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Young Magic Creates SSENSE Mix + Tour With Purity Ring

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Young Magic have released a SSENSE mix which combines Martin Denny’s exotic piano jazz before weaving into Japanese band Mariah’s melancholic single, Door to the Heart. Young Magic’s collaboration with Montreal duo Purity Ring, Grandloves, with its winding landscapes and ethereal vocals soak into splintered samples of Arca’s DOEP and later, S.Maharba’s haunting vocals, before the introduction of Hype Williams’ South African dance influences and Icelandic band Samaris’ eerie electronica

Listen to the SSENSE mix below via Soundcloud.

Comprised of New Yorkers Isaac Emmanuel, Melati Malay and Michael Italia, Young Magic formed in 2010 out of mutual music interests and self-proclaimed restless spirits. Their first full-length LP, “Melt”, released via Carpark Records in 2012 combined field-recordings from their individual travels around the world with varied samples of soul, psychedelic, trip-hop and electronica that eventually became a key ingredient to their lauded experimental dream-pop sound.

melt cover
Melt tracklisting:
1. Sparkly
2. Slip Time
3. You With Air
4. Yalam
5. Jam Karet
6. Night In The Ocean
7. Watch For Our Lights
8. The Dancer
9. Cavalry
10. Sanctuary
11. Drawing Down The Moon

 

 

 

Young Magic heads out on a North American tour with Culture Addicts faves Purity Ring in January 2013, adding a second date in NYC.

2013 Tour dates:
01/10 Montreal, QC @ Le National ◊
01/11 New York City, NY @ Webster Hall ◊
01/12 New York City, NY @ Webster Hall ◊
01/14 Washington, DC @ 9.30 Club ◊
01/15 Baltimore, MD @ Ottobar ◊
01/17 Atlanta, GA @ Variety Playhouse ◊
01/18 Orlando, FL @ The Social ◊
01/19 Tampa, FL @ The Orpheum ◊
01/21 New Orleans, LA @ Maison ◊
01/22 Austin, TX @ Mohawk ◊
01/23 Dallas, TX @ Granada Theater ◊
01/24 Memphis, TN @ Hi-Tone Cafe ◊
01/25 Nashville, TN @ Mercy Lounge ◊
01/26 Asheville, NC @ The Orange Peel ◊
01/28 Charlottesville, VA @ Jefferson Theater ◊
01/29 Philadelphia, PA @ Union Transfer ◊
01/30 Boston, MA @ Paradise Rock Club ◊
02/01 Toronto, ON @ Phoenix Concert Theatre ◊

◊ w/ Purity Ring

For more information on Young Magic, visit http://youngmagicsounds.com/

Remixer RAC Releases New Album + Tours North America

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RAC promo shotThis week, remixer RAC will release his new album and start playing tour dates in North America. Andre Anjos launched RAC while studying at Greenville College in Illinois and quickly became one of the most in demand remixers who seemed to be remixing everyone under the sun. ”RAC Chapter One” examines the first part of his career and compiles some of the classic remixes including The Shins’ Sleeping Lessons. The album is out on November 6 via RAC Records and will be available at all digital retailers. In support of the release, RAC will hit the road in North America during November on the Endless Summer Tour with Classixx, Cosmic Kids, and JeromeLOL – dates are listed below.

Take a listen to RAC’s gazillion remixes (ok, just a 143) via Soundcloud below.

“RAC Chapter One” showcases the scope of his appeal and imagination with remixes of tracks by Phoenix, Foster the People, Tegan and Sara, and The Temper Trap as well as club staples by Penguin Prison, and exclusive unreleased remixes of Chromeo’s ‘Bonafide Lovin’ and Classixx’s ‘Stranger Love’. The album concludes with “RAC Radio” which is a continuous mix of some of the album’s tracks.

Chapter One – Tracklist:
01 – Two Door Cinema Club – Something Good Can Work (RAC Mix)
02 – Foster The People – Houdini (RAC Mix)
03 – Phoenix – Armistice (RAC Mix)
04 – Kele – Everything You Wanted (RAC Mix)
05 – The Temper Trap – Sweet Disposition (RAC Mix)
06 – The Shins – Sleeping Lessons (RAC Mix)
07 – Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros – Home (RAC Mix)
08 – Washed Out – New Theory (RAC Mix)
09 – Theophilus London ft. Sara Quin – Why Even Try (RAC Mix)
10 – Phantogram – When I’m Small (RAC Mix)
11 – Mayer Hawthorne – No Strings (RAC Mix)
12 – Tokyo Police Club – Wait Up (Boots of Danger) (RAC Mix)
13 – Chromeo – Bonafied Lovin (RAC Mix)
14 – Ra Ra Riot – Boy (RAC Mix)
15 – Penguin Prison – The Worse It Gets (RAC Mix)
16 – CLASSIXX – Stranger Love (RAC Mix)
17 – Tegan & Sara – Back In Your Head (RAC Mix)
18 – Zee Avi – Concrete Wall (RAC Mix)
19 – Lana Del Rey – Blue Jeans (RAC Mix)
20 – RAC Radio*

