Reflections of Summer Days

The Reflections were born when Darian Zahedi and Jon Safley began collaborating together earlier this year, often sending ideas back and forth while on the road with other projects. Along with bassist, Brady Wills they finished up an album's worth of songs and spent the better part of Spring at Brightstreet Recorders with producer/engineer, Kenny Woods (Jenny Lewis, Lykke Li, Vampire Weekend).

A hypnotic blend of classic indie pop with dashes of chillwave melodies, "Summer Days" is the first offering of their debut full-length, Limerence, set to be released in early 2013.

Download: Summer Days
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All The Rewile For Filewile

During endless rehearsals for a Flamenco theatre-dance piece under the hot sun of southern Spain, DJ Dustbowl and musician and singer Dejot come up with the concept for Filewile, – following a strict DIY strategy. Music, production, distribution, concerts, merchandise – all done by themselves… enjoy all the freedom, take all the responsibility. Disappointment from previous project and the current state of the music business leave none but this way forward.

From 2003 - 2011, Filewile has been on a wild ride including releasing an album, tours around the world, playing in obscure places, teaming up with everyone including your Uncle Joe, starting a record label, remixing more artists than legally allowed, and somehow someway managing to find a way to record new material.

With a sound that borrows from pop, electro, house, chillwave, and just about everything in between it's no wonder that Filewile has been as successful as they've been. They're latest release Rewile is an uncompromising package of remixes from artists that are either friends with the group or worked with Filewile somewhere along their epic journey.  The record is amazing.  It's got something for everyone and is a brilliant tapestry of electronic sounds that will mesmerize and move.

Download: You Say I (Electric Blanket Remix)
Download: You Say I (Ramax Electro Remix)
Download: You Say I (Bit Tuner Remix)
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Villa Kang Bliss Out

Villa Kang is a mysterious project that is headed by a producer/songwriter in Toronto who works under the Villa Kang name with a revolving collective of underground producers, artists and filmmakers. The project's aim is to experiment with different genres of electronic music and publish what happens as a result of those experiments.

They are a relatively new collective and in fact, are so new, there's very little information about them. What we do know isn't much: Thus far two singles have been released and both were produced in collaboration with Luminary Youth (An indie hip/hop producer Tampa, FL). We also know that the group has yet to perform live but hopes to once the first official EP is released on June 12th.

As for what the two singles sound like. Villa Kang have come up with the perfect soundtrack for rainy days, Sunday mornings, cold days, and lazy days in bed. This is chill wave that's half asleep. It's lush, gorgeous, and ridiculously good. They may be new, but the songs they've come up with thus far sound mature beyond their years. Villa Kang might not klang about but they do make one sweet racket.

Download: Hallucinating Arkansas
Download: Radio Dada
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I Got A Cultfever

Cultfever is J. Peter Durniak and Tamara Jafar, two artists whose chance encounter in a Manhattan recording studio spawned a musical partnership of two distinct voices connecting over a shared vision in sound. Within a few months of their first meeting, Durniak, an audio engineer at the studio, and Jafar, an audio intern at the studio and political activist, decided to move in together, converting their apartment living room into a shared studio space. Soon after, late-night recording sessions and musical sketches began to evolve into the songs that make up their eponymous debut.

During the recording process, the duo conceived of the album as a series of cinematic vignettes rather than trying to focus the project around a narrowly tailored theme. Giving themselves that space to explore they now have a better idea of the strengths and weaknesses in the interplay of their individual tastes and styles.

The end result of this experiment is a collection of nine distinct tracks, ranging from the atmospheric textures of album opener “Knewyouwell” and mid-album highlight “Devil in the Drum” to the bombast and unhinged romanticism of “Spill” and closing track “Collector.”  Fantastic stuff all around.  Hear for yourself....

Download: Knew You Well
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He AIMES to Please

AIMES, the nostalgia-filled project of electronica musician and DJ/producer Aman Ellis, has managed to create an array of sounds that not only references the late 70's Manhattan disco circuit, but also includes glimpses into the current UK bassline scene.

His debut album, the strangely titled, Your Floor Is Now A Tree is a chillwave, space journey hybrid that can be found somewhere near the edges of our galaxy.  It's danceable in an otherworldly sort of way that will free your mind and allow your imagination to run free.  The word epic seems appropriate here and I think that's exactly what AIMES was hoping for...to make something larger than life.

Download: Is A Good Friend
Stream: Your Floor Is Now A Tree
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