A while back, I posted something about how Daedelus and Jogger were doing the debut release of the Friends of Friends label.
A remix of that project is on it's way, with a stylistic smorgasbord of folks having their way with the originals, including Eliot Lipp, Nosaj Thing and Michna.
One of my favorites so far, is the remix of Jogger's "Nice Tights" by Mexicans with Guns.
The results are a wild dance track that is reminiscent of Fantastic Plastic Machine but with more acid-y basslines and ridiculous percussion. It's all topped with vocals analogous in effect to those of Hot Chip's early works.
"Hey, Hey" I recognize that from somewhere.
Normally, when I go digging for music, I don't really try to find things that have already been sampled by other people. However, sometimes I stumble across samples I never previously knew existed in the first place.
Such is the case with this Gershon Kingsley song "Hey, Hey" of his 1969 release Music to Moog By.
Take a listen.
For the life of me, I can't remember where I know this song from. I think it might be from a DJ Shadow track, but I thought it was on Entroducing, which I'm wrong about, unless I missed it somehow when I just went and checked.
If you can remember where this is from, please enlighten me.
Inspect this track further.
Proton x SMKA - Fuck The Economy
I've been sitting on this track for a minute, and meaning to post something about it. SMKA is a production team from ATL that's bubbling in a major way, and Proton has been doing their thing for a minute now, doing shows all over the place, and if I remember correctly, getting named to a list of new hip hop acts to watch by ATL's Creative Loafing either last year or the year before.
Either way, their collabo, which will be the lead single off SMKA's forthcoming 808 Experiment Vol. 2, "Fuck the Economy," is worth checking out.
"Fuck the Economy" buys a ticket to India to lay down this Tabla-centric, world beat banger that will rock any party worth being at.
Download a copy from SMKA's blog, and pick up the 808 Experiment Vol. 1.
Either way, their collabo, which will be the lead single off SMKA's forthcoming 808 Experiment Vol. 2, "Fuck the Economy," is worth checking out.
"Fuck the Economy" buys a ticket to India to lay down this Tabla-centric, world beat banger that will rock any party worth being at.
Download a copy from SMKA's blog, and pick up the 808 Experiment Vol. 1.
The Darlings - Yeah I Know
The Darlings are from New York. The quartet just jumped out of a time machine, carrying nothing but their instruments and a timeless formula for fun rock and roll. Their songs are short, upbeat romps through innocent fields ripe with parties, girls and beer. Everything sounds just a little fuzzy, and if you close your eyes you can take yourself back to a kick ass house party or garage concert and imagine that these guys are playing and everyone is having an awesome time.
They are reminiscent of a lot of bands, a mash up of 60s fuzz-rock, some lost indie rockers circa 1986, and a hint of newer groups like the Strokes and their ilk.
This song "Eviction Party" is one of my favorites, and fairly representative of the album as a whole. This is not one of those projects where you need to skip songs. You can put it in and let it ride. Definitely a crucial piece of fodder for roadtrip mixes.
Eviction Party - Darlings
The Darlings "Yeah I Know" drops August 11.
Codebreaker "Follow Me" Juan Maclean Rmx
Whoah. Are you DJing a luxurious pool party any time soon? Because if so, you're gonna need this:
Codebreaker - "follow me" Juan Maclean Rmx
It's the most pool party appropriate track I've heard all summer. If you're not smelling suntan lotion and drinking something with rum or muddled limes then you don't know how good life could be. This is some summertime official.
Grab a copy here.
Codebreaker - "follow me" Juan Maclean Rmx
It's the most pool party appropriate track I've heard all summer. If you're not smelling suntan lotion and drinking something with rum or muddled limes then you don't know how good life could be. This is some summertime official.
Grab a copy here.
New Gaslamp Killer EP out August 4th
Get your freaky electronic celebration on because Gaslamp Killer is dropping an EP on Flying Lotus's imprint Brainfeeder. I've got to say that I've never been so excited for an album from an artist I actually knew less about musically. He dropped one amazing track on the Art Don't Sleep compilation a few years back - a downtempo gypsy trip beat - and ever since then I've just been waiting to find more. Then he dropped a sweet mix for the Stones Throw podcast a year or two ago when the Heliocentrics' debut dropped, which was also excellent.
I've only heard this one song off the new album, but it is reminiscent of the Heliocentrics in so far as it is a sparse, spaced-out, drum-heavy groove that might make stoned tweens lose their minds. By the time the cymbals drop on the latter half of the song the overall effect is vaguely reminscent of classic Venetian Snares jungle played at 3/4 speed. Ridiculous.
Welcome your ears to the digital land of post-apocalyptic milk and honey.
Here's the leaked track: "Anything Goes"
Buy it when it drops on the 4th of August.
Pink Kodiak, Hello, Goodbye and Farewell SAV show
Just finished re-recording a new version of "Let's Get Sentimental" with Pink Kodiak. It's nice. We should have been collaborating for awhile, and it's unfortunate because the creator of Death Pop is leaving Savannah in 2 weeks to return to the corn-rich lands of Iowa — people of Des Moines, you should celebrate accordingly.
Phays & Pink Kodiak - "Let's Get Sentimental"
Keep a copy for yourself.
Next Saturday, July 25th, he'll be playing a farewell show at the Jinx along with literary alt-rocker Dare Dukes, and the newest Keith Kozel-led project The Champions. It will be a bittersweet evening of indie rock goodbyes, and most definitely an awesome show.
Phays & Pink Kodiak - "Let's Get Sentimental"
Keep a copy for yourself.
Next Saturday, July 25th, he'll be playing a farewell show at the Jinx along with literary alt-rocker Dare Dukes, and the newest Keith Kozel-led project The Champions. It will be a bittersweet evening of indie rock goodbyes, and most definitely an awesome show.
Dj Ayres - MJ Tribute Mix
There's been a lot of MJ tribute mixes floating around, but this one is the best I've heard so far. (If you know a better one, send it to me.)
Courtesy of The Rub's DJ Ayres, this one goes deep in the crates to celebrate the King of Pop's crazy career.
Courtesy of Pacemaker.
Courtesy of The Rub's DJ Ayres, this one goes deep in the crates to celebrate the King of Pop's crazy career.
Courtesy of Pacemaker.
Video: Ernie Kovacs - "Musical Office"
Oh the magic of the internet...There's always something awesome you never knew existed...
Video: Jovi Rockwell "Rizzla"
Whoah! So young Ms. Rockwell made a cameo on the Major Lazer album, and apparently her album is on its way from Delicious Vinyl, and in the meantime, she's dropped this marvelous lo-budget hanging-downtown video for "Rizzla" - it's the joint, get it? I'm loving the beat, which has some late 90s feel, like a Soundbombing 2 b-side with harder drums, which, topped with her delivery that melds a raw dancehall influence with a dash of well-seasoned hip hop, which I guess post-MIA is what the hipsters and club-goers want from a female-fronted banger track. Not that I can blame them. Let this fire up the weekend.
Song of the Week: "Emotional Rescue" by Freedom Dub
I have to be honest here, I don't know anything about this song, this group or the circumstances surrounding it, but I do know that this is the best Rolling Stones cover I've ever heard. It's chill, yet upbeat. Smooth with a bounce. I first heard it a couple weeks ago while sailing (mostly drinking in a boat, and trying not to get thrown into the ocean) and, if you're able, I would highly recommend listening to this song in a boat in the sun.
Unfortunately, I don't have an embeddable version, so you'll just have to grab a copy and trust that it is the jam.
For you.
Unfortunately, I don't have an embeddable version, so you'll just have to grab a copy and trust that it is the jam.
For you.
Craig G live at Tantra 7/25
Yo get excited because Craig G is coming to SAV to do a show at Tantra with Dope Sandwich at the end of the month.
If you didn't know that Craig G was on two of the dopest golden era tracks of all-time backed by Marley Marl: "The Symphony" and "Droppin' Science" or that he was one of the only cats to ever battle Supernatural and win, then peep this video of the ill throwback commercial he did for long lost clothing line Van Grack.
(Van Grack vid found via TheMeaningOfDope).
If you didn't know that Craig G was on two of the dopest golden era tracks of all-time backed by Marley Marl: "The Symphony" and "Droppin' Science" or that he was one of the only cats to ever battle Supernatural and win, then peep this video of the ill throwback commercial he did for long lost clothing line Van Grack.
(Van Grack vid found via TheMeaningOfDope).
Ritchcraft Presents FrootLoops
I love it when good music previously unknown to me appears in my inbox.
The most recent example is collection of remixes called Frootloops assembled by Ritchcraft along with collaborators Qwest and Jansport J.
This project is the epitome of why the internet is doing amazing things for artists open to collaboration. These three producers live in different corners of North America, and may or may not have ever even met in person before, but they met via Twitter and got things popping. Remix albums from dudes you've never heard before are a dime a dozen these days though, practically clogging the intricate series of tubes that make up the internet, but these three are no joke. What's particularly nice is that while all are dope, each has his own little flavor, which means the tracks don't get mired down in a stylistic rut and what would have been 3 nice EPs is actually more like a dope mixtape.
To give you an idea, here's a taste of each.
Ritchcraft, who masterminded the collection, is from Canada, and he drops a nice mashup of the immenently remixable Hov with a Led Zeppelin backdrop that gives this a nice Grey Album feel to it.
"Say Blue Honey" (Ritchcraft Mashup)
Bring a copy home.
Next up is Qwest, a head from North Carolina who wears his 9th Wonder influence on his sleeve, dropping a real laidback Camp Lo remix.
"Coolie High" (Qwest Remix) - Camp Lo
Save it for a friend.
Finally, enter Jansport J stage left, the west coaster who's starting to build a real solid rep, adding a metal finger-esque Rhymefest remix on top of the Transformer's theme.
"Dynamite Transformer" (Jansport J Remix)
Enjoy it later too.
The most recent example is collection of remixes called Frootloops assembled by Ritchcraft along with collaborators Qwest and Jansport J.
This project is the epitome of why the internet is doing amazing things for artists open to collaboration. These three producers live in different corners of North America, and may or may not have ever even met in person before, but they met via Twitter and got things popping. Remix albums from dudes you've never heard before are a dime a dozen these days though, practically clogging the intricate series of tubes that make up the internet, but these three are no joke. What's particularly nice is that while all are dope, each has his own little flavor, which means the tracks don't get mired down in a stylistic rut and what would have been 3 nice EPs is actually more like a dope mixtape.
To give you an idea, here's a taste of each.
Ritchcraft, who masterminded the collection, is from Canada, and he drops a nice mashup of the immenently remixable Hov with a Led Zeppelin backdrop that gives this a nice Grey Album feel to it.
"Say Blue Honey" (Ritchcraft Mashup)
Bring a copy home.
Next up is Qwest, a head from North Carolina who wears his 9th Wonder influence on his sleeve, dropping a real laidback Camp Lo remix.
"Coolie High" (Qwest Remix) - Camp Lo
Save it for a friend.
Finally, enter Jansport J stage left, the west coaster who's starting to build a real solid rep, adding a metal finger-esque Rhymefest remix on top of the Transformer's theme.
"Dynamite Transformer" (Jansport J Remix)
Enjoy it later too.
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