Also, I’ve done a mini-mix for Ninja Tune’s always excellent Solid Steel podcast which features some of my favorite slow jams of the past 6 months from the likes of Rustie, Arp 101, Sinjin Hawke, Zomby, Purity Ring as well as an exclusive new song by the homie LUNICE.
Another killer month. If Machine Drum hadn’t already proven he was this year’s most prolific and forward-thinking producer with a killer EP on Lucky Me and an *outstanding* full-length on Planet Mu, this most certainly ices it. Everyone agrees: Travis and Praveen just released one of the best electronic albums of the year. Year of the wolf, indeed. Buy. It. Now.
Sepalcure – Sepalcure
Modeselektor – Monkeytown
Oneohtrix Point Never – Replica
Korallreven – An album by Koreallreven
Cosmin TRG – Simulat
Drake – Take Care
Kuedo – Severant
ASAP Rocky Mixtape
There are plenty of reasons to like George Stromboulopolos. He’s got a great interview show and really does his research on his guests. He loves the Montreal Canadiens. He has good taste in music. I could go on.
And so when I was recently asked to curate a 20 minute mix for George’s radio show on CBC Radio 2, I took it to heart and tried to do something special. The episode aired last night and is now available for download. I kept it slow and sexy ( nd mostly Canadian).I guess my only regret was that I didn’t have more time to work with as I left out a bunch of great stuff. I really hope I get to do this more often!
Zomby – Basquiat
Dionne Warwick – Make it easy on yourself
Drake – Marvin’s Room (Shlohmo’s thru tha floor remix)
The Weeknd – What u need (Produced by Zodiac)
Jhene Aiko – Stranger
Gil Scott-Heron – Pieces of a man
Evy Jane – Say so
New Look – Ballad
Braids – Lammicken
They say the full-length album is a dying format. Screw those people. There are still plenty of EXCELLENT albums being released on a regular basis. Here are 10 that have been on rotation.
(in no particular order)
Graham Douglas Bertie is a producer / composer / songwriter from Montreal, Canada now residing in Toronto. In his short career, he’s already made important contributions to dance music under several different projects and contributions.
He began exploring production work as Thunderheist, a solo project that quickly became a duet consisting of himself as producer and vocalist Isis. The group immediately garnered an enormous buzz, seeing a release on Big Dada and touring worldwide.
Thunderheist parted ways in 2010, giving him a chance to explore new avenues. Firstly, a collaborative EP released on Grizzly Records in 2010 with Miami-based artist Jubilee as Bassanovva.
Since then, he has been developing a multi-genre electronic project using the moniker Nautiluss. With a debut EP released this past September on hotly-tipped Hemlock Recordings and having just recently signed with Montreal-based Turbo Recordings for a full-length album, 2012 is sure to be a banner year.