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Below is the latest edition of our weekly feature, STUCK ON REPEAT. We’ve asked all our contributors to submit one track and a brief write-up. The track can be new or old, whatever we could not stop listening to this week. These are the songs we’ve had STUCK ON REPEAT.

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SELECTED BY: V–ESTELLE – BREAK MY HEART (FT. RICK ROSS)

Estelle released her follow-up to 2008 debut Shine back in February and it seems to have been mostly ignored. Titled All Of Me, it suffers from too many interludes (5/15 tracks) and an obnoxious anthem featuring Chris “no-one-likes-your-music-and-you-suck-as-a-human-being” Brown. All that aside, Estelle continues to capture me with her poise and chameleon-like dexterity. Add a beat and she’ll bang out a radio hit with attitude (see: 2008’s “American Boy” featuring Kanye West), turn off the bright lights and she’s breezy, soulful, natural, bringing to mind a young Sade (see: “Cold Crush“). “Break My Heart” pairs Estelle with Rick Ross and while I wouldn’t put them together on paper, it works. Her confident, free-spirited, smooth vocals matched with Ross’s characteristic aloof bravado are my idea of a perfect love story. They are the couple who realizes each other’s stubbornness makes them individually better. I’d be on board with these two dating.

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SELECTED BY: MONEYWORTH–CARLY RAE JEPSEN – CALL ME MAYBE (GRANT PEYTON EDIT)

Goodbye, what little, if any, street cred I once possessed. And good riddance, because anyone who is too cool for Carly Rae Jepsen’s platinum single “Call Me Maybe” totally sucks! Those decidedly Air France-y strings! The lyrics you want to scoff at except deep inside you know they’re way too real! I don’t even want to know how many innocent bystanders caught me hollering, “Before you came into my life I missed you so bad!” on my bike this week. If you’re worried about your roommate hearing you getting your Radio Disney on from your bedroom, though, Orlando producer Grant Peyton’s got you. His chopped and screwed meets adult contemporary sax edit is—while still not touching the sheer bliss of the original—a more grown folks friendly change of pace. Shoutout @gabrielherrera for the tip.

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SELECTED BY: JAMS DEAN–TREE – ALL

Daaaaaamn a lot of times when I write Stuck On Repeat I have to make something up on the spot because in real life I’m still listening to the same A$AP mixtape from six months ago. But this time, for real, I listened to this song on repeat over and over again and kept getting more hyped on it. “ALL” by Chicago emcee Tree loops a jazzy saxophone that puts “Death Of Autotune”’s saxophone sample to shame. And Tree has that awesome sore throat voice that sounds like he smoked a hundred cigarettes and screams everything. This track is so fun you can almost hear him laughing as he records his voice. I can’t wait to hear this live. Don’t forget to watch the video.

Big Black Delta is the solo project of former M83 guitarist, Jonathan Bates. He first hit us last year with his remix of his former group’s hit and 2011 anthem, “Midnight City.” Now Jonathan has remixed NYC-based Spirit Animal‘s “Crocodile Skins.” The psychedelic rock vibe is still there, but BBD changes up the guitar riff and adds a driving baseline synth. If the original track didn’t already make you want to emphatically shout “HEY!” then this remix will for sure.

DJ Drama, enlists hip hop all-star Drake and rising ATL auto-tune aficionado Future for new track “We In This Bitch 1.5.” You might have heard, but Drake and Future have worked together before, and we can’t say that it’s terrible to have them on the same track again. They both bring it; Future a bit more aggressively than Drake, as it turns out –– and Drama proves to be as reliable as ever. Listen below:

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We’re a bit disappointed that Charli XCX’ exciting debut EP we’ve been hearing about is merely a glorified single featuring only one new song (the title cut) and the familiar “Nuclear Seasons.” Of course, they also top us off with remixes from Blood Orange and Balam Acab. The EP is set to arrive June 12 via IAMSOUND. Around this time, Charli will be on tour with Coldplay, having wrapped up her tour with Santigold the week before. Check out the tracklist and tour dates below:

Continue reading: New Charli XCX: You’re The One EP Announced

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Since his massive success from his remix of Above & Beyond, Seven Lions has been creating a hurricane in the dubstep realm. Release after release he has been proving his staying power with some of the best production around aided by a fine-tuned ear for detail and an imagination for sounds you’ve never heard before. Seven Lions’ most recent masterpiece is this remix of “All I Know,” and I assure you that it won’t disappoint. Have a listen and check out his debut Polarize EP that was released last month after the jump.

