ep: Regal Safari - R G L S F R

I spent a pretty good portion of the weekend listening to Regal Safari's R G L S F R EP on repeat.  Really, it only took thirty seconds of "Light" streaming on Don't Die Wondering to grab hold of me.  Now that R G L S F R has fully wrapped itself around me through repeated listens, I can't recommend it enough.  Melodically pleasing, shimmering stutter-step is something the world is doing, but very few are doing it as well as this Brighton-based three-piece.  The quirky machinations of Mount Kimbie come to mind, as do the liberating excursions of The Miracle Club.  Best New Album or similar recognition, ASAP, please.  Stream the whole EP below; grab a free download here.  Hey labels - wouldn't this sound sweet on vinyl?

  R G L S F R by regalsafari

Jamie XX's debut 12" out now

Jamie xx - Far Nearer (limited vinyl & download out now - http://farnearer.com) by Numbers

Buy it here, at Bleep or on iTunes. 

How To Dress Well - "Ready For The World" (Star Slinger Refix)

Risen UK beatmaker Star Slinger adds a shuffling whateverstep beat to the emotionally fractured R&B of How To Dress Well.

MP3: How To Dress Well - Ready For The World (Star Slinger Refix)

Rommek - "Room For Pudding"

Been expecting great things from one Romek Boyer - AKA Rommek - ever since I heard "Fisherman's Friend" on Don't Die Wondering in January.  Boyer's computer was broken for a while, but now it's back up and running, since the seventeen-year-old just sent me his latest track.  By the sound of things, Boyer hasn't missed a step in the meantime - or 2-steps, for that matter (pun intended).  "Room For Pudding" is a sonically maxed-out slice of signature-sounding UK whateverstep, complete with chimes, cowbell and pitch-bent vocals.  Grab that and "Fisherman's Friend" below.  Rommek only has a handful of tracks to his name, but when they sound this good, and at such a young age, the dude will be signed in no time.

Rommek - Room For Pudding
Rommek - Fisherman's Friend

Follow Rommek on MySpace and SoundCloud.

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Jamie XX - Far Nearer

Finally, a full-length, high-fidelity version of Jamie XX's "Far Nearer," wherein Smith chops and screws Janet Jackson's "Love Will Never Do (Without You)" and splices it over steel drum shenanigans.  A release on Numbers Records has been rumored, but it was supposedly help up over the Jackson sample.  Hopefully that's been resolved and we can have this on a slab of vinyl soon.

(via Gorilla vs. Bear via Post-Dubstep)