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The Needle Drop: 04-10-13

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James Blake – Overgrown

On James Blake’s latest album, the various sides to his musical personality blend together into a pretty uniform set of tracks that combine detailed electronica, chorus-based songwriting, piano, and Blake’s sharp voice.

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Lyrics to this album presented by Stereo IQ:

1. James Blake – Overgrown Lyrics
2. James Blake – I Am Sold Lyrics
3. James Blake – Life Around Here Lyrics
4. James Blake – Take A Fall For Me Lyrics
5. James Blake – Retrograde Lyrics
6. James Blake – DLM Lyrics
7. James Blake – Digital Lion Lyrics
8. James Blake – Voyeur Lyrics
9. James Blake – To The Last Lyrics
10. James Blake – Our Love Comes Back Lyrics
11. James Blake – Every Day I Ran Lyrics

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Lapalux – “Moveoutofmyway” ft. ShadowBox

Lapalux drops what I’m assuming is a spare track from his recent full-length effort, Nostalchic. It’s an interesting track that works in multiple phases. Structurally, it definitely throws a few twists and turns at the listener, which is maybe why it didn’t make it onto the LP. Who knows? Either way, Lapalux delivers heavenly vocals set against weird, warped, wonky-style beats and synths. Enjoy!

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Lapalux – Nostalchic

On Lapalux’s new full-length, the UK producer seamlessly combines elements of future garage, wonky, and contemporary R&B.

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Bonobo – The North Borders

On his latest release, Bonobo shows more ambition with some great vocal features and vast, atmospheric production; however, too many tracks on this hour-long release don’t make much of an emotional impact.

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Nosaj Thing – Home

Nosaj Thing’s sophomore album still has the soft, quaint sounds fans have enjoyed previously from California producer Jason Chung, but with a serious decline in the hip hop vibes that radiated so boldly off of 2009′s Drift.

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Burial- Truant / Rough Sleeper

On this new pair of tracks, dubstep innovator Burial uses gaps and silence to progress his ever-growing interest in longer song lengths and ambient atmospheres.

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M|O|D- PENG – 001

Beatmusic collective M|O|D has a new EP of tracks out featuring cuts from all five of the group’s members, and the styles on here are pretty versatile. C.Z. brings a funky future garage cut, and Lil TExAS brings a forward-thinking banner that samples the trademark vocal edits from “It Takes Two.”

Hear more from M|O|D at their SoundCloud page.

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FaltyDL- “Straight & Arrow”

FaltyDL comes through with one of the most interesting video concepts I’ve caught this year with the track “Straight & Arrow,” which is the New York electronic music producer’s latest single on Ninja Tune. He’s got a new album on the way there, too. Hardcourage is the title, and look for it in January.

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Unknown- “#010″

Here’s the latest track from anonymous electronic music artist, uh, Unknown. He or she has been dropping tracks periodically via this YouTube channel since the spring, and the sound has remained pretty consistent in showcasing a blend of sounds pulling from future garage and Burial-inspired dubstep.

“#010″ is obviously the tenth track from this project, and it’s one of the most chilled in Unknown’s canon so far, riding a slow tempo that’s wrapped in swirling synths and vocal snippets.