Daytona | Get the Album!

Brooklyn based Daytona is a three-piece surf-pop party. Think of the shores of the Caribe on a calm day; you’re relaxing, toes in the sand, and saluting the sun. The upbeat rhythms, wavy vocals, and heartfelt lyrics are sure to lull your troubles away.

Daytona – The Road
[audio:https://controlaltdelight.com/Music/Daytona/01%20The%20Road.mp3]

Daytona – Honey
[audio:https://controlaltdelight.com/Music/Daytona/03%20Honey.mp3]

Daytona – Old Friend
[audio:https://controlaltdelight.com/Music/Daytona/07%20Old%20Friend.mp3]

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50/57 Days

Having missed Parov Stelar last year due to illness, we’ve yet to quench our electro-swing thirst. This year Goldenvoice decided to remedy the misfortune by inviting Caravan Palace to the desert oasis. As the genre suggests, they put a modern twist on the happy-go-lucky dance of the Roaring Twenties. Keep your eyes off the clock. Forget the green light’s beckon. Dig up your suspenders, derby hats, cloches, and flapper skirts; let’s have ourselves a rowdy ragtime on Friday.

Caravan Palace – Dramophone
[audio:https://controlaltdelight.com/Music/caravan%20palace/09.%20Dramophone.mp3]

Caravan Palace – Clash
[audio:https://controlaltdelight.com/Music/caravan%20palace/06.%20Clash.mp3]

Caravan Palace – Panic
[audio:https://controlaltdelight.com/Music/caravan%20palace/11.%20Panic.mp3]

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53/60 Days

Curtis Jones (aka Green Velvet, aka Cajmere) will be donning his Cajmere moniker to ‘jack’ up Yuma on Saturday. His album Too Underground for the Mainstage kicked up a storm in the Chicago and Tech House scene in 2013. His classic: ‘Coffee Pot (It’s Time for the Percolator)’ – and remix by Jamie Jones – caught our ear in quite a few sets over the year, and for good reason. Catch us in the pit.

Cajmere – Let’s Work ft. Gene Farris
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Cajmere – CO2 Vapor ft. Sonny Fedora
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Cajmere – Percolator (Jamie Jones Vault Remix)
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RAC | Buy Don’t Talk To

Remember when we saw RAC on their first live tour? We do; unforgettable. The mystery song that had the room swooning to Karl Kling on vox has finally surfaced and it’s bringing back great memories. It’ll be on their 2-part LP, Strangers, due in full early April. For now, it’s a free download.

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Illum Sphere | Buy Ghosts of Then and Now

Manchester’s Ryan Hunn, better known as Illum Sphere, presses the boundaries of music in his newest release: Ghosts of Then and Now. It shows him taking a dystopian sci-fi approach to music. The entire album gives off a Bladerunner (‘Sleeprunner’) vibe.

Much as the title [track] suggests, you’ll find allusions to the sounds of old by way of shamanistic tempos and divine chorals rife throughout. Still, an eerie discordance via subtle electronic underpinnings serves to remind us that these are merely industrial representations of a past long gone. The vaporeal vocals of ShadowBox and Mai Nestor drive home that the soul of sound follows in time, no matter how it may change.

We know it’s still the first quarter, but feel free to quote us on saying this album will be among the year’s best. I’m personally hoping for a non-vocal feature (e.g. Inter5tella 5555, but far more neo-noir) to illustrate Ghosts of Then and Now.

Tracklist

1. Liquesce
2. At Night (ft. Mai Nestor)
3. Sleeprunner
[audio:https://controlaltdelight.com/Music/illum%20sphere/03%20Sleeprunner.mp3]
4. The Earth Is Blind (Prelude)
5. The Road (ft. ShadowBox)
[audio:https://controlaltdelight.com/Music/illum%20sphere/05%20The%20Road%20%28feat.%20Shadowbox%29.mp3]
6. Ra_Light
7. It’ll Be Over Soon
8. One Letter From Death
9. Ghosts Of Then And Now
[audio:https://controlaltdelight.com/Music/illum%20sphere/09%20Ghosts%20Of%20Then%20%26%20Now.mp3]
10. Love Theme From Foreverness (ft. ShadowBox)
11. Lights Out / In Shinjuku
12. Near The End
[audio:https://controlaltdelight.com/Music/illum%20sphere/12%20Near%20The%20End.mp3]
13. Embryonic (ft. ShadowBox)

Lightning In A Bottle | Rush-N-Get-Em

While we may be new to the family, we know a good thing when we see it. The experience we had at The Do LaB’s 2013 Lightning in a Bottle music and arts festival changed our lives for the better. We didn’t experience the shady authorities first-hand but it appears it was enough for The Do LaB to find a new location for one of our favourite festivals. LIB 2014 will be taking place at the beautiful San Antonio Recreation Area in Bradley, CA.

Map

Check after the jump for music and pictures we took of 2013’s installment.

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Yumi Zouma

The romantic and dreamy disco-pop escape that is Yumi Zouma is only augmented by the leafy vocals of Kim Pflaum. This weekend, we’ll find ourselves coasting highways beneath clear skies, a cool breeze skirting through our hair as the sun kisses our bare skin. With Yumi Zouma on repeat, the journey is the destination.

Get their self-titled EP out on 2.11 through CASCINE.