Filed under: Beats, BRILLIANT, Chilled, Jazz, Upbeat, video, Vocals | Tags: Brilliant, Electronica, melbourne australia, music, Pop, Trip-Hop, Video, vocals, youtube
Our friends ALTA seem to blow minds with every release.
Filed under: Ambient, Chilled, Experimental | Tags: ambient, Chilled, Deep, downtempo, Dubstep, Electronic, Electronica, music
The Network, pseudonym of beat-maker Jesse Rintoul, recently dropped his first EP – after listening not once, not twice, but thrice, my verdict is in: it’s beautiful.
Presented as a 15-minute continuous mix, When Ur Down seamlessly blends between tracks, enveloping them in dark ambience and the familiar vinyl distortion you’d hear in a Burial release. More than anything, the sense of atmosphere Rintoul evokes is so tangible and real that you won’t have any trouble wandering off into the deep, dark recesses of your consciousness.
If you’re anything like me, it’ll keep resonating even after you’ve stopped listening – that said, given the nature of this release, the saying “you get out what you put in” couldn’t be more applicable. Take your time with it.
Speaking of… if you haven’t already started listening, do yourself a favour; sit down in the comfiest seat you can find, plug in your headphones, close your eyes and put it on. This EP works in all the right ways – it’s visceral, emotional and a true reflection on the day and age in which we live.
In other words, soak up The Network’s When Ur Down; it’s something you won’t forget any time soon.
Words: Alex McDiarmid
Filed under: Beats, Chilled, Jazz | Tags: beat, beats, Hip Hop, instrumental hip hop, Jazz, music, Trip-Hop
The Hip-Hop cats will appreciate this banging SP-1200 shit from Broke/. Some simple laid back jazzy hip-hop loops.
Check out this and this if you are keen on more like this.
Filed under: Chilled, Electronica, Vocals | Tags: Chilled, Deep, Electronica, mellow, music, Synth, vocals
Su Na has gone and done a remix of Mincha‘s Lovin’. The track has already enjoyed some popularity thanks to SeventhhWonder‘s remix from earlier this month.
Filed under: Chilled, Vocals | Tags: Acoustic, Chilled, independant, Soothing, vocals
I didn’t realise, but I had my speakers turned up really, really far when I hit play on the intro track of Treehouse so my first reaction was HOLY CRAP THAT BASS IS LOUD! But even with my stupidity getting in the way, it made for an enriching listen.
For a bit of background, Dr. Bones is a future beat producer out of NYC (I’m sure regular readers will enjoy his two free EPs to be found here and here) while Marigold is a Boston-based vocalist. The pair have created a layered electronic-folky type sound full of them delicious organic samples. My heart was pounding a mile a minute after being startled by the initial volume I had my speakers set to (again, my fault- not theirs), but luckily the album is beautifully relaxing.
Filed under: Beats, Chilled, Dance, Electronica, Experimental, Hip-Hop, Psychadelic, Upbeat | Tags: Acid, album, beats, Electronic, Electronica, experimental, future beat, melbourne, music, Psychedelic, Synth, Trip-Hop
Fuck the Radio Collective picked up Melbourne’s FLOW around 9 months ago after peeping an amazing live set. His first album has finally hit the Internet for your listening pleasure. If described in one word? I’d use something like ‘trippy’. Melbourne is surely delivering on the electronic beat goodness lately.
Filed under: Chilled, Dance | Tags: bee ampersand, Chilled, Dance, Deep, downtempo, fuck the radio, House, house track, melbourne, melbourne australia, music, Soothing, willow beats, willowbeats
Bee Ampersand remixes fellow Fuck the Radio Collective members Willow Beats‘ track Blue into a simplistic chilled house track.
Filed under: Chilled, Chillwave, Electronica, Vocals | Tags: chillwave, colourwaves, Electronica, melbourne, melbourne australia, music, Psychedelic, Synth, vocals
Colourwaves has released some new work and it’s brought us out of hiding. World Warp contains a poignant commentary on consumer culture and human’s creative spirituality.
Filed under: Beats, Chilled, Hip-Hop, Jazz, video, Vocals | Tags: Amin Payne, beat, beats, Ben Bada Boom, cascade records, collaboration, Dance, Hip Hop, Jazz, music, sample based, Video, visual, vocals
There’s somewhat of a global effort behind this collaboration between local Melbourne hero Amin Payne, Germany-based Ben Bada Boom and French label Cascade Records. A well-deserved sexy video for a sexy song; pushing the limits of what the YouTube monkeys will allow.
