Ants in My TranceAnts in My Trancehttp://aimt.us/blog/2013-06-10T13:58:49ZSquarespaceBaby Armie's June 2013 Dance Charthttp://aimt.us/blog/2013/6/10/baby-armies-june-2013-dance-chart.htmlBaby Armie2013-06-10T06:46:42Z2013-06-10T06:46:42Z
  1. Lindstrøm - "Fāār-I-Kāāl (Charli XCX vs TWIN iDoL Remix)" [Feedelity]
  2. µ-Ziq - "Ritm" [Planet Mu]
  3. Willie Burns - "No Answer" [Crème]
  4. Karl x Johan - "Never Leave Me" [Emotion]
  5. Jacques Greene ft. How to Dress Well - "On Your Side" [LuckyMe]
  6. Airbird & Napolian - "Special" [Cascine]
  7. Slava - "Werk" [Software]
  8. Owen Howells - "Riding" [Celestial]
  9. Jon Hopkins - "Open Eye Signal" [Domino]
  10. Archie Pelago ft. Becca Stevens - "Avocado Roller" [Archie Pelago]
View alternate charts at Resident Advisor and Beatport.]]>ANTS Podcast #013: Proto-Ambient — Atmospheric Electronic Pieces, 1955-1976http://aimt.us/blog/2013/6/7/ants-podcast-013-proto-ambient-atmospheric-electronic-pieces.htmlBaby Armie2013-06-07T20:20:10Z2013-06-07T20:20:10ZSUBSCRIBE: iTUNES, RSS, SOUNDCLOUD, MIXCLOUD, TUMBLR  |  image by Rick Guidice
The term "ambient music" was coined by Brian Eno in the mid-1970s, and he is largely credited as the genre's founder. However, academics, studio engineers, and a few well-off counterculturalists were using electronics to aid in making music that could functionally be identified as "ambient" decades before the word was thrown around. This playlist highlights such efforts. I chose to use the term "proto-ambient" to describe this music, but really plain ol' "ambient" works just as well in most cases.

Also, just a quick aside to my listeners who may be yearning for more beat-driven dance music sets. I'm just having fun with something different at the moment. This podcast is meant to be eclectic, even though I tend to stay tethered to dance music. Rest assured—the beats will come back.

]]>ANTS Podcast #012.5: Ambient Boards of Canada Raritieshttp://aimt.us/blog/2013/5/31/ants-podcast-0125-ambient-boards-of-canada-rarities.htmlBaby Armie2013-05-31T05:27:40Z2013-05-31T05:27:40Z
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On this Mixcloud-exclusive edition of ANTS, I've dug up 40 minutes worth of beatless ambient Boards of Canada rarities ripped largely from cassette and vinyl. Hopefully this will quench your thirst until Tomorrow's Harvest drops next week. It is well known by enthusiasts that there's a plethora of early and unreleased BoC material floating around the P2P universe. I thought it would be fun to compile some of the beatless material into one listen. This took quite a bit of fact checking because there are many fakes and mislabeled releases out there. But I am confident that this playlist is free of errors.

Read more after the jump.]]>ANTS Podcast #012: Trapicana High Pulphttp://aimt.us/blog/2013/5/22/ants-podcast-012-trapicana-high-pulp.htmlBaby Armie2013-05-22T15:00:20Z2013-05-22T15:00:20Z
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Just pulled out some recent dreamy selections from the international beat circuit. Some may call this "trap." Others would cringe at the thought of defacing these tunes with such a label. (Call it what you want, just enjoy it.)

]]>Baby Armie's May 2013 Dance Charthttp://aimt.us/blog/2013/5/14/baby-armies-may-2013-dance-chart.htmlBaby Armie2013-05-14T15:54:29Z2013-05-14T15:54:29Z
  1. Disclosure ft. Eliza Doolittle - "You & Me" [Cherrytree]
  2. Boo Williams - "Midnight Trance" [Goldmin]
  3. Alice Russell - "Hard and Strong - Let the Machines Do the Work (Cover My Love Remix)" [Tru Thoughts]
  4. Franck Roger - "Calixto" [Circus]
  5. Krueger - "Can You (Lockah Remix)" [Paradisiaca]
  6. Bicep - "Rise" [Simple]
  7. Bruh Jackman - "Miss My Love" [Futureboogie]
  8. John Beltran - "Het Leven Is Mooi" [Delsin]
  9. Animal Collective - "Monkey Riches (Brian DeGraw of Gang Gang Dance Remix)" [Domino]
  10. DA-10 - "Respirator" [WotNot]
View alternate charts at Resident Advisor and Beatport. . . . . . . . . . .]]>ANTS Podcast #011: ANTS Rebirthhttp://aimt.us/blog/2013/4/25/ants-podcast-011-ants-rebirth.htmlBaby Armie2013-04-25T18:07:47Z2013-04-25T18:07:47Z
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ANTS has been on hiatus for many months, but now I'm back like I never left. Here are some leftfield house gems I've dug up over recent months.

