MUSIC: RÜFÜS - Desert Night

YES. 

In just two years, RÜFÜS have made a name for themselves on the Australian dance music scene. With remixes and original tracks for Kitsuné to a headlining tour, they've started off with a bang. 

They release their debut album ATLAS in August, and Desert Night is the second single. The track is A-MAZING and so is the video. Those dance moves have got to be replicated sometime soon. Sadly the track is only available in Australia at the moment - and it looks like their second focus is the US, so for people in Europe/UK, we just gotta deal with the Soundcloud streams for now (below).

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Click more to watch another amazing video (100% worth watching) for their first single from ATLAS, Take Me:

MUSIC: Garçon Garçon - Instant Attraction

New Garçon Garçon! The Australian duo have just released new track Instant Attraction following on from their debut EP release in 2012. The single was released on iTunes today!

I've followed these guys since before their first release, and was lucky enough to design the t-shirt that is currently sold on their website. Go and show the boys some love!

Single cover design by DG (x) DESIGN

MUSIC: Rebecca + Fiona - Union

After their INCREDIBLE debut album, I Love You, Man back in 2011, the Swedish DJ duo are back with another single, Union following Taken Over in February.

The track is just as energetic as the rest of their offerings, but remains fresh. I adore everything about these two, you can really tell how hard they both work. The visuals behind their videos are always spot on, and complete the perfect package that they bring. They work it the fuck out, and sadly, like a lot of amazing artists remain relatively under appreciated outside of Sweden. 

You can watch the video for Taken Over below:

MUSIC: Elizabeth Rose - Again

Something not Drag Race related! Elizabeth Rose is a 22 year old electronic-pop producer from Sydney. She released her debut track, Ready, in 2012 along with an EP. Again was produced with UK-based producer Sinden and you can watch the video above.

Click more to listen to the Crystallise EP:

MUSIC: Stromae

Stromae is amazing. His debut album 'Cheese' still gets played regularly on my iTunes, three years after being released.

His 'leçons' (lessons) are extremely popular on YouTube; he talks through a particular song- usually how the layers of sounds are built or how it come about, and it then leads to a performance of sorts.

The past two leçons (23 - 'Humain à l'Eau'/24 - 'Tous Les Mêmes) have been especially good. Not only are they really quite funny, but the songs are sounding fresh, the graphics in the videos are looking EXTRA FRESH and it all feels like a build up to a new single/album.

The newest video sees Stromae half-made-up as a female, including extensions in his short hair to emphasise the meaning behind song. He plays two parts of a relationship; both the male and female.

He really is more than just a DJ/Producer - his writing and artistic skill is insane. I'm so looking forward to his next album.

MUSIC: KOORTWAH

KOORTWAH is a musical and visual project by Jake Courtois. New York based Courtois focuses on 'electronic rock'. As well as being beautiful, he has the most unique voice that works so well over his beats and sounds. 

MUSIC: beGun

Beautiful chillwave straight from Barcelona.

Take a listen to the remix below as well, and another amazing track, Bangkok.

Give his other stuff a listen too, so fresh!

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MUSIC: Kastle

“Kastle pushes the kind of soulful, low-end-centered, forward-thinking dubstep tunes that could just as easily soundtrack a night out at the club as they could the lonely walk home afterwards.” – XLR8R 

Kastle is a San Francisco based DJ. His sounds are bass and dub heavy with a twist of soul. There are influences of Hip-Hop, R&B, garage and dubstep. His recent Classic Garage & 2-Step mixtape is full of classic 90s garage sounds blended together with smooth dub tracks. Listen above and download for free through the Soundcloud link.


His remix of Brandy's I Wanna Be Down also deserves a listen.



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MUSIC: Hard Candy x Jetlag

Brussels-based duo Jetlag are high on my one-to-watch for 2013. From tracks like their Whitney Houston, Every Woman remix, to the free hour long mixtapes they release, they really can do no wrong at the minute.

Here's a mix they produced for Hard Candy, as part of the Hard Candy x series, suitably named 'La Mixtape à Bonbons':