"Gold Chain" Is the title song from artists ABMP's debut album XVGTWELVE9, New Generation of HipHop at its  finest.

Newtimers are Andreas Cavaco and Tim Lundblad from Stockholm. Quite an ethereal and pleasent mix right here. They have more music for free download on soundcloud. January Love is out on Rec Rec Records.

Listed of Seven Day just dropped a free mixtape prequel to his debut solo LP Lunch.▲.bles set to release sometime later this year. Real nice production from one of L.A.'s most promising. Enjoy it fo' FREE.

My music obsessions vary but most of the time land on the side of chill with a hearty pinch of rowdy boisterous hip-hop mixed in. The Cell Theory, a group that Taylor Mcferrin was/is apart of falls onto the chill, jazz infused side of things while taking you a bit "farther out" than you would expect. A great album with a great price tag. Scoop it here.

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Fifths is a collection of remixes produced by Berlin/London-based beat-maker Ess85. His objective: to give his favorite urban artists an electronic makeover. Much like the producer’s 2010 debut ‘Neon,’ this 5-track EP attempts to fuse hiphop with techno and dubstep. This is a good example of Andreya Triana’s soulful rendition of "Far Closer",  juxtaposed with a pulsating low-tempo techno beat – a combination that feels surprisingly natural.

“The idea was to take some of my favorite hiphop and soul tracks and turn them into electronic hybrids, creating a sound the artist is less readily associated with,” says ess85. 

Outsider artist, John Peel favorite, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada based AARON FUNK describes his surroundings as a kind of "Frozen Ibiza" where people love house music and he's added "Coming from Canada, specifically Winnipeg has been a real advantage because whatever you do, nobody is gonna like it." He's probably best known to you as VENETIAN SNARES. Under that alias he has been releasing music since 1999 with an output that has made him arguably the most prolific Canadian producer of electronic music out there with over 22 albums to his name. In fact he's so prolific that after releasing thirteen albums on Planet Mu between 2001 and 2009, Mu even gave him his own label Timesig. Funk has been credited as reinventing Breakcore, and is noted as one of the most eclectic and often abrasive electronic music producers around. His approach to sampling is legendary and was heavily featured on his 2010 Timesig album My So-Called Life but his new album LAST STEP (320 iTunes ready download below) to be released next week under the new project alias SLEEP on PLANET MU reflects an unusual side of his work - more hardware based and in a different pure electronic / IDM realm. 

We Have To Save Jeff instrumental of Kendrick Lamar The Recipe 

She's Back. "Only Fiona Apple could deliver something like the psychologically complex self-analysis on "Every Single Night" and sound elated. Like the lead-off title-track from 2005's Extraordinary Machine, "Night" is all poetry, presented over instrumentation that's been pared to a minimum. "Every single night's a fight with my brain," she declares, and clarifies, "Every single fight's all right." She almost revels in it.

The song ebbs and flows from trembling, whispered musings to loud, triumphant declarations of self-awareness, and the most chilling bits come when Apple makes the quiet parts feel tense and visceral. With a typically exceptional execution of poetic device, she takes a muted affair and colors it, as she fluidly narrates how butterflies (the personification of "ideas") trickle down the spine and swarm the belly before swelling to a blaze. Even as Apple describes the pain of her all-consuming thoughts, it sounds like desire, and her ear for detail helps conjure a sense of physicality. Point in case: "My heart's made of parts of all that surrounds me," and later, "What I am is what I am cause I does what I does."

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Rising star Jesse Boykins III teams up with Amsterdam's own Full Crate to release a duplet of heartfelt, and rhythmically impactful songs for your ears. Both alumni of the 2011 Red Bull Music Academy, Jesse & Crate met via friends and sculpted these songs meticulously in Crate's own studio. The timing couldn't be more perfect for these two men to take their life lessons and bring you "Her Throne".

The 7 Immortals are an OG Hip-Hop crew from Trenton NJ and includes more than 15 established, pioneering artists from the area.

Members are mostly comprised of those artists who regularly recorded with the late, veteran Trenton producer Tony D (Poor Righteous Teachers/YZ), the crew from the revolutionary 90's Hip-Hop show: "The Raw Deal," as well as artists who frequented Hot Spots Studio (a recording respite for Trenton Hip-Hop artists circa 1989-1994.), alongside several Wu-Tang affiliates.

