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Leaderboy – Wicked In This Neighborhood

Ziad Ramley — Wed, 22 May 2013 19:52:29 +0000

What So Not‘s May residency at Triple J has been revealing many Australian gems to the world, and Leaderboy – a Sydney duo – have the most recent. Wicked In This Neighborhood is a deep, funky house tune that’s a welcome addition to any playlist.

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SoundCloud | Facebook

William Arcane – Want Somebody

Ziad Ramley — Wed, 22 May 2013 19:21:21 +0000

The first preaview of William Arcane’s forthcoming release on Pictures Music just gets you right in the feels. His earlier release, Not The Only One, is highly recommended also.

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Party Favor – Goliath

Ziad Ramley — Wed, 22 May 2013 18:15:52 +0000

Big room-aficionados rejoice, LA producer Party Favor has a new tune to add to your arsenals.

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Charli XCX – You Mu Ha Ha Ho (Lindstrøm Remix)

Ziad Ramley — Tue, 21 May 2013 18:35:49 +0000

If you thought that Oslo producer Lindstrøm had slipped under the radar since his 2010 collaboration with Christabelle, Lovesick, then you clearly haven’t been paying much attention (and also, shame on you – listen to his recent album, Smalhans, right this second). The latest focus of Lindstrøm’s attention has been another familiar European, British singer Charli XCX, who then returned the favor by remixing his track Fāār-i-kāāl. Both of these tracks are just- they’re just gorgeous, there’s no other way to put it.

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Empire of the Sun – Alive (Mat Zo Remix)

StatiK — Tue, 21 May 2013 16:32:27 +0000

Beginning in the deep dark house end of the spectrum, Mat Zo‘s remix of Alive sneakily evolves into a big room party starter. Euphoric pulsating synth chords will have you on top of the world by time this journey comes to a close. The Alive remix EP (releasing May 28) also features mixes from Guetta, Zedd, and M4SONIC, but this here is the cream of the crop.

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SoundCloud | Facebook

José González – Crosses (Dinner Date Remix)

Le Castell — Tue, 21 May 2013 02:34:20 +0000

Well hello summer nice to see you again. Here relative new comer Simon Hoppe from Berlin aka Dinner Date serves up a housy yet still chill remix of the José González classic “crosses”. The bass hits are perfect and keep us dancing long after the sun has set.

“People staring they know you’ve been broken.”

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Facebook | Soundcloud

-LeCastell

Seven Lions – Fevers (ft. Minnesota & Mimi Page)

StatiK — Mon, 20 May 2013 17:49:44 +0000

Yes! It’s been awhile… Seven Lions has graced us with another delightful trance-turned-dubstep masterpiece, this time recruiting one of my favourite rising stars in Minnesota, along with perfectly suited vocalist Mimi Page. The harmonies these three exhibit throughout Fevers are gut wrenchingly beautiful.

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Movement – Feel Real

Ziad Ramley — Sun, 19 May 2013 18:04:25 +0000

Modular People‘s latest signing, Movement, have released their debut single on the label and it should come as no surprise that it’s simply stunning. Between the deep vocals, minimalist synths, and steel drums, it’s hard to pin down what elements I’m most attached to.

Feel Real will be out May 24th in Australia or May 28th in the US. If you live in Australia and want to catch them on tour, allow me to recommend the following shows alongside Flight Facilities:

Thu 23 May – Corner Hotel, Melbourne
Sat 25 May – Oxford Art Factory, Sydney
Sun 26 May – Oxford Art Factory, Sydney

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Ursa Minor – Hurt

Ziad Ramley — Sun, 19 May 2013 17:51:19 +0000

From the get-go, you can tell that Hurt is going to be a brilliant track. Then, at 0:40, singer Gabrielle Cooke (better known as Ursa Minor) lays down a luscious vocal track and something magical happens – it just elevates this track to a whole other level. Hurt is Sunday-approved and out via Invader Records on May 27th.

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Death Ledger – Lost and Looking EP

Ziad Ramley — Sun, 19 May 2013 17:39:32 +0000

Toronto producer Kevin Donnelly aka. Death Ledger’s much-needed sophmore EP, Lost and Looking, is a gorgeous expansion of the dark, experimental tones that he unveiled to the world late last year.

