July Electronica

It's been a while hasn't it! Summer is well under way in the UK but no matter where you are embracing your season it would be best to have some 'out of bounds' electronica to feed on. As I'm sure many a music fan has followed, this particular genre has burst into the spectrum this summer.

Lil Jabba-'DuStY'.

Entangling your work so much until you actually are allowed to use your ears to pick out each ingredient can usually go one way or the other. Dubstep-impossible. Lil Jabba- Heavenly meditation. Happening to be involved in the back street 'Juke' scene

within Brooklyn. Being introduced after i presented my radio show, his work indefinably  clarifies for my next with his uniquely intricate moments between all the 'hub bub' of magical eeiry electronica. Even as Lil Jabba shows, the distance between the 'hub bub' of life in general. Within this particular track Lil Jabba stirs together a fruitful distortion of guitar as a climatic scale to pair alongside the other incorporated trippy beats. 'Skates' is full of all the enchanted forest twinkles and old skool sounds to oddly make it sound as of the wall innovation. Inside of his '2K14' EP released (you guessed it) this year. Another masterpiece named 'Murky Moon' where sure enough it sounds as though Lil Jabba shows of his in-genius creation to escape beyond the sci- fi smokeyness and bewilderment.



Booka Shade-'Love Inc.'

Without wanting to sound too commercial, the airtime I contributed to this one track on my radio (http://frome.fm/programmes/music/stellafonix/) was wholly worth it. Uplifting the Hamburg EDM scene the German duo barely falter over the soft dwellings and light blubs of modern house whilst refraining over the simple yet echoey vocals. Then progressing into an energetic blur of deeper house arrangements. It's a relatively basic summer ambient track but alike last years Sonnetanz, 'Sun Don't Shine' it achieves a picturesque generation for any sunset.




Lone-'Dream Ache'.

When I pick this tune in particular, to be honest the whole album would be suitable. Matt Cutler's new born 'Reality Testing' is an adequate feeling one could have after listening to the collaboration of lo-fi electronica, bouncy elements of trip hop and ambient all into one. Is that the hint of light percussion drums too? Perhaps you find Lone has

no boundaries, which is what I love about his work. He keeps his sound sanely distinctive but as each track follows it embarks on what would be a complete insane passage to dive into each and every extremity. Since when has Nottingham seen such evolutionary sounds, a new scene to embrace? Go for it.
-If skim reading this post, I'd pick this as your ampitup influx.


Romare-'Jimmy'.

I first picked up upon Romare whilst watching the official ad for a festival I will be attending this weekend. but behold, their are greater tracks within. Such as the chosen, using speech as an atmospheric twist caan tell the difference between a witty record or a complete copy. Then meandering into a stage of light but more then bearable guitar funk, whilst taking the risk it completely pays off and that's even before the warm blub is added in the bending riffs to see the clap off. 'Taste of Honey' (from the city)' is indeed so. Refraining over the cultural melting pot this track seems to stir so effortlessly, added with a touch of ambient eargasmic wails in the background, with his debut radio 1 appearance with Benji B a only few months back, Romare is still fresh on the scene.




Sohn-'Red Lines'.

Yes, the awfully melancholy dwellings of a Vienna/London based hooded figure have truly reached the my own melting 'ear honey' . Fizzing through not only the ghostly backing that we're used to, this track incorporates the shuffly steppy electronica that seems to bind the verses so elegantly.By now of course, Sohn is hot on the UK music press but that doesn't mean that underneath the success of his debut, you can't find the nooks and crannies of his most intimate works. The warm brim of earlier, 'Oscilate'  show that despite all the celebrated remixes with Lana Del Rey to Disclosure won't be able to completely separate him as a unique soloist on his own endeavours.




Jett-'Warehouse'.
An under the radar East London Dj who does it deep house. A therapeutic solution is a simple conquest within 'Warehouse'. It builds over climatic bass drops and techno synths to melt warmly among side the mixture of male/female echoey vocal samples. Jett is one of those artists you're bound to find on a late night radio essential mix perhaps. His sound wouldn't always be associated to the EDM scene around Blighty's streets, however debuting in the peak of the genre around two years ago he thankfully avoids the ever so stereotypical 'bangers' we're so overdosed on. Taking in 'Strong Look'  you'll notice the further garage progression, more alike the grimy yet detailed East sound. All I can call this is true house.





Eyedress-'Egyptian Night Club EP'.

At the release of his latest EP 'Egyptian Night Club' we see Idris Vicuna at his most expressive during tracks, 'Anything For Your Live' where it's almost so desperate, the overall complexion turns for a over indulgent emotion flowing solidly for the whole EP. But in the best of senses, take 'Sofa Beds' opening with solomn keys to in-twine with the ghostly high of Idris's vocals. Despite his sound still sounding profound to himself within 'Pussy Killer', Since the times of 'Nature Trips' it's completely evident that the evolution for Eyedress has just started.  Often it can be overwhelming, but when mixed to perfection it is ground breaking for a new correlation of sound.




Four Tet-'Parallel Jalebi'.

Being signed with Young Turks is always a turn on if you know your business. So when coming across Four Tet in a few mentioned line ups alongside the likes of Jamie xx, it was bound to raise some interest. His most recently placed track on soundcloud, 'Parallel Jalebi' arises all the ambiguity  you may expect from the name. It's a relatively simple layout until the melting of vocal harmonies stir you into a more minimally produced record, allowing each and every turn of this record to stand out. As expected his collaborations with artists such as Burial appear more layered on with instrumentation. However past these two tracks it's already easy to realise that thankfully Four Tet doesn't fill the need to fill in time with exaggerated bass drops and unnecessary climaxes.An element you can be lost in although without too much distraction.