HUGO Tracks is a new music project, a collaboration between HUGO and upcoming music acts from all over the world. The swedish band Little Dragon shares their thoughts about their music, sounds of different, new and interesting musicians and other acoustical artists.

JACK TO FRONT BRING THE MUSIC

We’re getting deep today with HUGO Tracks. This Jack to Front dub of Freak Seven’s “We Bring The Music” brings a little black magic to the original. It’s like a soul-tinged Matthew Dear track.

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TOTALLY ENORMOUS EXTINCT DINOSAURS REMIX JONQUIL

We love Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs, in large part because their name is fun to say. But that’s not all, of course. They also make great music and do great remixes. The latter is on display here, a rework of Jonquil’s “It’s My Part” that keeps the vocals intact and surrounds them with a minimal, classic house melody, some smacking handclaps and some spacey atmosphere. Totally Tasteful Extinct Dinosaurs if you ask us.

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DILLON BRINGS ABRUPT CLARITY TO CALL SUPER

We’re really excited about today’s HUGO Track, a new one from the now legendary BPitch Control label headed by Ellen Allien. The track is a remix by a new (at least to us) producer that goes by the name of Call Super. Call Super has reworked the original, a heady, chanty number by the electronic singer/songwriter, Dillon, into a slightly acid, slightly electro, shimmering two-stepper. Download it for free above, and work it into your DJ set (real or imaginary) right around the time that everyone starts to gather on the dancefloor. It’ll work like a charm.

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WE’VE GOT A GOOD FEELING ABOUT ALVIN AND LYLE

Okay, we have to admit that our most favorite thing about “The Good Feeling” is the incredible hair of the music video’s leading lady. But a close second is Alvin and Lyle’s song, a spacey roller skating jam that really does leave us with quite a good feeling. The EP (which bears the same title as the track) is out in March, but you can listen to the song right now by clicking above (and you can buy it here if you like it). And if you wanna see that amazing hair we were talking about, the video, directed by Ben Andrews, is down below. Enjoy it all!

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A FIGURE OF 8

We’re taking a little trip up to Northern Ireland for today’s HUGO Track. Figure of 8 is the stage name of Belfast-based producer Dermot McGowan, who makes lush, wisftul electronic music, suitable for all that wet weather they get up there. “No One Cries” is McGowan’s new single featuring the lovely vocals of Sophie Galpin. You can download the track for free while they’re available. Just click above.

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BLONDES AND WINE

Blondes is the pseudonym of Brooklyn duo Zach Steinman & Sam Haar, two gents making brilliant dance music on keyboards and drum machines. The track we’re streaming here is called “Wine,” and it’s one half of the “Water/Wine” EP they released on RVNG Intl. back in November.

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KAVINSKYS NIGHTCALL

“Nightcall” is taken from the soundtrack of Drive, the thriller movie directed by Nicolas Winding Refn. The song was produced by Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo of Daft Punk and mixed by SebastiAn. The spooky, distorted, zombie vocals of Kavinsky are perfectly counterbalanced by the sultry purr of CSS’ front kitten Lovefoxxx. You should get the EP on Bandcamp and listen to it while driving…

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HUGO TRACKS PODCAST JANUARY

It’s HUGO Tracks Podcast time, folks. Once again, we’ve pulled together all the tracks we’ve posted here on the HUGO blog over the past month to bring you one mix for your morning jog, Saturday pre-party or Sunday cool-down.

On this month’s mix, we’ve got new music from Home Video, Yelle and a great new band from Minneapolis called Poliça. You can stream it here on the HUGO Blog, or you can download it via iTunes.

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BOZZWELL’S AMBITION

Bozzwell is the alias of David Boswell, a producer and DJ who’s been soldiering through dance music for nearly twenty years. “Ambition,” his new single, is a sparse, electro-tinged commentary on the underbelly of the music industry. It’s dark, and we’re into it.

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CLASS ACTRESS GOES TO CASA DEL MIRTO FOR THE WEEKEND

Ladies and Gentlemen, we are floating in space. This Casa Del Mirto remix of Class Actress has got us all blissed out.

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