Smooth Jamz #8

I've come to bless you with more of the smooth.



Its got that crazy SWING! don't hate on the smooth! I'll waltz to this shit all day.

Wally Badarou - Waltz

Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti

Y'all NEED NEED NEED to cop this album when it drops June 8th. If you've listened to his previous albums, you know he's got a great song writing gift, although its usually drenched in muffled tape fuzz (which is part of the intimate appeal). He's cleaned up a bit for this release however, and it contains some of the best pop songs I've heard in ages, hooks for days, especially on this tune in particular.



Here's another gem. All these other "lo-fi" dudes need to step their game up!

Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffitti - Fright Night (Nevermore)

If you are feeling tracks these be sure to support @ 4AD when it's released.

Lazer Sword / Shot In The Nite 7"

LAZER SWORD - SHOT IN THE NITE by LAZER SWORD

"hooky 80s slow burner"...probably the biggest tune out now if you ask me.

Cop the 7" or mp3s with Koopa Boss Mode B-Side over at Stones Throw.

FBC Compilation #4

Hot new deep-fried jelly crust jams from Friendship Bracelet Club, with contributions from das likes of Luke Perry, matthewdavid, Happy Family, Mane Mane and ourselves (SiFunk and Garmunkle). Check it out, and Buy that Funky little freak tape... all sorts of goodies included only 5 Dolla.

1. RxRy - Aoen Eyseai Flouors

2. matthewdavid - Desert Moon

3. SiFunk & Garmunkle - Pixelated Marshmellow

4. Mane Mane - Hidden Dap

5. Persona La Ave - Backroads

6. Luke Perry - Phone Freak

7. Nowa Huta - Antlers

8. How To Dress Well - Can't See My Own Face

9. Chat Room - BMX to Karate Lessons, BMX to Freedom

10. Happy Family - Youtube

11. heRobust - Half Fool

12. Inflatable Mattress - Karen's Dub Part 2

13. Mind Rippers - Heather & Donna

14. Tangles - Cruisin

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L-L-L-LEXX

This is a long overdue post for me because I've been listening to LEXX's tripped out bangers for a minute now (we even put a couple in our Brooklynite Gallery Mix) but I'm not sure if you have been...in which case I present him to you now.

He's part of the same Wigflip fam from Baltimore which also boasts Semya, Run DMT & more, so you know from his company alone its quality. He boasts a more beat heavy sound however, layering synthetic beeps, bloops, n phat basslines with crunchy drums & killer samples. Basically beats for the Gusher snackin', Snick watchin', Nintendo generation.

Do yourself a favor and download his MANGOBLUNT EP & SLIME TIME beattape. And stay tuned for HOOPS!!!!!!

Chubstep Allstar

KUHN @ LINKS Soundclash/BASSIC

This ain't a hobby; it's a verdict.

Raddddical night of original dubstep tunes from ten Boston-area producers/DJs @ LINKS Soundclash, hosted by BASSIC. "This is your city," was the tag, and that pretty much sums it up... non-stop talent, non-stop vibes, beautiful people! Peep the video above... 'Rear Window' into a yet untitled banger I finished the night before & then some unreleased S&G shit smooth as it is low.

LINKS put together an ill compilation CD, which I ripped and posted on Mediafire for you out of towners.

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It's got 'We're Gonna Make It' off my Spacemusik EP, but my favorites are the tunes by Skunk, DJ Vous, Prism and Dabu, who is the mastermind behind LINKS... I wanna big up him and the rest of the BASSIC crew for all the work they put into it.

It's refreshing to hear what kind of low end your next-door neighbors are toting without the walls in between. :)

InfinitiRock

I like a dude who gives presents to others on his birthday. All I usually do is get nihilistic and eat candy.

InfinitiRock is freshly 18 and NY bred. '17Years' is his fresh, free, 40-track (!) birthday beat tape for you and me. Lots of changing moods/textures here, really great match for these changing seasons in the East... straight Atlantics, dawg.

SXSW RE-BLAP

OK...so for y'all who didn't know I had the extreme pleasure of going down to good ol' Austin, Texas for the festival known as South By Southwest (or SXSW for us shorthand blogger types). I was actually going down there to work at the Levi's/Fader Fort and thus was unable to attend any daytime showcases (other than the acts I was able to see at the fort). While that was a slight bummer, I did have most of my nights free and was able to see a good amount of the acts I had gone in planning to check out.

(Hudson Mohawke + Olivier Day Soul @ Warp Showcase)

First of all, I just want to say Austin is a mad-house during this week - the streets are blocked off for a good portion of the downtown district and so it has this sort of free-roaming, party atmosphere of a street festival, only it goes on for 4 days +.

