Friday Care Package - March 20th

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- KJ

Jamie Prado - Extrasoular

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This is a free download coming from EDM.com, a great track from Jamie Prado.  This is a pretty different take on indie dance and house that works out nicely. The gently filtered piano chords that come in an out for the intro, moving into a light delay sets the background for the rest of the track. There is very little in the way of actual percussive elements right up to the 2:00 mark, as there is really no need - the piano itself works well as both melodic and percussive elements to carry things up to that point.

Have a listen below, and grab the download straight from the embedded player if you're feeling it!

- KJ

Soulless Sun - Hulk

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We're sneaking in another late week addition into the blog. We love to support local artists whenever possible if they fit within what we are doing here at freshdrops, and with Soulless Sun being based right here in the same city of Regina, how could we not support this?

Soulless Sun has been grinding away hard at what he does, both with running his online radio show Ricochet Radio with Whit3N9nja on Friday nights, and on his production game. He released this track for free on his Soundcloud page after reaching his goal of 1000 likes. Big ups for reaching the goal and continuing on with the music he is passionate about.

The Hulk is a Melbourne Bounce track, for those of you who are into genre classification.  This one has all the hallmarks of the genre, so if you're a fan of bigroom, festival "EDM" or Electro, this is one for you.

Support your local producers, grab this track and share it where you can!

- KJ

Rose - No Good [Free EP]

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Rose delivers a fresh and energetic rework of a classic house vocal in No Good. Keeping an old school flavour with pure piano chords alongside intricate synth work and cut and pitched vocals, this track really stands out as something a bit different.  Enjoyable from start to finish.

This was released as a full free EP with remixes of No Good by Prizm as well as a collaborative remix coming from TONIIA and Santiago. Make sure to grab the full EP and check out each of the artists Soundcloud accounts as linked above for more great music, much of it released for free as well.

- KJ

Owen Westlake - Trust Me

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Owen Westlake brings a mature and classy vibe to the deep/tech/future house scene with the Trust Me. Simple and understated vocals settle nicely into the soundscape of the breakdowns, while there are serious deep and ever so slightly delayed bassline grooves when the vocal drops out and the dance floor vibes start flowing.

This one was released as a free download, so you can grab it just by clicking the arrow in the top right corner of the embedded player.  Make sure to check out Owen Westlake's Soundcloud for previous work, much of which is also free.

- KJ

Baewolf - Hope

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Baewolf dropped a free download a little while back, dripping with feel good, chill trap vibes. With a mellow melodic key intro, Hope has just a bit more kick in the percussion that pushes it over the edge of being a really chill trap track.  Still laid back enough that I'm including it for Mellow Monday, but the kicks should get you moving and through those Monday blahs.  Check this one out and download for free.

- KJ

Huxley - Freebies (Blurred Demos)

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UK producer Huxley released his full artist album Blurred back in late October of 2014, but just recently tossed a full setlist of demos from the album for free download up on his Soundcloud page.  From Huxley's description of the playlist: "here are some demos that never made it onto my album, Blurred. none are finished, mastered or mixed. but i hope you enjoy! feel free to play, listen or delete at will."

Those of you who have heard of Huxley know that the man produces quality house music.  One of my favourite tracks that still occasionally makes it into my sets is Box Clever, along with the rest of the Out Of The Box EP, released back in 2012.

The recent upload is pretty much another full album, for free download.  There is a range of styles in this, ranging from deep house tracks such as Halloumi V3 and GenericWybes, to borderline bassline and grime on Roll It, to D&B vibes on Inst 14 Nbb.

These are all downloadable directly from Soundcloud, so all that's keeping you from adding these tracks to your iTunes is a couple clicks.  Get clicking!

- KJ

Ren Phillips x Michael Jackson - Remember The Time

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This is a great deep future house remake of Michael Jackson's Remember the Time from Ren Phillips. The King of Pop's vocals remain quite intact for the most part, making this instantly recognizable. Ren Phillips makes his house production chops evident, working a deep bassline along with melodic keys around the vocal samples to make this a serious dancefloor shaking house track. 

Grab it for free through the shopping cart icon by following Ren Phillips on Soundcloud, and add this to your collection.

- KJ

CRWN - Better Together

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Today's Mellow Monday vibes are brought to you from Manila based producer CRWN. He brings a chilled funky vibe to this free download on MIRAJE, a net-label based in Paris. This track bridges a number of genres, with elements of funk, electronica, future beats and hip hop, Better Together comes out with a distinct feel that fans of any of these genres should appreciate, while also appeasing an appetite for something new.

Speaking of Better Together, this track and your music collection would be better together... and with no economic barriers in your way, why not pick it up through the download button on the player below?

- KJ

Just Kiddin - The Getaway Mixtape

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We've been rocking this mix here and there for some time now, as Just Kiddin published it to their Soundcloud not quite a month ago.  We thought it would be a good time to post it though, as it is a promo mix for the new EP that Just Kiddin is releasing for free through Bit Torrent today (March 2nd). The two tracks that Just Kiddin are releasing are Getaway and Always There, which appear in the mix at 12:50 and 27:50 respectively.Grab the two track EP (the pack includes the mix, and both mp3 and wav files) right here. All you have to do is submit your email address and download the bundle torrent file.  You will need a torrent client to finish the download.

This is a great summery mix that follows a nice energy progression throughout, with each track building on the last, and with a nice mix of fresh faces and established artists featured. If there was a mix to get you through the Monday blahs, the midweek slump, or the last bits of winter, it's definitely this one.  The mix is up for free download as well, so you can take it wherever you like by hitting the shopping cart button on the player below.

