Free Download: Lana Del Rey Feat. Chanel West Coast - West Coast (Rap Edit)

Lana Del Rey's Ultraviolence era was off to a sweet start this week with the release of lead single West Coast on Monday. Dat guitar and Stevie Nicks sample! Los Angeles rapper Chanel West Coast drops tight rhymes on her bootleg edit and it sounds n' feels like this had to happen. A song with some hot Cali lovin' needs some fire spittin' rap on an unauthorized version, nothing else makes sense! Check it out below! Thoughts? 

Premiere: Lana Del Rey - West Coast

Lana Del Rey's West Coast just premiered on BBC Radio 1 and kicks off her hotly anticipated Ultraviolence era! Wow, it's dark and raw with live drums and sounds less polished than her Born To Die album, at least on first listen. PLUS she samples Stevie Nicks' Edge of Seventeen. HOT! We'll return with some more thoughts later on, enjoy!  

Mashup: Lorde VS. Lana Del Rey - Summertime Alone

Lorde's awesome A World Alone always makes us think of The xx. That guitar and groove really nails it! Now we have an perfect add to think about. Lana Del Rey's contemporary utter classic Summertime Sadness is 140 million (!) views into its dancing in the dark and just keeps on giving. The strict and almost regal atmosphere of the music goes perfect together with Lorde's bleak outlook on life. So good togetha! Plus this will kinda hold us over a bit until the new Lana material drops very soon! Enjoy!  

Premiere: Lana Del Rey - Once Upon A Dream (Maleficent OST)

Lana Del Rey was handpicked by Angelina Jolie to cover the Sleeping Beauty 1958 classic Once Upon a Dream. This obviously for the big Disney/Jolie movie Maleficent which opens on May 30th. Where the original is bright and airy Lana's take is dark and regal speaking of mysteries in a dark forest. Like a long-lost vinyl player that keeps playing the same old 7" single powered by some strange force. Walt Disney in the land of Twin Peaks... It feels like a major single in her spectacular discography and we couldn't be happier. Enjoy! Thoughts? Update: Here's the extended 90 sec trailer which aired during The Grammy's last night. Wow! 

The Best of 2013: The Year In Music

We were gonna post our annual Best of list on Monday. But with the hurricane force winds and floodings (right outside our HQ) in Europe now is a good a time as any for some sweet beats! It's been another incredible year in music and we wanna say thank you for a true pleasure listening together with ya'll! Standouts for us has been the dreampop of Say Lou Lou, Sky Ferreira's debut album, the return of MKS, David Lynch working with Lykke Li, Blood Orange sending us into heaven and the return of both David Bowie and Annie. Well honestly, the whole list is a true statement of what we absolutely love with no particular ranking. We saw The Knife live front and center in May at their Copenhagen gig and have a memory for life. Sheer brilliance! The fact that M.I.A., Sky Ferreira and Annie shared links to this blog on Twitter is just nuts and amazing! Thank you so much! Last week we took part in the Digital Agenda for Music conference in Stockholm along with Robyn and representatives from the government, technology and music industry sectors. Eh, amazing! We cannot wait for what '14 has in store and continue to grow and bring you the most awesome beats around. Thank you and enjoy!