April 2020

Ending months of speculation about exactly who’s behind one of the year’s most talked-about and sought after club tracks, Jamie xx today releases ‘Idontknow‘. Available via Young Turks / Remote Control Records, ‘Idontknow’ is Jamie’s first solo artist release since his highly acclaimed BRIT and GRAMMY® nominated 2015 debut album In Colour.

Without knowing the artist behind it, people have been raving to ‘Idontknow‘ since late autumn 2019 when Jamie first debuted the track. Since then, the track has taken on a life of its own in clubs and on dancefloors around the world, garnering huge support from the likes of Ben UFO, Four Tet, Caribou, HAAi and Bicep, or via Jamie’s own residency on NTS Radio and the series of last-minute, word-of-mouth parties he threw in aid of the MIND and CALM charities at north London’s the Cause (where he was joined by the likes of Four Tet, HAAi and Koreless) and beyond.

Today, ‘Idontknow‘ finally gets a full release, first through digital services but with a 12” available exclusively via independent retailers coming around 1st May (UK) with the rest of the world to follow. It comes hot on the heels of Jamie’s recent collaboration with Headie One and Fred Again.. on ‘Smoke‘ from their acclaimed GANG mixtape.

Stream / Download Jamie xx – ‘Idontknow’ via jamiexx.ffm.to/idontknow

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“Brings the vibes. Brings the smiles.”
– Richard Kingsmill, triple j

“it’s like a solo swim out to sea in a calm ocean. there’s still a pull to it but nothing sinister or strong, it makes you feel safe and at home.”
– Declan Byrne, triple j

“It’s a song that stops you in your tracks and effortlessly commands your attention”
–  Emma Jones, Purple Sneakers

Fresh off a premiere yesterday with Purple Sneakers, Mammals has today delivered an abstract and eerie music video for his recent single ‘Mansion’ – a deeply emotive track dedicated to exploring the intricacies of human existence.

Directed by Jordan Lister and filmed at The 1896 in New York, the video beautifully pairs a water-inspired colour palette within the sparse Brooklyn warehouse location. The track itself explores the feeling of “being totally consumed under oceans of powers we can’t control” and the feeling of being lost in a proverbial abyss is reflected back with the clever choreography and use of poly silk. Brooklyn Dancer Kai Paii acts almost as a figure of Guy (Mammals) memory, entangling herself within a moment in time.

Following its release, ‘Mansion’ has already proven a strong addition to Mammals’ catalogue, receiving a premiere on triple j’s Good Nights and landing on the likes of Spotify’s ‘New Dance Beats’ and Apple Music’s ‘New Music Daily’, ‘ALT CTRL’, ‘Future Sounds’ and Heaps Indie’.  It is only the latest in his long string of successes, including support slots on the Australian tours of The 1975 and Of Monsters and Men, and a collection of songs spanning over 12 million streams.

The year is still young for this impressive Mollymook local with more music to come and live shows on the horizon. For now, be immersed in ‘Mansion’ from your own mansion as you ponder humanity’s existence in these interesting times.

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Emerging U.K.-based singer, producer and harpist TATYANA has today shared her stunning debut single and video ‘Wild Card’. Born to Russian and English parents, TATYANA is a new signing to Sinderlyn – sister label to Captured Tracks.

Speaking about ‘Wild Card’, TATYANA added “I wrote this song about an imaginary Russian lover I never had. There’s a place in the Russian countryside I used to go to as a kid with a beautiful river and a tiny village. I imagined what it might be like to grow up in a place like that and wanting to break free and go see the rest of the distant, outside world. It’s about first love and believing it will go on forever because you’re bonded by your dreams and your memories.”

In 2018, classically-trained harp player TATYANA walked into an underground rave in London. Thrilled by the sense of community that drove the party, she made it a goal to play her own music in this kind of environment some day. No surprise, that’s exactly what she did the following year. It’s not the kind of show one might expect an artist with her background to play, but this is how things happen in TATYANA’s world – her moves seem surprising until you realize they’ve made perfect sense all along.

TATYANA lived in Holland, Russia, Singapore, and Boston – where she attended Berklee College of Music on a full scholarship – before settling back in her hometown of London in 2017; the transient nature of her upbringing has certainly informed her music. From underground raves to viral YouTube covers to playing harp on tour with Neneh Cherry, there seems to be no scene that she doesn’t thrive in. Her new music is a multi-faceted product of all of that experience, the kind of precisely produced, impossibly catchy pop that takes other artists entire careers to nail.

It makes sense, considering all of this, that when asked to describe her music, TATYANA picks a color instead of a sound. She chooses the color blue, for the sense of peaceful melancholy that underpins even her most upbeat tracks. It’s not quite sad or happy; like everything with TATYANA, it’s content to sit somewhere in between.

