I have recently returned from a week long European architectural road trip. Forty people, one bus and five countries - overwhelming landscapes and buildings. Here are some of the aural pleasures that accompanied my visual encounters.

First off is a track I didn’t have during the trip but it sure would’ve cycled on repeat if so. Mount Kimbie with a beautiful production of distant claps, bassy kicks and present percussion all in a world of white noise and organ and guitar atmosphere.

Foals – Spanish Sahara (Mount Kimbie Remix)

An orchestral acoustic ensemble called Balmorhea with this progressing track of strings and a drum kit.

Balmorhea - Bowsprit

A goosebump giver on this somewhat rhythmic violin journey by a young Icelandic composer Olafur Arnalds.

Olafur Arnalds – 3362

A prolonged journey to nowhere by the deep sounds of DJ Koze. Gentle and spatial with the occasional vocal desire - “I would like to go…”.

WhoMadeWho – Keep Me In My Plane (DJ Koze Hudson River Dub)

Simple bongo house with hypnotic flowing lyrics recalling the occasions of getting deep by Basel based DJ Le Roi.

DJ Le Roi Feat. Roland Clark – I Get Deep

Finally, ever since it’s release I have been listening to Pantha Du Prince’s latest album release ‘Black Noise’, but it has never been more apt than during a coach trip through the moody mountains of central Europe. The album is a sublime sound space spanning the full spectrum of electroacoustic/techno. I can’t choose one from the mass of great songs so here’s a promo video for the album and an earlier remix of the Long Blondes track ‘Guilt’.

Long Blondes – Guilt (Pantha Du Prince Remix)

First let’s get this out of the way; Exit Through The Gift Shop is not a movie about Banksy (and no you don’t get to see his face), it’s a tale of media hype Vs talent, how guerrilla marketing can make you a million pounds in one night and most importantly of all, “Exit” is the perfect example of just how self aware and mature the street art movement has become.

Featuring a stellar cast of artistic talent including; Sweet Toof, Shepard Fairy, Swoon and Invader to name a few, the film follows the story of French film maker turned chancer street artist; Mr Brain Wash, from his early years of film making and peeking at his mega hyped solo show in LA.

The film is charming, funny and intelligent. It is not a promotion tool for the street art movement and i was highly impressed with it’s honesty by showing the ugly side of modern day graffiti. Whether you’ve been into street art for year or just want to see a good movie, I couldn’t recommend more. 10 out of 10, 5 stars, go see it now!

Joe Goddard from Hot Chip has produced this shifting remix of the Invisible’s track ‘London Girl’. The original has never before been released and will be exclusive to their performance at FABRICLIVE on the 5th March. A mysterious start opens up to fantasising landscape before delving into some distorted oscillations.

The Invisible – London Girl (Joe Hot Chip Remix) [320]

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Hundereds of sprayed wooden blocks, 4085 photographs and this captivating video was created. It surpasses temporal awareness and creates a synthetic engagement between visual and aural perception.

Music by Nobody Beats The Drum, which can be downloaded free here.

Making of after the click

I am pleased to post an exclusive mix for Pejhy. Sam King is a Bournemouth based dj (Samson), promoter (Get Loose) and producer (Wetrooms). Due to the difficult decision of what to incude, Sam had the idea to select a small batch that would spell something. It’s a five track mix of deep house delights, featuring some tropical jazz grooves. PEJHY!

The following track is Wetrooms debut remix release on it_Tizz Recordings, a swaying deep bass and reverberating brass gentle giant. It along with their other early productions, such as a competition remix of Riva Starr’s ‘I Was Drunk’, which I have been playing recently, sound big potential.

I came across this after listening to some wonderful sound found at  K&V. Sygriae, who is also a member of Jazzanova, released the Monopoly EP on Room With A View in July 2009. It features two groovy jazz-house originals and a remix each. Marlow is another RWAV artist and has created a gentle builder that includes tropical rhythm and tight square bass. A big melodic synthy breakdown tops it all off.

Sygaire – Monopoly (Marlow Raw Cut Perspective)

Available from Boomkat for an amazing £1.95 on 12″, while stocks last!

Dj Orion has been making waves for a little while now, recently featured at TheFader and Dutty Artz. He has just released a new album called Carajo Colombia, and you can get it for whatever you want to pay for it!

‘The album, ‘Carajo Colombia’, consists of thirteen tracks. The album focuses most notably on Cumbia and it is presented in a more club fashion, remixing funk, hip-hop and Baltimore Club music intermittently to produce a high-energy coagulation of musical magic.’

Here is a lovely little number. Nice Puerto Rican salsa with a cheeky lick of bass. Sabrosito Papa!

Boriqueneando – Orion Edit

New week, new beats to move ya dancin’ feets.

Here are two smoking mixtapes from Swiss reggae group MagicTuts (via TrinniMixZone). Guiding you through two hours of spicy dancehall and reggae from the last few months. Hot like Peppa!

MagicTuts – From The Left

MagicTuts – From The Right

Track Listing After the Hop…

Ghostly International have announced ’a compilation of rare, unreleased, and hard-to-find music from their vaults. Highlights include Matthew Dear’s “Don’t Go This Way”, a tasty leftover from the Asa Breed sessions; Michna’s “Quadruple Gold Dipped”, an alternate version of the Magic Monday album-opener; and The Sight Below’s “Blown”, another piece of perfect melancholia from the prolific producer.’ Get your free download at ghostly.com, or just my favourite below; a previously unreleased instrumental version of Junior Boys 2006 remix. It’s a dreamy journey across an expansive environment where the imagination can run free.

Mobius Band – The Loving Sounds of Static (Junior Boys Remix Instrumental)

Jamie Lidell’s fourth full-length album ‘Compass‘ will be released on May 17th 2010. The album was recorded in Los Angeles, New York and Canada, and it includes collaborations with Beck, Feist, Gonzales, Chris Taylor of Grizzly Bear and Pat Sansone of Wilco. Compass is a fluctuating love song, starting with and later returning to a gentle chorus, everything else inbetween is a familiar upbeat epic noise.