This album was recorded between 2016 - 2019.and features some wild edits and some big tunes to party to until the end of time. take great care with these. they go. special shout out to my brother Mitchell Tuckette W. for his beautiful work on the keys. shoutout to my brother Acemo.and shout out to HAUS of ALTR.and Weapons+
Wyatt D. Stevens describes his latest record as "wild edits and some big tunes to party to until the end of time." As MoMA Ready, he's become one of New York's go-to party rockers—he plays all around town, at all kinds of events, with the workhorse hustle of a reliable local DJ. He's also a prolific producer. On Bandcamp, he's dropped four releases—each ranging from five to 20 tracks—in the last year alone. Spanning fizzy jungle, rave throwbacks, hip-hop and raucous house, some records have had a theme, while others were data dumps of raw, unmastered tracks. The NYC Dance Project, his latest release, feels more well-rounded and has a straightforward mission: to showcase old-school house music. Over nine tracks, Stevens taps into house's most recognizable tropes and makes dance floor gold out of them.
The production on The NYC Dance Project has a raw, upfront style that recalls the DIY vibe of the earliest house records. That's a big part of why it rules. 
The album centers on three similarly named tracks, "This Version May Save Lives," "This Version May Heal" and "This Version May Go Off." They all draw from the one source that never seems to get old: First Choice's "Let No Man Put Asunder." You might think that there's nothing to be gleaned from a track that feels like it's been sampled countless times, but Stevens' rushing strings and drums makes those vocal snippets—"I got something for your mind, your body and your soul"—feel exhilarating once more.
If Stevens is conversant with house music history, he also seems to be in dialogue with himself. Take "This Version May Heal"—this feverish filter house cut features a piano line that complements the vocal lead in the preceding track, "I Miss Your Love." Here, he works with the building blocks of house music and assembles them in different configurations, from vocal-heavy tracks to instrumental stunners like the synthy closer, "The Concept," which shows off some of the more ethereal vibes of his other work. Every tune is an attempt at making the perfect house floor filler, each coming from a different angle.
What The NYC Dance Project lacks in novelty it makes up for in sheer force of will. Stevens has proven he can produce almost any kind of dance music, but it's the focus on house that makes The NYC Dance Project stand out. On his stellar collaborative EP with fellow New Yorker AceMo, released last month, Stevens made classic house and jungle seem shiny and new. The NYC Dance Project is, on the other hand, is good house music made with a faithful touch and an irreverent streak.

2020: the year the Earth stood still for many of us. At least Kieran Hebden aka Four Tet has managed to stay productive. Amid the near-constant livestreams broadcasted from his home — which frequently featured a thrilling mixture of age-old classics and synthesis magic neatly matched by the bucolic setting of leafy trees that surround his house — he was evidently cooking up the slow-burning, meditative tones that would later become Parallel.
Months of confinement can’t help but make Parallel seem like an album of nostalgia for faraway worlds, and Hebden’s deeply felt sentimentality rings through its 10 tracks, each numbered like recollections in a quarantine diary. The first entry is an extended piece; kosmische textures and rain droplet rhythms unfurl in a vast 27-minute suite, the construct later giving way under the weight of a soaring drone. You get a real impression of time’s palpable dilation with errant voice messages and recordings of life’s activity. He ends the album on a similar note of reflection, the electronics stripped away to reveal a beautifully lively piano tinkering. While deep ambient music informs much of Parallel, Hebden quickens his pace with rolling electronic percussion and livewire synth leads recalling the vivacity of house, later rediscovering the cadences of his track ‘Baby’ in the crisp snares and reams of vocal samples on ‘Parallel 4’.
Naturally, Parallel is another striking LP from Four Tet, and after the year we’ve had, it’s exactly what we need.

Róisín Marie Murphy is an Irish singer-songwriter and record producer. She first became known in the 1990s as one-half of the UK-Irish trip hop duo Moloko with her partner Mark Brydon.

Róisín Marie Murphy is an Irish singer-songwriter and record producer. She first became known in the 1990s as one-half of the UK-Irish trip hop duo Moloko