Truancy Volume 27: Wildlife!
Our next Truancy Volume comes from Swiss producer WILDLIFE! whose ability on effortlessly mixing and combining dancehall and electronic music has garnered him huge support from the likes of Diplo, Sinden and L-Vis 1990 to many other musical connoisseurs. Having founded the now revered dancehall soundsystem Gold Rush International at the tender age of 19, […]
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Sunday’s Best Pt. XIV
We’ve all heard “Nostalgia, ULTRA”, I mean ya boy Frank Ocean has already been mentioned in two TRUANTS posts since the album/mixtape/thing came out. Now comes his third. Also getting a second mention of late is DJ Ayres. This time he’s done something effortlessly simple yet also perfect because of its simplicity. Taking the dramatically […]
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Mixes: Different Circles Launch Light
Now I know my fellow TRUANTS will think I should have better things to do than doing a post from a random hotel in Colombia but I’m jet lagged as hell, can’t get to sleep and the last thing I want to do is tune into some dubbed Gordan Ramsay show. Actually, now that I […]
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Download: Bling Like the Neptunes Sound
The Neptunes. Duff N*E*R*D albums and dodgy Daft Punk collaborations aside, their influence on today’s music is unmistakable. While preparing for a hip-hop set on Thursday night I read Immy’s post about Riffs and it put in mind Usher’s 2002 single U Don’t Have To Call, though I opted for the Ludacris-featuring remix on the […]
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Recommended: Groove Theory – Tell Me (George FitzGerald Remix)
Groove Theory’s “Tell Me” is perchance one of the biggest R&B hits of the 90’s. One of those tracks that deserve having the “unfeigned classic” label stamped all over them, without any further discussion. Then there is the graceful Amel Larrieux, the vocalist of the duo, who probably has one of the most beautiful voices ever; […]
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Introducing: Riffs
“Who is Riffs and where did he come from?” are questions I’ve heard often these days, and to tell you the truth – I don’t know too much about this 22 y.o. producer from Bristol myself. Stumbling upon him during one of my many intriguing digital explorations for new sounds, I had a heightened “mind blown” moment when […]
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Stream: Shakarchi & Stranéus Bring the Summer
Oh my, it may be the sunstroke I’m experiencing from this sudden burst of summer we are having in Britain or it could just because this is one of the finest records I’ve come across in a long time. The pianos! Oh the pianos! This gem was released by Studio Barnhus in January of all […]
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Download: IL – Apollo1ne3thee
Came across this guy working under the name IL yesterday and it took me quite a while to find any information about the guy. All I know is that he hails from Illinois and this 17 track EP on Error Broadcast is his debut release. No idea how long it’s been in the making, but […]
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Stream: Pional’s Lovecrimes
More Frank Ocean related SWAG here, but this time the spotlight falls on a trusty favourite of many a truant, Pional. A man whose productions have me swooning with excitement for summer to hear his jams in all their sunshine basked glory. Part of the Hivern Discs stable along side other Spanish talents such as […]
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Stream: Laberge’s Latest Diamond
For the last few years Canadian wunder-kid Laberge (is he even a kid any more?) has been putting out blissed-out disco tunes that seem to evoke an imagined perfect summer. If that sounds clichéd, well go and listen to him. He’s got a huge amount of stuff on his Soundcloud, much of it free to […]
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Traunts Present: Dat Nolla Promo Mix
(Click image to enlarge.) $in & Soraya – Dat Nolla Promo Mix by $in & Soraya Jeeze. Truants don’t just write. We also like to play out the tracks we talk about in different duo’s, because we’re based in different countries. Our Dutch delegation, $in & Soraya, have been booked to play Femme En […]
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Sunday’s Best Pt. XIII
It’s Sunday, literally on the verge of Monday, but we weren’t going to to miss out on another Sunday’s Best! Here is the 13th edition consisting another collection of tracks that have been tickling our fancy the last week, starting off with the wonderful New York based Deniz Kurtel. Wolf & Lamb affiliate and lady of […]
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