It turns out that the best thing about rules is breaking them. This month’s Head In The Clouds sees me break pretty much the only rule I’ve laid down so far: thou shalt not feature an artist more than once. I hope that you’ll have a listen, and forgive and absolve me for my indiscretions.
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First up is You + Me by Real. Featuring a skittery beat, spliced vocals and some lovely stabby synths from about 1:00 onwards, it’s almost the definition of a summer jam.
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Next up we have a calming remix from Koreless. He’s taken Late Night, already something of a relaxed number from Foals’ Holy Fire album. Koreless approaches this remix in much the same way he approached his remix of Cold Nites. Rather than forcing square pegs into round holes, he plucks the highlights out of the original and rearranges them in a way that makes you wonder why this song didn’t just sound like this in the first place.
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We’ve posted about Airhead before (here) and featured him on one of our many mixtapes (here). It’s fair to say we’re excited about his first full length, For Years, which is set for release in June. Autumn is the first of the new releases to reach our ears. Centred around a looping acoustic guitar, it’s pensive rather than pounding. It’ll be interesting to see how Airhead blends his two musical personalities over a full length release and we can’t wait to hear more.
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Next up is our rule breaker. I could copy and paste almost everything I wrote regarding Kodak to Graph’s Departure and post it here in relation to Aurescent, his latest monthly release. A commenter on soundcloud summed the entire track up perfectly with the statement “Sounds like a happy day.” They’re spot on, Aurescent is disarmingly positive.
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Our final offering this month is Raffertie’s remix of Benediction, originally by Hot Natured. It’s an inventive take, turning the track into something of a smooth, slow burner. Of course, it’s been released (and put up for free download) to help promote his forthcoming LP, Build Me Up, to be released later this month, so watch out for any glimpses of that too.
That’s your lot for this month. Check back in a month for more.