Sean McCann & Matthew Sullivan Vanity Fair [Recital; 2012] by Matthew Horne Rating: By this point, it shouldn’t come as much of a surprise to anyone who is familiar with Sean McCann’s or Matthew Sullivan’s output that their newest record would be a tough one to pin down. Vanity Fair , like much of their oeuvre, is top-notch drone and clearly beautiful, yet when it comes to expressing exactly why Vanity Fair and its contemporaries are so engaging, words don’t offer too much help. This doesn’t sit too well with me. I hear moments in Vanity Fair , the second release on McCann ...

Priors – What You Need (Le Crayon Remix) For those of you who don’t know Le Crayon, Le Crayon is… a man or woman who lives in Paris, France and goes by the name of Lauren Jackerson. Although I’ve followed Le Crayon on soundcloud for months now, I still have no clue who he or she [...]

Coming from the right mouth even the simplest of language can feel like a revelation. Jon Connor , the growing character in rap music’s latest movie holds up his recently-leaked song, Broken Mirrors , to the ears of the listening public. Reflecting a mind that sees how history can shape the future, Connor brings honesty insight with simple bars that only a messiah-type could conjure so effectively: “ High school, I knew who I was, I had direction/a leader, I aint follow nobody, always progressing .” Recently featured on the Booth and SMKA’s exclusive Money Comes Fast ,  the Freestyle alum summoned ...

Radu Malfatti / Keith Rowe Φ [Erstwhile; 2011] by Matthew Horne Rating: Among the taxonomy of actualized music, fewer genre/genre-like terms distinguish music worse than 'composed' and 'freely improvised' music, especially when they are interpreted as opposites. The two have a clear meaning — in fact maybe a more precise definition than most musical descriptors. While images of what it means to compose or to improvise carry weighty priors, their substantive meaning in relation to the 'new music' they are often ascribed lies solely in the process of each. In other words, the terms do not adequately separate aural qualities in ...

Illusion of Safety Busier Than Happier [Digitalis Ltd; 2011] by Matthew Horne Rating: Confronting an act like Illusion of Safety, whose long history, deep catalog, and membership permutations are nearly uncountable, can be problematic. Spanning from the mid 1980s to the present with 50+ releases, Dan Burke et al.'s project has had critics bearing an ever increasing weight with each new release. The group's past sounds — varying, in Dan's own words, from "power electronics [to] totalitarian pseudo-rock" — inevitably infects perceptions of their new ones, so it's no surprise that any criticism is largely tempered by their ...

I can’t front. I often judge a book by its cover, and often I am so right. But I had to turn a few pages on this one to get to the content. With no pictures or priors, I came across a rapper named Nitty Scott, MC so I’m thinking, “This dude must be from Memphis.” Wrong. Turns out Nitty is a female that keeps her vagina out of the hip-hop equation, and she’s pretty legit, especially on the DJBooth premiere of her brand new record House Shoes . The title gives credit to the Detroit-producer House Shoes ...

Молодой музыкант Graeme Shepherd, известный больше как Grum быстрыми и уверенными шагами завоёвывает популярность, наступая на пятки Mylo и Calvin Harris.  Неизвестно откуда у юноши такая беззаветная любовь к 80-м (ему всего 24 года), но дебютный альбом Heartbeats пронизан атмосферой и звуками того времени. GRUM - HEARTBEATS (2010) IFOLDER                                           NAROD Кроме сольной карьеры Grum нарасхват у многих артистов. Редкие синглы обходятся без его ремиксов. Решил собрать в одну коробку все (ну или почти все) ремиксы, которые вышли из-под пера музыканта. Этот бутлег я решил назвать GRUMixes . Набралось аж 35 штук. Итак, все на танцпол. GRUMIXES Anoraak - Nightdrive with you (Grum remix ...

Two Door Cinema Club – What You Know (LightsoverLA remix) Related posts:What You Know ‘Bout That? Two Door Cinema Club – What You Know (Cassian...Solar Breakfast. MacBook death catch-up (via a prehistoric Dell Inspiron). Priors...Aeroplane’s November Mix Chart. Aeroplane – November ‘Mix Chart’ (SoundCloud) Tracklist: 01. Music... Related posts: What You Know ‘Bout That? Two Door Cinema Club – What You Know (Cassian... Solar Breakfast. MacBook death catch-up (via a prehistoric Dell Inspiron). Priors... Aeroplane’s November Mix Chart. Aeroplane – November ‘Mix Chart’ (SoundCloud) Tracklist: 01. Music...

Two Door Cinema Club – What You Know (Cassian Remix) Related posts:Cassian Mini Mix. New Cassian mini mix from The Bang Gang: “The...Solar Breakfast. MacBook death catch-up (via a prehistoric Dell Inspiron). Priors...Aeroplane’s November Mix Chart. Aeroplane – November ‘Mix Chart’ (SoundCloud) Tracklist: 01. Music... Related posts: Cassian Mini Mix. New Cassian mini mix from The Bang Gang: “The... Solar Breakfast. MacBook death catch-up (via a prehistoric Dell Inspiron). Priors... Aeroplane’s November Mix Chart. Aeroplane – November ‘Mix Chart’ (SoundCloud) Tracklist: 01. Music...

While Anthony Gonzalez’s compositions always had a filmic quality to them, 2008’s Saturdays = Youth went a step further, at times sounding like a straight up soundtrack to John Hughes classic ’80s coming-of-age flicks. But M83’s graduated from merely movie-like to officially OST, contributing two original tracks (and five priors) to the score for L’Autre Monde [...]

Exclusive remix here for all you lovely people out there handed in by local/international hero Knightlife. Took a while to post sorry… Basically Priors, a duo consisting of french housers Raw Man and the singer from Modjo, asked KL to treat their average new tune. The mix he sent back wasn’t ‘Knightlife enough’ and thus left [...]

I love me a good DJ Mix! Got sent this DJ Mix the other day by DJ Supermarkt from Berlin called Sunkissed that is ace! Great mix for the summer. There's a lot of stuff here similar to what we post on OTR from Two Door Cinema Club, Passion Pit, Grum, Penguin Prison , Miami Horror and more, so pretty sure you guys will dig it. Check it. If you like what you hear press that arrow facing down on the right of that Soundcloud player and save that baby. SUNKISSED.... Lazer-Synth-Indie-Disco 2010 by dj supermarkt Sunkissed Tracklisting:: 00. intro ...

I just love that mixture of synth-disco with indie-dream-pop, that has been coming out of nowhere (well, actually mostly from Australia) since last year. This dj-mix is the result of a long night in Picknick Club Berlin. made me feel good to play that sound, and people went mad for it (no surprise, after i tortured them for 2 hours with slick 70s softrock-disco). I reconstructed the mix at home, as far as i could remember...(sorry) I am a bit tired of today's club music, because it misses a good portion of soul. Here you can drown in ...

image: via flickr Here is an audible account of what my weekend felt like. [See post to listen to audio] JAMAICA – I Think I like U 2 (Breakbot Remix) [See post to listen to audio] Classixx – I’ll Get You (Treasure Fingers Holy Shit Bassline Remix) [See post to listen to audio] Priors – What You Need (DCUP Remix) [See post to [...]

Enjoy ‘Can’t Shake This Feeling’ below. Grum recently remixed Goldfrapp. MP3: Priors - What You Need (Grum Mix)