Today, Shigeto released his mini-LP entitled Lineage on Ghostly International, and you can stream the entire release via The Fader. It’s a lush half-hour session that toes the line somewhere between being electronic music tinged with hiphop, yet remaining dreamy and organic, bringing in real instruments that evoke the same kind of love we had for Floating Points’ Shadows EP. The drums are played by Shigeto himself, which he also incorporates into his live show along with live beat-making. He recently finished touring with Star Slinger and Shlohmo, and has just announced another wave of live dates which are included after the jump.
If you’re surprised that today’s best electronic mastermind is turning out to be the person you’ve always thought of as “the girl next door”, don’t be. Trust a girl here when she says we’ve long been waiting for our turn to prove that we’re as good, if not better, at programming and producing a soft-synth. Following in a burgeoning tradition of ladies innovating society out of the dying sphere of sequencers (see: everything from Miss Kittin’ to Mum), Ghostly International’s in-house nightlife guru Moderna, real name: Missy Livingston, releases the third in a series of fantastically-curated DJ mixes right here on URB.
Featuring everything from Poker Flat Record’s current best asset TJ Kong to Ghostly’s own signee Tycho, Moderna seems to have paid attention to almost everything going on in the digital realm today as well as pumped up the emphasis on grooves (hard stuff to do when cutting tracks together) and excellent vocals. The mix really is splendid, and I’m not just saying that because I’m impressed with her list of credits (which include starting San Diego’s legendary Re:Up Mag), so click over to Soundcloud to hear what all this fuss is about. Lack of disappointment is positively assured!
Following some stellar releases the past few years for Spectral Sound and Ghostly International, this new tune from Chicago producer/performer Kate Simko really pushes all the right buttons. Deep house smoothness, with a unique boogie of a rhythm and vintage synth melodies that slide into brief minimal territory when you least expect it before comingback out into the daylight.
Kate Simko :: “Mind On You”
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Kate Simko is a rarity amongst the electronic world; pounding out live shows and releases like there’s no tomorrow and striving to always do more. Is there anything she can’t do? URB chatted with Ghostly’s signature gal about her new record, Lights Out, as well as her personal story: past, present and future. Along with that is her exclusive mix from the confines of Fabric in London, one of our favorite venues. Check out the mix and interview after the jump.
Matthew Dear knows a thing or two about crafting highly pleasing songs within the typically more functional genre of techno, so it makes perfect sense that the Ghostly International stalwart would be recruited to remix BK retro-tinged indie rockers The Drums. Love the way Dear chops the vocal without losing any of the melody within, but then he goes and adds his own pitch-black vox to the otherwise upbeat original version. Very unnerving.
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