Skiddle Stereo Selections - Friday 16th October

Image: Neon Indian

Another Friday has arrived, but it's not just any Friday; the Mercury Prize nominations have been announced. While what's been occupying our office stereo bares no relevance to the Mercury awards, both are in the name of good music and we've got five top tunes to share with you once again. 

Pumarosa 'Priestess' 

London five-piece Pumarosa first snaffled our attention when they were scribed onto Gengahr's tour poster and their introduction to the world is one we strongly advise you listen to. 

Produced by the Mercury nominated Dan Carey, it's a densely textured piece of artistry sprawled across seven and a half captivating minutes. Thrust by glinting guitar licks and an enchanting vocal, the track funnels into a majestic groove enhanced by jazzy horns to keep you energised throughout.      

Ben Smith

Public Enemy 'Black Steel In The Hour Of Chaos'

Rounding up Public Enemy's greatest songs into a five track snapshot was one of the most difficult things we've had to do at Skiddle recently, but there was one track that seemed to stand out amongst all others. More so than the many omissions from that back catalogue from the article, including 'Don't Believe the Hype', 'Rebel Without a Pause' and '911 is a joke' among them.

In a year when the West Coast of hip hop has dominated both cinema with Straight Outta Compton and albums with Kendrick Lamar's To Pimp a Butterfly, this track stands a timely reminder of the influence PE have had on all of hip hop. The sense of sheer fear it intones is representative of the darkest of gangster rap and Chuck's bruising, uncompromising barrage cleared the path for Ice Cube et al.

Read Five of the Best: Public Enemy 

Jimmy Coultas

Benoit & Sergio 'Rev 909' 

This has been a staple in Benoit & Sergio sets since around the 2013 mark, but no amount of Googling or Shazaming could get you any nearer to having a version of this track for your own - until now. The Franco-American duo have recently put this up for free download through XLR8R. What a treat.

Another blurring of the lines between pop, disco, house and psychedelic goodness 'Rev 909' is up there with their best tracks along with the newly revealed 'House With 500 Rooms' which has also been doing the rounds in their sets. 

Becca Frankland

Neon Indian 'Slumlord' 

In wide-eyed anticipation of Neon Indian's VEGA INTL. Night School dropped today (Friday 16th), we've been hyping up the release in our office by scaling his iridescent disco assemblage of glitchy synth-pop wonders. 

Lead single 'Slumlord' could shift-shapes in a pack of sardines, holding tight with a mind bending sound decked out for a down-town discothèque.

BS 

Kings of Tomorrow 'Finally'

Kings of Tomorrow aka Sandy Rivera is one of house music's true gems. His soulful and emotional approach to making dance tracks has led him to numerous releases on Defected over the years including this iconic vocal track 'Finally'.  

We caught up with Sandy Rivera this week to discuss his New York roots, his relationship with Defected, crowd expectations and more. 

BF

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