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TRACK: PELA’s ‘Reverie’ – a summer in four minutes
HOT on the heels of the languid sunbliss of “South Of”, celebrating their side of the Thames, PELA today release the honeyed summer melodies of “Reverie”. It’s a more uptempo offering than their last; it glimmers with electronics and a soft soul shuffle, all hand claps and the suggestion of beats, over which Hannah Coombes’ …
TRACK: Teletronix – ‘Metropolitan’ – Quantic gets bitten by the 8-bit
WILL HOLLAND – aka eclectic polyrhythmic producer Quantic – has just released a strictly limited, clear vinyl 7” (250 only!) – under the latest of his many aliases, Teletronix. And for those of you who like your beats to carry big retrotronic vibes, this is a treat. A-side “Metropolitan” grafts the Latin percussive polyrhythms he …
TRACK: bathe in the sun of PELA’s ‘South Of’
OFF THE back of their debut single, “You Got Me” last month, South London’s PELA have shared their second outing, “South Of”. It’s a beguiling, dazed bliss of a track, with an underscore of Rhodes shimmer and a lazy break shuffling forward, courtesy Olly Shelton; south-of-the-river chanteuse Hannah Coombes drips honeyed sun over the top. …
LISTEN: L.A.B.’s NZ chart-busting summer deep house groove
iT DOESN’T look like we’re going to have a summer to remember, at least for the right reasons; but we could all use a little musical balm right now. Stepping up to the task are New Zealand’s L.A.B, who have just released a new package of their single, “In The Air” – which was the …