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Canblaster b2b DJ slow at the Boiler Room a while back, so sick. OK, that’s it. Bring on the weekend!

Our man ELOQ just dropped a big pack of goodies for freee. Lots of exciting new material in there, among a few choice soundcloud heaters. I might also mention it features a collabo with our own Julius Sylvest, aaand, it was mastered by Dixone fam.

Go grab it!

Eloq - Beats, Remixes, and Some Other Cool Stuff

Sigur Ros, those hip Icelandic post-rock warriors, debuted a new song off their upcoming album Valtari on the CW’s Vampire Diaries. You can listen to the song below, but with caution; you’ll have to put up with some intense dialogue. If you watch the show and haven’t caught last night’s episode, we suggest you keep away––this is Spoilersville.

Continue reading: New Sigur Ros: “Dauðalogn”

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Earlier this week, UK producers, Futurecop!, released their much anticipated music video for “The Only Way.” Starring members of the Parks and Recreations cast, as well as Jon Lajoie from the hit series “The League,” the video tells the comedic story of a boy who falls in love with a mannequin. A  love story behind a backdrop of unicorns, miniature golf, and 1980′s visuals is the perfect compliment for the synth-heavy and dream-inducing melodies of Futurecop!.

Find out about “We Are The Future” compilation + a mix after the jump!

Whether you want to classify Futurecop! as synthwave/dreamwave/retrowave or sythnpop, one thing is certain, Futurecop!‘s music is reminiscent of a time when  acid washed jeans and Members Only jackets were the norm. Futurecop! is not alone in emulating sounds from the 1980′s, and in order to introduce the world to artists with similar thoughts and ideals, they curated a compilation titled “We Are The Future.” With tracks from personal favorites Anoraak, Fear of Tigers, and Lifelike, ”We Are The Future” is the perfect companion for a summertime escape from the surrounding world. “We Are The Future” will be available June 5th, 2012.

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Download “JUMANJI,” the first taste of Azealia Banks’ upcoming mixtape, Fantastic.

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Lil B raps over what he calls “one of the realest songs ever made,” the cheese-jam to end cheese-jams, Celine Dion’s “My Heart Will Go On” (or, possibly even cheesier, a saxophone rendition of the Oscar-winning, Grammy-winning chorale). Lil B’s words would be inspiring if we weren’t overcome by goofy smiles and snickers as the saxophone refrain kicks into full gear. We kind of lost it when Based God started singing the chorus.

Continue reading: Lil B Raps Over The Titanic Song

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Iron & Wine are really fond of George Michael’s “One More Try,” for some reason. First they covered it for the AV Club, now they’re releasing it as a single called Two Sides of George (on its b-side, the band covered the Lowell George-fronted Little Feat’s “Trouble,” get it?). Sam Beam’s said that “One More Try” is a great tune whose lasting power is hidden by cheesy ‘80s production, so of course his band’s stripped-down cover reveals the beautiful, yearning song it is at heart – we’re loving that orchestral instrumentation (especially the horns!) and those gorgeous choir vocals. Check it out.

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Happy Friday! Today’s news includes Carl Cox’s “The Revolution,” Sensation America, Sónar São Paulo, Knife Party, Hideout Festival, Modeselektor and Thom Yorke, and SoundCloud. Full stories after the jump.

