This is our first instalment of the newly launched Free Friday’s feature where we provide you with the Top Ten Free Downloads of the Week. Pay close attention to the Free Download of the Week and the Editor’s Pick. Enjoy…
1. THE WALKMEN – ‘Stranded’ (FREE DOWNLOAD OF THE WEEK)
One of New York’s finest return with new album ‘Lisbon’ in September.
http://www.marcata.net/walkmen/home.html
2. PHILIP SELWAY – ‘By Some Miracle’
The beguiling Selway’s miracle freebie…
3. THE SUPERHUMANOIDS – ‘Who Knows, Who Cares’
Sparse pop LA quartet remix Local Natives track.
4. LENI WARD – ‘Opening All Doors (Warrior One Remix)’
UK based pop purist streams a dreamy amalgam of smattering electro.
http://fairtilizer.com/track/124818
5. BLACK MOUNTAIN – ‘Old Fangs’
http://jagjaguwar.com/blackmountain/
Psych-rock band from British Columbia.
6. MORCHEEBA – ‘Even Though (Surfing Leon’s Afternoon Remix)’
The veterans of trip-hop.
http://www.morcheeba.co.uk/download/
7. AM – ‘Self Preservation’ (EDITOR’S PICK)
http://fairtilizer.com/track/131294
Indie loungers are on the defensive…
8. Efferklang – ‘SlaraffenKLANG EP’
Efferklang join forces with Danish band Slaraffenland for this free EP
http://rumraket.tumblr.com/post/634329465/new-free-slaraffenklang-ep
9. BURNS – ‘So Many Nights’
Disco house merchant bios a night out…or ten.
http://fairtilizer.com/track/108926
10. SETH LAKEMEN – ‘Hard Working’
Laborious folk troubadour is a constant fixture on the circuit at present.
http://sethlakeman.co.uk/freedownload/
Scot producer Burns has certainly announced his presence on the British scene, leaving his mark already via head-turning remixes of tracks by some of the bright young things of the last few years, including Ladyhawke and Passion Pit. This double-CD mix album follows a number of releases, with the latest, the ‘So Many Nights’ EP, attracting a lot of chatter in the internet dance music community. While the first disc is very much an enjoyable foray into house and techno territory, ideal for anyone looking to recreate that clubbing feeling away from the dance floor, it is this album’s second disc which provides a real insight into who and what Burns is. Hence on disc one we have classic floor-filling acts like Armand Van Helden’s ‘Ski Hard’ and a hot remix of Gossip’s ‘Heavy Cross’, while Burns gets truly diverse on disc number two, displaying a taste for quirky French dance-pop in the bubblegum-coated form of Yelle’s ‘Ce Jeu’ and funk-tinged house on his own ‘Heartbeats’, amid a myriad of other styles. Ultimately it is a trance reworking of Empire of the Sun’s ‘We The People’, ending proceedings on a high, which shows just what BURNS is capable of.
