OWL EYES - Jewels & Sapphires (Goldroom Remix)

If there’s one thing the west coast of the US has over the east coast, is that their DJ's just understand and grasp the fundamental principals that are key to creating a strong dance remix. One of LA's finest is Goldroom, who are no strangers to striking remixes, especially with 2011’s still very impressive remix of ‘Mother Protect’ by Niki & The Dove.

This time they take a stab at Melbourne’s own Owl Eyes track ‘Jewels & Sapphires’, with a dazzling array of deep basslines and glistening keyboard samples that dance around Brooke Addamo’s elegant vocals, taking the track in a slightly dark direction in the form of earlier The Presets work.

ABHI///DIJON - Work.Pool.Bed (Hello Rajbir)

HYETAL - Moving Statues

LITTLE TYBEE - Castle

OSCAR KEY SUNG – It’s Coming

This isn’t the first time one half of Melbourne’s Oscar + Martin has caught my attention this year after his previous single ‘All I Think About (part 1)’, which was built around a one man James Blake type, a cappella vocal melody with minimal glitch instrumentation.

Taking on a heavy 90s RnB revival influence in the form of How To Dress Well, Autre Ne Veut or The Weeknd, ‘It’s Coming’ finds the 23 year olds' vocals, working with and not against the backdrop of traditional RnB double kick drums and single snare hit rhythms, layered vocals containing moody, yet exuberant “ahhs” and deep “ohs”. But it’s his ability to speed up his lyrics and flex his vocal pitches at the same time that’s really impressive and harder to achieve within the frame of melody than people may realise.

YALLS - Remember

MAX BASIC - That’s All I Said

DARK SKY - In Brackets

COVES - Last Desire

DATALOG - Sumingashi II

THE HARVEST: Albums Vol. 4

Here's how this segment works:

I'll listen to as many albums as possible throughout the week, break down buzz worthy choices and then stamp them with either; Unripe (intriguing), Ripening (gratifying) or Ripe (choice of the week).

Albums I listened to that I didn't feel warranted a discussion:

• Colleen - The Weighing Of The Heart
• Dungeonesse - Dungeonesse
• Eluvium - Nightmare Ending
• Jenny Hval - Innocence Is Kinky
• Kisses - Kids In LA
• MS MR - Secondhand Rapture
• Patty Griffin - American Kid
• Pure X - Crawling Up The Stairs
• Sam Amidon - Bright Sunny South
• Small Black - Limits Of Desire
• Tera Melos - X'ed Out
• The Uncluded - Hokey Fright
• Vår – No One Dances Quite Like My Brothers

Vampire Weekend – Modern Vampires Of The City

• Released: May 14th, 2013
• For Fans of: Phoenix, Smith Westerns or The Morning Benders.
• The Harvest: Unripe

ELUVIUM - Happiness

YOUAN - Nightwalker

OLIVER WILDE – Flutter

THE DODOS - Confidence

JOHAN REINHOLD - Ghost (A Remix by Korallreven)

PHONAT - Ride the Prejudice

MP3: 'Ride The Prejudice'

PRIZMS - Self Esteem

MP3: 'Self Esteem'

A/JUS/TED - Stay Up Here

POLYSICK - 3 Cents