XLR8R — Today, Red Bull Music Academy launched Modern MIDI Classics, a quirky website which indulges in a bit of electronic music nostalgia by offering up General MIDI versions of recent tracks from a host of notable production outfits. read more more info

XLR8R — The 2013 edition of Germany's Melt! Festival is still a few months off, but that hasn't stopped its organizers from giving us a peek at what is already shaping up to be an impressive roster for the upcoming three-day event. read more more info

XLR8R — Following last week's "AltRnB" episode of its new H∆SHTAG$ web series, Red Bull Music Academy has tapped the likes of Sepalcure (a.k.a. Machinedrum and Braille), shadowy Numbers affiliate Deadboy, and recent Warp signees Mount Kimbie (a.k.a. D... more info

XLR8R — It's hard to imagine how "Peaks" didn't make it onto Tourist's forthcoming Tonight EP. It's certainly a release-worthy tune; one that exists somewhere between hyperactive, Rustie-style production and the stoney introspection of Mo... more info

XLR8R — It may seem like we say this every week, but we've seriously got a crazy list of artists dropping great music in today's edition of Press Play. Names like John Tejada, Claude VonStroke, Matthew Herbert, Ruff Sqwad, Chromatics, Happa, Bok Bo... more info

XLR8R — During the early months of 2009, Hemlock—the label co-founded four years ago by Jack Dunning (a.k.a. Untold)—played a pivotal role in a genuinely exciting moment in the continuum of UK dance music. As dubstep hit maturity, it created the conditio... more info

XLR8R — London producer Maths Time Joy (a.k.a. Tim Worthington) has helmed the second release for Live for the Funk's fledgling Our Sounds series, bringing three bass-heavy cuts from the bosom of bass music. On "Always," the whirring synths, soulful voc... more info

XLR8R — After joining the ranks of Sepalcure and Mount Kimbie with a release on Scuba's Hotflush label (not ot mention compiling an excellent XLR8R podcast for us last spring), Berlin-based producer Jack Dixon will be hooking up with Nottingham outpost ... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Blackbird Blackbird is the moniker of San Francisco-based wünderkind Mikey Maramag. His unique style of dreamy folktronica recalls influences from all ends of the musical spectrum; deeply textured, hypnotic songs pay homage to psychedelic pop the l... more info

XLR8R — Before its release on October 22 via Scuba's Hotflush label, Forever for Now, the debut EP by Nottingham duo Shelter Point, is streaming exclusively on XLR8R. Interestingly enough, the four-track record is a bit more vocal-driven than we've... more info