]]>Baby Armie's April 2013 Dance Charthttp://aimt.us/blog/2013/4/18/baby-armies-april-2013-dance-chart.htmlBaby Armie2013-04-18T14:00:34Z2013-04-18T14:00:34Z
  1. Heterotic - "Bliss" [Planet Mu]
  2. 813 ft. On-the-Go - "The Whaler" [Activia Benz]
  3. Sega Bodega - "Konerak" [Week of Wonders]
  4. Commanchee's Revenge - "Commanchee's Revenge" [Crème Organization]
  5. Surkin - "Warehouse" [Marble]
  6. Cashmere - "Kiss Kiss (Canblaster Remix)" [Pelican Fly]
  7. Aera - "Flipside of Time" [Aleph]
  8. Gremino - "Monster 130 VIP" [Keysound]
  9. Deadboy - "Nova" [Numbers]
  10. Tony Goods - "Hopscotch" [Car Crash Set]
View alternate charts at Resident Advisor and Beatport.]]>Baby Armie's March 2013 Dance Charthttp://aimt.us/blog/2013/3/11/baby-armies-march-2013-dance-chart.htmlBaby Armie2013-03-11T16:18:54Z2013-03-11T16:18:54ZSpotify required to stream:

  1. Murlo - "Krakatoa" [Mixpak]
  2. Disclosure ft. AlunaGeorge - "White Noise" [PMR]
  3. Legowelt - "Visions in My Mind" [Unknown to the Unknown]
  4. Lapalux - "Guuurl" [Brainfeeder]
  5. Bad Cop Bad Cop - "Surfin USB" [Pomelo]
  6. Sophie - "Nothing More to Say" [Huntleys & Palmers]
  7. Peaking Lights - "Dream Beat (Cole MGN Dreamix)" [Mexican Summer]
  8. Stabber - "Huh! (Matthias Zimmermann Rmx)" [Halo Cyan]
  9. Daniel Avery - "Drone Logic (Factory Floor / Gabe Gurnsey Remix)" [Phantasy]
  10. Sinjin Hawke - "Prom Nite" [Pelican Fly]
View alternate charts at Resident Advisor and Beatport.]]>Pepperboy - "Lost" Videohttp://aimt.us/blog/2013/2/19/pepperboy-lost-video.htmlBaby Armie2013-02-19T20:58:15Z2013-02-19T20:58:15ZPep's take on Lil B's "Unchain Me" beat. You can grab it on his newish EP, The Classic (Remastered).



As a bonus, here's Pep's latest collab with Main Attrakionz' Squadda B. It happens to have my favorite cover art of the year so far.

]]>Baby Armie's February 2013 Dance Charthttp://aimt.us/blog/2013/2/7/baby-armies-february-2013-dance-chart.htmlBaby Armie2013-02-07T16:00:29Z2013-02-07T16:00:29ZSpotify required to stream:

  1. Claptone - "Wrong" [Exploited]
  2. Singing Statues - "Persian Prince (BNJMN Remix)" [Astro:Dynamics]
  3. Short Stories - "On the Way" [Young Turks]
  4. Knight Riderz - "Million Miles" [Seclusiasis]
  5. Bodhi - "Culture" [Grizzly]
  6. Sticky ft. Lamahra - "Cutting Shapes" [Big Dada]
  7. Riton - "Dance to the Great Golf Ball in the Sky" [Ed Banger]
  8. Shape Worship - "Mzungu" [Exotic Pylon]
  9. Artifact - "The Way It Do [Somethinksounds]
  10. Morri - "White Hood" [Night Slugs]
View alternate charts at Resident Advisor and Beatport.]]>