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MAJOR LAZER – Free the Universe
Diplo’s Caribbean bass collective, Major Lazer, has returned with their long awaited follow up to ‘Guns Don’t Kill People, Lazers Do’ with another instalment that features every thing from Reggae to Dancehall to Dirty Dutch in
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EMPIRE OF THE SUN – Alive
Empire of the Sun have given us the first taste of their new album Ice on the Dune in the form of a new lead single titled ‘Alive’. The single got its first play this
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Interview with DJ Butcher
Brisbane based hiphop turned edm artist DJ Butcher is well in to his 5 date tour which comes off the back of his latest $werve EP release. Starting off as a turntabilist, his roots are
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The Ripe Guest Mix with Parachute Youth
This week THE RIPE is very delighted to present the latest offering in our guest mix series, put together by none other than Parachute Youth. Things just haven’t stopped for local Lads after the
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George Mapel – Fixed
Australian gal, now based in London, George Mapel (aka Jessica Higgs) has followed up her first solo release ‘Uphill’, with an even stronger offering, ‘Fixed’ If you recognise George’s voice its probably because you’ve
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INTERVIEW: Super Magic Hats
Up-and-coming music maker Super Magic Hats is set to drop his new EP next week. After gaining plenty of attention for his production skills and artistic use of melody and sound, the hype about
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INTERVIEW: Kris Menace
Legendary German producer Kris Menace has just released his first vocal album after years of producing unadulterated techno. This brave move into a new realm of production a certainly paid off: resulting in ‘Features’,
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TWINSY – Water Bombs (Sampology Remix) [FREE DOWNLOAD]
One of our favourite tunes of 2012 has been given a massive working over from none other than the video/remix extraordinaire Sampology. Our Guest Mix homies Twinsy have gone from strength to strength lately.
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The Ripe Guest Mix w/ Loot & Plunder
Bringing in March with a new guest mix, it’s those party starting boys from Adelaide, Loot and Plunder. Normally found riding from city to city spreading their own brand of house tunes across the
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BONOBO – Heaven For The Sinner [Feat. Erykah Badu]
NYC based producer Bonobo is set to make a return in March this year with his forthcoming LP The North Borders. While fans rejoice, he has gone ahead and dropped the first single from
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HAIM – Send Me Down (Kisses Remix)
L.A. sister act Haim draw from a influences such as Fleetwood Mac and Kate Bush. Their taste in music is broad, but that is to be expected from a band that originally started out
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All The Colours – Second To None
‘Progressive vintage’, seductive sounds are given a name and face in the form of All The Colours. Collaborating from a kaleidoscope of different musical backgrounds (including Miami Horror vocalist Josh Moriarty) All The Colours
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Light Year – Want You
Light Year continues to come through with the goods with the release of his new track ‘Want You’. He sweetened the deal further by chucking it up for a free download in all its
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RIHANNA – Jump (Club Cheval Rap Remix feat. Theophilus London)
When I first heard this song, I didn’t realise the original was by Rihanna – the female vocals seemed so insignificant next to Club Cheval’s unbelievable production and Theophilus’ amazing-as-always flow. You can imagine
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JAMES BLAKE – Retrograde
James Blake has been a busy lad lately – largely in secret it seems too. Just hours after announcing his second LP Overgrown, he debuted the lead single ‘Retrograde’ on BBC1. A radio rip
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ART OF SHADE Feat. SOUKAINA – All Away
Young French producer Art Of Shade has taken a massive step on to the world wide web with the release of his new, free EP. The stand out track being ‘All Away feat. Soukaina’.
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Jasper – Get Up!
Melbourne dude Jasper has returned with his new tune ‘Get Up!’. If it’s a taste of things to come, we’re getting excited. At only 3 mins long and moving at a franctic pace, Jasper’s latest
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Chet Faker – Archangel (Live Sessions – QvsQ Edit)
Chet Faker has been given the edit/remix treatment from Melbourne lads QvsQ on his hauntingly beautiful live version of ‘Archangel’. The outcome is something consistently as smooth as the original with some very fine
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DISCLOSURE – White Noise ft. AlunaGeorge
UK tech rockers Disclosure bring in 2013 with new track, ‘White Noise’. It’s equally as solid as many of the great sounds that helped them become one of Britain’s hottest exports in 2012. This
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