Today we've got the debut from Liverpool singer-songwriter
Susan
Enan, whose duet with Sarah McLachlan was featured on
Bones; the new album from YACHT on DFA
Records; the soundtrack
for new rom-com Adam; some classic piano pop from
David
Mead; the debut full-length from Chicago house deejay
Bad Boy
Bill; and more!
"After the relative disappointment of Paper Tigers,
Vladislav Delay's fourth Luomo album rewires the
project, forging new emotional and sonic territory, marshalling
enormous amounts of studio wizardry and compositional effort to map
out a new (effortless-sounding) textural and sensual approach to
house and pop music."
A close look at our back catalog has revealed this gem: a
compilation of artists from London's now-defunct Output Recordings,
curated by Trevor Jackson (aka the electroclash DJ Playgroup).
Especially notable tracks are LCD Soundsystem's first single
from 2002, Losing My Edge, and the original full-length mix of
The Rapture's excellent Olio (Full Length Version) -- only available on
this album!
Hybrid's lush,
classical approach to house music has gained them a reputation as
serious musicians in a genre with -- let's be honest -- a great
number of amateurs. Trance and progressive house have all but faded
to the sidelines of popular electronic music (especially in the
United States), written off as dated or repetitive by many but the
most devoted fans. Britain's nu-rave scene brought attention back
to higher BPMs and '90s fashions, but the movement was doomed by
irony almost before it began.
