Cassius feat. Cat Power + Mike D: ACTION

Cassius’ 2010 EP The Rawkers was a goldmine: every one of those six tracks—from “I Love U So” to “Arcadine” and “Shark Simple”—showed off a different aspect of Philippe Zdar and Boom Bass’ personality and musical style, striking the hearts of dance music bloggers with the golden French touch. Zdar has since kept busy behind the scenes—producing, mixing and/or engineering for Phoenix (Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix), …

Bibio feat. Gotye: The Way You Talk

Marking Bibio’s first collaboration release, “The Way You Talk” is an unusual kind of heart-wrenching pop ballad from the traditionally instrumental-focused electronic music producer. Gotye smoothly sings, “But there’s something about the way you talk” into a haze of echoes (the two first met when Gotye requested that Bibio remix “Somebody That I Used To Know”) as Bibio layers a modified Hohner D6 Clavinet, Moog …

The Beatles: Eleanor Rigby

Visionary producer, arranger, composer, conductor, audio engineer and musician Sir George Martin passed away peacefully in his sleep at the age of 90. He’ll be lovingly remembered for seeing the potential in The Beatles, giving them their first recording contract, and going on to produce every single one of their albums, save for Let It Be (produced by Phil Spector). A beautiful example of Martin’s …