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Pa rlo vr Kook Soul | Fontana This is a dangerous record for old men to be listening to. There is so much utterly convincing gusto behind the subject matter – a dissolved engagement – that youthful obsession with a distinct kind of happiness (born of the sort of concessions you think the world will make for you as a post-adolescent) bubble to front of your consciousness and you start wanting to chase indifferent girls down city streets in the rain. But all of that patter is rather irrelevant once you get caught up in the tight pop music deconstructed here and rebuilt with such an infectious wail as the mortar, that you sing yourself hoarse to the stuff in traffic.
Text Jeff Carvalho
Fresh new summer tunes from Berlin's Keinemusik collective to get things in gear for the summer. Their latest release, "Workparty Three" is a four-track delivery of music that work various mood sets from the deep to the mellow. &ME opens the release with Everless, a vocal infused hypnotic mid-set mood setter that carries the listener onto the next movement of the night. Dashed percussion hits give the track organic intensity. Adam Port's "Drums on Parade" play with jazz inspired percussion lines that force the listener to shake and the tune builds forward. The flipside of the 12-inch opens with Rampa's "Look Out" - collaboration with Hollis P. Monroe and easily the most mellow track on the release. Melodic vocals infuse well with claps and synth hits that force your to move. They close it out with David Mayer's "Jewels" that keeps the bounce and rhythm proper wherever it lands in the set. Another gem from the Keinemusik crew.
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Gig a me sh All My Life EP | Kitsuné
Text Josh Tyson
Kitsune Music delivers the new Gigamesh "All My Life EP" - a summer steady four track of summer pop hits that works all elements of contemporary French hits and more. Friendly rhythms and vocals laid upon a bed of samples and synth beats give the tracks life on and off the dancefloor. "All My Life" starts it off with a slowed down rhythm that is open and airy. "You Body," track three on the EP, delivers a beats reminiscent of the funky side of UK dance music - the kind that brings your footwork front and center. "Dream On" closes out the EP with a wave of sounds and just a touch slighty decayed melodies; broken and processes. Play this EP on your roofdeck - either at dusk or dawn.
Text Jeff Carvalho
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