[MP3 Playlist] Indie Dojo (December 2015 Round #2)

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You know those days you start off with good intentions? You roll out of bed walking on sunshine, ready and willing to face the great day ahead. And then good ol’ life happens. You spill your coffee all over your white shirt, you forget your lunch at home, you get honked at by the road rager behind you, or yelled at by incredibly grouchy people at work. And they just keep rolling along, plowing you down any chance they can get. Pretty soon you want to just curl up in a cave, never to see the outside world again. But then you remember we are here, to remind you “when life gives you lemons, hit play on an Indie Dojo”. We promise it will help get your mind of that other crap for a while.

’Woodlock – Forever Ago’
’Scott Liss
Medicine’
’Odd Souls – Lose My Head – Demo’
’The Weather Machine – Peach’
’The Domestics – It Came To Me’
’Jay Woodward – Blue Sky Blue’
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[Electro/Deep-House/Video] Human Movement – Dancing Room

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Dancing Room

For over a year, we’ve been touting Australian industrial/tech/deep/electro crossover duo Human Movement as an act to diligently keep your eye on, and for good reason. From their inception, Human Movement have constantly delivered a darkly unique approach to club-music; fusing sonic bits of proper deep-house, techno, industrial and electro with the kind of measured precision of an act we’d have expected to have been around the game for decades. While we haven’t heard much since their remix of Whitney Fierce’s “The Night Air”, the pair have been busily toiling away towards a complete audio/visual concept, and have come storming back to the pages of TMN with both a fresh stomper, “Dancing Room”, and its accompanying visual piece (featured below). “Dancing Room” leans on heavy, metallurgic builds and pristine rolling bass to create a tune that pulls us directly to the dancefloor in the heaviest and most primal of ways, while its video counterpart flawlessly compliments the tune’s dusky ambience. We’re hoping this most recent Human Movement resurgence is permanent, as we’ve never been able to get enough of their heavy, earworming take on dance music.

Enjoy “Dancing Room” as a pure single above, or check it out with its accompanying imagery below; but either way, do yourself a solid and listen regardless.

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Jesse Ruben – This Is Why I Need You [TMN PREMIERE]

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This Is Why I Need You

Even if it’s only for a few brief minutes, there are a lot of people who are in need of some sort of positive embrace. 2015 has been an intense year, highlighted by a confounding amount of violence, division, and grief. Even beyond the stories that endlessly scroll through our feeds on a nearly daily basis, each and every person is battling their own wars, whether it be with finances, relationships, or health issues. Those who are struggling financially can turn it around with solutions like trade fx on VT markets in France.

We can only assume that Brooklyn-based singer/songwriter Jesse Ruben felt the heft of a collection of those issues, both for humanity as a whole and at an introspective level. The end result was today’s premiere, “This Is Why I Need You.” Uplifting in nature, this song is welcomed in by calming acoustic guitar work, and encapsulating atmospheric elements, both providing the perfect musical backdrop for Ruben’s soothing vocals and inspiring message.

‘This Is Why I Need You’ is about a lot of things. It’s about how big and scary the world can be. It’s about growing up and trying to figure out how to deal with new things. It’s about gratitude, and the people who help you get through the stuff that feels impossible. But for me it is more than that. It is a reminder that I’m still a songwriter.

If you’re enjoying Jesse Ruben’s work, make sure to follow him on SoundCloud to keep up with all of his new releases.

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[House] 909 Til Infinity – Bee/Dee EP

Last week, we had the pleasure of presenting the first ever interview for the brand new house, tech & funk fueled collaboration between LA via NYC underground mainstay MANIK and Denver based tastemaker option4, 909 Til Infinity, and what better way to start off our Monday dance roll here at TMN than backing all of that chit-chat up with some tangible thumping music? 909 Til Infinity’s debut EP, Bee/Dee, dropped this past weekend on the Treasure Fingers helmed Psycho Disco Records, and it’s already been seeing an impressive amount of backing support.

Title track “Bee”, which saw a radio premiere on Friday via Episode 23 of Anna Lunoe’s ‘Beats 1’ radio show, leads things off with thickly grooved tech punch. The tune trots out to a quick start on top of a rolling booty-house bassline and only picks up steam from the permutated “BEE” vocal stabs and a choice cut of hip-hop cypher before falling into an effectively wobbled break, and bouncing back with even more authority. The extended-play’s B-Side “Dee” fits its side-2 billing perfectly. A more subdued, deep-tech cut, “Dee” takes its cues from a bit more of a techno stance. Darker, almost industrial atmospherics are synthetically crafted behind the crisp and cracking punch of snare, and muted sub-bass which lurchingly propels “Dee” forward into the kind of tune we’d expect to hear Dixon or Âme pull out during the peak of a 4-hour bender set and drive a crowd insane. With the first EP from 909 Til Infinity offering such a methodically crafted and rangy pair of tunes, we’re pretty excited to hear what else these two blokes have in store as a duo. For now, stream both “Bee” and “Dee” below, grab the EP for yourself, and check out our interview with them here.

