Ellis & Jinings :: Another Day

Portland's Matthew Ellis from the band Purse Candy that we really like and posted about before here, has a new side project with another Portland artist that goes by the name The Plain Ensemble. They are calling their new project Ellis & Jinings. The first track they've put out / sent our way is "Another Day" and it is a breezy deliciously tropical sounding electro-pop jam that reminds us that summer is right around the corner. I can picture myself listening to this pool side already. Can't wait to hear more from them.

For now get to know Ellis & Jinings. Check out their new jam "Another Day", plus their gorgeous video for it which seems to have been shot in Japan! One of my bucket list vacation spots that I have to see before I die. Good one fellas! Enjoy...

Manzur

One half of the totally awesome Futurecop! have a new musical project called Manzur. He sent along some of the new tunes and I am digging it! It has a very chill, instrumental retrowave sound, which is about right as he says "the music is influenced by film scores".

Check out a couple tracks "Kingdoms" and "Redemption" below which he is offering as free downloads, plus the video for "Kingdoms" made up of movie clips he likes. Scope out more on his soundcloud.

Holy Ghost! - Okay (a/jus/ted Remix)

When you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything? Right, so I will not mention Holy Ghost. I will however shed a bit of shine on our 2 heroes from New York City.

Justin Strauss & Teddy Stuart have started a new side-project that they've titled very appropriately a/jus/ted. While not a great deal of material is available from this new moniker, there are seemingly some impressive productions that will be forthcoming on both Southern Fried Records and Under the Shade.

Giving attention to the the time and energy that both of these producers have invested into their existing solo careers, it seems as though it is almost safe to say that their future work as a/jus/ted will head in a similar direction to that of what we hear on this tidied up version of "Okay". A considerably more positive hats off is well deserved by Justin and Teddy, who've together successfully rerouted what was for me, a one time partially listened to track very likely on it's way to never being heard again, and whipped it into a wickedly proper dance floor mobilizer.