A very sunny morning in East London, about to head off to work. Thought I'd briefly have a look at who's currently making waves and who's currently setting trends in the world of electronic music. Bon Appetite.
For the first course I generously serve a slice of broken beat/garage with Randomer & Fife. Smart synth stabs, super-smooth vocals and a very tasty bassline have seen their track Too Many Times see early support from Giles Peterson and Mary Ann Hobbs. Released on May 24th on Fat! Records. For Fans of Joy Orbison.
Next up bringing the noise, like a double macchiato, is Girl Unit. Finding a cheeky niche somewhere between sireny-techno and bubbling post-dubstep, new track IRL is hot property. MP3: Girl Unit - IRL
Also check out the French Fries remix - and buy the original on Beatport
A couple of tracks recommended by Girl Unit in his interview with The Big Chill :
As the funky smoothie of the breakfast buffet, probably with sparklers stuck in the top, is Maluca, who's blowing up at the moment, with Mad Decent's backing.
She was born in the Bronx to Dominican parents, and after a chance meeting with Diplo in a karaoke bar the two started working together, resulting in her debut single El Tigeraso. Fast, aggressive yet sassy, with B-More influences and Spank-Rock like delivery, it has spawned a number of big-name remixes.
Here the above mentioned NGUZUNGUZU take on the remix duties.
FINALLY, to exhaust the already overstrained metaphor, for the Eggs Royale of what has now become mega-mega-brunch, if you listen to one person this week, or hey, this month, make sure it's Hudson Mohawke. Already given a shout on Lofi a while ago when discussing 'Aquacrunk', Hudson Mohawke feeds intelligent hip-hop beats through an Autechre-esque filter, really driving the limits of modern dance music, but simultaneously managing to always keep it soulful, usually accessible and often raveable. Comparisons to Outkast, Funkadelic, Timbaland and Pharell seem more than fair.
His debut album 'Butter' was released October last year. Get hold of a copy here. seriously.
Welcome to Lofi Hifi... a club night, which has for the last 7 years brought indie/post-punk/disco/electronica/power-pop/dance sounds to the people of Exeter, with a variety of different DJ line-ups over the years. Your good host got involved in 2006, in his final year of university, and spent 2 amazing years putting on bands, getting joyously drunk on a weeknight and learning the art of DJing, and of fending off requests for obscure German electroclash and/or pendulum. The club night remains, under the wise leadership of Paddy and Alex - who will hopefully be guest blogging in the future. The blog is now run from East London, the electronic counterpart to a party which has always placed diversity, progression and a top f-in knees up at its core.
Please do send me lots of music to georgewigzell[at]hotmail.com.
Lofi Hifi is a weekly party at the Cavern Club, Exeter. ( and the blog now run from East London)
We play indie-electro-disco-new wave-80s-post-punk-a smattering of techno-fidget-bailefunk-rock n roll. Plus live bands of the highest calibre!
It is now a MUSIC BLOG too. The 9 of us will share our news, thoughts, mixes and latest musical discoveries.
The blog is intended to help you discover new music, which you should then buy!
Any artists or labels who wish to have material removed/send us mixes/tracks please contact us at georgewigzell AT hotmail DOT com.