Noise Collective

Just when we thought we were bored of smoky pads and pitch-shifted samples, Pip John came along and wiped our slate clean. A classically trained opera singer by day, Oliver Sewell uses his alter ego to strain the human voice through a warm electronic mesh. The New Zealand producer’s new…

Hauntingly eerie, yet wondrously captivating are quick thoughts that flicker through my mind as I’m greeted with fluctuating strings. Such is my introduction to London-based trio Dems’ ”Desire”. Consisting of David Gardener, Duncan Mann, and Dan Moss, Dems is the latest UK artist to greet my inbox and leave an impression. Highlighted by…

 Well chalk it up to the UK again, they’ve given us another talented female vocalist. We all have heard of Adele,  Amy Winehouse, and Ellie Goulding but a new generation of singers are beginning to make their mark. I’d recommend taking a look at our friends Pigeons and Planes for their quick list of…

Representing Richmond, Virginia, Ohbliv has been littering the air with groove-tastic beatstrumentals. For any beathead, Ohbliv is a household name. But for those of you who have never heard of Ohbliv, go ahead and open a new tab to check out his work in the fullest. After a few tracks, you’ll…

This is your Daily 2% – Chilled and Ready to Serve. We will try to bring you one “chill” track every day. This is for when you get home and you are trying to unwind. You reach for that glass of wine or that unlit Black & Mild or maybe…

French producer Evil Needle really knows how to hit it home when it comes to mellowed down beatstrumentals. He is known for his cloud-surfing beats that will help you fight your high blood pressure. It’s been some time since the last big activity from Evil Needle, but that silence…

Well, Ta-ku’s tribute for Nujabes has ended as quickly as it had started, though it has been a magical journey. Through each of the 25 nights since he started, Ta-ku produced one track in dedicated for the great Japanese producer by mashing characteristics commonly found in Nujabes’ tunes with…

Anybody out there getting hit by this massive storm sweeping the mid-west and east coast? It sure can be pretty stressful with powerful winds, strong rain storms, and debris flying everywhere. Lucky for us, Perth native Ta-ku still has his tribute rolling out to calm your nerves down. In…

As we pass the midway point in Ta-ku’s 25 Nights For Nujabes, he continues to crank out tunes dedicated to the late Nujabes without fail. Each song is different in its own respect, though each are haunted by Nujabes’ influence and style. The Australian beatsmith has been doing a wonderful…

Last time, we left off our nightly dose of oozy downtempo sauce all out on the dinner table with Australian beatsmith Ta-ku. “Night 5″ marked one of five checkpoints in this 25 track tribute to the late Nujabes, a well-respected and influential Japanese DJ and producer. “Night 5″ featured…

When people ask me what music I’m currently listening to, sometimes I find it hard to respond without oversaturating their brains with a million new artists to check out. Currently though, the name of the game is future-garage/chillwave/post-dubstep/however you want to categorize it these days. And undoubtedly one of…

Doug Appling, a.k.a. Emancipator, is a downtempo producer who happens to be one of the lucky few to burst into stardom in this particular niche in music. Ever since his debut album Soon It Will Be Cold Enough was released to the rest of the world via trickle effect…

Ta-ku may be one of the more active beat producers of our time, cranking out EPs, singles, and tributes left and right. He is an electronic music producer from the Land Down Under, and has been cultivating a steadily growing following for the past few years. He often collaborates…