Dauwd - Could It Be/Shimmer

Change you heart, look around you. Change your heart, it will astound you....

These days trudging through my emails after a long day at work has become somewhat of a chore but now and again you receive one that crops up from nowhere to pleasantly surprise you.

Last week I received an email from Alex Clap of Pictures Music with the opening line ‘Got an absolutely brilliant one for you here!’ I knew this was going to be an email worth reading. The email was to introduce me to the sounds of a little known producer named Dauwd. Not much is known about Dauwd apart from that his real name is David Hilali and he currently presides in Liverpool. What I do know is the good people at Pictures Music are offering up two tracks from the upcoming producer in exchange for nothing but your measly email address. If you are feeling generous you can ‘pay what you want’ for the two tracks which I’m sure the Pictures folk would definitely appreciate as a small token of goodwill for all their hard work introducing us to excellent artists such as Koreless, Lapalux and Dark Sky.

Bringing together the future boogie swing of Floating Points and a jittery two step Koreless vibe beautifully, Could It Be is the made for the floor track of the two, whilst Shimmer sees Dauwd flexing his ambient soothing style, reminiscent of Scotland’s own Boards of Canada. Essential listening!

There will be a vinyl release from Dauwd around August of this year via Pictures but until then listen and download to the tracks below and help spread the word!

Zomby - Natalia's Song

The foulest stench is in the air, the funk of forty thousand years....

In music these days it seems that your style and sense of fashion are sometimes more important than your actual output but there are still some producers out there that let their music do the talking, one of these producers is Zomby.

A very secretive and mysterious character Zomby has become one of the UK’s finest underground producers. Without the use of clever marketing and media buzz Zomby has gripped the world’s electronic music lovers with intrigue and talent alone. After releasing his debut rave inspired LP Where were you in 92 and several singles and EP’s such as One Foot Ahead Of The Other and the beautiful Digital Flora Zomby has finally announced the release of his latest album Dedication on 4AD Recordings. Not only has Zomby gripped the general public with his eerie productions but it also seems that his peers have taken notice of his forward thinking style with Zomby remixing the likes of Martyn and Animal Collective to name but a few.

Dedication is to be released on the 11th July 2011 but until then Zomby has offered up an incredible single in the form of Natalia’s Song which was first featured back in 2010 in a guest mix from Kode 9 and Burial for Mary Anne Hobbs’ final Radio 1 show.

Natalia’s Song is the first single to be lifted from Dedication which Zomby himself describes as ‘a dedication to someone much loved and missed’. Obviously you can tell that Zomby must have lost someone dear to him recently and just listening to 'Natalia’s Song' you can hear his sadness. Drenched in melancholy and grief the track is muffled with white noise and ambience which is wrapped around the rising chords, with the sampled female vocal only adding to the sorrow.

Natalia’s Song is available now via 4AD on a strictly limited one sided 10”.

Listen to Natalia’s Song below:

Zomby - Natalia's Song (BBC Radio 1 Rip) by kycok_govna