Let’s face it, summer in New York City is sweltering. Even with all the windows open and fans on high, it is hard to find refuge in Alliance Upholstery’s Chinatown offices. Today’s sweat though, is due to the “Dancer on the Shore” EP, the latest release by the Brooklyn based band, Lemonade (Cascine/True Panther Sounds).
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Classic house music as done by East London trio Black Orange Juice. Draws inspiration from the classic Chicago forefathers as well as revival contemporaries like Hercules and Love Affair and French house diggers. Eschews vocal samples for actual lead vocals from the group's two singers Paul Black and Tilz. The group, led by Hyperdub's Ossie, has some of his trademark UK Funky sounds but moves towards a more classic housey place, pushing the sound further without losing the music's rawness. Lyrics push from clubs in London further, to champagne affairs in Cannes, New York lofts, swinging Tokyo house parties and Milanese discos! This is sophisticated, stylish and effortlessly cool dance music. The first vinyl pressing will be limited to 500 copies and features a remix by the inimitable Joe Goddard. More

Road To Shaanxi's first EP, Revelation, will be released on True Panther Sounds on the 23rd of September. Little is know about Road To Shaanxi the producer. The music itself is cinematic, expressing a narrative of sorts, occupying the fill between club and headphones. Sonically it is much indebted to the UK electronic and dance music traditions – the stuttered moodiness of Mt Kimbie's debut Maybes EP, or Zomby's more emotive submerged garage moments. "Revelation" is, for lack of better words, a revelation. An expanding, dramatic yet oddly subdued piece that unfolds steadily until it's over. One could picture it soundtracking an end of the world sequence in slow motion, or just an end of the night set. The vinyl pressing will be limited to 500 copies and features the work of painter Augutus Thompson. More

After making his name with a series of off kilter dance floor releases and collaborative projects – mutant boogie outfit Velour (with Julio Bashmore), and a joint release with Punch Drunk boss Peverelist, Hyetal released his debut album Broadcast in 2011. Modern Worship continues the journey further down the rabbit hole, as a selection of begged, borrowed and stolen analogue equipment rubs up against breathy digital synthesis and sound design. The results are twisted electronic pop songs and soundscapes, with knowing nods to dancefloors across the ages. Percussively a more refined and aggressive record to Broadcast, break-neck drum machines informed by post punk experimentalists and hip hop micro genres are set against melodies conceived from daydreams of childhood nostalgia and imagined futuristic vistas. In parts a collaborative record, three songs were co-written with singer & sonic experimentalist Gwilym Gold, while two reintroduce long time contributor Alison Garner of Invada signed shoegaze band The Fauns. As a whole Modern Worship is a deeply immersive, cohesive listen from start to finish, showing Hyetal's natural ease with the album format. An artist who continues to impress and excite in equal measure, Hyetal proves with 'Modern Worship' that he is one of the most innovative producers working in UK electronic music today. More

After making his name with a series of off kilter dance floor releases and collaborative projects – mutant boogie outfit Velour (with Julio Bashmore), and a joint release with Punch Drunk boss Peverelist, Hyetal released his debut album Broadcast in 2011. Modern Worship continues the journey further down the rabbit hole, as a selection of begged, borrowed and stolen analogue equipment rubs up against breathy digital synthesis and sound design. The results are twisted electronic pop songs and soundscapes, with knowing nods to dancefloors across the ages. Percussively a more refined and aggressive record to Broadcast, break-neck drum machines informed by post punk experimentalists and hip hop micro genres are set against melodies conceived from daydreams of childhood nostalgia and imagined futuristic vistas. In parts a collaborative record, three songs were co-written with singer & sonic experimentalist Gwilym Gold, while two reintroduce long time contributor Alison Garner of Invada signed shoegaze band The Fauns. As a whole Modern Worship is a deeply immersive, cohesive listen from start to finish, showing Hyetal's natural ease with the album format. An artist who continues to impress and excite in equal measure, Hyetal proves with 'Modern Worship' that he is one of the most innovative producers working in UK electronic music today. More

DJ Spoko was born Marvin Ramalepe, raised in the rural town of Tzaneen in northern South Africa. On Ghost Town, Spoko pushes that sound's simple yet ear-worming "space" synths, raw kicks and punishing military snares even further. Ghost Town is party music, sure, but there's a stern and harsh reality, too. Guest vocals by Spoko's Ghetto Boyz Entertainment crew address the warnings of forefathers, the violence of township life, and the rural world Spoko left behind. It's the electrified sound of a country boy taking over his township. And next, maybe, the world. More

A mixture of 60's girl group, bubblegum pop, and new wave with a pinch of the Bay Area garage rock scene. More

"We speak one language now," says Sierra Leonian singer Janka Nabay of the band he calls the "Bubu Gang," an eclectic group of New York-based musicians who fell in love with Janka's freneticÊ"bubu"Êdance music in 2010 following Janka's American debut on True Panther Sounds. In the year and a half since their first show, the band has started infusing bubu music with a broader range of stylistic influences, and Janka hasÊevolved into an inspired band-leader and MC in the tradition of James Brown and Fela Kuti. The new sounds draw as much from Janka's indigenous bubu as they do from the sunny energy of Ghanaian highlife, the extended improvisations of 70s Miles Davis, the hypnotic rhythms of classic Afro-beat and the swirling shredding guitars of 60s and 70s psychedelia. True PantherÊSounds is proud to debut the very first ensemble recordings made by "Janka Nabay and the Bubu Gang" as a limited-edition 3-track 12"/cdep.ÊThe band is also currently signed to David Byrne's label Luaka Bop and will release theirÊfirst full-length this June. More