BEN BROWNING - I CAN'T STAY
YOUR SUMMER POP-SYNTH ANTHEM HAS ARRIVED!
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LISTEN:
1 - I Can't Stay (3.05)
2 - I Can't Stay (Knightlife Rmx) (7.58)
3 - I Can't Stay (Juan Maclean Rmx)(6.27)
ABOUT:
"A pulsating solo effort from electronic pop crooning man-child and Cut Copy bassist Ben Browning is the shiniest, newest addition to the Cutters stable of artists.
Prior to starting on Cut Copy's most recent album Zonoscope, Ben Browning dug into his trusty mind-hole and began penning tracks for a solo release. "I Can't Stay" is the lead single, taken from Browning's forthcoming EP on Cutters records.
The talents of ARCHITECTURE IN HELSINKI's Gus Franklin and Haima Marriott were enlisted to add production and shimmer, with Franklin even laying down live-drums on the final recording. Meanwhile, CUT COPY's own Dan Whitford reached into his collection of vintage synths to provide keyboard programming, producing some of the the classic keyboard tones herein.
What's that you say? You wanna dance? Never fear, the single is rounded out by two energetic remixes of the lead track I Can't Stay. Cutters' own KNIGHTLIFE, who has made spacey disco bliss his stock in trade, has transformed this into and epic, infectious melodic house gem. And DFA's JUAN MACLEAN opts for an energized version, more faithful to the original, much like classic expertly finessed dance mixes of old.
Stay tuned for Ben Browning's full EP, 'Lover Motion' - out in early 2012."
KNIGHTLIFE - I WANT YOU
THE MOTHERSHIP HAS LANDED...
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LISTEN:
1 - Serves You Right (5.52)
2 - Otherway (4.02)
3 - I Want You (4.45)
4 - These Eyes (5.52)
5 - Maybe It's Better (3.55)
6 - Serves You Right
(Bobby Boomerang Remix) (6.54)
7 - I Want You (Weekend Express Rmx) (6.06)
8 - Serves You Right (The Emperor Machine Remix) (10.08)
ABOUT:
"He's been called the baron of the beats, a 'knight of life', the 'life of the night', or even occasionally plain Mike Gamwell, To you and I though, he is only Knightlife. Long considered to be Cutters Records' secret weapon and he's back with an EP release, featuring 5 originals and 3 remixes. For the first time as well, 4 of the originals now feature live vocals, provided by his mysterious angelic muse, credited only as AP.
The EP takes off with Serves You Right, a whole other level of regal sophistifunk. It's a workout of vigorous percussive energy, classic clav shapes, and AP in full effect. The title track I Want You takes the foot off the accelerator just a shade, a classy strut built around an effortless vocal refrain and perhaps his most "pop" production yet. The following track, Otherway is an altogether more bombastic affair. Taking queues from classic techno and early sample-based house, Otherway builds a beast out of the bones of dance music, a looping, building up and breaking down, finely tuned slab of sample stabs wonderfully attuned to a timeless dancefloor. These Eyes push things out into deep space, with spiralling synth delays and a swirling mid-section and hypnotic bass that's quintessential Knightlife. Then finally Maybe It's Better; comes as a kind of downtempo, cosmic palette cleanser to conclude the EP.
On the remix tip, outback wanderer BOBBY BOOMERANG gets so cosmic up in Serves You Right, while fellow Melbourne producer WEEKEND EXPRESS keeps things classic and deep. Meanwhile THE EMPEROR MACHINE takes to Serves Your Right with a massive lance and slays a giant bubbling analogue dragon of a remix, as is his wont. It's all golden, and we can't stop playing it. If this EP doesn't find a place in your record bag, then we give up... Seriously."
KNIGHTLIFE - SERVES YOU RIGHT
THAT'S RIGHT!
