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Emerson Long – Heatwave [TMN PREMIERE]

Posted by Jordan Coburn - February 1, 2016

Emerson Long
Heatwave

Happy Monday folks! You may be reading this thinking, “Omg, work sux and so do Mondays,” and you would be right, until moments like these when TMN gets to bring you a fresh track that will lift your spirits and get your week off to a skippy lil’ start. With this new release we at TMN are ready to send you on your happy day way with a premiere of Melbourne-based producer Emerson Long’s new track “Heatwave.”

The first in a set series of releases scheduled for 2016, this track is sure to bring a tropical lightness to your day (don’t let its February release fool you). Starting with a sun-dazed electropop synth intro, Long’s vocals come in smooth creating a soundscape that puts you in the vaycay mindset, filled with visions of palm trees and Coronas. How much more anti-Monday can you get? The track is exactly what Emerson is quoted as saying he hoped it would be: “Something that can add a little touch of summer to your life, no matter who you are or where you are in this world,” – Emerson Long.

Dang Emerson… nice.

[Indie Dance] Gryffin – Headed Home ft. Josef Salvat

Posted by Jordan Coburn - January 25, 2016

Gryffin
Heading Home Ft. Josef Salvat

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New York based producer Dan Griffith, aka Gryffin, has been making a whole bunch of light-hearted and fun remixes over this past year. The ascension he’s made in this short of a time period is telling of where he’s headed—~*~*among the stars~*~*~. For the longest time his remix of Tove Lo’s “Talking Body” was something we had to blast in our lives at least 5 times per Friday, so we’re so excited and happy to see that he’s finally released his first very own track, “Heading Home” featuring Josef Salvat.

A familiar start for a Gryffin track, he begins with a piano intro complete with some faint pulsing delay and then brings in the smooth like butter vocals of London-based Josef Salvat, an artist whose work brings the perfect amount of soul into the track. The happy snaps come in and we know a blissful drop is coming, but not before Salvat leaves us with some words of wisdom: “People gonna judge, people gonna talk, they can say what they like, won’t keep me up at night.”

The tune delivers happiness, vibes, and the need to dance, and we can tell you that this is definitely one we’re going to be blasting at our camping spots come this festival season, and all of our friends will be smiling and jumping and giddy and all will be good in the world. Luckily many of you will be able to do that in front of a stage he’s playing, too, because he’s going to be all over this year’s festival circuit.

Stream the tune above or check it out on Spotify’s electroNOW playlist!

[G House] Destructo, Ty Dolla $ign, iLoveMakonnen – 4 Real

Posted by Jordan Coburn - January 25, 2016

Destructo
4 Real (Featuring Ty Dolla $ign & iLoveMakonnen)

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Destructo just keeps taking the scene by storm. Seriously, this dude throws some of the sickest parties with anything HARD touches, and rosters that are always super on point. His lineups always do a great job of meshing a number of different genres, and that’s exactly what he’s done in his latest track release, “4 Real.”

When the song first started we weren’t sure what to expect—it didn’t show any signs of being an electronic track per se, but it’s 2016 y’all. Ty Dolla $ign blesses us with his dreamy vocals and iLoveMakonnen provides the hype, and a few seconds later Destructo starts to tease us with his melodic tones, which lets us know that this will most definitely be an electronic track. This all builds into what might be one of the more unexpected drops we’ve heard in a while—a tech house wonderland filled with a sped up take on the quintessential hip hop sample (aka G House 2.0). The end product is an impressive and well-done fusion of two entirely different genres, something that we’ve seen Destructo do before and hope he continues to do as long as he’s making music.

[Indie] MONEY – Three Days Drinking and as Many Lovers Too

Posted by Jordan Coburn - January 20, 2016

MONEY
Three Days Drinking And as Many Lovers Too

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Manchester-based indie rock band MONEY has become one of our favorites here at TMN. From the emotion they put into every composition to the romantically distorted lyrics, they deliver one song after the next. For them, though, it doesn’t ever seem to be about “delivering.” They’re more just one of those bands that make whatever they want to, and it happens to be …. money… every time. Wow. You may have just witnessed a live-blog epiphany.

