🐣 LLLL — FALLING FEAT. U-PISTOL

Shoegaze guitars stab out staccato patterns in this latest one from Tokyo musicmaker LLLL, 'Falling', a catchy cavalcade of sound that mixes those chorused guitar chords with the piercing neon ice of trance synth, and elements of pop rain down like little gemstones: the uptempo beat and its rollicking tom fills, the breezy chord progression, and not least the vocals of featuring artist U-Pistol.

Also known as Moon Mask, and previously making music under the name Ulzzang Pistol, the Manila-based producer and singer-songwriter sings with mellowed emotion, his voice crooning and fresh. He spoke to us above reverting back to his original moniker: "U-pistol still means Ulzzang pistol," he told yes/no. "Ended up shortening it because the term confuses even the people who are familiar with it. I think shortening it makes it easier for everyone to approach but the heart and meaning of the name still lives on."

His voice flows easily in the cold detachment of LLLL's overdriven drums and spectral javelins of synth, weaving warmly in and out of the sorrowjoy crush of this trance-pop-gaze cocktail, joining with the '80s flavour guitar and cinematic composition of the track to give it its lovable human heart; guitar solo at 2:47 screams virtuoso fire, emphasising the speed whilst contrasting the pop-ness of this track, echoing its title and the frustration of being in freefall.

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• 🔔 'Falling' is out today on internationalist label Zoom Lens. You can grab it here.
• 'Falling' is taken from LLLL's forthcoming Chains Phase 4, part of his 12-month-long "Chains" project, in which a new "Chain" will be released each month, split into 4 individual EP releases courtesy of emotive electronic label ZOOM LENS. Chains Phase 4 is out 28th February.
• The artwork was created by Brenden Savi, and reflects the twisting icy tumult that erupts almost chaotically throughout the track.
• 🔔 Back in the early days of yes/no we received a lovely guest mix from Ulzzang Pistol, representing a cluster of Manila music talent: here is YES/NO GUEST MIX 014.

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🐣 ELMARI X GREG WANDERS X MUDCHUTE — WHATEVER [初演 • PREMIERE]

The feeling of romance sweeps through this track like a, like a bank of clouds making their gradual way across a sun-filled deep blue sky, present and washing over you in swathes of delicious textures and soulful nuances. Clonking chimes summon this glorious naive love, a certain innocence in their gleaming golden chords, each resounding with canyons of space between, the moments drawn out lusciously like the longing between liaisons with a lover, not lust exactly but lovesickness, a deep crush, the beat slow and swaying, the atmosphere sultry yet fresh. Greg Wanders, who is behind the vocals on this collaborative track, was inspired by that feeling.

"I listened to it a couple times and the general vibe was something I could imagine listening to with that special someone," he tells us, "so I decided to direct my energy towards that field." He croons accordingly with a feeling of gentle detachment, floating above the world, heart fluttering, suiting the almost sleepy vibe in the instrumental.

'Whatever' also features fellow Londoner, producer ElMari, as well as Liverpool-based musicmaker Mudchute, and was the product, as ElMari wrote to us in an email, of a meeting between the three artists in London in the summer: "We got in the studio one day in September and we vibed and then we made this." The rhythm, the space, and the textures of this track combine beautifully together, the space hanging between sounds bristling with energy and strewn with muttering vocal samples and fizzy sounds. Lounge-flavoured synth chords paint a sense of utter chillment, the slow nodding motion of them bouncing along with the warm bass bloops, the percussion keeping time with a crunch of snare and gloopy kicks. And let us not forget that guitar, adding an instant heat to the track with its muffled but scorching virtuosity.

Part lullaby, part slow jam, 'Whatever' is a dreamy, brightly glistening send-off into the arms of a fellow human being who wants to spend a large portion of their time with you.

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🐣 EXMAG — TEN THOUSAND CHAINS

Melting into the past and evaporating into the future. 'Ten Thousand Chains' is a track that teeters on a precipice between two worlds. Expansive futuristic synth chords sweep throughout, neon-flavoured and plasma-textured, ladling contemporary retrofuturistic visions into the track as the soulful modulations play out. On the other hand, these early '90s R&B herbs and spices in the sumptuous swing of the beat, the indefatigable groove of it all, the clifftop guitar solos saddling the slow-jam sway with sustained sultry wailing, a seasoned croon of virtuosity.

