Kevin Bronson on June 1st, 2012

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You know the concept of vocal control, right? Justin Taylor’s voice has vibe control. Taylor –  aka Jutty Taylor, aka Jutty Shark – was last (and still heard) heard fronting the breezy pop of Blacks&, whose April EP won hearts and ears. Taylor’s new project with his Finnish friend Jaakko Manninen is called Jutty Ranx, who just released a free four-song EP of funky, feel-good electro that transcends the puerile preening that dominates Top 40 music. Take this one into your weekend and wash it down with something cold. (The video below, by the way, is time-stamped 1994 because, Taylor theorizes, it was made with a vintage camera bought at a shop in Studio City and “likely, that’s the last time it was used. We decided [the time-stamp] was too funny so we left it in.”)

||| Download: “Don’t Let Me Down”

||| Also: Visit Jutty Ranx on Soundcloud to download three more songs.

||| Also: After the jump, check out the video for “Don’t Let Me Down”: