Michigan-based ensemble Nomo are back with their newest, Ghost Rock, just in time for the summer heatwaves that will undoubtedly settle upon us. I know I have today’s post categorized under “afrobeat” but the truth is that Nomo’s sound is much broader, fusing krautrock’s repetition, the deepness of funk, the borderless perspective of world music, [...]

 

 Nomo :: "Rings": Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Afrobeat, Instrumental, MP3, Promo | No Comments »

It gives me great pleasure to be back posting after a hectic month of work. Expect much more regular content moving forward, starting with today’s post from Los Angeles DJ/Producer Presto. His early 12″ instrumentals were a staple of my older downtempo and hip-hop sets, so it’s fantastic to be able to bring you word [...]

 

 Presto :: "Higher" featuring Mhax Montes: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Breakbeat, Downtempo, Hip-Hop, MP3, Promo | No Comments »

Happy to report that longtime SK favorite and fellow Brooklyn resident Eliot Lipp has a new album slated for release on March 4th on Mush records, home of Bibio, Lymbyc Systym, Caural, et al. His last LP, Tacoma Mockingbird was one of last year’s gems, a brilliant collection of melody-drenched, hip-hop- and techno-informed electro-funk that [...]

 

 Eliott Lipp :: "The Area": Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Electro, Electronica, Glitch, IDM, Instrumental, MP3 | 6 Comments »

The d_rradio guys (pronounced D-R-radio) are definitely from the SK oldschool and we are happy to announce their next full-length, self-titled opus will be on its way to your ears in March via UK imprint Distraction Records. We’ve been online friends for sometime (check this old post from 2005 ) and I’ve always respected the [...]

 

 d_rradio :: "Long Way Home": Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Downtempo, Electronica, Folk/Acoustic, Glitch, IDM, Instrumental, MP3, Post-Rock | 2 Comments »

Stumbled across these guys after recently watching the fantastic documentary Helvetica. You’d expect a full length feature about a font to drag, but the combination of compelling interviews and beautiful photography with a standout soundtrack made it one of my favorite documentaries of the year. Kristian Dunn, of Los Angeles-based instrumental duo El Ten [...]

 

 El Ten Eleven :: "3 Plus 4": Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Indie, Instrumental, MP3, Post-Rock | 2 Comments »

This is the first of two posts of bands with the word “State” in their names. Other than that, they have very little in common. First off, is Washington D.C’s Statehood, the newest project from former-Dismemberment Plan rhythm section Joe Easley and Eric Axelson, Vehicle Birth’s Leigh Thompson and vocalist Clark Sabine. I don’t [...]

 

 Statehood :: "Still Spinning": Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Dancepunk, Indie, MP3, Promo, Rock | 2 Comments »

You may remember that a while back I was given a number of demo tracks from Ben Mullins, former member of Midwest Product and currently in PostPrior (both essential Ghostly International artists) to post. That was one of the more commented upon recent posts and I received quite a few emails begging me to get [...]

 

 Ben Benjamin :: "Temporary Aztec": Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Electro, Electronica, IDM, Instrumental, MP3, Rock | 7 Comments »

A Quick Rant
I get a lot of emails about why I don’t post every day. Let me explain if I may. I try to be as discerning as I can about the things I post. Fact is, if it’s not something I think you all would like, then it doesn’t deserve the pixels. Like [...]

 

 See-I :: "The King" (Magic Fly Remix): Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

DJ Must-Have, Downtempo, Dub/Reggae, MP3, Remixes, SK Exclusive! | 10 Comments »

More familiar perhaps as the A/V wizards behind the Ninja Clan’s more memorable live performances, Robin Brunson and Stuart Warren-Hill return with their first full-length LP since 2004’s tragically underrated Master View. Even casual electronic music fans know that much has changed in those three years, witnessed by the emergence of entire genres and [...]

 

 Hexstatic :: "Bust": Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Breakbeat, Electro, Electronica, IDM, Instrumental, MP3, Promo | 2 Comments »

The prolific Guillermo Scott Heren, man of many pseudonyms, is back with yet another release under his most noteworthy guise, Prefuse 73. One of the forefathers of the glitch-hop sound — an abstract, mostly instrumental and regularly angular take on hip-hop’s standard 4/4 — Prefuse builds upon an already stellar body of solid experimentalism with [...]

 

 Prefuse 73 :: "Beaten Thursday" : Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Breakbeat, Electronica, Glitch, Hip-Hop, IDM, Instrumental, MP3, Promo | 2 Comments »