Andrea - Work in the Middle (Legit Bootleg)

Legit participates in what seems to be a highly fertile music scene from Texas. A wave of producers (Myrryrs, LDFD et al) are rising up from trap foundations into the magical and mysterious ether. Ergo the choir synth opening the tune, all swagger and bounce underneath, until an incredibly well restrained, beautifully melodious little anti-drop. Here we have the inner workings of hip-hop smothered with the post-dubstep stylings of warm, shakey synths and vocal chops (in the best way possible, I promise). It really is audibly well put together and thought out, and meticulously executed. Big tings coming out of the big state!

Midland - Placement (Lone Remix)

Lone is one of the modern masters of the banger. His new album didn't quite hit the spot, it was torn between his previous work (the incredible likes of Cloud 909 and All Those Weird Things) and where he seems to be heading now. This remix sees him firmly landed, taking many ideas from his previous work - the intricate, syncopated drum patterns, walking bass lines, warm synth lines - and stripping them down until the bare wood of a deep house jam remains. With a 7 minute playing time, subtle and sustained tweakage, as well as a fine knack for arrangement, this could be mistaken for a modern Four Tet song, only with that completely idiosyncratic sound that Lone brings to every one of his productions. One for a long, stoned bus trip.

DZA - Surrender EP サレンダ

Lush, cosmic and as extravagantly imaginative as the mind of a kindergardener, DZA is back with a new EP on his own 'How2Make' imprint. To an avid follower of Sasha Dza many of these these tracks won't be new to them, but to anyone else this EP is a compendium of insanely large party anthems that deviate from the hazier more LA inspired tracks he is more usually associated with (see DZA Dog Mixtape). While i used to see DZA as the Russian Flying Lotus this EP reforms him to become the Russian Hudson Mohawke, stepping over to the ecstatic chords and sugary synths camp of banger-making. In fact you could draw several parallels to HudMo's monumental 'Satin Panthers EP' of last year. 'Finger Snaps' has the kind of sinister trap step and head-banging appeal as HudMo's 'Cbat', 'Hurricane Kick' has the same pounding brass stabs and power driven kick-snare gait as 'Thunder Bay', while 'Chasing You' has the hand-in-the-air ecstatic release as the equivalent 'Thank You' and all of the other tracks wouldn't be out of place on any release by HudMo's partner in crime: Rustie. But, all overblown comparisons aside, DZA can still be relied on for injecting his own brand of quirkiness and uninhibited creativity into his music. The EP is rife with the little cute soundbites, whimsical flourishes and fantasical textures that give his music such distinct personality. This is unquestionable a very large release right here.

T4RIK - Wurld Wyde

A very ethereal curiosity from T4RIK, a weird internet-famous producer from (I believe) Portland. World Wyde jams out with Arabic riffs and strings processed into very unforgiving, midi sounds, you could even confuse it for 'Fatima Al Qidiri'. The elevating synths eventually give way to a thundering break-down of footwork bangs and jungle breaks providing the perfect crash-landing down to earth and proving itself one of the most unlikely tracks to get your body moving.

✞ENNI$R✡DM∆N - Eat Gold EP

The slimiest dude on tha internetz Tennis Rodman, just dropped a little EP for Earmilk a quasi-spiritual, sampledelic ode to the computer-aged zeitgeist. Rodman's tunes capture the mind-numbing, out of body thrill of browsing the net with the appropriate ironic detachment and troll ethic it deserves. Not that the idea of encapsulating the insanity of internet culture in music form is a new one, need I mention the likes of Oneohtrix Point Never or James Ferraro, but Tennis Rodman achieves this in a way that is both deadly serious and ridiculous, and to be honest a lot of fun. For that matter, have a lot of fun playing 'spot the sample' over the course of his lush, 4 track, warped-out, trap-rolling EP which you can DL here.

Salva & Grenier - Wake The Dead / Forest Floor

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Dj Chap - Hungry Happy Sleepy

One of the most interesting juke EPs of this year, Dj Chap brings an absurdist celestial touch to the otherwise very ghettotek-faithful sounds. The Denver producer is new to the game however his beats are pastiched from a very diverse and unexpected palette of samples that evoke an otherworldly atmosphere but one governed by the mechanical precision of footworks rimshots, bangs and snares. Perhaps 'Accordion', best sums up the EPs vibe, employing the free-associative, almost surreal juxtaposition of samples, the track is a push and pull between the lumbering accordion sample and the insistent rhythmic pressure wherein a voice chatters at supernatural speed about overdosing on weed. 'Loser's Final' is another standout that again tries to compress a very expansive and cinematic sample into an uncomfortably small, demanding footwork meter with the effect of a stoner trying to philosophise about the universe while being rhythmically jabbed by a small robot. 'Lift Me Up' is the real jam on this Ep however, I cant get past the pitch-shifted divas, or the ardcore breaks especially when combined with the temporal deliciousness of some very fine bangs.