Performers:
FEED
Blaq Prince
MoFlex
Shawn Lov
B-Fyne
Courageous Chief
Low-Key
Fatha Ramzee
Dj Jay-Ski
Produced by Custodian of Records

Sonnymoon meeting illy symphony. Plastic Shimmer, the debut release including visuals are coming soon.  

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Creative collective simply adding on.

This is the eleventh track off of Glitch Mouth's recently released third album Blood of the Shogun. Glitch Mouth is a hip-hop group out of Hartford, CT consisting primarily of MurMur the MC and producer Kid Presentable, with frequent collaborations with singer Erin Pellnat.

The full album can be streamed HERE. 

Part of Philly-based indie label Record Breakin' Music with a debut EP releasing in May.

In anticipation of the album they have released a single - a cover of George Duke's 1974 recording Feel.

The Well-Informed are currently recording at Saltlands Studio in Brooklyn with a collection of collaborators from the bands Yellowbirds, Rocketship Park, and The Poison Tree. They sum up the sound of their music as cuban missile make-out pop. 

Painted with coffee and cigar ashes by lead singer Marie Keis Uhre.

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Gekla came up with their own interpretation of David Guetta ft Usher - "Without You". Their goal was to avoid all of the mainstream cliches and create a whole new melodic chillstep remix.

Since their highly acclaimed Wax On debut album they appeared on more than 60 compilation, at labels like OM, Ministry Of Sound, Café Del Mar and Warp. In the last time period they rethinked the concept of Gelka as refreshed their unique downtempo, urban-blues style. Now they injected some bass oriented mood into the new tracks, generating something in between chillstep and post-dubstepish IDM, keeping the warm atmosphere of Ibiza, where their label crew belongs.

Janine is all about the voice, the beat and honesty. That is the heart of every track. Her voice is full of raw emotion and flawless control. She has the ability to shift between a fierce soulfulness you can hear all the way down the street and a voice so delicate and smooth it feels like she is whispering in your ear. Her influences include the intimacy of Aaliyah, the creativity of MIA and the depth of Notorious BIG.

Singer/songwriter/producer/instrumentalist Janine and the Mixtape combines hard-hitting 90’s hip-hop beats, R&B vocals and intricate synths. She comes from all the way down in New Zealand but is constantly reaching out to a worldwide audience. More than content to think outside the box, Janine approaches the music industry in a way that is refreshing and captivating.

Real life experiences are what drive Janine’s lyrics. Pain, darkness, loss and hope are re-occurring themes.

Archibald, a creature to whom nothing ever happens sees his routine changed by the arrival of a mysterious circle.

Music by Kadavre Exquis & guests

Get the Full soundtrack of 11 tracks, the poster, the full film and other goodies HERE.

Raphael Novarina is a songwriter who was born in Paris in 1980. He started to compose his first musical pieces at the piano and guitar,  and delivered a self-produced homestudio album called "L'unisson" in 2005. Great feedback from the public, local radio and some noticeable appearances in clubs and festivals encouraged him to record a new album, " Loin Des Fous ".

Here is K.Chamber's Remix of Dntel [Jimmy Tamborello] song called Bright Night. K.Chambers [Shinoshis] is an experimental, ambient and electronic producer. Part of the Brooklyn Based collective group THELOVEINUS K., Chambers has produced for artist such as Jaye, Kurtis Blow Jr, and Primary works. 

Festival season has begun and YYY has captured some ot it!

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Isle of Wight residents The Shutes release their EP Echo of Love April 2nd, and to mark the occasion they have offered the track "She Said" for free free download.

The 5-track EP is being released by Cross Keys Records and was recorded with producer Julian Simmons (Midlake, Guillemots) at East London’s Din Studios towards the end of 2011, and was mixed by Rich Woodcraft (Radiohead, Neil Young, The Arctic Monkeys). The EP showcases a band that sound like they are quickly accelerating towards the pinnacle of their powers.

Figures are a london-based production duo who formed in 2011. They create atmospheric low-tempo electronic house music using analogue equipment. Check out their newest video HERE.

Figures are independent and every purchase goes directly to the artist. Please support independent music.

Artist Peter T. Quinn aka GPSYMTH has recently come out with his album Ripostes.  This alt/rock tune is airy and eccentric, and it's only $2!  Listen and/or buy it from from his bandcamp.