I've been developing a slight fascination with Lithuania. Specifically the city of Vilnius. Stumbling on a couple radio shows out of Vilnius and some sets by DJs from there it immediately caught my attention with left of the middle, dark, melodic beats. Sometimes a borderline "world music" element appearing in the sets... its combining everything from dark industrial noise, hip hop, deep house, melodic techno, reggae and downtempo electronica into this slurry of wonder. I was on a steady diet of radio shows from Vilnius or by people associated with Tomas Von Party's Multi Culti label for about 6 weeks before i was ready to resume my regular listening habits. If you don't know Tomas Von Party, i highly recommend getting acquainted. For one he's Tiga's brother... good reason to pay attention. Secondly, he was the head of A&R at Turbo Records since its inception until he decided to start his own label Multi Culti Records, which sounds exactly like you'd expect: bird sounds, drum machines, chanting, acid bass lines. Its a rabbit hole i got lost in and if you are into a more underground element of dance music... this was a VERY refreshing rabbit hole.
Here is a sampling of some stuff I've been listening to lately
Miss Represented - Crack That Habit (Johnny Aux Remix)
