Pacha will be celebrating its 40th year in Ibiza throughout the upcoming summer months, and it’s set to be an dance music-lover’s dream. Kicking off on May 22, the much-loved club chain, record label and clothing company will be bringing some of the hottest names under one roof to commemorate the special occasion, including Visionquest’s Shaun Reeves, Chicago’s house legend, Derrick Carter, and many more.
If you plan on cutting shapes in Ibiza this summer, be sure to pay Pacha a visit.
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Latin pop princes Raul y Mexia handily took our Artist of the Week poll. Congratulations to them and their awesomely supportive fans. Listen to what all the fuss is about with the Captain Planet remix of their track “Las Escondidas.”
Kitchen Party is the name of an edgy new girl group from London, whose Island Records debut is a free mixtape called 11th Floor. Mixed by the ever-popular mix master, DJ Cable, it features original tracks produced by ZDOT (Wiley, Marina & The Diamonds) and Cameron McVey (Sugababes, Massive Attack), as well as some rather splendid covers of Brandy, Diana Ross and Aaliyah.
The UK is in need of a cool pop band, and has been for years! After listening to Kitchen Party’s mixtape, it’s clear that they’re more than capable of filling the vacancy.
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Fun fact: They’re called Kitchen Party because the three ladies regularly rave it up together in the kitchen of the London-based flat they share. How much more cooler can they get?
In our recent interview with King Krule, he mentioned how much of a fan he was of Mount Kimbie’s productions, and that he was working on a few bits with the British electronic music duo. Well, one of the finished products has finally arrived in the form of “You Took Your Time.” Krule’s moody, spoken word-style singing is met with a down-tempo beat, with just enough jazzy percussion and bass to keep you from floating off. Zone out after the jump!
The who, what and where of the new band, Bandlands, is currently shrouded in mystery, but what has fallen into our hands is their dreamy debut single “Sleeping Beauty” that is somehow more Mazzy Star than Mazzy Star’s 1994 hit “Fade Into You.” The distorted organs, guitars, and far away drums make the track more cinematic than the time that “Fade Into You” was used in the prom scene in Angus.
Wiley, grime’s controversially outspoken one, recently uploaded a batch of instrumentals to his SoundCloud account. The grime MC, producer and generally intriguing character gives fans a mixture of mediocre (“Shotter”) and next level (“Capricorn”) productions, but who am I to judge? Listen to it below for yourselves.
David Rodigan MBE is held in such high regard in the UK and Jamaica for his work, and rightly so. The legendary DJ has dedicated most of his life to the promotion of reggae music, and he was one of the first to bring it to the British masses back in the 1970s with his Reggae Rockers show on Radio London. He’s worked at almost every worthy national radio station since, but now he sits comfortably at BBC Radio 1Xtra HQ every week – where he hosts one of the station’s most-listened-to shows.
Our friends over at FACT Magazine recently got Mr Rodigan to put together a free mix for the legions of old and new fans of the Jamaican-born genre. It features never-before-heard dubplates, as well as classic reggae jams. So click the download button below, get your bottle of rum out the cupboard (drink sensibly, folks) and enjoy the leading sound of the Caribbean islands.
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Last month, A*M*E gave the world the first play of her forthcoming single, “Heartless,” along with MNEK’s bumpy-bumpy remix. Today, though, the young starlet from Sierra Leone via London gives MTV IGGY the honor of unveiling her love song’s new electro-pop makeover – courtesy of renowned remixer, Fear Of Tigers (Benjamin Berry). It be sounding all shiny, and pretty, and stuff! Listen…
“Heartless” is out on July 14, and you can download the above remix for free over at A*M*E’s website tomorrow.