Carl Cox reveals his 2012 Ibiza recruits

With scene hero Carl Cox at the helm, The Revolution at Space remains one of Ibiza’s standout success stories. Last year marked a decade on the White Isle for Cox and his crew, and he’s set to return in a big way this season. Having already announced the concept for The Revolution in 2012, the stalwart DJ has now revealed the first round of guests he’ll be inviting into the hallowed Space booth on Tuesday nights. From returning alumni to new faces, it’s quite a cast, as you can see in the alphabetically-arranged list below.

While Cox himself will be The Revolution’s most consistent presence, he’s also recruited Nic Fanciulli, Umek and Yousef as fellow residents. Drum & bass and dubstep get their moment with acts like Andy C and Artwork, but largely it’s big-room tech-house and techno that leads the way. Seasoned Ibiza players John Digweed, Fatboy Slim, DJ Sneak and Laurent Garnier are there, alongside inthemix favourites like Guy J, Ben Sims, Deetron and Josh Wink.

The season stretches from 3 July to 18 September, and a detailed party calendar will be announced soon. We wager that whatever week you’re planning to be there, there’ll be a good reason to join The Revolution.

Carl Cox presents The Revolution Recruits

Resident DJs: Nic Fanciulli + UMEK + Yousef
Andy C & MC GQ
Artwork & Dynamite MC
Ben Sims
Carl Cox
Charlie Hedges
Clockwork
Cristian Varela
Deetron
Dermot C
DJ Antz
DJ Sneak
DJ T
Dubfire
Ed Moore
Elio Riso
Fatboy Slim
Green Velvet
Guti (Live)
Guy J
Heidi
Jacques Renault
John Digweed
John Talabot
Jon Rundell
Jon Ulysses
Josh Wink
Just Be
Laurent Garnier presents L.B.S.
Layo & Bushwacka!
Loco Dice
Lucca
Marco Bailey
Marco Loco
Mario Basanov
Mark Robinson
Maxxi Soundsystem
Mo’Funk
Monika Kruse
Nicole Moudaber
Pan-Pot
Philipp Straub
Pleasurekraft
Sam Walker
Sasha
Sebo K
The Mekanism
The Revenge
Tiger & Woods
Tim Green
tINI
Tom Peppe
Uner
Wildkats

(via inthemix)

Sensation America location and details to be revealed on May 31st

Back in December, event organizer ID&T announced that Sensation, one of the world’s leading dance events, was finally coming to America in 2012. After months of waiting for details and the location of this highly anticipated event, it has been confirmed that the official event announcement will take place on May 31st.

Since the turn of the century, Sensation has been building an international dance music platform with their show, based on the famous “be part of the night, unite in white dress code.” After presenting in eighteen countries in the past year, with four different shows like ‘The Ocean of White,’ ‘Celebrate Life,’ ‘Wicked Wonderland’ and ‘Innerspace,” the American edition of Sensation is set to be one of the highlights of the year. Get ready America!

To learn more about Sensation, visit www.sensation.com.

(via Electrify Mag)

Sónar São Paulo can be followed live this weekend on YouTube

For the first time in its history, Sónar offers you the opportunity to follow the shows scheduled at the festival live from anywhere in the world. This will be happening at Sónar São Paulo, the event taking place in Brazil this weekend, today Friday 11th and tomorrow Saturday 12th May. 

Some of the most important concerts and sessions can be enjoyed live on the Sónar São Paulo YouTube channel.

Sónar’s Latin American event features performances by over 60 artists, including Kraftwerk, James Blake, Mogwai, Chromeo, Flying Lotus, Four Tet, Modeselektor, Squarepusher, Justice and DOOM, among many others.

These are the schedules and shows that can be watched live on YouTube:

Night of Friday 11th

09.30pm James Blake/ SonarHall
11.30pm Criolo / SonarHall
00.30am Hudson Mohawke / SonarClub
01.30am Chromeo / SonarClub

Night of Saturday 12th

09.00pm Nedu Lopes / SonarClub 
10.00pm Flyng Lotus / SonarVillage
11.00pm The Twelves / SonarClub
00.00am Rustie / SonarVillage
01.10am Munchi / SonarClub
02.10am Modeselektor / SonarClub

N.B.: the times of the performances are subject to change.

