Alpine

Australian six-piece Alpine just dropped Gasoline, the latest cut from their record A Is For Alpine, scheduled for release in January 2013. Airy female vocals and bleepy electronic rhythms drive the track, making Gasoline a neat slice of synth-pop.

Gonzales - Solo Piano ll

The Canadian multi-instrumentalist (Chilly) Gonzales will finally release the sequel to his amazing 2004 Solo Piano album, cunningly titled Solo Piano II. The album features 14 new instrumental piano pieces, which were recorded over a ten day period at Studio Pigalle in Paris earlier this year. You can now watch a video for the first song Othello.

For those of you new to Gonzales, he has played together with big acts like Feist and Jamie Lidell, written film scores and worked as a solo MC and entertainer, making records since the late 90´s.

Solo Piano II drops on August 27th via Gentle Threat.

JJ - High Summer

A couple of days ago JJ released a new five track EP, called High Summer.  Download it for free here.

Feist X Christian Strobe

Beautiful rework by German producer Christian Strobe on Feist's track Bittersweet Melodies.

Purity Ring - Fineshrine

Listen to the latest output, Fineshrine, from the Montreal-duo Purity Ring.

Two Inch Punch

Londoner Ben Ash, better known as Two Inch Punch, caught my attention with last year’s Love You Up EP and his lush rework of Metronomy’s The Look a few months ago. Here's the brand new single Moon Struck, the first cut from T.I.P's upcoming EP,Saturn: The Slow Jams. 

Todd Terje - Inspector Norse (Video)

Words cannot describe how much I like Todd Terje and his amazing track Inspector Norse - released earlier this spring. Finally, today a video for the track was released.

This clip from the short film Whateverest follows Inspector Norse, the real life internet alias of Marius Solem Johanson, who has a penchant for dancing and drugs.

Dirty Projectors

Nifty, laid-back, hand clapping track from Brooklyn's Dirty Projectors. Here is Dance For You.

Jessie Ware

South Londoner Jessie Ware is on a roll. After collaborating with some of the biggest UK producers, including SBTRKT, she has turned into one of the most exciting vocalists to emerge from the UK underground lately. Her latest single Wildest Moments is  full of 80s glamour and depth - a little less electronic than her previous material like the similarly impressive 110%. Ware's debut album Devotion is due for release on 20th August.

Emil & Friends

The very first time I featured Emil & Friends here, I falsely stated that the actor, Emile Hirsch was behind this enigmatic moniker (several rumors and bios implied this). However, (and I'm not sure I've made this clear before) the guy behind E&F is no one else than the Bostonian Emil Hewitt. Yesterday he released this B-side from his Crystal Ball EP. Listen to Slowly, But Surely below.

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