Review: Some sublime dance pop by Brooklyn duo Beacon that's bound to be a hit in 2016. The original mix of "Preserve" fits into the current status quo of semi underground dance music quite well. This is a dark journey track with a rolling bassline, razor sharp synth leads, a tough beat and Thomas Mullarney's angelic vocals. The uber cool Kim Ann Foxman steps in to provide a killer remix, which reshapes "Preserve" into a dreamy, tripping and tech house cruiser. It's bumping, razor sharp bass, soaring atmospherics and rapid fire rhythm attacks are the sort of thing you'd hear tearing up Panorama Bar at 9 o' clock on a Sunday night. There's an instrumental version too.
Review: With a staggering number of LPs already to his name, Christopher Willits is back once more with some tender, winsome electronica reflections for regular haunt Ghostly International. There's a concurrent theme of slowly drifting harmonious pads that binds Opening together, as heart-rending billows of drone float from one track to another, ebbing and flowing around light scatterings of rhythm and texture. There are some moments where a more distinct beat comes through, such as on rousing shoe-gaze ponderer "Now", but by and large this is an album of blissful beatless abandon. If that sounds like the kind of music you could lose yourself to, then there's no doubt that Christopher Willits should be an imminent port of call.
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