, kick off in Perth at Villa, where she'll be joined by a fresh list of some of the world's most on-point tune selectors. And while it's almost shameful I've used the words "fresh" and "on-point" in one sentence, you try think of some better descriptors when we're talking about LuckyMe's Eclair Fifi, USA Jersey Club queen UNiiQU3 and Booty-beatmaker Swick for a global club lineup to die for. Also joining the fray is Club Chavel/Bromance Records darling Sam Tiba, who's know stranger to deep and dark bangers, and we asked him for his five essential Bromance Records tunes ahead of the tour. Click HERE for more info/tickets. ILLANGELO - CLOCKWORK feat. PHLO FINISTER Illangelo is an amazing producer. Each track I’m listening to surprises me and this one is no exception. It’s a deep, well-thought sonic adven

Surecut Kids drop a bass-heavy colab with Spenda C to announce their new tour.. In another case of perfect producer match, Gold Coast bass swag kings Surecut Kids have combined with trap terror Spenda C for a naughty new tune called Slut Drop feat. Hello Gevena. It comes packaged with a tidy little video produced by audio/visual lord Ego, featuing Geneva on the vocals and plenty of party swagger times that are sure to come on Surecut Kids' upcoming Australian tour (Spenda C is currently on his own Broken tour - check some bass bombs of his HERE along with all of those dates). Scope the video below, and check the run of dates after that. SURECUT KIDS TOUR DATES: Thu 9 Oct - Quite Frankly, First Floor, Melbourne Fri 17 Oct - Father Villa Takeover, Perth Sat 18 Oct - Family Nightclub, Brisbane Thu 30 Oct - Kicks, The World Bar, Sydney SUn 2 Nov - Black Cherry Sundays, Zhivago, Adelaide Follow Surecut Kids: FACEBOOK // SOUNDCLOUD

Who better to get the lowdown on Jersey than from the queen herself.. Friday 10 October sees Nina Las Vegas's next NLV Presents tour, the International Edition, kick off in Perth at Villa, where she'll be joined by a host of some of the world's most on-point tune selectors. LuckyMe's Eclair Fifi, Booty-beatmaker Swick and Bromance Records/Club Chavel dude Sam Tiba will be joined by Nina and also New Jersey bounce babe/DJ/rapper/producer UNiiQU3 AKA the queen of Jersey Club. We asked UNiiQU3 for some cliffnotes on the Jersey sound as it gathers steam into our Aussie summer. Check 'em below, and click HERE for more info/tickets on the NLV Presents shows. RAE SREMMURD - NO TYPE (GIANNE LEE x HI$TO REMIX) I really love the vibe on this track. Gianni and Hi$to never disappoint when they team up for a collaboration. JAY R NEUTRON - RUN A MUCK This is amazing. I always love how Ballroom and Jersey Club both influenced each other. On top of that this is so cunt and ravey. WALE - THE BODY FEA

We catch up with travelling (but for now Brooklyn-based) tattooer and illustrator, Matt Kerley..

Just a couple of friendly dudes with a penchant for smooth dance music and supremely good-time DJ sets..

The 10 songs web editor man listened to a lot over the last month.. Andras & Oscar – Looking Back This is the second single from Oscar Key Sung and Andras Fox’s new album Café Romantica. Oscar’s voice is one I could listen to on repeat for eternity, and Café Romantica could be the most perfect name for these guys combined sounds ever. facebook.com/andrasfox // facebook.com/oscarkeysung And (Dave Rennick) – U Know Me Dappled Cities co-frontman Dave Rennick throws down this high-energy disco jam with the help of a silky-smooth Donny Benet moog solo, balancing nostalgia and now with aplomb.  facebook.com/dave.rennick Lisa Mitchell – Wah Ha It’s hard to believe Lisa Mitchell is only 24 and already looking towards her third album. Wah Ha will ease you back into her chilled folk sounds, and that lush, breathy coo she calls a vocal. facebook.com/LisaMitchellMusic Xul Zolar – Ilajalay This is the first single to be taken from German three-piece Xul Zolar’s upcoming debut EP, and you can se

Celebrating the release of his new 7-track mini-album, meet Billy Fox.. Sittingly nice and tightly somewhere between James Blake and The Kite String Tangle, Sydney producer/songwriter Billy Fox releases his debut seven-track mini-album Overboard on Wednesday 1 October. We were so taken with the single Mystery, we decided straight away we wanted to learn more. So we went some questions, and found out more. And now you can too: Tell us about about yourself? I’m a producer based in Sydney. I write, produce and perform...the whole shebang, which is quite liberating for me as in the past most music I’ve been involved in has been co-writing and collaboration. It’s a good feeling. What kinda tunes we talkin’? I call it new age R&B. People have thrown in the electronica tag, because that’s a buzz term at the moment I suppose. Production/writing process: I have a nice little studio set up at home which is where it all happens. I usually start with a chord progression or compose a beat and buil

The newest members in the fam drop their debut single, Love..

A very special - and weird - Aus' premiere for you of Arca's latest single video clip.. As mentioned when we posted the track INITIALLY, we've been excited about the work of producer Arca since some time early last year, and we've been feverishly anticipating new music from him since. His dense and darkly-layered productions are about to find a home on Arca's debut album, Xen, due November 7 via Mute and Create/Control. He released Thievery a couple of weeks ago, an immense and immersive experience, cinematic in scope, unpredictable, and so beautifully composed, and we're incredibly excited/honoured to premiere its twisted video clip today, directed by longtime collaborator Jesse Kanda, who is also in charge of the album artwork. There's not really many words for the clip, except that it feels exactly right for a producer like Arca, so just enjoy it below: Follow Arca: FACEBOOK // WEBSITE

Melbourne duo Two Can give Hopium's latest a bit of oomph.. After announcing themselves earlier this year with debut single Cut, and really stamping their place in the Australan electronic music scene with Dreamers featuring Snakadaktal's Phoebe Lou (listen to both HERE), it's fair to say Hopium are easily ones to watch in the latter half of this year and moving forward. Likewise, Melbourne brother duo Two Can have been releasing a steady stream of chilled trap tunes featuring tight production and an ear for melody, and that good form continues on this remix for Hopium. You can learn more about Two Can and hear some of their other work HERE, or get stuck into this free download of Dreamers below, giving the original a bit more kick, without losing any of its prettiness. Follow Two Can: FACEBOOK // SOUNDCLOUD

V-fresh sounds from a new young Melbourne producer, River Yarra.. River Yarra is a new project from from Raudie McLeod, previously releasing music under his own name and also 1993. And while I haven't heard of those until now, or River Yarra til this single fell into my lap, I'm definiltey on board. The Look incorporates field recordings of rocks bring thrown into ponds and people yelling in forests, for something very unique. The closest example I could think of was Caribou, but that's just to try and give it some context. It's from an upcoming debut EP release, and is the perfect mix of subtle elements growing into an awesome groove. Raudie refers to it himself as "psychic-cosmic-bush-dance", and that's just about perfect. Follow River Yarra: FACEBOOK // SOUNDCLOUD