Du Tonc – Island (Original Mix)
Eight months ago Du Tonc burst onto the scene with their debut single "Darkness," the perfect fusion of electronica and indie rock that saw support from Tensnake, Mark Ronson, Gigamesh and more. The brainchild of Matt Van Schie of Van She and Mighty Mouse, Du Tonc's style is deliciously indie, striking a delicate balance between synthpop hooks and Washed Out-caliber vocals. Driven by Van Schie's melancholy crooning, "Island's" chorus eclipses its funky guitar riffage with an infectious lo-fi charm, a style that is at times ghostly and gripping despite it's chillwave aesthetics. "Island" will be released on October 14th on Du Tonc's own Nightfilm label. The duo are also preparing for their upcoming live tour.
Editors’ Selections: Week of August 12th, 2013
Editors’ Selections is an opportunity for your favorite Dancing Astronaut contributors to talk about some of the music they’re listening to that we might not always get an opportunity to post about from week to week. Sometimes it’s out there, sometimes it’s obscure, but you’ll always get a peek into what we’re loving behind closed doors.
Hop on board Brodinski’s The Purple Ride
If dance music is suffering from an epidemic of conformity then apparently no one told Brodinski about it. The man behind dance music's most daring imprint, Bromance Records, has been doing whatever the f*ck he has wanted to since he first released Bromance #1 and introduced the world to "Control Movement" and "Let the Beat Control Your Body." Since then he's persistently promoted whatever music and sounds he currently enjoys regardless of its commercial viability. The Purple Ride is the next step in the Bromance saga. A collection of tracks that Brodinski describes as; "A concentrate of everything I love. No compromise, no label, no nothing, just music.," The Purple Ride is a dreary collection of syrupy trap and liquid techno grooves punctuated by an indescribable French cool. As if to prove his point, Brodinski opens The Purple Ride with a chopped and screwed rendition of R. Kelly's "This Is What I Feel." From there the mix is so defiantly unique that it escapes definition; R&B crooning, industrial techno, codeine-laced trap - a seemingly incoherent collection of tracks with one distinct similarity, a greyscale haze of filters that hiss and drip down every layer of the mix with ghostly effect.
Understanding high tech soul: why Detroit techno matters for the EDM generation
The word “techno” has certainly taken on its fair share of interpretations in the course of its history. It is undeniably culturally significant not only to devotees of electronic music, but also to understanding the trajectory of the world’s aural history as we know it. As the new generation of dance music lovers, we owe it to ourselves to understand the place from which we came.
Andre Sobota – Lost Chances EP
Brazilian producer Andre Sobota earned the honor of becoming one of Dancing Astronaut's Artists to Watch in 2013. After earning support and a handful of releases on the Pryda Friends imprint, Sobota's latest EP Lost Chances sees a release on Monster Deep instead of under Prydz's wing but maintains the same quality and style he showcased in previous outings. "Lost" is intricately layered with a ghostly atmosphere and haunting vocal melodies ensnared in tightly wound percussion. "Chances" is much snappier, using a barrage of spaced-out pads and mechanical groans to establish its groove.