’909 Til Infinity – Bee’
’909 Til Infinity – Dee’
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The Chill Dojo #159

It’s been an eager wait for fans of mystical Aussie twins Cosmo’s Midnight, but the release of their Moments EP has been worth every day of anticipation. Heralding its release was the reveal of their captivating collaboration with Sarah Bonito of Kero Kero Bonito fame. For anyone familiar, ‘Hurt’ delivers all the magical vibes that would be imagined from such a pairing of creative minds, with plenty of emotion to boot. If that wasn’t enough, we’ve also been given a taste of the ‘Walk With Me’ Remix EP courtesy of a red hot edit from our resident chordslayer Maxo. True to his name, the Dojo favorite shreds through complex chord structures as he casts his spell over the addictive original.

A young man who has been on a tear lately is the talented Steve James, and for those who slept on our interview a few days ago, his debut original is not one to be missed. ‘Renaissance’ displays an ear for innovative sound that continues to push the bounds of musical expression, combining pop elements with the fresh inspiration that the up-and-coming producers exhibit so damn well. Jarreau Vandal is another name who is constantly on the edge of this creativity, and with his new EP Suburb Superhero on the near horizon, it’s a great opportunity to showcase just what he has in store with this incredible collab with Brasstracks and the sultry vocals of Niya Wells. The progression is on point at every moment of this smooth jam, with the slick beat guiding the listener further and further into musical euphoria.

It’s only the start of December, but the gifts are coming in early this year. Peace out.

’Cosmo’s Midnight – Hurt (feat. Sarah Bonito)’
’Cosmo’s Midnight – Walk With Me (feat. KUČKA) (Maxo Crashmix)’
’Steve James – Renaissance (feat. Clairity)’
’Jarreau Vandal – Nobody Else feat. Brasstracks & Niya Wells’
’Autograf – Metaphysical (Exmag Remix)’
’A Trak – We All Fall Down feat. Jamie Lidell (Cory Enemy & Syre Remix)’
’Invoker X JULiA LEWiS – Intercontinental Funk’
’esta – Special Affair’
’esta – Feathers (ft. JBird) ~ esta.sucks’
’salute – Diamond (Gold Rush) (XO Remix)’
’FloFilz Feat. Ivan Ave – Shinethru’
’LAKEY INSPIRED – Journey’
’LAKEY INSPIRED – Wonder’
’Metanite x obn – Soft.Touch.Girl’
’Kaizen – Eternum (Madnap x Send Off Remix)’
’NoxInBox – tmrw’
’Sober Rob & Goldwater – Dessert’
’Grant Walker – Blue City’
’Imagined Herbal Flows – Departure’
’Patrick Baker – Gone (Vijay & Sofia Zlatko Remix)’
’ARIZONA – Where I Wanna Be (GAMPER & DADONI Remix)’
’LOYAL – Blue & The Green (Edit)’
’Elline – No Pressure (Telescope Thieves Remix)’
’TIGERBLOOD – All In You’
’Cosmic Quest & RJ Tripps – Diamond Leopoldi’
’GoldLink – Dance On Me (Phazz Remix)’
’Kwabs – Cheating On Me (Tom Misch Refix feat. Zak Abel)’
’James Blake – Retrograde (Feki & Glasshouse Cover)’
’Lolaby – Goodbye Moonmen (Rick and Morty Cover)’
’chelsea cutler – the middle (dj snake cover)’
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[House] Listenbee – Nottamun Town (LondonBridge Remix)

Listenbee
Nottamun Town (LondonBridge Remix)

It’s Sunday, otherwise known as the day of relaxation, at least for those of us who have had quite our share of activities and work for the week. Luckily we stumbled upon LondonBridge’s remix of Listenbee’sNottamun Town,” a tune seemingly made for Sundays as it delivers mellowness mixed with just the right amount of energy to get you prepared for Monday’s chaos. Londonbridge transforms an easy going, instrumental-infused original into a cool down-tempo house jam with an irresistibly catchy beat and melody. Whether you are in relaxation mode or it’s-not-even-Monday-and-I-already-have-100-emails-to-answer mode, this track will put your mind in the place it needs to be.

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[SHOW ANNOUNCEMENT] CONTROL Presents Kennedy Jones, Bad Royale, Twine & Wild Boyz

HEY EVERYBODY! We’ve got a massive show for you here along with a little sampler of what to expect at Avalon’s CONTROL event tonight. We’re getting down to wire so we’ll keep it brief, but they’ve got an awesome lineup of Kennedy Jones, Bad Royale, Twine, and Wild Boyz that’s guaranteed to be a raucous start to your weekend! Check out of some of their latest tunes below and be sure to get your tickets here.

’WE CHIEF – Fresh Lemonade (Bad Royale Remix)’
’Bear Grillz & Getter – EDM (Kennedy Jones Remix)*PREMIERE*’
’GTA – Red Lips (Twine Black Lips Remix)’
’Wild Boyz! x Duelle – Flicker’
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