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Animal Collective remixes M83, Justice shares a disco treat, Beck dances in a new video and more

M83: Go! (Animal Collective / Deakin Remix) “Go!” from M83’s 2016 album Junk has just been remixed by Deakin from Animal Collective and it takes the already slightly oddball track featuring Mai Lan and creates an atmospheric, spacey soundscape. A new beautiful, soft thumping, fuzzy layer drives the track skyward. The remix will apparently appear on an upcoming 12″ record that’s slated for release in …

Justice: Randy

French duo Justice (aka Gaspard Augé and Xavier de Rosnay) just officially released another new track, the second this summer after a five-year release-hiatus. “Randy” (from the upcoming album Woman, the follow-up to 2011’s Audio, Video, Disco) starts off with a dark, industrial sound before suddenly making way for a surprise falsetto. Eventually turning into a sing-song, psychedelic tune that’s got plenty of simmering ’70s …

Gabriel Garzón-Montano: Trial

Brooklyn-based Gabriel Garzón-Montano (whose “6 8” was sampled in Drake’s “Jungle”) has just released “Trial,” a gorgeous but solemn track and video in which the singer/songwriter/producer wonders about ambition and the future. Befitting the somber lyrics (“Maybe I’ll play the game and trade my trust for fame / and still be just as lonely”), the accompanying video is lush but depicts isolation—with Garzón-Montano floating on …