It's the Supersound

Another gem from After Dark 2, which is finally/officially out this Friday(!): this glorious 9+ minute vocoder jam from Mirage:

“Let’s Kiss” was written the same week as “Under Your Spell” in November 2008. After a bizarre & beautiful twist of fate, I walked into a remote bar in Montreal where I met the love of my life. The next morning… Ida & I had to leave. We flew to France for a handful of sweaty club shows. On the train out of Paris, I realized my whole world had been permanently turned upside down. The rain was crashing against the windows… & I decided I wanted to make a record that felt like that moment frozen in time… “For Ever Ever”. That’s when After Dark 2 was born. The last five years have been a blur of art & parties. This record represents the people we’ve connected with along the way…in Moscow, in Mexico, in Barcelona, in London, in Portland, in Montreal, in Melbourne, in Houston, in Berlin, in Beijing, in Los Angeles, in Dublin, in Athens… I am so excited to finally be sharing it with you. In 20 minutes, Ida & I get on a plane to Warsaw for our first tour overseas with Chromatics. Even though she is on crutches thanks to a brutal Roller Derby pile up on Sunday… we can’t wait to see all of you again… it’s been way too long. After Dark 2 is out this Friday.

It’s 78 minutes & 16 seconds.

See you on the train!
xo
Johnny Jewel”

Taken from Julianna Barwick‘s Nepenthe, out August 20 on Dead Oceans.

Skream is in damage control after receiving backlash for a dusty set at the Boiler Room x Ray Ban event.

It didn’t take long to realise Skream may have enjoyed a fair few brewskis (or something of that nature?) before playing! In his own defence the UK born and bred producer came out with the statement below via his official Facebook page.

“So I’m getting alot of stick because of my Ray Ban x Boiler Room set…..
1. I know its an awful mix.
2. Yes I was clearly smashed.
3. I’ve apologized already for what happened.

People judging for that can do so, I’ve proved I can DJ too many times. If you wanna say I’m a shit DJ then cool. Anyone who was at my ‘Skreamizm’ show at Barcelona the day before know’s this isn’t the case. Have a good day people.”

This is the same show that saw Skream flipping out having been cut off for abusing the levels slash passing curfew that led to the producer handing out two CDJ2000′s.

30 minutes of his life and he couldn’t hold it together. Makes us wonder. What do you think? Good set? bad set?

[image: hemsworth x antwon x @faithsilva]

New one from Hemsworth, taken from his forthcoming Still Awake EP, out next week; sounds like the first day of summer:

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Yessir Whatever is out now on Stones Throw; vinyl out June 18.

[featuring tracks from ciara, kingdom, brandy, girl unit, jam city + more. full tracklist after the jump]

OFFICIAL NIGHT SLUGS MIXTAPE # 3 mixed by GIRL UNIT

01 – IKONIKA – Mr Cake (Hyperdub)
02 – DJ TECHNICS – Nights In Egypt (DSG records)
03 – DJ BOOMAN – Ha Ha
04 – P.O.L. STYLE / MATRIXXMAN / VIN SOL – Sexual Convo
05 – DJ HOOK – Jay Desean Vogue Theme
06 – DJ J-HEAT – NJ Transit Anthem
07 – HYSTERICS – Pleasuredrome (Night Slugs Club Constructons)
08 – BLEZT / DJ J-HEAT – Tw3rk
09 – DJ SPOOKY – Missy Hot Boys Refix 06 (Party Package)
10 – L-VIS 1990 – Space Drips (Night Slugs)
11 – KINGDOM – Viper XL (Fade to Mind)
12 – BOK BOK – And Dancin (Night Slugs)
13 – JAM CITY – Pink Snow
14 – GIRL UNIT – Praise Dance
15 – BRANDY – Paint This House (RCA)
16 – CIARA – Body Party (Instrumental) (Epic)