Black Atlass – “Castles” (Official Video)
London, Ontario, Canada’s Alex Fleming is Black Atlass. Bleak yet monumental, as castles often are.
Funkineven & Fatima – “Phone Line” (Official Video)
There were two great songs released this summer that primarily concern themselves with telephones and calling someone, maybe. This is the one you can admit to liking. Funkineven & Fatima – “Phone… Continue reading
Listen/Download this Week’s DIG DEEP Radio Show with Dan Digs: Beats, Bass & Electronic Soul on KBCS 91.3FM Seattle – August 25, 2012 Tracklisting
My favorite songs of the week all in the mix tonight. Leftfield hip-hop, future beats, interstellar bass, and rare electronic soul. Highlights include a German version of “NY State of… Continue reading
Kastle – “Can’t Explain”
This latest one from San Francisco producer and Symbols label boss Kastle. It’s all about the drums at 1min 30sec.
Onra ft Chuck Inglish of the Cool Kids – “Hold Tight” (Free Download)
This snare just made my day. Paris, France’s mighty Onra teams up with Cool Kid Chuck Inglish to release this unreleased demo. Onra ft Chuck Inglish of the Cool Kids –… Continue reading
Listen/Download this Week’s DIG DEEP Radio Show with Dan Digs: Beats, Bass & Electronic Soul on KBCS 91.3FM Seattle – August 18, 2012 Tracklisting – The Sound-Off! with Special Guest Futurewife
The Dig Deep radio show welcomes Seattle producer Futurewife to the KBCS studio for the Sound-off! 6 rounds, 6 categories, 12 songs, and buckets of beats, basslines, and music talk. Plus we spin… Continue reading
Homeboy Sandman – “FOUNDation” (Video)
Queens, NY rapper and Stones Throw signee Homeboy Sandman shares his story. The Boy Sand‘s full-length debut album First of a Living Breed is released on September 18.
Has-Lo – “Inherit the Stars” (Paten Locke Remix) (Official Video)
Philadelphia emcee and producer Has-Lo‘s “Fiber Optics” gets remixed by Paten Locke and retitled “Inherit the Stars.” The Mello Music Group label accurately describes director Nathan Hunter’s video above as an “animated,… Continue reading
Listen/Download this Week’s DIG DEEP Radio Show with Dan Digs: Beats, Bass & Electronic Soul on KBCS 91.3FM Seattle – August 4, 2012 Tracklisting – Special Live Future Beat Mix in the Studio from Kasata Sound (Video)
Two hours of the freshest, newest, and most vivacious beats, beats, hip-hop, and future soul, plus the odd hand-brake swerve as we careen through genres and musical boundaries on that late late late… Continue reading
Vacationer – “Trip” (Official Video)
File under Nu-hula. I’ll let Vacationer introduce themselves. As per their Facebook page: Most people do not take vacations often enough, some not at all. Quality vacations let us recapture that feeling of… Continue reading
Dan Digs on KEXP 90.3FM Seattle – 2am-6am Sunday August 5, 2012 – Tracklist & Streaming Links
A four-hour blend of beautiful late night and early morning sounds on KEXP 90.3FM Seattle. Listen back to the show via KEXP’s streaming audio archive here (while stocks last). Here’s how… Continue reading
Antwon – “Living Every Dream” (Official Video)
This video for Antwon‘s 2012 summer jam “Living Every Dream” manages to look and sound like a pitch-perfect recreation of everything 1993. I’m off to scour YouTube for taped VHS uploads of… Continue reading
Walter Ego ft Trim – “Set Off” (Official Video)
Joining the dots. To get familiar with East London MC and former Roll Deep member Trim, listen to his track “Confidence Boost” as excellently reworked by James Blake under his Harmonimix alias. Here… Continue reading
The xx – “Chained” (Official Video)
More oil-and-water video promo from the one of the coolest bands on the planet. Nocturnal and warm. Jamie xx goes for a Burial beat shuffle vibe on the drums. “Chained” is the… Continue reading
Zara McFarlane – “Police & Thieves” (Junior Murvin Cover)
August music in every sense of the word. This sublime soul-jazz cover of Junior Murvin’s reggae standard “Police and Thieves” will feature on Zara McFarlane‘s second album out… Continue reading
Listen/Download this Week’s DIG DEEP Radio Show with Dan Digs: Beats, Bass & Electronic Soul on KBCS 91.3FM Seattle – August 4, 2012 Tracklisting
The Dig Deep radio show is back after a two week hiatus! Two hours of beats, bass, future hip-hop, and electronic soul in the mix tonight. Unfortunately this episode is no longer… Continue reading
TNGHT – “Bugg’n” (Official Video)
I never thought I would say the sound of a metal spatula banging on rusty basement pipes would be the future of music, but here we are. I also never thought Elmo… Continue reading
The Orb ft Lee Scratch Perry – “Golden Clouds” (Official Video)
Little Fluffy Clouds turn golden with some help from the Upsetter. I once saw Lee Scratch Perry play a tiny venue in a tiny town in the middle of France. He walked on… Continue reading
Doc Daneeka & Abigail Wyles – “Tobyjug” (Official Video)
Considering that this is a Toby Jug, it’s not first thing I would have thought of titling this beautiful, understated slice of late night bliss. “Tobyjug” is out now on Ten Thousand… Continue reading
Kilo Kish – “Watergun” (Produced by the Internet)
Sounds like summer. Kilo Kish – “Watergun” (Produced by the Internet) It’s all done.