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LISTEN:
1 - Serves You Right (6.25)
2 - Otherway (7.44)
3 - Serves You Right (The Emperor Machine Remix) (5.22)
MIRACLES CLUB - LIGHT OF LOVE REMIXES
WANT IT, GOT TO HAVE IT
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LISTEN:
1 - Light of Love (Cut Copy Revision)(6.25)
2 - Light of Love (Neurotic Drum Band Remix) (7.44)
3 - So Hot (Club Mix)(5.22)
4 - So Hot (Old School Mix)(4.21)
5 - Light of Love (Ulysses Remix) (5.52)
ABOUT:
"Introducing The Miracles Club, a collective that fuse a love of classic house music and experimental pop. Having released an their debut EP through Mexican Summer last year, they return with a vibrant 12" and digital EP, ready for the dancefloor.
This record features their newest anthem, ’So Hot’, alongside some international reworkings of ‘Light of Love’. The result is a radiant and celebratory Cascadian psychedelic acid house excursion. Having quickly emerged as instigators in Portland, Oregon's underground dance music community, members Rafael Fauria, Honey Owens and Ryan Boyle fuse elements of classic Chicago acid house, world music, left-field pop and contemporary dance. Their infectious transmissions and live happenings have energized Portland's current Madchester style explosion of club music mutations.
The Light of Love Remixes EP captures the band's beauty, joyous humour, and pure club instinct in full effect. "So Hot," featuring frequent guest vocalist, Justin Green, juxtaposes the band's heady, futuristic, and reverberant sound-space with a tightly wound Acidic rhythm track, culminating in an avalanche of piano chords.
Cutters Records' label bosses Cut Copy give us an enhanced edition of ’Light of Love,’ the psychedelic piano house jam from the band's iconic first single. Also included is a dubbed out house mix by New York’s Neurotic Drum Band, and an etherial ambient reinterpretation by Ulysses. Add this snapshot of the band's evolution to your record crate quickly before they mutate their timeless house experiments into an uncharted and bright future."
NILE DELTA - CHANNEL / ALL THIS
YOU CAN FEEL IT
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LISTEN:
1 - Channel (5.39)
2 - All This (4.18)
3 - All This (Chicken Lips Rmx)(9.17)
4 - All This (Tornado Wallace Rmx)(7.30)
5 - All This (Chicken Lips Inst)(9.36)
ABOUT:
"Nile Delta is dancefloor wizard Joel Dickson, former member of Riot In Belgium and current member of Cutters' dynamic-duo, Voltage. Having spent the past year neck-deep producing and remixing other people's records - it was only a matter of time before this, Nile Delta's debut EP ‘Channel / All This’ emerged, shimmering, from the water.
The lead track, 'Channel' sounds like a late 70's house party. Except the house is actually a warehouse and the late 70's are actually the early 90's. An almost paradoxical blend of filtered piano stabs, party whistles, endless delays, a squelching acid lead, horns, bendy-breakdowns, you name it. 'Channel' sounds like MOODYMANN at his rawkus best. No party will be complete without this house gem.
'All This' on the flip, sees CUT COPY bassist BEN BROWNING provide an otherworldly vocal hook over Nile Delta's inescapable rhythm. And the crawling baseline will have your hips doing obscene things. Guaranteed.
Remixes include longtime favourites CHICKEN LIPS, who take their invincible track record on an Italian holiday - and TORNADO WALLACE who takes us deep, deep into the night."
DAS MOTH - MOON / WRONG
Esoteric, Atmospheric, Erotic, Aromatic...
