Erykah Badu searches for more solitude in her new single “Window Seat.” Her fifth studio album “New Amerykah Part II: Return of the Ankh” is scheduled to be released at the end of this month on March 30th. If this track is any indication that Badu has polished off her old avatar, get ready for an emotional LP.

Quadron has us convinced that somethings in the Scandavian water, that consistently produces catchy soul rhythms. We are in the rapture of Quadron, an emerging Danish band made up of two kindred spirits – Robin and Coco.

Listening to “He Was Worse Than The Needle He Gave You,” It’s hard to believe The Delta Mirror was a hip-hop group once: the gossamer shoegaze atmospheres and haunted indie vocals of frontman Craig Gordon seem far away from any boom bap. But then the beat kicks in, and you realize that Delta Mirror know how to make a supple electronic groove. More importantly, they know how to write a crucial, affecting song amid all the synth swells and cathedral reverb.

“This is the first and last mash up we’ll ever make,” the fantastic New York neo-disco-post-electro-with-vocals-whatever duo relayed about their dreaded mash up combining Holy Ghost’s earlier single “I Will Come Back” with “Yearning,” a new release from DFA act Black Van. They claim they broke the no-mash-up rule to celebrate Chinese New Year, but we’ll take the musical dividends no matter what.

She was handed the Critic’s Choice prize at the Brit Awards by Courtney Love, but don’t hold that against Ellie Goulding. Goulding has proven to be one of our fave elastic-voiced electro-folk-pop artistes in the past year; now that she’s chosen our fave nu remixer, Penguin Prison, to do the business to her single “Starry Eyes”…

“Mellow but uplifting” is how tastemaker DJ Rob Da Bank introduced Gui Boratto’s remix of the new Massive Attack track “Paradise Circus” on a recent radio show, and that’s a pretty good way to put it. Brazilian DJ/producer Boratto is the most maximal of the minimal techno generation, filling his insistent grooves with stirring emotion and (gasp!) something resembling pop hooks; therefore he’s a perfect choice to remix a track off Heligoland, the latest album from the trip-hop titans.

Super skilled hip hop producer Jnerio Jarel has been in and around our personal cipher for sometime now, and his abstract stylings and alter egos consistently amazes us. Today’s amazement comes in the form of a remix of Bjork’s “My Juvenile” featuring the cherub vocals of Antony Hegarty.

Via Twitter, Mad Decent majordomo/superstar DJ Diplo kinda slammed the new video for Rihanna’s “Rude Boy” as a rip-off of his homey M.I.A’s “Boyz” clip (comparing the two, he does kinda have a point, but decide for yourself). Then, adding humor to injury, the dance-music merry prankster tweeted a download link to his new, irreverent remix of “Rude Boy” just a few hours later. It’s just amazing what that there Interweb can do!

As if that Major Lazer album wasn’t hot enough, Diplo and Switch’s dancehall destruction project have released a salvo from an upcoming ep that’s better than anything they’ve released yet. “Sound of Siren” features a memorable hook from the first lady of Diplo’s woofer-wrecking crew, M.I.A, a raucous flow from Jamaican chat master…

Flying Lotus (aka Steven Ellison) is one of the most original electronic music artists working today. As a result, FlyLo’s upcoming full-length Cosmogramma is being hailed by those that have heard it as a paradigm-shifting opus (FlyLo himself calls it a “space opera”) that will change electronic music forever.

We’ve been fans of eccentric U.K. pop chanteuse Marina Diamandis for a minute now, but this new remix of her track “I Am Not A Robot” definitely shows her off in a fresh light.

“O.N.E.” is the second single from Yeasayer’s new album Odd Blood, which is an early (but serious) contender for one of 2010’s albums of the year. The Brooklyn band had blogs atwitter with their 2007 debut album All Hour Cymbals and its experimental yet beguiling mash of chanting psychedelia and ethno-tribal urban indie grooves.

When Infadels debuted in 2006, the U.K. quintet were kind of caught between two poles—the danceable post-punk of, say, Bloc Party and the nu-rave of mega-buzzed about bands like the Klaxons. As a result, Infadels didn’t get the hype of those bands, but they may have staying power beyond expectations—especially if a track like the new single “Ghosts” is any indication.

How is it that no one ever remixed the “Home Alone” theme? It’s such a dope idea, and now Virtual Boy have beaten everyone to the punch! It’s a perfect fit for the California-based electronic duo, who meld orchestral sounds with state-of-the-art glitch funk that will melt your face in no time. There’s a sense of playfulness to the Virtual Boy sound–they’re playing with the listener’s expectations at all times on their ep How Do I Get To Space…

Sometimes you just gotta say WTF, which is much of the spirit that is behind Rad Omen. A (seemingly) random pairing between a well-known rock frontman and a world-trotting electronic DJ, Rad Omen is what happens when creative folks just let predispositions go and just get… well, creative. Time will certainly tell the true tale behind this track and the resulting album, which we are told is being leaked entirely at some point, but for now this video and download will have to speak for them. The punchline of the video?

Join in on the wonderment of this track by Ghostpoet. This promising British MC takes us on a much needed caravan ride towards the downbeat side of raw hip hop soul. It’s that gloriousease on down the road music that we simply enjoy over here. Ghostpoet’s storytelling is informal and practical similar to the Mike Skinner from back in the day, but is able to stand on his own with an imaginative range of experimental sounds.

Today’s track of the day qualifies as Album of the Day as well, um yeah to me at least admittedly because i’ve found myself besotted with the artist Jesca Hoop ! (musically that is). The delightful ‘Whispering Light’ below off of the just released and already deservedly highly touted ‘Hunting My Dress’ album could easily make one believe that lady Jesca hails from the northern most parts of the British Isles and is deeply steeped in misty folklore and minstrel ways.

Dirty Projectors gave music fans a post-holiday gift to celebrate a new decade today: two free songs, both unreleased, available as either a 7” vinyl single or a free download, depending on your particular audio predilection. Both songs, “Ascending Melody” and “Emblem of the World,” come from the same sessions that produced the Projectors’ indie-rock masterpiece Bitte Orca, which was universally hailed as one of the best albums of 2009 by critics and real people alike.

Jack Splash is the new hip-hop hype du jour: Missy Elliot calls him “the next Prince,” Mos Def hailed him as “the new generation of funk,” and Rolling Stone slated Splash as “the next Outkast.” Either way, he seems, to quote the D.O.C.’s hip-hop classic, funky enough. Whether he’s the next Lil’ Wayne is debatable, but he’s definitely taken a page from Weezy’s promotional play book, dropping mixtape after mixtape to get attention for his upcoming “real” major-label album due in May.

Ali Love has been on the scene for a minute, as a vocalist on Chemical Brothers’ “Do It Again” and a few early singles that gave him enough shine that you can’t help but notice. There’s been buzz on his new album, but already we’re starting to get a steady stream of remixes. It’s obvious that the trainspotters and Ableton massive are on it.