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Phoenix – Entertainment (Robotaki Remix)

StatiK — Sun, 19 May 2013 01:19:41 +0000

Robotaki does a wonderful job twisting an upbeat indie rock tune into this slick n’ sexy summer jam. Audiophiles rejoice! Free .wav download for the first 1000 fans!

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Interview: Vicetone

Ziad Ramley — Sun, 19 May 2013 00:15:18 +0000

I had the chance to hop on Skype with Victor Pool from the Dutch duo, Vicetone, recently and I’ll be honest with you – I was just as curious to learn more about this production powerhouse as I’m sure you all are. In a little over a year they’ve shot into the electronic music spotlight, dominating Beatport, Hypem, and SoundCloud charts with their (frankly, phenomenal) productions.

Let’s start this off nice and simple: What did you guys get up to today?

Same as we do every day – we worked on new music in the studio!

When did you guys really get serious about music?

It really started about a year ago, somewhere in March, when Ruben decided to build a home studio. The day the studio was finished he invited me [Victor] over to join him in the studio and we just began to work on a track. This resulted in a few more tracks and we got a lot of positive feedback from our friends and family, so we decided to step it up after the summer ended. Since then we’ve practically been in the studio every day and made a lot of music together. We both have our own studio setup now so there won’t be a moment where we’re not working on Vicetone music!

What’s your production setup? Any elaborate plans to expand it?

We don’t use any hardware gear really, it’s all in the box. We are planning to upgrade the studio after our first tour, and maybe buy a hardware synth or two. It’s not a necessary asset in production though, it’s more of an expansion – a lot of soft synths will do just fine and most sound excellent. Besides a hardware synth, we’re always looking to buy new plugins that are not really well known – we’ve gotten some really unique and cool effects out of plugins few producers use or know about.

Where does the name “Vicetone” come from?

People sometimes think that the word ‘Vice’ has something to do with Victor’s name, but it’s actually the other way around. Ruben really liked the word ‘vice’, and Victor liked the word ‘tone’, so we decided to combine them! Coming up with a name was actually a pretty long and tedious process. We just couldn’t think of a good name that wasn’t already in use by other artists or companies. So we were pretty relieved after finally finding a way to combine 2 words we really liked into an artist’s name that was unique and pretty cool sounding… in our opinion at least..

Can you shed some light on your creative process? How do you start a track? Are there any elements that you always have a hard time with?

The creative process usually starts when we work on melodic ideas separately in our own studios. Most of the time we come up with a melody and try to find a sound with it, or we try to create an unique sound and then make a melody that fits that sound. So it goes both ways, and often a new and unique sound results in a full blown track. Very often after we have a small melodic idea, the other person will take that idea and improve on it and add to it. A lot of our tracks have melodies that were started by one of us, and finished / improved by the other, and those tracks are a lot of fun to work on. It also depends on the kind of track we’re working on – with remixes, for example, we usually start with creating our own chord progression that fits the vocals like we feel it, and then continue with different sounds and ideas. So when we are both in the studio preparing to work on a track, we always have an idea already.

How is work shared between the two of you? Do you each have specific strengths?

We think we share a lot of the same strengths, but in a slightly different way. Ruben for example starts of his melodies by playing them on the keyboard and then progressing them in the piano roll. Victor usually starts with drawing in the melody in the piano roll. So we both have a little bit of a different workflow when it comes to composing our own melodies. What we think is very important is that we work next to each other every day. We’ve been doing that since the start and we feel it’s the best way to work on music, and of course a lot of fun!

I understand that you’ll be coming over to North America in the next few months – which cities/venues do you really want to play?

We’d really love to play anywhere… the scene in the US is so big right now, we can’t wait to go there. We don’t really have a favorite city or venue – but we’d love to play in the big cities like Miami, LA and New York!

What upcoming projects do you have in the works that you can talk about?

