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Clean Bandit, the quartet from London that has made a big impact by fusing electronic music with a classical influence, is having a pretty big year. Not only did their track “Rather Be” win the 2015 Grammy award for Best Dance Recording, the foursome of Jack and Luke Patterson, Grace Chatto and Neil Amin-Smith also saw that single go double-Platinum and Top 10 Pop in the U.S. They’ve hit all the hot festivals this year, from Ultra Music to Coachella, and they aren’t done yet — they’ll be bringing their syncretic sound all over the globe for the rest of the fall. But in between all that activity, they took a breather long enough to put together this exclusive mixtape. Listen to the world premiere below.

Clean Bandit Fall Mix:

1. Gilligan Moss – “Choreograph”
2. Billie Black – “This Simple Pleasure”
3. Years & Years – “Shine” (Jax Jones Remix)
4. Mura Masa – “Firefly” (feat. Nao)
5. Tirzah – “Make It Up”
6. Dusky – “Skin Deep”
7. Salute – “Castle” (Magic)

What better way to launch a new label than with a new project? The Tied imprint, which, like any sensible label, specializes in vinyl, is kicking off its catalog with an EP from a new trio. On their own and as part of the Sleep Is Commercial collective, among other things, Topper, Andrea Ferlin and RG have plenty of achievements under their belts. But when they came together for the Memo Boys EP, they took things a step further.

On “Gem 1” and “Gem 2,” this crew shows they’ve mastered the tricky task of keeping things minimal while still maintaining plenty of atmosphere. And on the remix, Martinez of Concealed Sounds intensifies things to offer a whole new sonic perspective. Get a first listen below.

Jamie Anderson and Owain K share several things with each other. In addition to having a Bristol background (by way of West London in Anderson’s case), their DJ skills are informed by an eclectic sensibility that encompasses everything from house to jazz and funk. And they happen to have a certain magic when they work together in the studio.

Anderson, who has been plying his trade since the early ’90s, makes his home in Berlin these days, from which he runs the Artform and Arthouse imprints, among other ventures, but he still finds time for collaborations with K. The latest fruit of the pair’s meeting of the minds is the Just Grooves EP. Over the course of its quartet of tracks, the duo covers tech-house, drum ‘n’ bass, deep house, Chicago flavors and more. The sleek, deep, bottom-heavy “Just a Groove,” with its dubby production moves and sinuous beats, makes for an attractive teaser for the rest of the four-tracker.

Go and check out the world premiere of the title track by hitting the play button right now.

Just Grooves is out October 16 on Dessous Recordings.

New Zealand’s Bevan Smith, who has played with Ruby Suns and worked on his own under the monikers Signer and Aspen, has a new, self-titled album out now on Carpark Records as Introverted Dancefloor. On it, Smith cooks up an idiosyncratic blend of indie-pop, electro, techno, leftfield, and more. He employed a minimalist modus operandi during production by restricting his instrumental arsenal to just two synths, a mic, a filter and an effects processor. But given that, the tracks he came up with seem surprisingly atmospheric. And here, for the first time, you can soak up some alternate variations on a trio of tracks from the album, which offer a kind of funhouse-mirror view of what Introverted Dancefloor might have been like in some parallel universe.