Created by musicmaking entity Exmag, the track begins with mellow horizontally inclined hip-hop shuffle, sheafing metallic hi-hats deliciously clacking snares thudthumping kicks. Lounge-leaning guitar chords lilting liquidly and the chill wobbly tones of an organ dim the lights and set the mood; uzi hi-hats and that screaming guitar power-up later on; staccato bass lays down immense groove. The track ends with shivering shaker shuffle, synth chords in syncopation, a jostling procession of energy. 'Ten Thousand Chains' is smooth and sleek with epic accoutrements, its twoness is effortlessly maintained, a combo track that anticipates the brimming potential of nightfall, prophecies and memories weaving together amidst a purple post-sunset dusk.

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• 🔔 'Ten Thousand Chains' is out now courtesy of Majestic Casual Records.

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🐣 COSGROVE — EASTERN CARAVAN

Beginning with magic and majesty, the soft clattering of different elements poised to join together and jam – the reverbing muted rumble of the drums, faroff breeze of cymbal, the bass plucked slowly and poignant in the tense silent air – Cosgrove's track 'Eastern Caravan' is a dream of music, skiffle skittering audio elements blend for an intricate tapestry of different noises, but overall the atmosphere is one of horizontal reclining chill, and of unknown locations only limited by where your imagination can take you—the title suggests something that the band had in mind, but its lonely expansive feel, the focused yet wandering jazz of it all, is a clarion call for conjuring mystical cutscenes.

As the song kicks in proper, the plaintive saxophonic hook twists and meanders over the smart snapping drums that bounce throughout, the rimshots and tom hits and the metallic skiffing of the cymbal, the veil of rhythm that works as the misty mainstay of the track. Guitars that sweep distant distorted chords wait their turn through a bass solo where the beat loses momentum and seems to melt before you, evocative as sliding into warm water, the blues-tinged virtuoso of the guitar crinkling and winding into peals of piano. Emotion abounds, the drums now at their most glimmering glitter sprinkling gold as now the warm tones of the saxophone fall back in and eventually grooving into that first melancholic hook with which the song began. A haze of restrained prodigy, the mastery of creating a sense of otherworldliness truly abounds here.

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• 🔔 'Eastern Caravan' is the opening song to Cosgrove's recently released album Volume 1., which you can now purchase from iTunes should you wish to do so.

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DAYTRIP – FLIGHT 43 (NYC) [FREE DOWNLOAD]

It really sounds like it's the start of something on first listen – and rightly so. The track is the beginning of a conceptual project, at least seemingly – if THIS NOTE on the Daytrip tumblr is anything to go by, and also the fact it says "The story begins…" in the song's description on SoundCloud – that aims… well, who knows. I don't know what the aim is. But from this inaugural track, 'Flight 43 (NYC)' we can at least glean that it's got something to do with taking a trip. A daytrip perhaps— that was lame, sorry. All it could be referencing is, well, just the start of the music project that is Daytrip.

Before we go any further, who's Daytrip? Good Q. So Daytrip is a duo from New York City made up of DenZ and David Hugh Cosby and the music they make is very exciting. Beginning with a female voice, a flight attendant's or something, announcing the flight from New York to Kingston, Jamaica, it carries with it all the rumbling potential of a track that could easily GO OFF as they say. As if poised for take off, bubbling arpeggios glitter into view, and then the beat – a frantic feat of footwork syncopation – begins to rattle before we drop into the triumphal electrolysed chords, sharp and bright, illustrating the weird majesty of flight.

Glockenspiel sounds add a cute innocence, the wide-eyed wonder as you look out the window at the ever-disappearing ground below, breaking through the clouds into a silent sky – sub-bass kicks deafening and energising – a vocal sample gabbers incoherently – it's a beautifully delicious sound that takes us through the emotions of exploring the unknown, the wordless anticipation of travelling to new places. The cherry on top here is some mean guitar shredding in the form of an untouchable guitar solo, played by Ed Graves (from London), a scrambling collection of distorted wails and screams that bring to mind the soundtrack for F-Zero X: the perfect sound for zooming along at breakneck speed, which is basically exactly what you do in a plane.

In any case, it's a huge sound full of attitude and a towering atmosphere – something that definitely fits the image of soaring above NYC's collection of skyscrapers.

What would be really cool is if this really is a conceptual project… so like, this first track explores the sounds involved in getting a plane from NYC to Kingston; then a new location is announced, and the song is formed based around whatever Daytrip imagine would fit best. Or maybe I just don't know anything. Either way, this particular song is V NICE, and unique: when was the last time you heard a guitar literally shredding it UP in a song that sounds like it's more influenced by ghetto house than anything else? Exactly. Probably never. Unique, thoughtful, bombastic – it's great. And I am looking forward to the next leg of the journey.

• Free download, free download, party time, excellent!

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