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Great track from the latest release from Depth Affect , kinda in the vein of Crystal Castles, the chip tune /

emotronic genre, and some M83 mixed in for good measure.

Last.fm bio

Depth Affect’s long-lived eclecticism makes their production one of the strangest at the moment, putting together Prefuse 73’s breakbeats, ISAN’s electronic lullabies and Fennesz’ sound treatments. Depth Affect is creating a relevant, intelligent and dancing (in a wobbly way) work of art.

Depth Affect - Junior International

Depth Affect Scopitone Live

Here’s is some deliciously sweet indie pop from NY artist Bayard Russell — think John Mayer meets The Postal Service.

This particular track has some very honest lyrics that make you take light of a situation that would otherwise cause you to shudder in pain: “Living at my Moms Again”.

Bayard Russell is a singer-songwriter performing in the NYC area. He has recently released his debut solo album “Selftitled,” which is available on CD Baby and iTunes, and performs at New York venues such as The Fort at Sidewalk Cafe and Trash Bar, and in events like The Interdependence Project Festival and the annual IMC Festival. In addition to his solo work he is the lead vocalist, bassist, and songwriter for garage rock trio Negative Ken, which performs at New York venues including Arlene’s Grocery, Don Hills, Snitch, Suite 16, The Orange Bear, and Pussycat Lounge.

Russell grew up in the suburbs of Indiana, influenced equally by The Beatles and Ice Cube. Classically trained in piano from age four, he discovered the guitar in high school and his passion for pop music blossomed. He moved to NYC after graduating from Dartmouth with a major in philosophy and a minor in music. He has written for and performed with the bands Karess, Clean Slate, Funkelstiltskin, The Very Nerve, and Matt Jones Band. He currently writes and records out of his home studio in Queens.

Bayard Russell - Livinig At My Moms Again

From the wiki:

In 1985, the trio joined up with Marc Almond to record a version of the Donna Summer classic “I Feel Love”. The full version was actually a medley, also incorporating snippets of Summer’s “Love to Love You Baby” and John Leyton’s “Johnny Remember Me”. It was a huge success, reaching #3 in the UK, equalling the chart achievement of “Smalltown Boy”. Although the original had been one of Marc Almond’s all-time favourite songs, he had never read the lyrics and thus incorrectly sang “What’ll it be, what’ll it be, you and me” instead of “Falling free, falling free, falling free”.

Bronski Beat - I Feel Love (ft. Marc Almond)

Flowing Dub feeling on the lastest project from Norman Cook (aka Fat Boy Slim) under the moniker of Brighton Port Authority. Really looking forward to this release from Norman Cook which seems thus to be an upbeat grooving good time.

Brighton Port Authority - Should I Stay or Should I Blow (ft. Ashley Beedle)

Video for “Toe Jam” featuring David Byrne and Dizzee Rascal:

Take a big helping of Koop, with a spice of Waldeck and part Gorillaz (piano part that is) and you’ll get a solid foundation of what you are about to hear from Caro. Caro is Caroline van der Leeuw hailing from the Netherlands.

This is her first single with the help of producer Dirtytrakz.

Caro - Back it Up

Video for Back it Up

Life Beyond Mars is the compilation of David Bowie covers commissioned from electronic music producers. This particular cover of “Magic Dance”, which was originally done by Bowie for the movie Labyrinth, includes the spoken-word intro.

Track Listing:

01. Au Revoir Simone “Oh! You Pretty Things”
02. Heartbreak “Loving The Alien”
03. Kelley Polar “Magic Dance”
04. Leo Minor “Ashes To Ashes”
05. Carl Craig Presents Zoos of Berlin “Looking For Water”
06. Drew Brown “Sweet Thing”
07. Matthew Dear “Sound & Vision”
08. Susumu Yokota “Golden Years”
09. The Emperor Machine “Repetition”
10. Joakim & The Disco “A New Career In Town”
11. Richard Walters & Faultline “Be My Wife”
12. The Thing “Life On Mars”

Kelly Polar - Magic Dance

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From the latest in the Verve/Remixed series (#4 to be exact), comes Pilooski’s edit of Nina Simone’s “Take Care of Business.   Pilooski has a knack for taking tracks from an artist’s catalog that weren’t necessarily hits and making them into modern day Gems.

Nina Simone - Take Care of Business (pilooski edit)