Oneohtrix Point Never fans, take note: this week, Daniel Lopatin and Joel Ford's Software label released two new records, both of which should satisfy your cravings for off-center synth-pop. The debut album from New York's Megafortress is a heartbreakingly beautiful four-track EP encompassing reverb-soaked R&B; lullabies, churchly organ drone and ethereal falsetto; for fans of How To Dress Well and James Blake , it comes highly recommended. Rejoice is the debut album from Napolian , the 19-year-old producer behind Los Angeles' Renaissance Music Group. Far than the devotional mood of Megafortress, Napolian's warbly music proposes an unstable hybrid of ...

Spotify Radio, just reminded me of this amazing song by SF very own Tamaryn. You win, Spotify.

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Das US Kult-Label Mexican Summer (Real Estate, Washed Out, Kurt Vile u.a.) feiert mit der Single “Snakes / Flying Dream” von Ford & Lopatin den hundertsten Release. Ford & Lopatin, die besser bekannt sind als Games, aber wegen einem Rechtsstreit mit dem US-Rapper Game im Frühling 2011 ihren Namen änderten, haben mit Label-Kollegen Tamaryn und [...]

Das US Kult-Label Mexican Summer (Real Estate, Washed Out, Kurt Vile u.a.) feiert mit der Single “Snakes / Flying Dream” von Ford & Lopatin den hundertsten Release. Ford & Lopatin, die besser bekannt sind als Games, aber wegen einem Rechtsstreit mit dem US-Rapper Game im Frühling 2011 ihren Namen änderten, haben mit Label-Kollegen Tamaryn und [...]

A glitchily gliding dawn haze of a track

Split single out next week.

Brooklyn production duo Ford & Lopatin have produced a pair of new tracks featuring Tamaryn and Light Asylum singer Shannon Funchess. The collaborations are for a split 7″ coming out on Mexican Summer November 22, marking the label’s 100th release to date. Stream both tracks below. MEX100 – Ford & Lopatin + Shannon Funchess [...]

There are snakes infecting the union. And when Light Asylum’s Shannon Funchess says this, it gives this sentiment an even greater sense of urgency. You can’t be complacent listening to her sing anything, she emotes … read more »

Their 2011 album Channel Pressure was all queasy synthpop, like a bad-dream memory of ’80s PBS science-film soundtracks, but Ford & Lopatin go in a couple of different directions on a new collaborative single. One track, “Snakes,” features Light Asylum wailer and frequent !!! collaborator Shannon Funchess, and it’s essentially a Eurodisco banger, but stripped [...]

On November 22, Mexican Summer will issue their 100th release : a split single featuring Ford & Lopatin contributing production to songs featuring fellow label mates Tamaryn and Light Asylum 's Shannon Funchess. Below, stream both the Funchess-featuring "Snakes" and the Tamaryn-sung "Flying Dream".

El release número 100 de Mexican Summer tenía que ser especial, por lo que Ford & Lopatin se juntaron con Shannon Funchess y Tamaryn para este release. Enjoy.

Someone from Mexican Summer recently mentioned an upcoming release from Ford & Lopatin, featuring Tamaryn and Shannon Funchess (of Light Asylum) on vocals, which would be the label’s 100th release. I was excited to hear that, and now that the songs have been made available for streaming, I can tell you this sure doesn’t disappoint. [...]