Hot Electronic: March 2022 Edition
The first installment of our new series Hot Electronic - featuring the very best glittering, shimmering, and deliciously dark electronic music, all hand-picked by us from month to month.
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My Bestfriend’s House - Blue Hawaii
My Bestfriend’s House is gorgeous; and feels like it takes place under a hazy, blue-skied landscape you visited once in a dream state. There is something thoroughly unique about the production of this song; in that it feels familiar, while also being unlike anything you have heard before.
The gentle epiano chords mixed with a four to the floor heavy beat weave together flawlessly to give it a fun DIY feel, the vocals melting over them, the song building and becoming more and more addictive as time goes on. The Canadian duo also just released an EP recently, which you can listen to here.
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Donny Benét - Le Piano
The 2017 single Konichiwa was my first introduction to Donny Benét - I was walking to work, traffic noise blared all around me as everyone else was heading home, (I worked in the evenings, so my workday began when everyone else’s ended) but throughout all the industrial noise and bitterness, I was able to recognize that this song was unlike anything I had ever heard before.
Since then I have listened to everything Donny Benet has ever released - Le Piano is his most recent single, and it is a shimmering, seductive, dreamlike fantasia. It features a funky bassline paired with luscious pads (and of course, le piano).
This new instrumental song from Donny Benét is bliss - it is an island you can visit when you just need to relax and escape.
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SHOSH, Kelsey - N Love
I will always love Garage; specifically because a lot of the songs I became thoroughly obsessed with as a teenager were Garage songs (or in some way influenced by this genre). Memory and youth are woven into the very fabric of this genre for me; N Love possessing all of the characteristics that made me love this genre in the first place.
N Love is a collaboration between DJ/Producer SHOSH (who is behind 24hr Garage Girls), and features incredible vocals from Kelsey. A flawless beat, garage bass, gentle glittering pads, luscious vocals - this bears all the hallmarks of becoming a classic.
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Charlotte Devany - G.O.A.T
When it comes to basslines - Charlotte Devaney has no rival.
Featuring incredibly addictive production; with expert vocal chopping and sampling against a backdrop of dark electronics, this is going to be one of your new favorite songs.
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Chase Icon - Call Your Mom
This is not an empty threat. Chase Icon is going to be contacting your mom, and depending on how things go, there is also a chance she will be telling your nana.
Call Your Mom is a hypnotic, relentless banger from start to finish; a delightfully dark and bass fuelled production with flawless vocals; this is a song that reminds me of the music that captured my imagination and generated my interest in electronic music in the first place. This song might also ruin your life, as you will be unable to listen to anything else for quite some time.
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Eden Prince, Alex Mills - This Feeling
This is a collaboration between UK-based DJ Eden Prince and powerhouse vocalist Alex Mills; with magical results. This is one of those songs that will hook you immediately with the lush, dreamlike quality of the intro, before descending into a flawlessly executed chorus.
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Charli XCX feat Rina Sawayama (Jodie Harsh Remix) - Beg For You
I first discovered Jodie Harsh when one of my friends showed me the 2021 single The House; and immediately, I was hooked. This is a gorgeous house/dance remix of 2022’s Beg For You, with perfect drum programming and production choices - you need this in your life.
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HARLOE, Mick Jenkins (Treasure Fingers Remix) - PWR RNGR
This is just so damn good.
A remix of Harloe and Mick Jenkin’s song PWR RNGR - Treasure Fingers’ take on this is a shimmering funky disco remix, littered with lush pads, wonderful disco drums, and expertly placed sound effects. This is spun sugar from outer space here to treat your ears.
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Mel 4Ever - Internet Crush
This sounds like an internet fantasy in music form; opening with divinely processed vocals, glittering synthesis, before diving into one of the most gorgeous and luxurious bridges I have ever heard.
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Street Cleaner - Transilvanian Hunger
The newest release from the mysterious San Diago-based artist; Transilvanian Hunger is a foreboding, ominous wall of synthesis made for nighttime listening - throw on your blood-red cape and descend into the night.
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Want to be included in next month’s edition? Email your press release and song to eimear.o.sullivan@musicngear.com
About Eimear O Sullivan
Eimear Ann O Sullivan is a multi-genre music producer, audio engineer and vocalist. After receiving a Masters in Music Technology from the CIT Cork School of Music, she went on to operate as a producer under the name Blakkheart. Her releases have received critical acclaim from Ireland's biggest music publications, such as District Magazine and Nialler9, alongside receiving heavy commercial radio airplay. She currently works in Cork recording studio Flashpoint CC. Previous clients of hers include the likes of Comedy Central’s Dragony Aunt star Candy Warhol, rapper Darce and Outsider YP. (Photo credit @Fabian Boros)
Contact Eimear O Sullivan at eimear.o.sullivan@musicngear.com
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