(via Sonar)

“Lazy perfectionists” Knife Party explain EP delay

If you’re a diehard follower of high-flying production team Knife Party, you probably noted that the date of 6th May has passed…and still no Rage Valley EP. The duo’s follow-up to 100% No Modern Talking has indeed been delayed, so you’ll have to hold out a little longer for your dose of seizure music. With fans flooding Knife Party’s Facebook asking for an update, Rob Swire and Gareth McGrillen weighed in overnight.

“We’ve missed a couple deadlines on the EP, but we’re delivering the masters on FRIDAY and it will be out shortly after that,” they wrote. “Lateness is due to having lots of shows booked in recently, and also the unfortunate combination of being lazy perfectionists. Putting the final tweaks on everything right now and DESPITE the leaked versions roaming about…the new ones are much, much better Apologies and hold tight – not long now!”

If you’re hankering for a Knife Party fix, look no further than the full hour-long live video from their show at UKF’s 3rd Birthday in London. The set tears through a smattering of the duo’s productions and remixes alongside big-hitters from Nero, Zedd, Wolfgang Gartner and even Metallica’s Seek and Destroy. Rage!

(via inthemix)

Hideout Festival Announces Pool Parties

Hideout Pool Parties are completely free admission for all festival ticket holders and will take place from the Thursday through to the Sunday of the event

After a prompt sell-out last month, Hideout Festival has yet another treat in store for ticket holders with today’s announcement of the much-anticipated Pool Parties and full set of Hideout Daytime activities. As well as this, attendees now have access to the arena breakdowns for each night of the main event, which takes place from 29th June – 1st July.

Hideout Pool Parties are completely free admission for all festival ticket holders and will take place from the Thursday through to the Sunday of the event, hosted by a selection of the festival’s club partners and some of the dance scene’s finest record labels. Drop the Mustard bring bass in the form of DJ Zinc and chart topper Redlight on the Friday of the event over at the Aquarius pool, while Face join up with One Records to present Subb-an in Papaya. The hugely anticipated Hot Creations pool party is set to take place on the Saturday and features a stunning line-up headed up by DJ of the moment Jamie Jones, as well as label mates Robert James and Richy Ahmed.

The very same day, Bigger than Barry & Dub Boro will be bringing the daily slice of bass to proceedings with the likes of Breakage and Toddla T. For Sunday’s finalé, pool party attendees will be treated to sets from Hideout shining stars Seth Troxler and Nina Kraviz over at Papaya’s Mulletover hosted party. Sunday will also see sets from Radio 1’s Mistajam as well as dubstep DJ and producer Artwork, over at the Aquarius pool and headed up by Edinburgh’s Xplicit. All the pool parties will take place between 2pm and 8pm each day at Papaya and Aquarius on Zrce Beach.

Local club partners join Hideout Daytime programme. Hideout Festival is this year welcoming a selection of ex-Yu club partners into its substantial programme. Descending from some of the region’s most vibrant cities and lucrative nightclubs, they will be hosting their own Hideout Daytime line-ups at Kalypso, infusing some local sounds into the mix. Kalyspo will host the likes of CFSN, Black Light and UES from Zagreb, Rijeka’s Balkan Kolektiv and Balance FM, LoopJunkies and Acilectro from Split, along with UK Train and Big Mama Session from Osijek, all in Croatia. From further afield RMNG will be welcomed from Serbia, Krunch It! and K4 from Slovenia, plus Kontra DJs and French Kiss FM from Bosnia and Herzegovina and many more. Ex-Yu club partner sets will take place between 2pm and 8pm each day at Kalpyso, kicking off on the Thursday before the main event.