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Project 46 returns from 4-year hiatus with their stunning new track “Remember You,” a gorgeous vocal single that exemplifies the progressive house in its heyday. Opening with delicate melodies and soulful vocals, the lyrics of “Remember You” are allowed to shine before Project 46 eases into a goosebump-inducing, euphoric progressive drop. With lines like “dance until the night turns just to remember you,” the record evokes memories of the nights we wished would never end; these are the types of experiences that every dance music fan holds close to their heart and the kind of romanticism that lives at the deep core of the genre. Wistful and inspirational at once, “Remember You” will whisk you away to some of the most serendipitous memories of your life. Project 46 has been hard at work in the studio, and the duo has more singles scheduled for release this year, including another much-anticipated collaboration with Kaskade.

Canadian duo Ryan Henderson and Thomas Shaw, better known as Project 46, is known for their melodic, progressive sound that never fails to inspire and uplift listeners. They began Project 46 in 2011 and were active until 2016, with releases on Ultra Records, Monstercat, Armada, Mixmash, and collaborations such as “Last Chance” with Kaskade (which was featured on Kaskade‘s “Atmosphere” album), “Collide” with Laidback Luke, “Crime” with Avicii, “Daphne” with Paul Oakenfold, and “Home” with Feenixpawl, to name a few. 2020 marks the comeback of Project 46, and they’re already off to a strong start with “Remember You.” We’re looking forward to more beautiful, vocal-driven dance tracks coming from the talented duo later this year!

Methyl Ethel’s new EP Hurts To Laugh is out now via Dot Dash Recordings / Remote Control Records. To celebrate the release of Hurts To Laugh the band have shared an Instagram filter which utilises the stunning EP artwork by Loribelle Spirovski. Try and share the Instagram filter via this link.

Hurts To Laugh marks the ongoing output of Methyl Ethel producer and multi-instrumentalist Jake Webb’s restless mind. Time and again he’s proven that while there’s no distinction between music and art, psychologically speaking there is a difference between feeling and emotion. One is a conscious response to a set of circumstances, the other is the unconscious conditions of our very being that only occasionally surfaces through feelings. Hurts To Laugh excavates this ambiguous site, implied by its very title. You can laugh so hard it hurts – pure joy. Or laugh despite the pain – despair. These paradoxes run throughout the EP, as well as everything that came before.

‘Majestic AF’ stumbles into its bubbling oscillator and analogue polyrhythms, while a kick-free drumbeat marches right into an atonal synth melody supporting Webb’s equally idiosyncratic falsetto.

Hurts To Laugh was recorded at the same time as 2019’s Triage and both releases feature cover art by Sydney-based artist Loribelle Spirovski. Triage was Webb’s third and final album in a trilogy of obliquely expressed relationship drama, starting with 2015’s Oh Inhuman Spectacle which features certified ARIA Gold single ‘Twilight Driving’. 2017’s Everything Is Forgotten birthed the sensational single ‘Ubu’ which is now certified ARIA Platinum.

Methyl Ethel is a project that’s the brainchild of a single mind—writer, performer and producer Webb—while also being a live band of five members. It makes music that draws from myriad influences and a history of new wave and indie rock, while sounding like its own thing entirely. Both familiar and alien, intimate and aloof, you never quite know what you’re in for, but the trip is bound to be enchanting.

Rescheduled dates for Methyl Ethel’s American tour (supporting Peter, Bjorn & John) and intimate Australian solo EP tour have been announced. Methyl Ethel will tour USA and Australia starting late September through October – including sold-out shows in Sydney & Melbourne. The full band will also appear at Splendour In The Grass. The full run of updated tour dates linked below.

Stream/Download Methyl Ethel – Hurts To Laugh via methylethel.lnk.to/hurtstolaugh

Following the release of recent ep, Molly & Sally, Russian DJ and producer, Yulia Niko, returns with a special ambient podcast, designed to heal and soothe during these difficult times.

Enjoy my special podcast for meditation and conscious healing. Namaste. Yours, YN”.

Drawing inspiration from Detroit and Chicago house, Yulia’s unique sound has seen her become resident DJ as Berlin’s Watergate club and release on labels such as Crosstown Rebels and Get Physical. Along the way she has also gained recognition from tastemakers like Jamie Jones and Damian Lazarus, plus underground plays on John Digweed’s Transitions podcast.

Niko was intoxicated with dance music from a young age and soon got her first residency in Sochi. She has since spent time in New York before settling in Berlin and has now set up her own vinyl only Tochno Techno label. She has also released on Baile Musik, Nervous Records, Plant74, played parties in LA and continues to make musical waves.

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