New Sound Love

Audio and video suggestions to fill your heart's desires for the week Words by Mister Lee Image by Erez Avissar Balam Acab Hear: Prepare to be electronically, organically and euphorically brought to the most blissful state within your heart and mind. Many a slowed down rhythms feels as if falling in slow motion through the stratosphere, especially with "Oh, Why." Also, became a fan of his remix of "My Boo" and "Shorty Swing MY Way." - http://soundcloud.com/balamacab/oh-why Blouse Hear: Most somber and heavy lyricism paired with rich heavenly melody and a pounding beat. Rolled into the Bedford in Williamsburg one night and heard "Into Black" and could have sworn I was gunned down by Cupid's arrows, then awoke somewhere in 1980 something. Extra: The girls of Blouse recently shot with hand crafted and most enchanted, jewelry brand Ax + Apple, in Austin, Texas. - "Into black" http://soundcloud.com/blouse/into-black New Video for "Ghost Dream" http://vimeo.com/37234722 http://www.blouseblouse.com/ http://www.facebook.com/bblouse http://www.axandapple.com/store/?page=store Francis Harris Hear: Harris' foundation as a dance music producer manifest throughout, but sultry and vintage jazz vibe vocals are thrown in making for special something quite his own. New video for "Pharaoh in the Morning" however quite partial to "Lostfound." The recent effort Leland was titled after his father and homage to his passing. - Video for "Lostfound" http://yourstru.ly/2011/11/21/video-francis-harris-lost-found/ Video for "Pharaoh in the Morning" http://www.residentadvisor.net/feed-item.aspx?id=44082 oOoOO Hear: Not too many words for this right here cause the sound speaks for itself. "NoWayBack" is instant arousal, probably due to Butterclock's assistance on vocal treatment. However, that's not to say the pounding bass and opulent texture don't catch you. See: oOoOO will be at Le Poisson Rouge May 3. Cop: New EP ‘ Our Loving Is Hurting US’ drops via Tri Angle Records April 30. - "NoWayBack" http://soundcloud.com/ooooosounds/nowayback http://www.myspace.com/wkwkwkwkwkwkwkwk Tycho Hear: The album Dive is a narrative for your voyage through the heavens and possesses an atmospheric quality, with an appreciation for nostalgia using dreamy layered melodies. Cop: Tycho's Dive Single remixed Keep Shelly In Athens, will be available for digi download and vinyl via Ghostly April 3. - http://soundcloud.com/ghostly/tycho-dive-keep-shelly-in-athens-remix/s-jPkr9 http://tychomusic.com/ http://blog.iso50.com/

OWN magazine  4/2/2012 9:47 EDT