The history of production duo Instra:mental starts with some well-received drum & bass singles at the start of the millenium, and includes a fallow period of six years prior to their reemergence in 2007. Since then, Alex Green and Damon Kirkham have had a lot to say, both together (with last year's Resolution 653 album) and apart (the former as Boddika and the latter as Jon Convex, among other guises). Their collaboration mirrors the tectonic evolution of UK dance music, and their timing—knowing when to hold back and when to burst forth—has granted them an uncommon longevity.

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Unveiled just today, Warm Pulse is the forthcoming new EP by LA bass experimentalists Nguzunguzu, the duo's first record of 2012.

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"Kamera" brings a strangely cuddly end to Japanese beatmaker Madegg's upcoming Teach EP. Hoots, clinks, and the twangs of an acoustic guitar bob in and out of the stoney haze like an off-kilter choir of emoji singing over a half-time beat. The 11-track record is slated to drop on May 28 via Flau (check the artwork and tracklist after the jump), and will be followed by a full-length album from 19-year-old producer in July. As if to underscore the ephemeral nature of Madegg's sound, Flau will also be offering t-shirts embossed with download codes to people who purchase his debut LP.

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Following a period of relative quiet following the release of his 2010 album The Traveller, Shed (a.k.a. René Pawlowitz) has been rather busy in 2012. His third LP, The Killer, is set to appear in July via 50 Weapons, and the man recently dropped a new EP, A 100, as The Traveller. Now, the Berlin-based artist has unexpectedly released another 12", this time using two of his other aliases.

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There's a major caveat to consider ahead of our enjoyment of this new tune by Brooklyn producer Octo Octa: The dude samples Aaliyah throughout "Deep Hurt." At this point in the acapella-jacking game, anything recorded by the deceased, iconic singer has been re-appropriated so many times that you're treading on some very well-worn ground if you even borrow one hard-to-pin-down phrase from her stellar output.

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UK producer Becoming Real has just dropped a new mini-LP, Solar Dreams / Neon Decay, and has offered up a stream of the entire thing online.

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Melodic techno practitioner Nathan Fake has completed a new album, his third, which should see the light of day later this summer.

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The pioneering inventor behind the fabled Moog synthesizer legacy, Bob Moog, would be celebrating his 78th birthday today if he hadn't lost his battle with a brain tumor back in 2005. In his honor, Moog Music has announced it will donate 50% of all clothing and merchandise sales over the course of today to the late inventor's Moog Foundation, an organization founded to continue Bob Moog's legacy "through innovative science and music education for future generations."

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Chris Baio was already two albums deep into an incredibly successful career as the bass player for Vampire Weekend when he began his first serious ventures into production. That was towards the end of 2010, and after a year of extensive touring with his band, Baio had just returned to Brooklyn with some downtime at hand and a clear goal in mind: to produce tracks. Now, after the better part of a year's worth of stumbling, experimenting, and some old-fashioned trial and error, Baio has come up with a trio of summer-tinged house tunes to mark his debut into the production world, the Sunburn EP.

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At this point, Saint Saviour's biggest claim to fame is handling vocal duties on Groove Armada's 2009 single "I Won't Kneel." However, things might be changing rather dramatically in the months ahead, as the UK chanteuse born Becky Jones is about to unveil her debut album, Union.

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It's not a new complaint, but a particularly frustrating aspect of the always-evolving electronic-music spectrum is how quickly trends can be started, initially used for good, repeated across the board by legions of copycats, and eventually become hopelessly overworked. The pace of this disheartening process has only quickened over the years, but, alas, there are always names ready to carry the torch and push the envelope just enough to find fresh, new ground. San Gabriel, the solo project of Pit Er Pat co-founder Butchy Fuego (who has also served as a notable drummer/studio man for the likes of Nite Jewel, Rainbow Arabia, Nguzunguzu, and Julia Holter), appears poised to be one of those figures, offering a debut LP that is rewardingly unexpected and consistently inventive.

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Lucy Monkman, better known as Rinse FM regular Monki, has announced the inception of her own imprint, Zoo Music.

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To whet listeners' appetites for the upcoming Postable EP, Russian producer Oceania has offered up one of its five tracks, "Stop," a song which finds syncopated rhythms shifting restlessly under breathy vocals and breezes of white noise. It's a quality glimpse into the Postable EP, which will be released digitally next week on 7even. For those who prefer wax, a limited run of 300 vinyl copies will also be available later this month. In the meantime, scope out the EP's artwork and tracklist after the jump.

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The husky vocals of London's Py go well with a healthy dose of bass. Last month, she passed along "Lungs," a tune produced by George FitzGerald. Now, after months of working with artists like Lapalux, Throwing Snow, Damu, and Raffertie, she's compiled a mixtape to bring a taste of her many collaborations into one waveform.

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Canadian-born, Berlin-based producer XI just released a new EP, NK34. "Glythe" may not appear on the tracklist, but this exclusive cut does convey the sense that XI's bright synth sounds are coasting away from the anchors of dense percussion. Marked by its crackling ambient chatter and the warmth emanating from both its bass tones and tinkling melodies, the song makes for a comforting post-EP palette cleanser, or maybe a lullaby. As for the three-track NK34 EP, it's available on Beatport. New Kanada has also put up previews of each track, which have been posted after the jump along with the EP artwork.

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The husky vocals of London's Py go well with a healthy dose of bass. Last month, she passed along "Lungs," a tune produced by George FitzGerald. Now, after months of working with artists like Lapalux, Throwing Snow, Damu, and Raffertie, she's compiled a mixtape to bring a taste of her many collaborations into one waveform.

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It's over halfway into "Ocean Floor for Everything," the first tune to surface from How to Dress Well's forthcoming sophomore LP, Total Loss, before the beat drops. That moment is preceded by a swirl of soft Rhodes melodies and singer/producer Tom Krell's evocative falsetto, all of which sounds decidedly more upfront and hi-fi than the beautifully tattered productions on 2010's Love Remains.

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Not long after we found out that Belgian DJ/producer Locked Groove will drop a 12" via Tiga's Turbo imprint, we get word that he'll do the same thing for Hotflush in June.

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Released yesterday, Darko Kustura's new 12" for Berlin label Cambrian Line is a slab of solid house music fit for late nights and early mornings. "Hazard," which isn't on that record, could be aptly described in the same way, as its soft synth pads and rolling bassline work with the skeletal percussion to create quite a warm and nocturnal vibe. You can compare this exclusive tune with the Croatian producer's latest release once you take a listen to a preview of "The Sky Turned Away" b/w "Fading Story" (artwork above) after the jump.

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It was about three months ago when we got word that veteran Danish duo Laid Back would be releasing a mini-LP of reworked material from the same sessions that produced John Guldberg's and Tim Stahl's most notorious tune, "White Horse." Those old eight-track tapes—which feature five proto-house jams chock full of classic analog sounds from "a Roland TR-808 rhythm box, a SH-101, a Pro-One monophonic synthesizer, and a GR-500 guitar controller-and-synth"—have been compiled into Cosyland. The record dropped today via Laid Back's Brother Music label, but you can preview the whole thing exclusively on XLR8R, after the jump.

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