Their newest single release came after some long awaited anticipation by TMN but we’re here to say that it was worth the wait. “Three Days Drinking and as Many Lovers Too” is a track that further solidifies the band as true melancholic talents. This almost 8-minute long epic sets the stage for a crescendo that never comes with faint vibrato strings, dry acoustic guitar and falsetto vocals from Jamie Lee who’s considered to be the driving force of the project. This ballad stays true and gets deeper rather than louder, remains consistent in its stringed components throughout its duration, and gives the listener theatrical vocals that will have you feeling just as heart-wrenchingly, pensively low as the group suggests.

Indie

[Indie] Daisy Chain – Bianca Casady

Posted by Jordan Coburn - January 13, 2016

Bianca Casady
Daisy Chain

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You may have heard of the talented sister duo CocoRosie some time in the recent past. They’ve been making some pretty innovative stuff—characterized by experimental vocals, depth of lyrics, and feminine power. Today we bring you a release from half of the CocoRosie project, Bianca Casady. The Paris-based producer has released her track, “Daisy Chain,” and we’re pretty stoked about how different it is.

The best way we can describe this tune is beautifully morbid, and its morbidity lies equally in the instrumentation as it does the lyrics. Demonstrating her French influence, Casady opens “Daisy Chain” with Mr. Sad Accordion, which is our name for her accordion sample, not an actual person. We wish. She simultaneously brings in a sample of a piano, but it’s like one of those pianos you’d find in an abandoned house off the interstate that you really shouldn’t go in. She continues to play on these creepy versions of accordion, piano and eventually guitar in ways that perfectly compliment her death-ridden lyrics: “We’re all in line for the daisy chain… nothing but a chain gang pickin’ wild flowers by the roadside. No one in the boneyard bringing milk and honey to their loved ones.” We’ll leave the interpretation up to you. But the interpretation we will leave you with is that of the whole song—a creepy success.

[House] London Bridge – Jiggling Baby

Posted by Jordan Coburn - January 12, 2016

LondonBridge
Jiggling Baby

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Los-Angeles based LondonBridge is starting to make a name for themselves in the LA beat scene and it doesn’t look like they’re showing any signs of slowing. Gathering a following through LA’s hottest Tuesday night party Space Yacht, LondonBridge is dropping tracks that any fan of house music would eat up– particularly those who are fans of the Dirtybird-inspired surge in funk and dirty-bass music. So fans of Claude VonStroke, Justin Martin or Shiba San: give this a listen or five. You won’t be disappointed. Complete with consistent deep bass and suave vocals of a man saying strange things about babies, flip on this track and rhythmically bounce step your way into any party. And then start jiggling. Jiggling like you jiggled before kale was a thing.

[Electronic] Dark Sky – Em Cy

Posted by Jordan Coburn - January 9, 2016

Dark Sky
Em Cy

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We were first sucked in by London-based trio, Dark Sky, when they collaborated with Breach on the amazing track, “The Click,” three years ago. Seriously we can’t get enough of that track. You’ve got to check it out if you haven’t yet. Dark Sky has since released some other EPs and LPs that have kept them on our radar, and most recently they’ve caught our eye with their new track release, “Em Cy.”

“Em Cy” is an 8-minute long symphony of electronic that’ll keep you skating through whatever you’re up to on this fine weekend. Known for their profound sounds, Dark Sky starts the track off with an acapella of vocal samples, using snippets of human voices to create the base of the track’s tempo. Adding reverb and delay onto these voices, they seamlessly begin transitioning from dry vocals to more ambient sounds. One second you’ll hear a vocal with a certain delay effect, then you’ll hear an entirely synthesized sound with the same delay effect and it’s hard to discern what really originated from what. It’s fantastic. And from there the song continues to develop into a mature piece of music that reminds me of the works of an artist like Apparat or Jon Hopkins.

We’re very glad this track has got us listening to Dark Sky avidly again.

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