Again, here are eight tracks from the past week or few weeks that didn't make it on the Daily Dose to help you sanely transition into the upcoming week.
I. Though it owes most of its beauty to the sample of the Melanesian choirs from Terrence Malick's 1998 film The Thin Red Line, aamourocean's "Yuntekkem" soars and thumps with majesty. Download it and the entire I LOVE MYSTERY EP on aamourocean's SoundCloud page here (when I last checked, you have to download each track individually). Don't miss aamourocean's delightfully strange website, either.
II. Tame Impala's cover of Michael Jackson's "Stranger in Moscow" is, in my opinion, better than the original; it's soothing and unhurried, eliding the dentist-office-waiting-room funk of the 1996 original into Tame Impala's characteristic dripping and melting of sound.
III. Ships, the Irish duo of Sorca McGrath and Simon Cullen, released "Space Inside" a few days ago. The six-minute-long track is described on Ships's bandcamp page as a "dazzling boogie electro killer." I couldn't have said it better myself––it's awesome.
IV. Johan Hugo, London-based producer and half of the wonderful The Very Best, has produced this new track from Senegalese star Baaba Maal. I have no idea what the lyrics mean, but "Suma Rokia" is infectiously percussive.
V. Mo Kolours, half-Mauritian producer, singer, and percussionist, communicates with his Indian Ocean roots in "Little Brown Dog." While the song is lyrically basic, the laid-back "da da da da da-da da-da my little dog" matches the chill playfulness of the (steel) drums. Download it for whatever price you choose on his bandcamp page here.
VI. Almost two weeks ago, Florida-based indie outfit Hundred Waters released "Cavity," a song whose titular emptiness is instantly apparent in the wailing synths, ominous beat, and hazy vocals. The lyrics, too, reflect this emptiness with dark beauty: "so come then, come over, and sit by me / swallow the arrow following me / nothing to fill in, nothing to free / nothing here but a cavity."
VII. Boots (born Jordy Asher), the producer behind last year's surprise Beyoncé album, has released "Howl," the follow up to last month's "Dust". Both are available for free download via SoundCloud.
VIII. In anticipation of his Phantom Vibrate EP out April 28, Montreal-based Jacques Greene released "No Excuse" a few days ago.
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