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Lovely new track from Portico. The band have undergone something of a rebirth - previously Portico Quartet, they consider this new guise with a shortened name a new start, and their forthcoming album Living Fields a debut. This fresh start sees three of the four members that comprised Portico Quartet collaborating with three vocalists for the new album - Joe Newman of Alt-J, Jamie Woon and Jono McCleery, who features on this track.
Living Fields is due out on 23 March through Ninja Tune.
Witness Morgan Geist sprinkling his trademark awesome dust all over this track from Les Sins, the house side-project of Toro y Moi (real name Chazwick Bradley Bundick). Classy body music, this track is all sorts of great. Purchase it on MP3 / lossless directly from label Carpark Records here.
Massive epic remix from former M83 member Pierre-Marie Maulini, who now operates under the name STAL. This takes the original Years & Years track into wholly new directions and is well worth a listen if you are a fan of big synths and cinematic choruses. Like.
This new single from LA band Teammate has a great fuzzy garage rock feel to it but binds it to some dreamy vocal harmonies and a big pop hook. There's a fabulous Gigantic moment about halfway through where the bass punches through to create the bedrock for the vocals.
Teammate are ex-boyfrined / girlfriend duo who were in a relationship up until the point drummer Dani came out. Now they remain friends, roommates and bandmates. If you like the sound of this check out Goldmine, a more electronic track the band shared earlier this year:
Sometimes you hear a track that is so beautiful it stops you in your tracks... This Wild Culture remix of Tom Misch & Carmody's So Close is one of those moments.
Austrian duo Wild Culture certainly benefit from having exceptional material to work with here. Check out the original version of this track - it is just as good. The duet is so heartfelt that Wild Culture manage to scatter a few gentle electronic touches to transform it subtly... This is a remix, but there is no doubt this is a track with enough emotional weight that it needs the right setting. The gently bubbling electronic finish gives this the feel of Metronomy at their best.
This isn't Wild Culture's first such remix - they have done similarly great ones for Daughter, London Grammar and Glass Animals. Check them out below: