DJ Supermarkt: Yacht Disco – Credit To The Party Edit

Marvin Gaye on Earth Day, a mix of yacht disco hits, DJ Tim Sweeney's #PrivateJam and more in our week of music

As the Northern Hemisphere continues to warm up, music fit for a boat party in the middle of the Mediterranean is starting to emerge, like sonic rays of sun. Leading the charge is Berlin-based DJ Supermarkt, whose fondness for yacht disco is wholly palpable in his recent “Credit To The Party Edit” mix, which features 19 of his favorite tracks reworked by an array of …

Acid Arab: Berberian Wedding

Marvin Gaye on Earth Day, a mix of yacht disco hits, DJ Tim Sweeney's #PrivateJam and more in our week of music

After catching their eclectic, border-hopping set on this week’s Boiler Room show in Tel Aviv, “Berberian Wedding” from Parisian production duo Acid Arab has been in heavy rotation at CH HQ. Sampling street sounds with industrial, grime beats and heavy house undertones, the Parisian duo transports the listener through a smoke-filled bazar of a sonic landscape that’s easy to get lost in. Eastern melodies pervade …

Owen Pallett: Song for Five & Six

Marvin Gaye on Earth Day, a mix of yacht disco hits, DJ Tim Sweeney's #PrivateJam and more in our week of music

This week Montreal-based musician Owen Pallett released “Song for Five & Six” from In Conflict, his fourth full-length studio album (which features Brian Eno) out 13 May on Domino Records. The accomplished violinist and Oscar-nominated composer (for Best Original Soundtrack for Spike Jonze’s “Her”) has amplified the song’s beautiful whirl of sound with a complementary performance dance piece choreographed by Robert Binet of the National …