Burial's classic click and clack 808 kick, spun with Kieran Hebden's (aka Four Tet's) sample based MPD christ pose, with a Thom Yorke lilting vocal track dressed across the top of the track like a ragged curtain. It's excellent. It's incredible. It's three artists pushing each other toward greater heights while still grounding each other in recognizable style. This is the true definition of musical collaboration.
Just posted this morning on WSHH.com (World Star Hip Hop), Lil B's latest song "Illusions of Grandeur" is an emotional confession of past sins and present revelations, set to a sweeping Enya-esque instrumental track with muted drums and beautiful sung vocal samples, courtesy of Imogen Heap. It's a gorgeous song, reaching a transcendence that rap rarely aspires to and even more rarely accomplishes. "One time to lose it all, you never learn you never fail, you never walk you never crawl." ~ Lil B the Based God
A mere 19 years old, Koreless evokes the emotional side of dance music with a panache and flair little seen in the world electronic scene. His songs have a transcendent feeling associated with them, silky vocal samples warped and looped over ambient haze and the pop pop of complex natural drum tracks. It's dubstep for lonely souls, a sunset silhouetted through the smog of a city, a quiet last cigarette under a street light, a first kiss. It's pure cleanliness of production that makes Koreless stand out among not only the UK-beat scene, but the world in general. Check out his Jacques Greene Remix if you missed it, and catch a listen to his stellar track "Maria" below. Happy Friday everybody.