Kendrick Lamar and The Weeknd have reconnected for the first time since 2016’s ‘Sidewalks‘ with their new song ‘Pray For Me’.
Lifted off the Kendrick-curated soundtrack to the upcoming Black Panther movie (‘Pray For Me’ closes the project’), the song joins a long-line of collaborators including SZA, James Blake and Vince Staples.
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Dutch producer Vato Gonzalez delivers his brand-new track ‘Bump & Grind (Bassline Riddim)’. Best known for his energetic stage performances and unique future, deep and bass house productions, Vato’s latest track serves as an embodiment of his signature house sound, with a deep and brooding bassline underpinned by the reggae tinged vocals of Scrufizzer. Carrying heavy looped chords, ‘Bump & Grind (Bassline Riddim’)’ acts as the vocal follow up to Vato’s instrumental Heldeep release ‘Bassline Riddim.’
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Sam Sure has returned after a year-long hiatus, with his head-nodding new single ‘What About It?’.
Written in the LA Hills, the song’s instantly-magnetic groove entwines with slow, subtle futuretronic sonics to deliver a story most could relate. It’s a warm journey, where Sam tell the story from the perspective of the start of a relationship, and the imbalances that can often occur at that stage.
‘What About It?’ also kickstarts what’s likely to be a hectic 2018 for the singer – “I haven’t released anything in over a year” Sam tells us – “I’ve been writing, painting.. just living…. this year I release all my music.”
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Set Mo (aka the collaborative effort of Sydney-siders Nick Drabble & Stu Turner) have shared their new single ‘Nightmares’.
Enlisting Yorkshire-born Scott Quinn, the brooding single kick-starts the first of what’s set to be a hectic year for the duo who have confirmed new music releases on the first Friday of every month.
“We met Scott Quinn for the first time and immediately had a connection” Set Mo tells us of the song written at London’s acclaimed Tileyard. “He’s an amazing songwriter and lyricist not to mention his crazy good voice. We were playing around with the lyrical concept of anxiety as it seemed to fit with the deeper feel of the track, and is something that so many people can relate to. The song then came together in a number of hours. It was one of those sessions when it all happened very quickly and naturally and the entire track was pretty much written that day which we always feel leads to the best ones”.
Of all their impending new music, the duo add – “We spent a lot of time in the studio over the last year really experimenting with different styles and sounds. We went back and spent time listening to some of the very first electronic music we got into as teenagers, artists like The Chemical Brothers, The Prodigy, Groove Armada and Moby. We really love how those artists had such diverse and emotive albums. The result is we have a wide selection of tracks that vary in styles, tempos and moods. Rather than put these all out at once we want to show people the journey we went on creating them, and how the story has developed over time”.
Listen to ‘Nightmares’ below:
Following a one-month campaign which saw new music shared on an almost weekly basis, Justin Timberlake has now released his fourth studio album, ‘Man Of The Woods’.
Coming almost five years on from his last studio record, the two-part ’20/20 Experience’, JT’s new project (which bares the name of his son Silas) hears collaborations afar from the likes of Alicia Keys and Chris Stapleton to Timbaland and The Neptunes.
Whether it lives up to his past discography remains to be seen (‘FutureSex/LoveSounds’ in itself was a groundbreaking project that still stands the test of time), but we’re not here to judge… just yet anyway.
Make your own mind up by streaming the album in full below – as always drop us a comment or a tweet to let us know your thoughts!
Busta Rhymes has revealed his first single of the year, ‘Get It’.
Featuring Missy Elliott, alongside Kelly Rowland on backing vocals throughout, the song’s release aligns with Missy and Busta’s joint starring role in the upcoming Doritos Super Bowl commercial that will air this coming weekend.
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Organisers of this summer’s All Points East have added a wealth of new names to the line-up.
Set over three days at London’s Victoria Park, All Points East will be headlined by LCD Soundsystem, The xx and Bjork – new names added include Nick Murphy, Lo Moon and Hercules & Love Affair (Friday 25th May), Justice, BADBADNOTGOOD and Stefflon Don (Saturday 26th May) and The Black Madonna and Tom Misch on May 26th. Check the exhaustive line-up below; tickets for All Points East are also available now via the link underneath:
All Points East 2018 day-splits
FRIDAY 25 MAY
LCD Soundsystem
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Phoenix
Glass Animals
Richie Hawtin CLOSE
Dixon
Nick Murphy fka Chet Faker
Chromeo
Young Fathers
George FitzGerald Live
Hercules & Love Affair
Roman Flugel
DJ Tennis
Gerd Janson
Superorganism
Hookworms
Oscar and the Wolf
Confidence Man
Eclair Fifi
Fort Romeau
Knox Fortune
Lo Moon
SATURDAY 26 MAY
The xx
Lorde
Justice
Sampha
Lykke Li
Popcaan
BADBADNOTGOOD
Rhye
Stefflon Don
Rex Orange County
Omar-S
Hunee
Sevdaliza
DJ Richard
Call Super
Shanti Celeste
DJ Python
Kojey Radical
Beatrice Dillon
SUNDAY 27 MAY
Björk
Beck
Father John Misty
Friendly Fires
Tom Misch
Flying Lotus 3D
The Black Madonna
Django Django
Mashrou’ Leila
Sylvan Esso
Khruangbin
Alexis Taylor
Yellow Days
Mr G Live
Agoria Live
Allie X
Byron The Aquarius
Dan Beaumont
Following recent previews courtesy of the excellent SZA-featuring ‘All The Stars’, Kendrick Lamar has finally detailed his new soundtrack to the upcoming ‘Black Panther’ movie.
Featuring the aforementioned song, alongside the previously-released ‘King’s Dead’, the album, curated and co-produced by Kendrick, features a killer guestlist which includes Jorja Smith, Khalid, Anderson .Paak and Travis Scott. James Blake, who collaborated with Kendrick, Jay Rock and Future on ‘King’s Dead’ also reappears on ‘Bloody Waters’, whilst the project closes with ‘Pray For Me’, hearing The Weeknd connect with K.Dot for the first time.
Check the full tracklisting below; ‘Black Panther’ lands on 9th February:
Black Panther The Album 2/9 pic.twitter.com/MqhsEcj6iF
— Kendrick Lamar (@kendricklamar) January 31, 2018
CHVRCHES have revealed their massive new single, collaborating with Greg Kurstin on ‘Get Out’.
Announced as Annie Mac’s latest Radio 1 ‘Hottest Record’, ‘Get Out’ marks the Scottish trio’s first piece of new music in two years, and arrives timely mere days after Kurstin won last weekend’s Grammy Award for ‘Producer Of The Year’.
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Arcadia organisers have unveiled more names set to appear later this summer, as the brand celebrates its tenth birthday in London.
With its famed Glastonbury notoriety taking a year off, Arcadia will rehouse to the Capital’s Olympic Park across the 5/6th May weekend. Day 1 will see Groove Armada, Dusky Leftfield, Eats Everything and Boys Noize among the sets; meanwhile the following day will feature appearances from Preditah, Rudimental, TQD and Dre Skull, alongside the previously-announced Ram Records Showcase.
Tickets are available now via Ticketmaster – hit the link below for more info; the full line-up video follows: