10.30.2009
10.29.2009
Shine Blockers
This is the new Big Boi track. It features Gucci Mane and it has a really three six mafia sound about it. Reminds me of International Players Anthem. It's sort of epic. So go listen to it on Pitchfork's website.
10.28.2009
Gordon Voidwell
GO download the mixtape from Gordon Voidwell. I don't know how good it is because I haven't listened yet, but it has to be if I'm recommending it before I even hear it! They were one of the few bands I saw during CMJ and they were the fucking best. Their whole aesthetic was amazing, one of them was from Port Chester (the one with the crazy yellow synth, known as a zen drum), and their music was so good. Two of the groups (Das Racist and Bin Laden Blowin' Up) were suprisingly good that night too so I was expecting the same hipster hip hop stuffins that they delivered, but NO, Gordon Voidwell were funky and electro and there was a ton of musicianship involved. All parts of the band were perfect, especially the fine ladies they brought with them to dance on stage. They hardly danced, they were more about getting people in the mood for love or something.
I also put some pictures up because East Village Radio only used one on their site for the show's recap and they picked the worst one!
10.23.2009
Floating Points/Benji B/deviation
I was listening to this e.p. that my friend gave me called Vacuum E.P. by Floating Points, i really was digging it so i looked him up and ran into this web of great musicians. One is a radio Dj for BBC's radio one/1xtra called Benji B who plays some of the best shit, he's really into L.A. broken beat stuff, dubstep/dnb, and anything with a soulful tinge to it. anyway he had a show with Floating Points on it, and they had a little interview and I learned that Floating Points is one guy, who is 23 and still in school studying neuro-science. His style of music falls under labels like dubby techno, broken beat. Trying to avoid labels I would say he's doing something important in the contemporary electronic music scene, with soulful and intelligent productions that never stray to far away from dance music. Overall I think he's great and it's awesome to find artists like this who share similar visions. I collected some links including a way to download the radio 1 show. here's a link to deviation Floating Points label/party promoter thing LINK
Download the Benji B BBC radio 1 show with Floating Points, including interview
there's also Fatima, a female vocalist, and Funkin Even, a producer, all connected and all dope check them out through Floating Points' friends.
10.19.2009
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10.06.2009
69
apparanatly pronounced six nine not sixty-nine, this is another moniker from the great producer Carl Craig. dubbed out techno with a very creative approach to rhythm and drum programming, one of the most important things I look for in techno tracks.
10.05.2009
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