*RAC Radio Tracklist:
01 – Phantogram – When I’m Small (RAC Mix)
02 – Washed Out – New Theory (RAC Mix)
03 – Theophilus London ft. Sara Quin – Why Even Try (RAC Mix
04 – Mayer Hawthorne – No Strings (RAC Mix)
05 – Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros – Home (RAC Mix)
06 – The Shins – Sleeping Lessons (RAC Mix)
07 – Foster The People – Houdini (RAC Mix)
08 – Lana Del Rey – Blue Jeans (RAC Mix)
09 – Two Door Cinema Club – Something Good Can Work (RAC Mix)
10 – CLASSIXX – Stranger Love (RAC Mix)
11 – Chromeo – Bonafied Lovin (RAC Mix)
12 – Penguin Prison -The Worse It Gets (RAC Mix)
13 – Kele – Everything You Wanted (RAC Mix)
14 – Phoenix – Armistice (RAC Mix)
15 – The Temper Trap – Sweet Disposition (RAC Mix)

RAC is currently preparing his debut artist album for release in Spring 2013.

Endless Summer Tour Dates:
11/8 - Costa Mesa, California @ Detroit Bar
11/9 - Los Angeles, California @ Lure
11/10 - Tijuana, Mexico @ La Mi Ja
11/11 - San Diego, California @ Voyeur
11/15 - San Francisco, California @ Mezzanine
11/17 - Vancouver, British Colombia, Canada @ Waldorf Hotel
11/18 - Portland, Oregon @ Mississippi Studios

For more information on RAC, visit www.rac.fm.

Check Yo Ponytail Releases Light Asylum Mixtape

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In anticipation of next week’s Check Yo Ponytail event at Echoplex, Light Asylum has recorded an exclusive mixtape to accompany the party where they will be performing with Chelsea Wolfe, Tearist, Violet Tremors and Slow Motion DJS.

MP3: Light Asylum’s Check Yo Ponytail Mixtape (mixed by Night Childe)

Track list:
1 – Dave Ball + Nina Hagen – Sincerity, NewYork NewYork
2 – Malcolm X – No Sell Out (7″ Version)
3 – Strafe – Set It Off (Extended Remix)
4 – Information Society – Running (Vocal Remix)
5 – Nine Inch Nails – Sin
6 – L.A. Style – James Brown Is Dead
7 – Geneva Jacuzzi – Do I Sad?
8 – Martial Canterel – Listener Dead
9 – Suicide – Ghost Rider

Party details

Tuesday, May 15 @ Echoplex 1154 Glendale Blvd Los Angeles, CA

featuring
Light Asylum (http://www.lightasylum.com/)

Chelsea Wolfe (http://www.chelseawolfe.net/)

Tearist (http://www.facebook.com/pages/Tearist)

Violet Tremors (http://www.facebook.com/Violet.Tremors2)

Slow Motion DJs

Visuals by Demonbabies
http://www.demonbabies.com/

New Release: The Juan Maclean – Everybody Get Close

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Since the release of 2009′s The Future Will Come, Juan Maclean’s last album, he has created remixes for artists like Chairlift, Matthew Dear, The Tough Alliance, Yoko Ono and Stevie Nicks. In 2010, Maclean secured a place amongst the dance world’s top tier when he contributed a volume to the respected DJ-Kicks series. Juan also appeared on both the Holy Ghost! Static on the Wire! EP and Shit Robot’s “Grim Receiver”. He has been tirelessly DJ’ing worldwide.

Although he has been busy, people are still awaiting an official Maclean album. To satisfy these people, he has released Everybody Get Close, a digital only collection of Maclean’s material featuring new music, re-mastered tracks and remixes from some of his most talented colleagues. Juan Maclean and Nancy Whang have begun work on The Juan Maclean’s 3rd LP for DFA Records. In the meantime, Everybody Get Close, serves as a ‘stop-gap’ compilation and fitting reminder of Juan Maclean’s contribution to both the dance and indie music communities. Everybody Get Close is available now through iTunes.

Listen to and download the title track from “Everybody Get Close” below.

For more information on the Juan Maclean, visit www.thejuanmaclean.com/.

Introducing a Hot New Mixtape – Le Castle Vania

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Le Castle Vania’s brand new mixtape, “The Bulletproof Tiger Mixtape Vol.1″ which is actually his first publicly available mixtape! With driving tracks like his own ‘Zero Machine’ which samples a guitar hook from Smashing Pumpkins and ‘Starter’ from Boys Noize…as well as tracks from Toxic Avenger, Designer Drugs, and Fake Blood it is a solid mix. For a full track listing, check out the post on his website.

A little about Le Castle Vania - He is based in Atlanta (real name Dylan Eiland. He has DJed with some of today’s hottest acts, such as Justice, MSTRKRFT, Simian Mobile Disco, Busy P, Kavinsky, Soulwax, Surkin, Para One, The Presets, Steve Aoki and Crystal Castles. He’s also an avid producer and engineer, writing tracks from scratch and remixing his favorite bands.

His signature sound combines grinding disco punk with strong electronic beats and catchy synth leads, resulting in banging electro music that is dark and dirty but somehow equally uplifting and dancey. You can hear this throughout “The Bulletproof Tiger Mixtape Vol.1″.

We are looking forward to hearing his next mixtape offering.

Cheers,
YPB x