DJ Sneak, Swedish House Mafia Beef, New Hot Chip Video, The Death of EDM & More! -- Weekly RPM

Posted on Apr 5th 2012 3:45PM by Theo Bark
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DJ Sneak has never been one to hold his tongue, but he recently caught the ire of fellow house legend Felix da Housecat when he called out Swedish House Mafia. "It's a sad thing when the Swedish House Mafia is being paid big money to come to the US to play house music," Sneak tweeted. "For the record, they do not play house music." When Mafia member Steve Angello responded Sneak to confront him on his "fucked up" tweet, the Chicago house hero refused to back down. "Hating never. Exposing the fake shit you guys portray, indeed. I come from the times real DJs actually did it with love," Sneak wrote. Ouch. [InTheMix]

As Hot Chip prep to release their fifth album In Our Heads and kick off a world tour in June, check out their dizzying video for lead single "Flutes." If the song is any indication, their new one's gonna be great. [YouTube]

Is big business ruining "EDM culture"? Check out the New York Times' breakdown of electronic music for old people. PLUR. [NYT]

Take a listen to James Blake collaborator Airhead's exquisite, restrained new single "Wait," which is in stores now. Chopped up vocal samples, static tension and empty space. [Pitchfork]

Berlin techno duo Modeselektor have announced a followup to their Modeselektion Vol. 1 comp, featuring Egyptrixx, Martyn, Clark, Addison Groove, Mouse on Mars, Sirisumo, and Lazer Sword, who have a new album coming via Monkeytown on April 27. Listen to snippets of Modeselektion Vol. 2 here. [XLR8R]

Beatportal interviewed Croatian techno producer Petar Dundov about his exceptional new LP Ideas from the Pond recently. Highly recommended album, and an interesting read. [Beatportal]

Gallic deep house legend Pepe Braddock producer has a funky new four-track 12" EP in stores, which is also highly recommended. Check out/buy "Imbroglios Part I" here. [Fact]

Watch Hot Chip's "Flutes" Video