downtempo

4 min read 2022-05-28 00:03:39

Music Submissions Roundup: April

Welcome, once again, to another submissions roundup—this time for April. This month, we’re delighted to present music from many new faces, in

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Asta Hiroki, from Brighton, on the south coast of England, came onto our radar through his submissions to our XLR8R+ member portal. Drawing from a

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Marco Weibel is one of the brightest DJs to have emerged from the south-east Asian music scene. Born and raised in Singapore, he was introduced to

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Samuel Coates, better known as Setaoc Mass, will release his debut album later this month. On Horror Vacui, the Manchester-born, Berlin-based

1 min read 2022-04-21 14:59:52

Ben Bondy has put out a new self-titled album on New York label Quiet Time. Bondy is a DJ-producer based in Brooklyn, New York, and XLR8R+

4 min read 2022-04-01 21:34:59

Hello! We’re back with another round of submissions, made through our portal. This February, we’re delighted to have welcomed new music from

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You’ve recorded vocals but where do you go from there? We show you how to mix vocals with dynamics, saturation, and polish into a vocal group in a

2 min read 2022-02-24 16:32:54

HAAi, better known as Teneil Throssell, will release her debut album in May. Baby, We’re Ascending, out May 27 via Mute, follows “Lights

2 min read 2022-02-16 03:10:51

Inês Coutinho, better known as Violet, will release her third album on Rádio Quantica. Across 10 tracks on Transparencias, the Lisbon artist

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Much like the South American artists in his orbit, extremely little is known about OMAR, the Berlin-based DJ-producer born Omar Sebastian Chibbaro,

7 min read 2022-01-26 14:30:00

Room-style reverb can bring a sense of intimacy to a track. We use Denise’s Perfect Room to vibe up a chill downtempo song. Of all the reverb

2 min read 2022-01-06 05:28:55

‘XLR8R+035’ is here. This is the first edition of 2022—and the closer to 2021, another year where the music industry was plagued by

2 min read 2021-12-23 00:05:24

Hô, Hô, Hô! We’ve reached that time of the year when every day seems to be straight out of a children’s story: Christmas. The streets lit up,

5 min read 2021-12-21 01:00:40

Welcome to our final submissions roundup of 2021. In a year that has once again been plagued by uncertainty and disruption, we’re proud to have

1 min read 2021-11-22 22:18:00

The duo’s signature chilling ambience, sharp percussion elements, and low end rumble are undeniably present—but perhaps with some surprisingly