Arena Breakdowns have also been revealed. The first night of the main festival will see Chase & Status and Sub Focus headlining Papaya, while Four Tet & Caribou showcase their B2B DJ set over in Aquarius 1. Loco Dice and Jamie Jones are set to headline Papaya the following night, alongside the likes of lady of the moment Maya Jane Coles. Annie Mac will headline Aquarius 1 the same night, while Andy C and Shy FX will bring the sounds of bass to Aquarius 2. Two of the festival’s most anticipated acts Ricardo Villalobos and Seth Troxler will take to the decks on the Papaya main stage for the event’s finale, while the likes of dance music heavyweight’s Skream, Ben Klock and SBTRKT close the event across the other three arenas. Tickets for Hideout 2012 have now sold out and the substantial programme of events is set to exceed ticket holder’s expectations. The full list of pool parties and arena breakdowns can be found on the Hideout Festival website or via their social media pages.

(via UK Festival Guides)

Video: Modeselektor and Thom Yorke: “This”

Here’s the new video for Modeselektor‘s collaboration with Thom Yorke, on a song called “This” from Modeselektor’s album Monkeytown. (The also did another track on the album together, “Shipwreck”.) Directed by Andrew Jones for FutureDeluxe, it falls in line with the clip for “Shipwreck”, using slightly disturbing childlike imagery, including creepy dolls and wooden puppets.

(via Pitchfork)

SoundCloud Reaches 15 Million Users

This week the SoundCloud community reached over 15 million users.

Launched in 2008 the German website went from 5 million users in June 2011 to 10 million in January 2012, reaching 15 million this week.
Due to the growing interest, the site is currently updating its user interface which will include enhanced audio, video, photo and text features. 

Commenting on these new features, SoundCloud CEO Alexander Ljung said “Today we are pushing further towards that goal by launching a private beta of the next SoundCloud, which delivers a simpler, faster, more social sound platform to help eveyone appreciate sound more.

(via Mixmag)

Dark, creepy puppets and imaginative animation make the video for Modeselektor and Thom Yorke’s “This.”

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We’ve got mixed feelings about remixes that enlist every single rapper who had the time to record a verse – often, they end up sounding weird and crowded and uncomfortably endless. But then we’ve got jams like this remix of Ab-Soul’s Ali-produced “Black Lip Bastard,” which enlists the rest of his cohorts in L.A. based ensemble Black Hippy – including the much buzzed-about Kendrick Lamar, Schoolboy Q, and Jay Rock. Over a creepy-sexy piano-and-strings beat, everyone drops brutal, electric, and stingingly smart verses. Far from sounding overloaded, it almost sounds too short. In other words –– it’s truly dope. Check it out.

Ab-Soul: “Black Lip Bastard” (Black Hippy Remix)

Ab-Soul’s Control System is out today, and you know what? It’s pretty dope too.

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We haven’t heard from Mad Decent’s finest pottymouthed Brazilian baile funk crew Bonde Do Role since 2007’s still-awesome With Lasers, but they’re back with a new song, the supremely catchy “Kilo,” which is the first track from their upcoming record Tropical/Bacanal, produced by Diplo and Poolside, and an accompanying, appropriately sexy / gross  / ridiculous video featuring Diplo himself (in a cowboy costume!), alongside a couple strippers in fruit bikinis, playing a weird bar game the likes of which we’ve never seen before. It’s obviously NSFW, but also one of the best dance songs we’ve heard in a while. Tropical/Bacanal is out June 26.

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As the action commences in the video for "Share My Love", we catch R. Kelly and two of his female associates-- he's sharing his love, see-- basking in the afterglow, preparing to make an entrance. There's a party going on outside, and much, much more love to share, with several dozen of Kelly's closest friends and associates. This is the image we're given, but the track alone suggests alternate interpretations: an imagined night at Larry Levan's Paradise Garage, perhaps, or for those outside the know, the vicinity of an urban radio station in the mid-to late 1970s.

Kelly outfits "Share," a single off his forthcoming LP Write Me Back, firmly in the proto-disco firmament of Barry White's Love Unlimited Orchestra and the best of the Thom Bell-produced Spinners. It's a lush, string-laden 4/4 rhythm, with suggestions like "take that off, girl, and let the fun begin." Since this is Kelly, you know you're going to get at least one purely original moment, which arrives in the song's middle eight when he merges his virtuosic flair for intimacy-- "Now that we're in this room, let's do what we were born to do"-- with a shout-along slogan of vast proportions. All together now, as the beat drops out: "Populate!"

