If you wondered how Jay-Z’s producer Swizz Beats twisted Justice’s D.A.N.C.E. into ‘On To The Next One’, this video explains it. The transition is about 2:00.
With the news that Def Jux, home to Aesop Rock, Cage, El-P, Rob Sonic, Cannibal Ox, Mr. Lif and more is winding down as a traditional label, The Crypt posted a 62 tune 350MB mixtape by Vega of Def Jux tunes to mark the occasion. Tracklisting after the jump.
ZIP: Def Jux Mixtape (Alternative link)
Before Def Jux disappears in its current form they’ve scheduled some releases including a posthumous album from Camu Tao, a remix compilation, a 10th year anniversary and other goodies. Hopefully, as detailed in El-P’s statement, they can “turn this hoopty in to a hovercraft”. Here are some of my own personal favourite tunes from the label:
MP3: RJD2 – The Horror
MP3: El-P – Poisenville Kids No Win (feat. Cat Power)
MP3: Cannibal Ox – Vein
MP3: Mr. Lif – Brothaz
And a related classic:
Badu tweeted this song earlier today. It’s the first official single from New Amerykah Part II: Return of the Ankh which drops in late March. This is the Badu laidback as you know her well with Questlove on drums and co-produced by Badu and James Poyser.
MP3: Erykah Badu – Window Seat
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A perfect Friday mix from Today FM’s Donal Dineen including some of my favourite tunes from Joy Orbison, Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros, Floating Points, the Jape remix of Patrick Kelleher, Darkstar’s ‘Aidy’s Girls a Computer’ and more good stuff.
This tune was sent to me late last night by a mate wanting to know more. Unfortunately, there is very little to know about the cryptic Selfish Replicators at the moment apart from the fact that this song was disseminated amongst a small number of music blogs (hello MP3hugger) and that the band are possibly from Norway.
Describing them as a Scandinavian Grizzly Bear means you probably won’t need to know much else. ‘Strands’ is definitely reminiscent of the Bear in its delicately arranged percussive timbres and its guitar line particularly. Whoever this band are it’s an awesome introduction.
Danish band Quadron specialise in soulful silky-pop with an emphasis on the soul and pop. They are Robin and Coco and if you dig Lykke Li’s brand of Scanadavian pop you may very well dig these guys too.
Producer Robin Hannibal was worked with Aloe Blacc, Buraka Som Sistema and Omas Keith of Sa-Ra Creative Partners while 21 year-old Coco has sang for the producer collective Boom Clap Bachelors of which Hannibal is part of.
Their recent self-titled record was released in Europe last year and it’s getting a Stateside release in March on LA label Plug Research. Soul Clap!
MP3: Quadron -Sippin’
Sometimes all a song needs for a video is a load of people spazzing out to the tune in front of a camera. ‘Asylum’ is Not Squares forthcoming single on Richter Collective due in March. They were awesome at this a couple of weeks ago.
The video was directed by Andrew Wood. Here’s their recent single:
This is the music video of the year so far for me. I love how director Edouard Salier has created his own world of black chrome, bejeweled people, particles and a slow reveal.
The fixed moment of a catastrophe. The instant the atom bursts on the beast, the world freezes into a vitrified chaos. And we go through the slick and glistening disaster of a humanity in distress. Man or beast? The responsibility of this chaos is still to be determined.
- Edouard Salier
If you’re on Twitter, more videos are forthcoming at this site: http://heligolandfilms.massiveattack.com
With between 50-100 promo emails coming through each day, it can be hard to give due coverage to everything I’d like to feature. Here are some songs I’ve been sent which deserve more of your time and mine.
- A 19 year-old dude from Indiana named Joseph Denny who makes music under the name of Spirit Spine. He’s got many a blogger watching him already. He took his name from a ’70s documentary about people with severed spinal cords who still feel they can walk. His music is like an amalgamation of Dan Deacon, Panda Bear and Washed Out; playful samples and chambered arrangements that belie his Garageband production methods.
He’s got a single Crashers (Highs And Lows) out in two weeks on Makemine Records, a 7″ label who has previously released Gold Panda, The Books and Plastic Little . You can get it from Rough Trade. An album Jungle Bridges has been released Stateside and ‘Flashes’ from that is below.
MP3: Spirit Spine – Crashers Highs and Lows
As I enthused last week I’m New Here is Gil Scott-Heron’s first new album in 16 years and I described it as “a mix of spoken word, futuristic blues, dark-stained socio-political life and poetic ruminations. The man above still sounds as inspired and god-damn urgent as ever.” Amen.
Listen for yourself after the jump.
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