Teams - Based Love

Yes, it's another post about an artist from Disaro.  it's not my fault that he signs so many amazing musicians.  i don't know shit about Teams except that he or she or they make great dance music.

i missed a chance to see Teams at Show Cave because my friends were being bitches and didn't want to venture from Silver Lake to Eagle Rock (also missed Reporter, god damn it).  i get my next shot on July 2nd at the Magic Stick (Detroit) when i'm visiting the Musky Mitten. 

check out this sick track and video.  Based Love has a great blend of both space and breaks, which creates a nice push and pull effect.  you just want the track to take off, and it does, but only in certain moments and bursts, making it even more satisfying to listen to.

       

Cults - You Know What I Mean

In the last two days, i have listened to this song around 60 times. i'm listening to it as i write this.

Cults is composed of singer Madeline Follin and singer/guitarist/synths/percussionist Brian Oblivion.  the music is very well crafted and they've got a great 60's bubble-gum pop sound.  

You Know What I Mean is my favorite song from Cults.  the bass, guitar, and percussion (complete with nice echoed finger snaps) are super chill and bring to mind old school slow dance jams.  Follin's sugary voice is a perfect juxtaposition.  how can a voice so sweet, go so well with such mellow music and forlorn lyrics?  i dunno, but it fucking does.      

give it a listen, cuz i am afraid of the light yeah, you know what i mean.

Cults - You Know What I Mean by cultscultscults

Pictureplane - Real is a Feeling

Pictureplane is a project by Denver's Travis Egedy.  I first heard about him through HEALTH's second remix album, Disco2 (great album, also the way I found SALEM).

Real is a Feeling dropped about a month ago and i've been playing it daily since.  it's pretty accessible, this being realized by the fact that my coworkers are able to stand it when i drive the company van (most of them don't have an ear for the shit i like).  it's really dancy with a great beat, heavy on the drum machine.  the song starts with a fade-in, but it quickly builds to all guns blazing within seconds.

it doesn't let up.

check out the video for the track cuz real is a feeling, and we're feeling so real.

video: http://www.vimeo.com/23620233

 

Pregnancy Pact - 777 feat. THIEVES

i automatically love Pregnancy Pact because they were the opening act (2nd: Raw Moans | 3rd: Nike7Up) for White Ring at Show Cave.  it was one of the best shows i've been to all year. right behind the Light Asylum, Gatekeeper, and SALEM show at the echoplex (i mean, come on).

Pregnancy Pact is an LA witch house act consisting of two girls, Kat and Maggie (according to facebook).  most their tracks sound a bit green but they were a lot of fun to see live.

this track is fucking ridiculous.

the beat is pretty much perfect and the warped vocals and guitar provide a nice ambiance.  i've got a thing for these kinds of songs.  the ones that are melancholy but pretty, backed by a head nodding beat.  what's not to fucking love? and if you don't love it, then...that's too bad.

777 feat. THIEVES by PREGNANCY PACT

o F F - Be Around U

Totally haunting song coming from German (or French based in Germany? fuck, I dunno) artist o F F.  o F F is on Disaro records (where else would he be?) and just dropped an EP called S E C R E T.  he's got a great sound, witch house production and warped R & B vocals provided by himself.

very simple yet heavy and haunting melody combined with computer pitched vocals. the result is a very pretty but melancholy sound that's very addictive.  the song's got like 4 lines of lyrics total: "i know you can't. give me what i want. but i want to be around you. i want to be around you. it hurts to be around you."

his singing is a perfect compliment to the melody, comprised of a simple piano part, what sounds like a howling digital wind, and an echoed out snare that gets booming toward the end of the song.  turn off the lights, close your eyes, and give it a listen.  and if you don't, then fuck it. you're probably too busy choking down a shit sandwich.

check out the song on o F F's soundcloud:     BE AROUND U by o F F