We are working on a LOT of projects as we speak, almost seems too many… We have an original track on Nicky Romero’s label Protocol Recordings that will come out this summer. We’re really excited for that track! We’ve also just remixed his next release together with Krewella called ‘Legacy’, so you guys can expect that one soon as well. Also, we’ve got a lot of other remixes and originals that we finished the last couple of months, so there’s a ton of new stuff coming out. We’re stoked to release everything we’ve been working on for the last few months!!

If you could collaborate with anyone, who would it be?

Well, a couple of weeks ago we said we’d love to collab with Nicky Romero, and that hasn’t changed, but it might happen sooner than you’d think!

Has the city that you live in had a big impact on the style of music that you make?

Not at all. As far as we know, the most popular genre in our area is techno. Most of the clubs here in Groningen are playing a lot of techno and it’s not really our style. Our environment hasn’t been a factor at all in our music taste, since all the music that we listened to and liked was available on the internet. If anything, the internet helped us shape our music style! Everybody can hop on the internet and have access to pretty much every song out there, so that is the main way we got attracted to the music style that we love to make right now.

Do you ever feel locked into producing progressive house because that’s where you made a name for yourself?

Not really. There is a reason why we started out making music with our own style, whatever genre people think it is. We will always be making the music that we love and that’s why producing is so much fun for us. We actually made a lot of different tracks that nobody has heard, where we tried to switch things up and experiment with different styles and sounds. They’re very different sounding, but most of the time, we want melodies, harmonies, emotions and energy to be the foundation of our tracks.

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Mary J. Blige – My Love (Haez Remix)

Ziad Ramley — Sat, 18 May 2013 15:30:35 +0000

Arizona’s Haez put together a delightful wee remix that just fits oh so perfectly with my Saturdazed aesthetic.

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Gilbere Forte – Polaroids (Prod. by Grandtheft + Raak)

Ziad Ramley — Fri, 17 May 2013 17:45:48 +0000

Salacious Sound favourite, Grandtheft, has been on a roll with his collaborations lately. This time, it’s LA rapper Gilbere Forte getting the production boost, giving his hip-hop beats a certain je ne sais pas that really elevates the whole track. Don’t neglect to give Grandtheft’s EP, My House, a listen either

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Felix Jaehn – Sommer Am Meer

Ziad Ramley — Fri, 17 May 2013 17:05:08 +0000

London, UK producer Felix Jaehn is the newest up-and-coming producer to keep on you radar, world. I’ve had this track of his on repeat for the past few days and now that Friday has finally shown herself, I’m sharing it with all of you. Felix Jaehn’s SoundCloud is full of gems like this, combining a unique approach to deep house with more traditional musical elements. Don’t be shyyyy

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SoundCloud | Facebook

Styles & Complete – Jungle Spaceships

Ziad Ramley — Fri, 17 May 2013 14:50:56 +0000

Praise da lawwd because today is Friday. The first burner I’ve got for you comes from Charlotte, NC duo, Styles & Complete. Enjoy!

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Four Tet – Unspoken

StatiK — Thu, 16 May 2013 15:22:29 +0000

Originally released in 2003, Four Tet‘s landmark album Rounds was recently reissued as a special 10th anniversary edition, and deserves your undivided attention once more. Based on a soothing piano riff, Unspoken takes you on a peaceful, yet powerful journey, veering off sporadically into beautiful chaos. Grab that free download.

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Vancouver Show Alert: Kaytranada + Kastle @ Fortune Sound Club, May 19th

Ziad Ramley — Wed, 15 May 2013 23:08:43 +0000

Two long-time Salacious Sound favourites are going to be playing at Fortune Sound Club in Vancouver along with local dood 8prn and I this holiday Sunday, and we want to see all of our Vancouver readers out and about. In the meantime, check out the exclusive mix that Kaytranada put together for Fortune Sound Club and Scion Sessions above.

Want to win a pair of tickets? All you have to do is tag yourself (or a friend) in this photo to be entered and we’ll pick a winner Saturday afternoon.

Event Info | Buy Tickets ($15) | Photo Contest

Mount Kimbie – You Took Your Time ft. King Krule

Ziad Ramley — Wed, 15 May 2013 22:43:14 +0000

Loving Mount Kimbie’s latest track to be unveiled from their upcoming album, out May 27th on Warp Records.

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