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  • Nick Zammuto, one of the musicians behind of of my favorite albums of last year, has recently dropped a “long lost” EP of old material on his SoundCloud page. Enjoy via the stream above, and read the funny description below: “HA HA! I can’t believe I found these. I

  • BIG CAT by Absent Fever Galapagos is Austin beat-maker Jacob McNaughton, and his latest EP is titled Big Cat. It’s out now via the digital label Absent Fever. Not only are this guy’s sounds pretty solid, but his sampling style is pretty interesting, too. He completely re-imagines the

  • bradien

    Time for some strange instrumental music that seeped into my inbox this week. It comes from a split cassette featuring two projects taking instrumental music in a strange direction. However, they still manage to keep their sound fun and engaging. The two artists on this tape: FS BLUMM and Bradien.

  • beat

    Meet San Diego music producer Room E. This project runs like a musical chop shop, melding numerous ideas together into a blissful, sunny piece of magic. “Glasses Girl” moves with a heavy-footed hip hop beat, but the synths sliding over it speak a different language. The synth bass sounds like