Here’s what a few of our members at SKMB have been diggin’ over the past couple of months!
Tune In Space Out Ep.1
‘Tune In Space Out’ is a monthly radio show on DE Radio focused on highlighting our favourite tunes from the world of house and techno. It is grounded in smooth grooves, but also transverse’ the vast array of electronic music that brings us to a state of ear to ear, star to star, spaced out bliss. Our next episode will be airing on DE Radio at 5pm on February 22.
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Steph’s Picks @dubsteph_
Gorgon City – No More
Another gem that’s been on repeat on my iPod is Gorgon City’s No More, a pop-centered house jam that features soulful and sultry vocals from Liv; an effortlessly dreamy track to say the least. These talented guys have been pumping out quality tracks within the past year or so and received an overwhelmingly amazing response for their hit song Ready For Your Love in collaboration with rising star MNEK.
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Disclosure – Help Me Lose My Mind (SOHN Remix)
Disclosure and London Grammar’s Help Me Lose My Mind was a staple track of mine this past summer, a song that I had instantly fell in love with and shamelessly overplayed. Naturally, I was happy to see that one of my favourite up and comers SOHN produced a remix of it. SOHN’s remix keeps the original moody atmosphere while trading Disclosures bouncy bass synths for something much more mellow and chilling.
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Chris Malinchak – So Good To Me (Shiba San Remix)
Every time I hear French Express artist Chris Malinchak’s song So Good To Me, I feel an overwhelming wave of nostalgia and warmth as I remember some of the best nights of my life where this song was being played, or even just talked about. It reminds me so much of my closest friends and a warehouse party that opened up my mind and heart to new experiences and relationships. This song holds such a dear spot in my heart that the chance of coming across a remix that didn’t do it justice scared me. When I first heard Shiba San’s remix, I was almost a bit nervous, but for no reason really because he transformed my beloved feel good house song into something much dirtier, a jam that had me uncontrollably dancing around my house.
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Nick’s Picks @ncollinet
MR•Car/\\ACK & Kaytranada – Ones
Kaytranada is part of a group of talented producers reigniting my love for loungey hip hop and r&b. This one is elegantly simple in all the right ways.
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Rihanna – Stay (Marius Hörsturz Edit)
This remix was released back in early 2013 by German producer Marius Horsturz. Play after play however, it continues to evoke emotion and maintain a spot on my ever changing recently played list.
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Teenage Mutants & Purple Disco Machine – People
I’m still getting over the cancelation of Teenage Mutants Vancouver show back in December, but rest assured we will be bringing him back real soon. For now, I’ll just have to get down to his latest ass shaker dancing around my living room.
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Tensnake – Love Sublime Ft Niles Rodgers & Fiora (Duke Dumont Remix)
Duke Dumont never disappoints. His latest remix turns Tensnakes feel good groover into a hair back and forth whipper. Seriously.
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Mimi’s Picks @mimilinyoung
MAX COOPER – AMORPHOUS ROMANCE (FT. TOM HODGE)
Though I usually hesitate to over mention artists, I find that in some instances, highlighting an artist more than once a month is unavoidable. British geneticist turned producer-dj, Max Cooper, is one of those individuals. This track loops a portion of minimalist pianist’s Tom Hodge arrangement, then seasoned with electronic clicks, static blips, crowd noises, and other flecks and fragments. Ethereal, poignant, and tentative, it is a hybrid of natural narrative and science fiction.
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MØ – DON’T WANNA DANCE
Danish singer-songwriter, Karen Marie Ørsted, better known as MØ, recently released her newest single, Don’t Wanna Dance, which quite wonderfully achieves the opposite effect in her listeners. Indie-pop with Motown flair gives an innocent, though punchy 3:21 minutes of fun.
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KID VIBE – BODY HEAT
Vancouver’s own Kid Vibe has an uncanny ability to create tracks that sound more authentically ’90s than originals from that decade. Body Heat showcases this heightened concentration of sound features distinctive to that time – smooth yet synthy, bedroom-style rnb-pop, complete with husky filtered Adina Howard vocals (remember Freak/And U Know It?) within a deep house context. Startling but also strangely familiar, it is bright and blisteringly hot.
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FRIEND WITHIN – THE RENEGADE (GRAPHICS REMIX)
Sometimes, I rather love loud. Thumping, bumping, glitchy, discordant textures, you know, a song that does the dirty talk for you. Sure to leave you creaming your pants get you wild.
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