While you may not know the name Yasunori Mitsuda – and since I can count on one hand the number of video games I’ve played, I’d include myself in that category – you will undoubtedly know his compositions. Credited as composer for the games Chrono Trigger (and its sequel Chrono Cross), Xenogears, Shadow Hearts and of course Mario Party, Mitsuda is kind of a big deal for anyone whose Venn diagram of interests features an intersection of electronic music and video games.
The line-up for Pleasure Principle festival has been discussed and fawned over at great length – and with good reason too. Boasting sets from the likes of Legowelt, Omar-S, TNGHT, Blawan, Rustie, Space Dimension Controller, Joy Orbison and Robert Hood, the festival will also play host to Hessle Audio co-owner Ben UFO.
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Tagged Ben UFO, Blawan, Bleep, Joy Orbison, Legowelt, Omar-S, Pleasure Principle, Robert Hood, Rustie, Space Dimension Controller, TNGHT
I’ll be the first to admit I haven’t been the biggest fan of Kingdom’s music in the past, but this new EP has completely changed my mind. ‘Vertical XL’ is the new EP from Fade To Mind boss Kingdom and, as far as I’m concerned, could prove to be the pinnacle of his career.
The same series that has seen Julio Bashmore and Mosca all helm their own shows, BBC Radio 1′s In New DJs We Trust is now handing the reins to Chicago-born Salva alongside Jackmaster, Brodinski and Monki.
I honestly never thought this sentence would ever exist: Skrillex’s label OWSLA has enlisted Teebs to remix one of their artists, Hundred Waters. Granted the sentence “Pope Helen Mirren XIV dissipated chaotically around my ear canal” is probably far less likely to come up in conversation, but you have to admit it’s still pretty weird.
Well, it looks like Mr. Bashmore’s done it again, albeit with a little help. Julio Bashmore and Kowton have put together one of the most perfect house tracks; no fuss, only three or four different elements and each one perfectly executed.
Tagged BBC, Broadwalk Records, Jackmaster, Julio Bashmore, Kowton, Radio 1
With all this recent talk of Smalltown Supersound, one would be forgiven for thinking there was a global conspiracy behind their ubiquity. With incredible records from Lindstrøm and Tussle still fresh in our minds, we now have news of a debut album from Four Tet collaborators RocketNumberNine.
Tagged Four Tet, Lindstrøm, Radiohead, RocketNumberNine, Smalltown Supersound, Text, Thom Yorke, Tussle
Trim, one of the most productive grime MCs (after Wiley of course), has been posting download links for five of his solo mixtapes today. So far he has given away all four volumes of Soul Food as well as 2009′s ‘Monkey Features’, a mixtape that appears to be the first in a new series, though Trim himself has labeled it ‘Vol. 5′.