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LISTEN:
1 - Moon (5.43)
2 - Wrong (5.02)
3 - Moon (Jacques Renault Rmx)(6.49)
4 - Wrong (Kink & Neville Watson Rmx)(5.42)
5 - Moon (Sidwho? Rmx)(5.39)
6 - Moon (Rio Lobotomy Rmx)(5.39)
7 - All Night (DexPistols Rmx)(6.11)
ABOUT:
"DAS MOTH is the alias of the Tokyo-based musician and former punk band member Tim Sullivan. As Das Moth Sullivan says 'no' to punk and 'yes' to a fusion of angular basslines, beautiful, esoteric synths and undeniable dance energy. "MOON" is like some long-lost post-punk Euro disco cut remade for the 21st century, while "WRONG" might be the kind of secret Balearic bargain basement discovery that Mark Seven might find on one of his record hunting trawls. With the assistance of Cutters Records resident studio wizard NILE DELTA in the producers chair, the tracks walk the fine line between the evocative sounds of YMO and modern disco-not-disco grooves.
As well as the two originals the digital EP contains an array of remixes from the likes of DFA faithful, JACQUES RENAULT who takes the party from manhattan loft to early morning berlin warehouse lockdown. House heavyweights KINK & NEVILLE WATSON provide a dub of "Wrong" that goes deeper than deep. SIDWHO? from THE SWISS renews his credentials as a disco kingpin by taking "Moon" on a tropical bass voyage and RIO LOBOTOMY force the energy up a notch with a sizzling disco-house rework. Das Moth has arrived, take a voyage and visit him on ‘Wrong/Moon’."
VOLTAGE - ALL NIGHT / Q.E.2
TAKE US TO A HIGHER PLACE
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LISTEN:
1 - All Night (6.20)
2 - Q.E.2 (5.47)
3 - All Night (Ilija Rudman Rmx)(6.39)
4 - All Night (Azari & III Rmx)(7.19)
5 - All Night (In Flagranti Rmx)(4.16)
6 - All Night (Turkish Prison Rmx)(4.37)
7 - All Night (Munk Rmx)(5.39)
ABOUT:
"Voltage features Joel Dickson (AKA Nile Delta) with production assistance by Bobby Boomerang (AKA Cut Copy’s very own Dan Whitford).
All Night is a dazzling cut of future disco with the haunted house vocals of Sydney band Ghoul’s Ivan Vizintin. The flip, Q.E.2., is the kind of late night low-slung disco-not-disco groove that exists purely for the freak folk after the 4am mark.
A selection of remixes of All Night are on offer, with Canucks Azari & III delivering the kind of jacking rubber funk they’re fast gaining a reputation for. Ilja Rudman slows turns the ohms waaaay doooooown and takes the party to a hazy beach party right around 3am, while In Flagranti work themselves into their typically convulsing so wrong it’s right spazz dance. German outfit Munk turn in a tactfully restrained, spacious take, while the mysterious Turkish Prison give All Night the kind of creepy organ donation it always deserved.
Voltage is here and now, powering your station."
KNIGHTLIFE - II
THE MAN IN THE HELMET IS BACK
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LISTEN:
A - Crusader (6.43)
B1 - Discotirso (4.16)
B2 - All Systems (Nile Delta Rmx)(5.07)
KNIGHTLIFE - I
WHEN SWORDS CLASH, DANCEFLOORS ERRUPT.
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LISTEN:
A - Ambobop (4.34)
B1 - All Systems (4.02)
MIDNIGHT JUGGERNAUTS - SHADOWS
AND AFTERWARDS, THEY WATCHED XANADU.
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LISTEN:
A1 - Shadows (4.18)
A2 - Devil Within (3.55)
B1 - Tombstone (Comets Remix) (6.57)
B2 - Shadows (Ajax Remix) (5.31)
MIDNIGHT JUGGERNAUTS - 45 & RISING
PREMIERE JUGGERNAUT VINYL RELEASE.
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LISTEN:
A1 - 45 & Rising (Cut Copy Remix)(6.40)
B1 - 45 & Rising (3.16)
B2 - Raised By Wolves (3.56)
K.I.M. - SYSTEM BREAKDOWN / WET’N’WILD
A MAN, A STATE OF MIND.
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LISTEN:
A - System Breakdown (5.22)
B - Wet’n’wild (4.59)