That Kaytranada Sound

That Kaytranada Sound

If you haven't already heard of Kaytranada then where you been man? North Korea or some shit? Coming from Montreal this musical entity has more riddim's than I can even begin to explain. What's more is that this is only the beginning for Kaytranada.

He came onto the scene whilst simultaneously taking your sister for dinner and making your mother cheat on your father around 2 years ago, and I only use that perhaps over exaggerated example to emphasise the impact Kevin has had on whatever music scene he has decided to grace.

Recently jumping on that Disclosure remix of their beat January, he has remixed tracks for the likes of Janet Jackson, Flume, TLC, Cyril Hahn and the unfortunate Robin Thicke. His sound has its own bounce and his live shows are ones to be marvelled at, his LA Boiler Room as case in point.

With Kaytranada you get those beautiful melodic intro's which drop into the unexpected, like taking a bungee jump into a sea of MDMA, you just don't know when the fun will end.

For all you Londoners out there, he's gracing the turntables at XOYO on the 7th of February, and if like me you've been lucky enough to cop a ticket to the sold out show, then make sure your bungee cord is legitimately tied on because you, and I, will be in for new levels of waves coming from the kid they call Kaytranada.

Big up's yourself Kaytra

5 Bangers

5 Bangers

Lets cut the shit, no time for small talk, I'm listing my 5 bangers i've found today:

1. Bastille - Things We Lost In The Fire (Melé Remix) 
2. ƱZ x Aazar - Shake
3. Big Wild - Come We Go Pt. 1
4. Kursa - Don't (ft. Bijou)
5. King Henry - Auto (Djemba Djemba & King Henry Remix)

That is all. 

MANSIONAIR

MANSIONAIR

The whole reason I began this blog was to share music I find both emotionally and intellectually stimulating whilst at the same time pleasurable and melodic, with no genre bias. Music, as by definition, is an art form consisting of sound and silence. It's how that silence and sound is intertwined to form what we call a track, record, single or in my own term, riddim.

Thats why Mansionair have come to my attention. A genre-less duo named Alex and Lachlan coming from Sydney released a tune called Hold Me Down featuring Revier just over a month a go, and by no means should it be ignored from the massive influx of Australian music talent that has emerged in the past year.

Flume, What So Not, Chet Faker and Wave Racer to name a few have exploded onto the electronic music scene with no questions asked, their talent is there too see. Mansionair in my mind will be a fundamental member of that rising scene thats made Australia one of the most exciting musical prospects of this year.

Give Hold Me Down a listen, the only way I can describe this tune without sounding like every other music blogger is if Cara Delevingne and you just had a blossoming sexual relationship borne from a purely random encounter down a boulevard in Paris, and all at once she had to leave, with no notice, but what you're left with is a free download courtesy of Alex and Lachlan and the memories of that boulevard exchange.

Enjoy

Introducing Elderbrook

Introducing Elderbrook

We've all seen a shift in music, away from record label manufactured artists and bands who lack passion and arguably the skills that make them deservedly acclaimed artists, towards musicians and artists who start from the very basic of musical skill.

I've been lucky enough to view the rise of one of my closest and most talented friends, Alex Kotz, who goes under the name Elderbrook. Throughout the various blogposts I've seen regarding Elderbrook they've highlighted how he is a hybrid, James Blake/Alt-J-esq sound that hasn't been found anywhere else on the planet.

Elderbrook has been making music for longer than my iTunes library dates back to, but what I can't get enough of is his incredible musical talent and ear for a good sound. We all have different tastes in music and what stimulates to what we equate as a good sound, but what Elderbrook does is stimulate that good sound feel to anyone who listens to his tracks. Show me someone who doesn't like his songs and I will personally take their mother for a 5 course seafood dinner and never call her back.

Rewinding, arguably Elderbrook's biggest tune is close to hitting 150,000 Soundcloud plays. Big, on any scale. I've been blessed with Alex sending me exclusive samples of new tunes he plans to bring out on an EP soon and I can tell you all, big things will be coming from this kid.

Respect and love to my friend Elderbrook, and check out his Soundcloud...

Kickstarting with Carmack

Kickstarting with Carmack

Aaron Carmack, better known as Mr Carmack creates some of the vibiest beats out there. So vibey I even had to create a new word to describe them. He first caught my attention with his and Djemba Djemba's killer Diplo and Friends mix they did a while back which absolutely killed all previous mix's respectively.

What I love about Carmack is his ability to diversify in his productions. He's created some absolute bangers like Pay For What and my personal favourite Birth Control. Picked up by Diplo's label Mad Decent pretty quickly after appearing onto the evolving electronic music scene, I think we can all agree his tracks would all absolutely kill a dance floor but what Carmack brings to the table is a constant new stream of tunes that flip electronic music on its head and lets you sit back, relax and enjoy musical production at its finest.

My case in point is a tune he dropped merely yesterday named Fish Stew. I don't even wanna begin to explain the vibes I get from this track, so i'm just going to have to go one step further and congratulate Carmack's parents for bringing up a kid with the talent he has.

Big up Mr Carmack, the second he touches down on the island we call Britain I will be hitting up his shows.