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Phantom (without Planet) are a Helsinki based electro-pop duo that surfaced recently with the help of The XX, who posted their video "Scars" on their tumblr "Soundboard". Allegedly they debued with a showcase at SXSW and their bio is written a bit strange, so we're skipping details here and go directly to their music: They remind me very much to Phantogram though they definitely have more soul and their music all in all sounds a bit more fragile. We're very keen on what will come next from Phantom - the artwork in "Scars", made with the help of the Kinect's 3D scanner, is very impressive and the other tracks on their self-titled EP might not be as good as "Scars", but they're worth a listen.

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Twin Shadow joins the formation of sophomore record announcements: His second LP "Confess" will be out in the second week of July and will contain "Five Seconds", which sounds exactly like we'd expect from Twin Shadow: 80s-sound with drifting drums and a bit of glam and a bit of sadness. Free Download

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As if Santigold's current single "Disparate Youth" wasn't good enough on it's own: Two Bears made an excellent remix that has been running up and down on my stereo the last days. Her new record "Master of My Make-Believe" is out on Monday and all in the UK can stream it on soundcloud - everyone else like me will have to wait three more days.

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Granted, when Diplo and Switch joined up as "Major Lazer" before, the product, while intelligent named ("Guns don't kill people, lazers do"), often came along a bit odd in my ears. Their newest effort "Get Free" however comes along very nice, fresh and airy. Amber Coffman's vocals are doubtless part of the greatness of this track.
Get "Get Free" for free (see what they did there?):http://majorlazergetfree.com/

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Frittenbude's new single and video "Wings" has just been released and it marks the dawn of the German indietronic/electropunk label Audiolith frontrunners' third record "Delfinarium", which is due on May 11th.

I find "Wings" a bit strange, not really catchy and a bit strangely mastered or sung. I always only really enjoy 3-4 tracks of Frittenbude's recorcds, but then again during the four or five times I've listened to "Wings" since this morning it has grown a bit on me... we'll see.

Leaves the question: Did Audiolith really buy a "Thor Steinar" jacket for the video shoot?

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