I stumbled upon this gem, thanks to a friend of mine, today. Waterstrider is a sextet that hails from Berkeley, CA and creates chill, fluid, percussion led tracks. Back in August, the six-piece released its debut EP, Constellation, which you can listen to in its entirety below and purchase for $3-5 on the band’s Bandcamp. There, you can also download the record’s title track for free. An LP is supposedly in the works, so keep your eyes peeled. I know I am.

The year just started, and I am already excited for what it has in store for us music nerds. Right now, I am absolutely in love with Alec Feld, aka Expensive Looks, a young producer out of NY who makes self-proclaimed “polar acid garagewave discohouse, bombastic balearic beasts.” After listening to the first single off his forthcoming debut record, Dark Matters, I think that classification is pretty accurate. The record drops January 17th via Group Tightener.

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Expensive Looks | Moving Visions

One of our regulars, Charlie Yin, aka Robot Science, has been hard at work under his new identity Giraffage. Playing it much more “chill” than his past endeavors, the newly released Comfort LP is a glitchy, sample-heavy dreampop jewel. Yin wins again.

Here is a very chill and sample heavy jam off the latest Hard Mix 7 inch split with Torkelsen. Listen to the Torkelsen jam here and pick up the 7 inch on Sellout! Music. Happy Friday!

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Hard Mix | Upkeep

From across the pond, here’s a killer track from Dirty Androids upcoming EP Everglades / Diver. Set to release August 8th, the 2-track EP is one part chill, one part dubstep, and equal parts awesome. DJs, bust this EP out on the dance flo’… it’s about to get real up in here! Here’s track one, “Everglades.”

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Dirty Androids | Everglades