EP Review: Crying Over You - J Cub feat. Bibi

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​Crying Over You - J Cub feat. Bibi

​Crying Over You is the latest EP to come out of the Saints & Sonnets, Huxley and Jimmy Poster's label.

J Cub is actually Jacob Kelly and here he teams up with vocalist Bibi to create​ a blissfully laid back house track. Slow, soulful vocals from Bibi front a track of tight hi-hats, warm pads and a gently rumbling bass. The original track isn't even remotely aimed at the dance floor - it is a pure, chilled house record for lazy days by the pool.

Instead two remixes have responsibility for​ creating something to make you move and so the original is actually bookended by these two mixes. BNJMN's take opens the EP and it's an organic-feeling dub of the original. The vocals are edited to turn them into additional instrumentation within the record and the track strikes a series of uplifting chords - the layered percussion create something less dense than a house track, closer to the soulful spin on dubstep that Joy Orbison has had such success with, albeit slower.

​The closing remix comes from Dial's RNDM and it is the most conventional of the three versions here. The vocal is cut up and spliced across the track's length, giving it a deep, sensual sound. It still ultimately retains the laid back feeling of the original but layers in some faster low-end bass lines resulting in a more progressive house feel.

Whilst the original is a pleasingly chilled effort it is the BNJMN mix that really shines here.​

Crying Over You is released through Saints & Sonnets on 14 August on 12", following thereafter digitally.​

Stream: My Head - Mock & Toof

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I've been a big fan of Mock & Toof, AKA London-based producers Duncan Stump and Nick Woolfson, for five years or so. Over that time they've managed to put together a number of nice EPs and a slew of great remixes.​

They are now due to release a follow up to their debut album Turning Echoes in October and the track 'My Head', above, is the first material to emerge from it.​

'My Head' features vocals from Swiss artist Ghostape and it's a lovely muted little house track. Analogue synths and a really subtle little bumping bass line make this one of the most effortlessly cool tracks I've heard in some time. Consider me excited for the new album.​

The My Head EP is released through Tiny Sticks on 17 September on vinyl and digital release.​

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Album Review: Things That Fade - Greeen Linez

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​Greeen Linez is a collaboration between Chris Greenberg (of British electronic pop band Hong Kong In The 60s) and UK-born but Tokyo-based for founder for the Disktopia label Matt Lyne. The duo released an eponymous EP through Diskotopia last year but next week sees the release of the full length album Things That Fade.

Unsurprisingly there is a definite Japanese influence to the Greeen Linez sound but it's perhaps subtler than you would expect, surfaced through the occasional Eastern style melodies and percussion. 'City Cell 2' slowly folds in layers of oriental sounding bells and thick, gloppy bass to create something part Asian, part European in sound.

​Things That Fade - Greeen Linez

The combination of both European and Japanese pop and R&B are gently stirred into dance and jazz influences - even a bit of kitsch muzak - to create a somewhat vertically challenged album. It is difficult to imagine doing much whilst listening to Things That Fade but one rather suspects that is entirely the point.

I seem to be being overwhelmed a little with albums of 80s inspired music perfect for soundtracking lazy days on Mediterranean beaches too but this is certainly well done. The jazzy guitar work on 'Knowledge' is an undeniable treat whilst both 'Palm Coast Freeway' and 'Hibiscus Pacific' sparkle like a dive into pure cyan blue coolness. The latter, with roomy echoing percussion and big warm disco keys is a loving tribute to the decades of music both Greenberg and Matt Lyne grew up listening to - listen to it in the player above.

Things That Fade is released through Diskotopia on 13 August​, available from Amazon.co.uk on CD and MP3.

Video: The City is London - Ithaca Audio

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Try the interactive version and create your own mashup: http://ow.ly/cAw4H 26 Video Live Projection Mapping Mashup Using some of our favourite London musicians, films and TV shows. Download the mashup for free on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/ithacaaudio Available for live performance Created with 2 projectors, 3 laptops, Ableton Live, Max for Live, Resolume Arena (http://www.resolume.com) and MadMapper. By Chris & Andy over 3 months. ///// Ithaca Audio is a creative audio company http://www.ithacaaudio.com http://www.facebook.com/ithacaaudio http://www.twitter.com/ithacaaudio http://www.soundcloud.com/ithaca-audio ///// Tracks used: Eurythmics - Winston's diary (1984) Night and the City Mary Poppins - Stay awake Queen - A kind of magic Amy Winehouse - You know I'm no good The Who - Baba O'Riley Blur - Song 2 Amy Winehouse - Stronger than me Jamiroquai - Deeper underground Dizzee Rascal - Fix up, look sharp Quincy Jones - It's caper time (self preservations society) Adele - Rumor has it John Murphy - 28 days later Led Zepplin - Whole lotta love Faithless - Insomnia Florence & the Machine - You got the love The Clash - London calling Eastenders Queen - We are the champions Dizzee Rascal - Bonkers Klint - Diamond (Snatch) The Kinks - You really got me Are you being served Only fools and horses Queen - Another one bites the dust The Rolling Stones - Gimme Shelter ////

​Ithaca Audio have previous released mashups that garnered them a nomination for the Vimeo Awards 2012. Here they have put together a mashup video that celebrates the home of the 2012 Olympics: London.

Featuring 26 musicians, films and TV shows connected to London it's a really well put together rapid fire celebration of the city​. If you are feeling the Olympic vibe (and who isn't?) then the conclusion is sure to give you a few goosebumps.