I have a number of friends who describe this track as "peaking" and I'm 100% on board with this! We've all heard the track - those of us who have been hardcore Mura Masa fans have been talking about this track for a minute. It's original version which dropped last year was great ... but this new production featuring A$AP Rocky is fucking bananas! Not sure how you can improve on perfection, but Mura Masa did it. "Love$ick" is my #1 jam right now, I think I listened to it 50+ times over the weekend. With a brilliant mixture of dance, future, funk, jazz and hip-hop - this British dreamboat has won me over. Swoop this one via iTunes HERE!
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CASHMERE CAT - TRUST NOBODY
Music, Original MixComment3 Things I know about Cashmere Cat: 1) He's obsessed with dogs. If you follow his Snapchat you can see him following around every doggo he comes into contact with childlike enthusiasm. 2) He has a pretty great sense of humor, lots of jokes. 3) He makes some of the best music ever and this new track "Trust Nobody" is rad. It's the second single from his forthcoming debut full length album, and if this is a sign of what's to come, Cashmere Cat may put out the album of the year. Slaying! This has all the future bass and R&B pop vibes we have come to love from this Norwegian producer. SO stoked for this!
ELLUSIVE - SPACE BETWEEN US (FT. ERENE)
Music, Original MixCommentI can't sleep. This happens every now and then - my brain works overtime, waking me up in the early AM hours. On mornings such as this I like to post tracks I may have missed from the past few weeks that have the ultimate chill vibes .... because when it's this early I can only cope by listening to the dopest jams. Ellusive is crushing the vibes with his latest track "Space Between Us ft. Erene" in a massive way ... I'm swooning! This yung Trap producer hands us a sexy smooth deep bass gem with glitchy rhythms and dreamy vocals. This is the good shit! Get into this one kids!
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE x REMMI - AWAKE, ASLEEP
Music, Original MixCommentHappy Saturday y'all! I'm having a chill weekend at home with the doggo - the San Francisco weather is perfect with our indian summer in full effect. Blessed to live in such a beautiful place, I'm a Cali Girl for life! The summertime vibes are strong today, and Speaker Of The House is bringing the perfect feels with his latest track "Awake, Asleep." Veering away from his deep house sound, this Philly producer is giving us some luscious future bass sounds featuring alluring vocals from REMMI. This one is dance floor perfection! Speaker Of The House has just kicked off a huge US Tour, and luckily we grabbed him for the bay area show! On NOV 4th he'll be playing our show at Fox Theater Oakland with Goldroom and Autograf -- and things could not get much better than this. Grab tickets ASAP!
KING DECO - READ MY LIPS
Music, Original MixCommentWell it hasn't taken very long for Jordanian born King Deco to be making all sorts of moves. Her newest single "Read My Lips" has already been getting quite a bit of buzz and certainly for a reason. Her infectious vocals pair perfectly with the upbeat pop production encapsulating the instrumental. I waited until today to post this record because I thought it would be perfect for that weekend vibe. The sun soaked single uses a groovin' bass line, sporadic guitar and dreamy electronics to create a synthpop anthem worthy of every pre-game playlist. Ohh and you can download this new single for free right here.
OWEN BONES - MACH ONE (FEAT. TUNJI IGE & LIL AARON)
Music, Original MixCommentChicago's Owen Bones doesn't have that large of a catalogue yet, but we're picturing big things ahead for this upstart rapper. Owen first came across my radar with his track "Stuntman (feat. Kevin Abstract & Mick Jenkins" a few months ago. When I saw his new single "Mach One" featuring Tunji Ige and another one of our BB faves lil aaron I figured something tight was about to drop. To my delight what I got was a fun, weekend ready single that's smooth and full of energy. On top of that he's got a pretty cool website where you can get links to download/stream this single. Looks like we'll be seeing a lot more in the future from this camp.
LOUIS THE CHILD - FIRE
Music, Original MixCommentWell it's taking a while, but slowly we're being graced with new Louis the Child records. Their most recent release "Weekend" featuring Icona Pop established a trend that I hear continuing with their newest "Fire." It seems like kid references are everywhere in music branding now-a-days (young, kid, child, lil etc), but with LTC not only is their branding youthful and energetic their sound is also following suit. Freddy, LTC's musical maestro, has engineered a style with sounds and melodies that are light, cheery and exuberant setting the tone for the profile that they want to exploit. "Fire" is a pleaser from the second you hit play. Evalyn's cutting vocals soar above the beat eventually building to the signature flume-esque future bass chorus that we've come to love and expect from the boys. Hopefully we won't have to wait another 3 months for another LTC record, but even if we do I think we'll be ok because "Fire's" flame won't be extinguished any time soon. You can stream/download "Fire" from Ultra Records here.
[PREMIERE] ARK PATROL - CURIOUS (FT. VICTORIA ZARO)
Music, Original Mix, PREMIERE, PremiereCommentWe've got a full slate of awesome new music to support today, but I'm going to start things off with this killer new single from Boston's Ark Patrol. "Curious" is a mysterious sounding electronic pop tune full of sweet melodies and lush sounds that move forward with robotic like precision. Victoria Zaro's vocals keeps you locked into the lyrics with a melancholy tone that both entrances and tugs you into her pensive state of being. The record is built with light and charming synth sounds and melodies, but yet the combination of it all with Victoria's vocals result in a somber sounding tune. According to the artist "The sounds and song structure are a callback to a more 90s - 00s pop style. Alternative electronic pop. It would be nice if this song reminded listeners of what's out there. The styles we've left behind as a world and the room there is still left to discover as a generation.” Out today on Heroic recordings you can stream "Curious" here.
DECARLO - LIT RIGHT NOW
Music, Original MixCommentI'm keeping the new artist streak I have going on today alive with this ridiculously smooth debut from DeCarlo. The Brazilian born singer will make the hair on the back of your neck stand up with the way he expertly blends falsetto highs, meandering vocal solos and sexy lyrcism. The back beat of this R&B ballad produced by KRS keeps it relatively simple which lets DeCarlo take point and lead the way. The guitar solo at the end is just the icing on this LIT cake. Grab your bae and snuggle up to this banger of a slow jam. You can grab this as a free download here.