- KJ

Blackbird Blackbird - Tangerine Sky (Bear Mountain Remix)

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Vancouver based band Bear Mountain just uploaded this deep house remix of Blackbird Blackbird the other day, and it is great.  This has the throwback, old school garage vibe to it as well, which is a huge plus in my books.  The Bear Mountain remix is a fair departure in feel from the original, and definitely crafted with the dancefloor in mind.

Make sure to check out Bear Mountain's Soundcloud, there is some really cool stuff in there, in a variety of styles of music - from indie to funk to house, and everything between.  

I love it when I get great Canadian content to post :)

- KJ

Weird Inside - Just Ask (Alexander Lewis Remix)

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If you've been looking for something different, something that is both unsettling and weirdly melodically satisfying at the same time, look no further. Alexander Lewis has produced a remix of Weird Inside's Just Ask that has those exact qualities. The closest artists I could compare this to would be a combination of Kastle and 123mrk. The percussion, melodic work and intricate drops in this are spectacular.  From the happy, muted opening keys, to the continuously panning outro, this remix is a trip the whole way through.

If this is something that you can vibe to, grab the whole remix compilation for free right here, hosted on Weird Inside's Bandcamp page.

- KJ

Eastside - Ellie (Ark Patrol Remix)

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Eastside took on both Chris Brown's Loyal and Ed Sheeran's Don't, which resulted in a great vocal cover entitled Ellie. The remix posted below is Ark Patrol's remix of the cover, which is a great indie pop electronica version.

Have a listen below, and pick up your free copy through the shopping cart button in the embedded player.

- KJ

Country Club Disco - Free Downloads

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This is another label spotlight and free downloads playlist, coming courtesy of Golf Clap's Country Club Disco. This playlist of 11 tracks brings a nice variety of deep, old school and garage flavours to house music, and they're all available for free download. I also featured a few of these tracks on my last mix for Underground Sound Canada, so if you were looking for anything from that mix, this is a good place to start. Make sure to check Country Club Disco's Soundcloud page for more quality releases.

- KJ

Favulous - No Diggity

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If you've been waiting for something higher energy, but still familiar this week, we've got you covered today.  Favulous published a Future House bootleg of the Blackstreet classic No Diggity last week.

This bootleg mostly preserves the instantly recognizable vocal from the original, but pitches it down slightly while starting out with an old school synth.  The bootleg then drops into a build and moves fully into Future House territory just past the one minute mark. This is a quick, high energy rework, perfect to try and convince a couple of those folks standing on the wall cause "I don't know this music" to make their way onto the dance floor without completely sacrificing your "artistic integrity" and dropping an original pop mix. It's made even better since it's released as a free download.

If future house isn't your scene and you still want a version of No Diggity to rock to, never fear: here's another free one, a House and Garage version from Phonetix that was released on Riddler Records not long ago and is available here. This one is also a great rework of the track that I've played out a number of times, plus Phonetix is just a legit dude (and sent me a promo copy a while back when I just couldn't wait - thanks again for that by the way!).

- KJ

Beyoncé - End of Time (Feki Remix) LIMITED TIME FREE DOWNLOAD

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I could waste time writing a wordy post about this one, but that would be wasting the precious limited time that this track will be available for Free Download.  It's already been up for a few hours, so don't sleep on this one if you have even a passing interest in either Beyoncé or Feki.

Listen and grab the free download in the player below.

- KJ

Flamingosis - Kahunastyle [Keats Collective]

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We posted one of the tracks from this album, Midnight in Montreal (embedded below) in our Friday Care Package on February 6th. The whole Flamingosis album has now been released and is available free from Keats Collective at their Bandcamp page here. Kahunastyle (a reference to a childhood nickname) brings together hip hop, funk, disco and electronic styles into one body of work, and the end result is great. Flamingosis brings in several collaborators in on this, including Yung Bae on Groovin', A Sol Mechanic on Future Lounge, and Go Yama on Cup of Ramen.

The whole album is full of great tracks, all in easily digestible tracks around 3 minutes long. The short length of the tracks need not suggest that there is a lack of substance here, as that is far from the case. 

If you're a fan of hip hop, funk, or just enjoyable music in general, make sure to grab this album now right here.

- KJ

Après - Chicago

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Annie Mac dropped this on her Free Music Mondays series, so you know it's a great track.  Aprés makes use of the iconic house vocal "In the beginning there was Jack, and Jack had a groove..." with an extended intro into Chicago. If you have been around house music for any length of time, you're almost guaranteed to have heard this sample used in some way already.

Chicago starts on a slow build right from the start, using some mellowed background synths and percussion on the slow climb up to the main drop that hits at 1:56.  This is a future deep house track with a tasteful throwback flavour that embodies the culture of acceptance and positive vibes in the house music scene.

This is a free download courtesy of Annie Mac and Aprés, so grab it direct from the player below.

- KJ

Endor - Kiss Me Baby

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Endor has come out with a fitting release for the Valentines season, working off of a Michael Jackson vocal sample to bring this great house production. As with most of Endor's tracks, he has released this as a free download.

Kiss Me Baby works off a chopped up vocal taken from Michael Jackson's The Way You Make Me Feel, that is both recognizable but also tweaked enough to be very different from simply adding the vocal unchanged. Endor works his deep house and garage style around the vocal, and the result is spectacular. If you're looking for something fitting to work into a Valentines DJ set, this is the track you've been searching for.

Add it to your collection by hitting the download button on the player below, and check out Endor's Facebook page for tons more of his past work up for free download as well.  There are some real gems.

- KJ