Flume

I've been meaning to post about the incredibly talented Australian beat-maker known as Flume for a while now ever since I got hold of his self-titled debut album near the beginning of this year, and now that he has just released a brand new remix, here is my opportunity!

This guy is seriously making big waves in the electronic music industry, especially in his home country of Australia where his album managed to debut at number one last year. When listening to the man's music though its not difficult to see why. He has a unique fresh sound which combines a multitude of influences, ranging from hip hop to soul to trance to electro to dance and on and on... all of which culminate in his unique amalgamations that have a dreamy and soulful, sometimes chilled and trippy, sometimes hard-hitting glitch-hop techno vibe. The man of the hour when it comes to the contemporary electronic genres that end in 'wave' or 'step' in my opinion. My words probably fail me at this point, so take a listen for yourself to his brand new remix of Disclosure's You & Me, which Flume likes to call 'orchestral crunkwave':

Disclosure - You & Me (Flume Remix) by Flume

Wow I know right?! After you're done picking up the fragments of your brain splattered around you from that mind-blowing goodness, download the track through Mp3juices.com here.

Then after you're finished doing that check out my two personal favourite tracks from his album below:
On Top feat. T.Shirt by Flume

Holdin On by Flume

Oh man, I think I got the Flume fever, this guys gonna be big, watch this space!

BONUS:
As a bonus, a couple of Aussies made a free EP in which they mix Flume instrumentals with acapellas from none other than the late great Biggie Smalls a.k.a Notorious BIG! How's that for a combo you ask? Pretty damn decent I say, or in the words of Biggie himself, "its all good baby baby!". Check that out below:



Happy Flumin' everybody!

Shayne

DANK

Today's track comes straight out of the top drawer of a chest in the Thug Mansion study/jacuzzi room. Straight-up electronic gangsta music from Cape Town's very own Glitch Hop maestro Dank. Dank's music is bass heavy heavy (not a typo), glitchy squelchy electronic hip hop beats that pump up the jam and show gang signs when they roll in the Cadillac down the streets with the sound turned high and the windows turned low.

Today's track is no exception, although I found it quite a while ago it still needs posting. A remix of a song by Slim Thugg and Mike Jones called Still Tippin', I think we can all agree that Dank murdered the track and then paid the police to be quiet about his crimes. Check out Dank's awesome Soundcloud page where he posts most of his tunes, a lot of them for free high quality download too, what a G.

Still Tippin--Mike Jones/Slim Thug--(DANK BOOTLEG)FREE 320 by DANk *gravy*

Shayne

Sibot - Magnet Jam EP

My main man Sibot has recently released a free EP on Diplo's label Mad Decent. If you have never heard of Sibot before you are probably a nine year old girl being raised in a log cabin in Ventersdorp, or maybe you just arent familiar with one of the biggest names in South African electronica. Sibot is one of my personal favourite producers of electronic music, and his genres range from bass heavy glitch hop to crunchy dubstep to futuristic hip hop beats, his styles are truly unique.

His long spanning career has seen him produce music for a number of other prolific South African artists, most notably Die Antwoord (back when they were called Max Normal) and Spoek Mathambo. Needless to say, Sibot is a badass gangster nommer een with eyeballs all over his face and has a live show which will kick your ass and take your lunch money.

The Magnet Jam EP is a free release containing 2 tracks from his previous Throw Away EP and one brand new one. The title track is one nasty piece of work with booming bass drops and an electronic choir of synth-powered robots preparing for battle on the dancefloor, the perfect stage for a futuristic throw-down. The second track No Question is straight-up thug with tabasco sauce in the petrol tank. The glitchy breakbeats, wobbly synths and turntable scratching make a very tasty combination, look out for the awesome vocal sample at the end too. The final track Tronarist is a step in a different direction and has more of a funky edge to it, with some 80's style synths, vocoder effects and a bouncy rolling bassline that is the perfect soundtrack for rollerblading around Saturn's ring on a Saturday night with the homies.

Download the Magnet Jam EP below for free:
Sibot - Magnet Jam (JEFF035) by Mad Decent

Shayne