(Flying Lotus @ Warp Showcase)

I'm not going to review all the acts I saw individually but will say that I was able to check out Hudson Mohawke + Olivier Day Soul, Eskmo, and Flying Lotus at the Warp Showcase (mindblowing), Zackey Force Funk & Kutmah at Hit & Run's Party, Theophilus London & Neon Indian at Green Label Sound, Daedelus at the Ninja Tune showcase, Lazersword & Debruit @ an official venue, as well as Memory Tapes, Washed Out, Dam Funk (YES!), Nas, Bone Thugs & Mayer Hawthorne at the Fader Fort. There are probably a couple others I'm forgetting, but those are the ones which stood out.

Oh, and I finagled my way into Mad Decent's after party but lost my camera in the process (wamp wamp) leaving me with only pics from Tuesday night.

[INSERT MORE TREASURED MOMENTS CAPTURED ON CAMERA, LOST FOREVER]

Shout out to my F.A.R.M. team homies, we held it di-down, yerrdddddd. Oh can't forget Whataburger too...you helped nourish me on those cold & lonely nights (seriously it was cold a couple of nights).

And here's a video to try & give you just a TASTE of the experience of Flylo's set (the visuals were incredible):




*EDIT* Just got dope footage of Daedelus at the Ninja Tune Showcase via my bud Aaron over @ theXshark. Bass destruction!!!!!!!

R.I.P. Nujabes (1974-2010)

I know I'm a little late on this, but just wanted to pay a small tribute to the late, talented Née Jun Seba, known to most people as Nujabes. Apparently he died in a car crash in Tokyo last month...another one taken too soon.

I personally found out about him through his work on the anime Samurai Champloo, but after digging deeper into his tracks (although the ones he did for that are top notch) I found a slew of other noteworthy productions. His beats always had an introspective, nostalgic value that really grabs the listener immediately. I know he had a large influence on me personally when I started out making beats, and I'm sure others can say the same.

Here are some of my personal favorite productions by him:

Nujabes -Aruarian Dance

Nujabes -Think Different feat. Substantial

Nujabes - Tsurugi No Mai

Nujabes - Untitled (Track 15)

Rear Window

Keith Yin Yan is a golden god. He e-mailed me a couple weeks ago suggesting we collab on a video project, one thing leads to the next, and then BOOM: the A/N space station, a nasty-Larry, slick-ass metallic corncob, sliding through the cosmos like bread on butter. I think we just got a mascot ladies and gentlemengs.

Did I mention that Keith made this in a single work-day?! Check out more of his videos at shadowedlab.com and his photography at overshadowed.com.

The track, 'Rear Window,' is from our split Atlantics EP, which is free forever in case anyone (shamefully) missed it.

FF to 8:20. Now that's what I call a close encounter.

KUHN - SPACEMUSIK EP

new ep w/

field recordings from saturn's rings + ur-anus.

hot like sun lava.

ice cold like pluto aint a planet no more.

but full of space love.

A1 - Spacemusik

B1 - We're Gonna Make It

B2 - Moonmusik

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ARE U RDY 4 THA WEEK'S END?

Calvin Harris - Ready For The Weekend (Obey City Remix)

Feels like Spring

DAMN I wasn't sure if this was ever gonna come out. Well worth the wait though. Teebs + Jackhigh = cold cold hypnotic heat. Listen to the EP in full below, and COP it when it drops on April 5th.

C Powers

Just discovered this C Powers fellow (& his alternate personas) via the homie Ian over at Friendship Bracelet.

was diggin' all his tracks, but this one by MANE MANE really hit me hard

Mane Mane - Skin Fox by cpowers

"Sunny summer big 808 bass make you feel good with a chilled alcoholic beverage. Make you feel like a beautiful woman"

check out more of his jemz over at ye ol' soundcloud

YES PLEASE

HEETER!!!!!!

The album this beast resides on ("Ear Drums And Black Holes") will be released in April.

Tracklist

01. OK Luv
02. Murderous Words (feat. Cerebral Vortex)
03. 11th Hour
04. Numb (feat. P-Money)
05. Stars (feat. Anneka)
06. Multidial
07. Spacecraft
08. Neck Snap
09. Fourth Dimension
10. Club Games (feat. Cerebral Vortex & Buddy Leezle)
11. Alienstyles
12. Capsule
13. New Cities (feat. Kiki Hitomi)
14. Pleasure Points
15. Fidelio

Jms Blk Rewind

Hold on. I just straightforwardly shed a single tear.

AK + Godzilla Type Shit

I'm like the Akira Kiteshi fan club over here.

Gammera from Hexstatic presents TRAILER TRAX on Vimeo.

Smooth Jamz #7

This falls into the category of "epic smooth jamz." Its so ridiculous, I'm completely obsessed with this song right now.

(p.s. I think I need a yamaha dx7)

Coyote Clean Up

Found out about this dude through Daytime Television. Killer dubby chill house shit. Grab "Double Trouble" (25 trax) from Afternoons Modeling HERE.





















and his new Lackadaisical split-EP with FUR on Waaga records free to download HERE.

Don't Sleep.

also check out his remix of "I Love You So" by Jesse Futerman. I've dug my fair share of downtempo music, but this has to be one of the chillest, most relaxing tracks I've heard in a while. get it HERE.