March 2011 | Beglitched

Love and Light- The Light We Bring EP

Love and Light are Matt Madonna and Ryan Anderson from Reno and they are taking the West coast by storm! If you haven’t heard of Love and Light yet, you might want to make sure your mail is getting forwarded to the right cave! In the last four months they have released songs on two different albums, and this will be there second EP on Simplify. These guys have energy to get things done, and they are happy while they do it. Their attitude of love and light is what gets the crowds attention. The vibe coming from the dj booth is nothing but positive.

Love and Light have a new EP out on Simplify available Friday. The Light We Bring is five songs of deep whompy glitched up beats designed to get the dancefloor jumping. These beats are best served LOUD!

Grab The Light We Bring here!

Follow Love and Light on Facebook and Soundcloud.

Artwork by Jesse Noe.

Kaminanda- Year of the Golden Tiger

Stephen Kaminanda is a very talented up and comer in the West Coast bass music scene. Coming from the mossy forests of Vancouver island on the west coast of Canada, Kaminanda’s sound is a mix of lush downtempo textures, tribal rhythms, deep midtempo grooves along with the glitch-hop and dubstep sounds that we all require as a daily staple. The skillful combination of these makes his newest album Year of the Golden Tiger complicated and sophisticated in a way that surprised me because I hadn’t heard of Kaminanda before.

As it turns out, his album Syntropic Luminosity was released in 2008 and his recent music history includes live guitar sets with Ganga Giri, Adham Shaikh, Rara Avis, Shimshai, remixing Dehli 2 Dublin, and opening for Bluetech, Gaudi, Jef Stott, and Makyo. Kaminanda’s talent has not gone unnoticed. Look for him on the festival circuit this summer starting with Lightning in a Bottle on May 27, 2011.

Buy Year of the Golden Tiger here.

Follow Kaminanda on Facebook and Soundcloud.

Phutureprimitive- Kinetik

Phutureprimitive is a Portland based producer who had eluded my musical genius radar until recently when I saw the artwork for his new album Kinetik. Android Jones never fails to make me take notice. I clicked the link and was immediately awestruck into making the purchase. Upon first listen, I knew I had stumbled upon something special- the kind of release that would get my heart beating fast and keep me listening for weeks on end. Kinetik is more than just energy- it is the motion, the energy, and the emotion all in one. It is the story of us in the here and now. As Rain (the man behind the moniker) puts it, “This album is a reflection of the times we are living in … hard and aggressive, lush and beautiful, kinetic, frenetic, distorted, ever changing … but with each passing moment, a chance to move through life and make it a better place than we found it.”

The songs of Kinetic are made up of sultry synth lines, glitched rhythms, deep low wobbling bass, and cascading crescendos of texture that evokes visions of utopia in my minds eye. This album tells me a story of hope and joy- it is a soundtrack for a generation of inspired people coming together in the way that we do to try to make our dreams come true.

The Phutureprimitive live show is on the road now with Ott and will kick off the festival season at Lightning in a Bottle on May 27, 2011.

Buy Kinetik here.

Follow Phutureprimitive on Facebook and Soundcloud.

indaskyes- “If Only…”

: Photo by: AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis

indaskyes is a budding DJ and Producer from San Jose and was featured on BeGlitched for “Speaker Bump Vol. 1” mixtape as one of our favorite mixtapes of the year. This is pretty impressive considering he had only played one other gig when that mixtape was recorded. Since then, he has started to focus more on music and reach out to other producers and DJs to get himself out there in the music scene as a DJ.

indaskyes has uploaded several remixes to Soundcloud including his latest, his musical addition to the acappella by Gizella called “If Only”. His inspiration was the repeating phrase “If only we could change the world”. While protests and revolutions are happening in Egypt and elsewhere in the Middle East, Indaskyes was motivated to make this track in hopes that “whoever ends up running the show doesn’t just talk freedom but actually delivers the openness and reforms that people everywhere are so hungry for.”

indaskyes is one to watch in 2011! Grab the song “If Only” HERE.
Follow him on Facebook and Soundcloud.

Stephan Jacobs- In The Vortex EP

Stephan Jacobs has been one of my favorite producers since I first heard him because of his unique style of crossing genres, combining elements of breakbeat, dubstep, and glitch-hop and often working in sultry female vocals. His sound is catching a lot of attention in the club scene as well on the online music scene- his songs skyrocket to the top of Soundcloud charts within hours of being uploaded.

New and old fans alike will be happy with In the Vortex EP where we hear the distinct sounds of Stephan Jacobs in a state even more evolved and complex than his several releases of 2010- Stephan has a way with bass! His countless hours spent in the studio perfecting his sound are apparent with each release showing Stephan reaching further into his artistic vision to create new musical beauty. I am happy to hear a release that sounds like it is made for musics sake and not just for the sake of gaining dancefloor play. It will get the dancefloor play but it will make people dance from the soul where the music was born from. This soulful nature is what makes Stephan Jacobs music stand out to me. If you can’t tell- I love this release! In the Vortex EP immediately makes my list of top releases of 2011.

Grab In the Vortex EP here as a Simplify Recordings Beatport exclusive now!

Follow Stephan Jacobs on Facebook and Soundcloud.