listen to the stellar new album from Alle, the pop project of Erika De Casier producer Natal Zaks aka DJ Central
Playful, dreamlike pop balm from from Alle, better known as Erika De Casier producer Natal Zaks, aka DJ Central...
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stream Jex Opolis’ cinematic new-wave synth gem Net Worth
Sweet throwback synth vibes for New York nights and West Coast drives, this one sparked some serious nostalgia for half-remembered late-'80s movie montages and classic new-wave bands...
watch Thool’s immersive Total Nobrum mixtape movie
Here's a late dark horse contender for your year-end lists: weirdo electronic group Thool take us on an immersive audiovisual journey through a balmy, disorienting haze of left-field prog, boogie, balearica, and other assorted unclassifiable hypnagogic pop oddities...
Pacific Coliseum – Ocean City
Just in time for the start of spring, Jamison of Teen Daze shares the transportive, hazily glistening balearic vibes of the lead single and title track from the debut of his new project, Pacific Coliseum. As breezy and nostalgic as "Ocean City" is making us feel at the moment, I anticipate this one will soundtrack more than its share of beach days and PCH cruising as the days get longer/
100% Electronica reissues SOFTWARE’s 1988 LP Digital-Dance
George Clanton's 100% Electronica label is set to reissue Digital-Dance, the obscure and transportive 1988 LP from German duo SOFTWARE. Warm, sparkling tropical island vibes, described as "the holy grail of german berlin-school balearics", so you know it's right up our alley...
premiere: Peaking Lights - Conga Blue
LA duo Peaking Lights usher in spring with a glorious new psych-disco jammer: the balmy, epically grooving "Conga Blue" beams with the kind of feel-good tropical/cosmic vibes that the group always does so well, and will see a proper 12" vinyl release this summer (complete with instrumental and a bonus b-side track) as part of a series of singles and 12"s that the duo will be re
mp3 + video: Recycle Culture’s official remix of Valet’s “Clouds”
The most versatile producer in the game™ Recycle Culture just sent over his beautiful, swirling psychedelic (official) remix of Valet's "Clouds" — taken from one of our favorite records of the year so far — that we kind of want to listen to on loop forever, complete with a trippy visual accompaniment that he also created...
Mark Barrott – Sketches From an Island 3
Mark Barrott releases the latest installment of his Sketches From an Island (the "island" in question being Ibiza; if you missed it, last year's LP was a blissful Balearic masterpiece): Sketches From an Island 3 is a glowing, breezily tropical summer gem, and it's a perfect transportive complement to that new Domenique Dumont record we can't stop bumping...
premiere: Postiljonen ushers in summer with soaring new single “Wait”
Sweden's Postiljonen follow up their 2013 soft-Balearic-dream-pop masterpiece Skyer with a sweeping, sumptuous new summer night jam, inspired by "the Balearics, widescreen cinema and massive 80s pop anthems." Best listened to while gazing longingly at a picturesque sunrise/sunset (probably), as the palpable yearning in Mia Brox Bøe's gorgeous/breathless refrain "If I give my heart
Recycle Culture – AYA
Add this one to an already impossibly varied and consistently stellar year for the prolific Recycle Culture: soaring new single "AYA" -- which RC calls a "strange oceanic blend of female vocal chant and balearic electro-pop" -- joins that new Taylor Swift remix, Drown Me Up, "Back to the World", In Transit II, the brilliant Doss remixes, Puzzle Logic, etc...
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