Dan Digs on KEXP 90.3FM Seattle – 1am-6am Saturday July 28, 2012 – Tracklist & Streaming Links
Always supremely enjoyable DJing the late late late night on KEXP 90.3FM Seattle. Some tracks just make perfect sense at 3:30 in the morning. In these wee small hours is where the best… Continue reading
Canto-Pop Goes Trap! – 農夫 – “同伴” (Official Video)
Rap game kayak lessons. I’m completely loving everything about this tune. Trap 2012 goes global! It’s only a matter of time before Andy Lau guests on a TNGHT record.
“Planet Rock and Other Tales of the 808” (Video Promo)
“Nothing sounds quite like an 808.” Nicely done, video promo edit person who had the brainwave of meta-chopping and meta-repeating this promo’s own soundbite samples thus staying true to the musical style that… Continue reading
Bobby Womack – “Love Is Gonna Lift You Up” (Julio Bashmore Remix)
On first listen, it’s all Julio B business at usual, but then that classic Chicago house bassline comes in at 1:33 that catapults this remix from good to great. Drop at 3:06… Continue reading
Koreless – “Lost in Tokyo” (Video Edited by Blunted Soul)
Borrows footage from DarwinFish105. Mixed with “Sais (Dub)” by Floating Points. Taken from Jamie xx‘s BBC Radio 1 Essential Mix. Beautiful in every which way.
House Shoes ft Jimetta Rose – “Castles” (Official Video)
This beat. “When you appreciate someone else’s art, it makes your art better.”
Phonte ft Median – “Eternally” (Official Video)
The Foreign Exchange’s Phonte teams up with Median to take the hip-hop gospel door to door and make music video history by being the first to rap to camera while wearing bicycle helmets.… Continue reading
Happa – “Freak”
Happa aka Half a Persian is otherwise known as Samir Alikhanizadeh: a 15-year old bass music producer from Leeds, UK. Happa – “Freak” He’s also put together a very good guest mix… Continue reading
Listen/Download this Week’s DIG DEEP Radio Show with Dan Digs: Beats, Bass & Electronic Soul on KBCS 91.3FM Seattle – July 21, 2012 Tracklisting – The Sound-Off! with Special Guest Vox Mod
The Dig Deep radio show welcomes experimental electronic beats and bass producer Vox Mod to the KBCS studio tonight for the Sound-off! 6 rounds, 6 musical categories, 12 songs, 2 music aficionados, and… Continue reading
Om Unit ft Tamara Blessa – “Dark Sunrise” (Official Video)
Katy B might have popularized the pop-dubstep template, but this goes one better by sounding far more subtle, underground, and woozy. Om Unit plays Stop Biting at Lo-Fi in Seattle on August… Continue reading
Scuba – “NE1BUTU” (Official Video)
90s! Love everything about this. The Mad Men-like attention to historical detail is commendable, right down to the first few seconds of VHS fizz and the appearance of early 90s British youth television… Continue reading
Chief – “Shadows Collision” (Official Video Trailer)
Late-night boom-clap. More from Swiss beat-chef Chief here.
