XXXIΛIXXX - 소원을 말해봐

XXXIΛIXXX are from China. That's the most I can tell you since

I do not speak any Chinese language and everything about them is 

in that. But good music crosses even those barriers.

Over a dark anthemic trap beat, these two songbirds say.....something

in a very catchy melody, reminiscent of pre-Nick-Cannon Mariah.

It sounds so good who cares what any of it means?

Wait is there an app that can translate this?

Usher - Climax (Lindsay Lowend Remix)

Usher and Diplo had a scorcher on their hands about a year ago with

their collaboration on 'Climax.' Undoubtedly, between then and now,

several hands have touched it with intent to remix but few this funky.

Lindsay Lowend spins it around with chunky bass, a steady ambient pad

then goes into a bridge with swirling synths and electronic horns. It ends

on a more sedate... climax with Usher's vocals layered

upon each other.

Effective nonetheless.

Twigs - EP (Stream)

The Weeknd presented the world with a mysterious male R&B lothario. 

But girls wanna have fun too (very necessary Cyndi Lauper reference, not?). 

Enter Twigs coming out of the UK.

But they only share an aura of mystery. Twigs is not as depraved -  more of a seductive

strange bird cooing in the night. There's a hint of something askew but its not clear what.

Yet that is the source of the allure.

Much like the previously released sleeper hit 'Ache', the EP's instrumentation is heavy on mood, 

full of ambient touches, frequently erring on the side of minimalism.

Aching for some more music from this one.

Tinashe - Boss (Ryan Hemsworth remix)

Tinashe is a singer from Kentucky. She gets her exotic looks from having Zimbabwean,

Danish, Norwegian and Irish blood from her parents. This is a cut off her mixtape

'In Case We Die' that she dropped in February 2012. While we salivate for her

next mixtape 'Reverie,' Ryan Hemsworth - another Canadian export killing the game right now -

has graced us with this official remix to keep the thirst at bay till then.

He surrounds her vocals with a flurry of chimes and percussion that switches from

congas and fingersnaps to an 808-led trap chorus. He tops it all off with fluttering coos

and stuttering vocal samples. And Tinashe?

Besides crooning languid from behind a curtain of reverb, she's waiting for you to come and get it. 

That's right, daddy....