“Jumanji” is the latest effort from Harlem rapper Azealia Banks and in wait for her debut album to drop this will more than suffice. Production comes from Glaswegian beatsmith Hudson Mohawke and NYC production wizard Nick Hook, they manage to incorporate steel drums, horns and a tribalesque beat that matches Azealia’s razor sharp tongue.

Usher’s single “Climax” is arguably the biggest track of the year and also signals the resurgence of R&B as a genre. It has spurred a slew of straight ill remixes from some of our favorite producers including Keys ‘N Krates and Flosstradamus to name a few. The most recent remix to drop is by London’s Joshua Harvey, aka Hervé. The beginning build is drawn out to create anticipation for when the track really sets off around the one minute mark. From there it’s heavy throbbing bass that’s got a mean attitude like your ex-girlfriend. Stream the track below.

At this very early point in her young career, Azealia Banks is becoming known more for a flurry of self-imposed drama (starting random beefs, announcing and then shelving releases) than the songs she's released. But the most interesting thing about "Jumanji", from her new mixtape, is that it's more about what's going on around her. As these new tracks trickle out, we're getting a chance to hear how her distinctive voice works in different settings. Here, her rapping really functions as the bedrock, the steady pulse for the production (by Hudson Mohawke and Nick Hook) to swirl around. It feels like something new could happen at any moment. It brings to mind the way Rustie brilliantly mixed rap new and old into his dense electronic productions on his recent BBC 1 mix--it's an absolutely brilliant beat, bursting with possibility and exploding with color. And then, you know, in the middle of it, there's Azealia Banks. She can rap.

[M83's Anthony Gonzalez. Shot by Faith Silva on the Impossible Project COOL]

In case you were feeling like your day was just a bit too light, I implore you to dive into Blawan‘s 65 minute live recording from Boiler Room #92. Buckle up.

Boiler Room #92, Blawan

Good to be back and apologize for the last 5 days, my host had hardware issues and Audiodrums was primarily offline.

Got a happy 80′s sounding track with trumpets in tow from Capital Cities.

Capital Cities – Kangaroo Court

My new favorite British guitar-pop band Spector stopped by Zane Lowe’s show on Radio 1 yesterday for a chat and a two-song live session, one of which is a performance of their anthemic new single “Celestine”, and the other is a surprise cover of Kavinsky’s “Nightcall”. The original recently rose to prominence thanks to its inclusion on the infamous “Drive” soundtrack, which seemed to open the gate for a new craze for late-night-driving 80s-synthpop. Spector’s take is actually quite faithful and solid, with the addition of a guitar solo (for they are a guitar band)! I find it funny how the rest of the band sang background vocals in falsetto to make up for the lack of Lovefoxxx. What I like about the band is that they have a sense of humour, and not just all Joy Division doom and gloom. Check out their cover right below.

STREAM: Spector – Nightcall (Kavinsky Cover)

You can watch their performance of Celestine here, featuring a cameo from Fred’s untimely zits.

The desert-themed video for “Celestine” is also out on Youtube now. Is it only me or is that an S Club 7 reference in the video? And maybe a Madonna’s “Frozen” homage too. They certainly (presumely) know their late ’90s pop!

Radio 1′s certainly been pimping them a lot lately.
Now how about some album news, lads.

Celestine is out May 21 in the UK.
More on Spector.

Killer Mike “Go!”

Turntablism has largely vanished from rap in recent years, so it actually feels a bit jarring to hear such prominent scratching in a new track by a well-known artist. The scratching in “Go!” is particularly aggressive, and the physicality of the performance transfers over to the listener much in the same way you can often feel the movements of the drummer in a well-made recording of a band. This just amps up Killer Mike’s vocal performance, which is bold even for him – the syllables seems to blast out of him with great force, and every sound on the track seems calibrated for maximum implied physical impact.

Buy it from Amazon.