Dan Digs on KEXP 90.3FM Seattle – 9pm-1am Friday July 13, 2012 – Tracklist & Streaming Links
Friday night’s radio show on KEXP 90.3FM Seattle was great fun. Below is a list of the tracks played. Listen back to the show via KEXP’s streaming archive here (while stocks last). … Continue reading
MS MR – “Hurricane” (Official Video)
This anonymous duo from New York call their music “Tumblr glitch pop.” This description is spot-on. SO MANY IMAGES SO FAST.
Alt-J – “Tessellate” (Official Video)
Dubstep-influenced bass and drum patterns are sneaking into every genre of music in 2012. Leeds, UK band Alt-J‘s video for “Tessellate” is a gangstered reversion of Italian Renaissance painter Raphael’s “The School of… Continue reading
Family Band – “Night Song” (Official Video)
Brooklyn ambient rock group Family Band describe their music as “heavy mellow.” While Johnny Ollsin, Kim Krans, and Scott Hirsch’s particular brand of dark and solemn, starless sky indie is indeed heavy, mellow, and… Continue reading
Samuel Yirga – “I Am the Black Gold of the Sun” (Rotary Connection Cover)
I’ve made no secret of the fact that this 1970s psychedelic soul classic is my favorite song of all time. This new version by Ethiopian piano prodigy Samuel Yirga features the Creole Choir… Continue reading
Boy Kid Cloud – A Better Version of Me EP (Promo Video)
Maximalist joy from a Prince-adoring bedroom producer from Leicester, UK. Great songwriting that injects some real heart and soul into the laser synth storm and dubstep bass wobble.
Famous Eno ft MC Stitch – “All Good FM” (Official Video)
Played this big-tings-a-gwan homage to London pirate radio on the radio show on Friday. Those rave synth stabs, junglish beats, and multi-handclaps, plus MC Stitch’s incredible vox. It’s VIBES!
Seattle Sunsets
From Jonathan Raban‘s “Too Close to Nature?” essay published in the Seattle Times, April 2004. Seattle sunsets are raw and bloody things; good ones look like a busy day at the slaughterhouse, as… Continue reading
Listen/Download this Week’s DIG DEEP Radio Show with Dan Digs: Beats, Bass & Electronic Soul on KBCS 91.3FM Seattle – July 7, 2012 Tracklisting – The Sound-Off! with Special Guest Seattle Times Music Writer Andrew Matson
The Sound-off! tonight welcomes Seattle Times music writer Andrew Matson to the KBCS studio. 6 rounds, 6 musical categories, 12 songs, 2 music aficionados, and a hot air balloon basket-load of upfront beats,… Continue reading
Jessie Ware – “Wildest Moments” (Star Slinger Remix)
Star Slinger just posted this new remix on his Soundcloud. Jessie Ware – “Wildest Moments” (Star Slinger Remix) Seems like every producer out there right now can’t help but succumb to… Continue reading
Enjoyed – “Teeth” (Clip) (Live Video) (Free Download)
We’ve talked about Enjoyed‘s life-affirmed, sunshined housed beats on Neoned Milked befored, but that only means you should get even more acquainted with the talented UK producer and Shoes Off label boss by… Continue reading
Daughn Gibson – “A Young Girl’s World”
Future classic. An utterly sombre and harrowing 3am MPC ballad from Daughn Gibson: a Pennsylvanian former trucker turned bleak country-soul crooner-producer. Daughn’s debut solo album All Hell echoes the voice of Johnny… Continue reading
Vox Mod – “Embers and Snow” (Free Download)
I am especially enjoying this new release from Seattle’s Vox Mod, he of the mighty experimental space rock trio Lazer Kitty. Vox Mod – “Embers and Snow” From his album ABSTRACT.… Continue reading
Melody Gardot – “Mira” (Live on Later… with Jools Holland) (Video)
I played the studio version of 27-year-old Philadelphian singer Melody Gardot’s “Mira” on the radio show on Friday and decided to allow about seven seconds of silence after introducing the song and before… Continue reading
Cornershop ft Katie – “Solid Gold” (Official Video)
I wasn’t sure at first but the filtered disco bleeps at 0:26 won me over. From Cornershop’s latest album Urban Turban. As solid gold as solid gold. As roller rink as the… Continue reading