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Disclosure – Settle

On Settle, the fresh electronic music duo known as Disclosure brings a series of house and garage-inspired dance numbers that groove excitingly. Some of the vocal guests are pretty spectacular as well. Even if you’re not nutty about dance music, give it a try.

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Jon Hopkins – “Open Eye Signal”

Electronic music producer Jon Hopkins drops a hypnotic, new single from his forthcoming album, Immunity, which will be on Domino Records at the start of June. This track is beautifully layered, and I’m just loving the grit and the groove of the beat on this thing. Enjoy!

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Yellow Claw – Amsterdam Trap Music

The title of this new Yellow Claw EP is about as straightforward as the bass-heavy and sharp trap beats featured within. The tracks ain’t bad, but maybe tracks like “Kaolo” are a sign that the genre is becoming a bit of a trend–”IT’S A TRAP!”

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Kavinsky – “Protovision”

With director Marcus Herring, Kavinsky drops some new visuals for a track from this forthcoming album, Outrun.

On “Protovision,” the French house producer continues in the footsteps of Daft Punk and Justice as he presents some hard-hitting kicks and snares behind epic layers of synthesizer magic. It’s definitely as cinematic as the car chase in the video suggests.

Outrun drops Feb. 25th.

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Drums of Death- “Waves City”

London-based producer Colin Bailey, aka Drums of Death, will follow up his Red Waves and Black Waves EPs this year with a third record in the trilogy, the Blue Waves EP. Bailey’s work is characterized by engaging melodies and delicate but intricate rhythms, and both of those qualities come through in full stride on “Waves City,” a dynamic new track from the forthcoming record. This track bears a straight up ’90s techno sound, complete with synth horns, a four-on-the-floor beat, and an earworm chopped piano line that will have you humming long after the track ends. Like most great dance music, this nearly 8-minute track feels like a breeze when listening at home, but I can imagine that it would seem to last a lifetime in a packed club.

The Blue Waves EP will be out July 2nd on 12″ vinyl via Civil Music. Pre-order the vinyl and get a free digital download of the release immediately.

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Portico Quartet- Portico Quartet

On Portico Quartet’s third album, the London-based band creates an impressive mixture of sounds from jazz and electronica.

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