Amin and Ben have a talent for making beats which stand on their own as ‘songs’ rather than simplistic instrumentals- really bringing the craft to a new level of creativity and musicianship.
Filed under: Chilled, Jazz, remix, Vocals | Tags: Hip Hop, Jazz, jazzy, music, smooth, Trip-Hop, vocals
I’ve suddenly found myself jumping head-first back into that jazzy brand of trip-hop which I love so much; Hubert Daviz dropped this smooth remix of Grand Puba‘s A Little of This around a year ago and I’m digging it.
Filed under: Chilled, Mellow, Vocals | Tags: chet faker, melbourne, melbourne australia, mellow, Pop, Soothing, vocals
This is going to be all over the blogosphere but how could I resist. Local superstar Chet Faker (who skyrocketed to stardom with his amazing cover of Blackstreet’s No Diggity) teaming up with the totally dope Kilo Kish (check out K+ if you missed the boat on her).
I caught a bit of Chet Faker‘s set at Splendour in the Grass (major Aussie music festival) and his fan-base ranged from drunk teens to groovy middle-aged couples. A testament to the brilliant accessibility of his music.
Filed under: Beats, Chilled, Electronica, Hip-Hop, Jazz, Mellow | Tags: album, beats, chillout, Electronica, Hip Hop, instrumental hip hop, mellow, sample based, Trip-Hop
Duke Westlake’s Re. Turn is an impressive 30 tracks large. Ranging from chillout to electronica to straight up hip-hop, this album contains an impressive variety of different sounds and samples, worth hitting play and kicking back to.
Released by the soulful hip-hop centred Mello Music Group (Oddisee, Apollo Brown), the whole thing only costs an easy $7.50 to be yours to keep, or just stream it on Bandcamp above.
Filed under: Chilled, Experimental, Jazz, Live Show, Psychadelic, Vocals | Tags: Acid-Jazz, Deep, downtempo, Electronic, Hypnotic, Jazz, melbourne, melbourne artists, Trip-Hop, vocals
New from Alta who will be holding down a pretty dope August residency, 10pm every Wednesday at The Workers Club with some of Fuck the Radio‘s favourite local acts… no seriously, check out the line-up:
Friendships – 9pm, Audego – 8pm (Wed 7 Aug)
Condensed Milk – 9pm, Flash Forest – 8pm (Wed 14 Aug)
*Secret Guest* – 9pm, Leaks – 8pm (Wed 21 Aug)
Rat & Co – 9pm, Silent Jay – 8pm (Wed 28 Aug)
Filed under: Ambient, Chilled, Electronica, Experimental, Party, Vocals | Tags: ambient, Chilled, de landa, Deep, downtempo, Electronica, experimental, fuck the radio, melbourne australia, music, music event, Soothing, vocals
At age 19, Thomas Guida aka. Leaks is the youngest member of the Fuck the Radio Collective. His De Landa EP (out on the free digital label Absent Fever) was put out late May, and is holding up to be one of my favourite releases of the year (check out the brilliant I’m Glad You’re Still Here). He’s finally got a release party together with supports from Audego, Surf Dad and fellow brilliant Fuck the Radio artists Alta.
If you are in Melbourne on the 19th, you can head down to Ding Dong lounge, where Guida will be giving away 100 limited physical copies of the EP for free, and also playing for you live. As you can imagine, I have seen him live before and just a hint: it’s a good gig to bring a special guy/girl friend along to for holding hands and looking into each-other’s eyes n shit.
OR just go with your 100% nothing suss platonic mates and chill out to some soothing beats either way.
Peep the event here -> https://www.facebook.com/events/1398726227006016/
Filed under: Chilled, Vocals | Tags: album, Chilled, downtempo, melbourne artists, music, Pop, Soothing, vocals
One of my favourite local young Melbourne artists, Wintercoats released the soothing EP Heartful in April as a ‘name your price’ download via Bandcamp.
Wintercoats will be performing at the Yes Please 2nd Birthday Party happening in Melbourne on July 18 at The Worker’s Club with live sets in the band room from artists on the Yes Please artists I’lls, Fishing, Wintercoats, Guerre and The Townhouses. Plus DJ sets in the front bar from Oscar Key Sung, Andras Fox, Simon Winkler, Tim Shiel and Adam Christou.
