LTJ Bukem – “Cosmic Interlude”
L.T.J. Bukem. Presents. Earth. Volume. Two. Essential late-90s jazzy downtempo and logically progressive drum ‘n’ bass listening. That striving bassline.
Tag Archive: Music
Analog Drum ‘n’ Bass (Video)
This is warmth. So many wires for that analog sound that purrs like a cat with a sunset in its belly. Says K X, “This is my imagining of what circa ’98-era minimal… Continue reading
Hypnotic Brass Ensemble – “Fire” (Mr Scruff Remix) (Snippet)
A snippet of new Scruff is better than no snippet at all. Hypnotic Brass Ensemble – “Fire” (Mr Scruff Remix) (Snippet) Bass, brass, and cowbell spin you right round.
Classic Album Covers Recreated Using Only 144 Dots
Gary Andrew Clarke aka Graphic Nothing enjoys recreating classic album covers with dots. 144 of them, to be precise. Here are some of my favorites. You might have to set your laptop down… Continue reading
German Hip-hop from Dramadigs ft Flo Mega – “Wurst Kase Szenario” (Official Video)
Soulful Deutschiphop from Bremen, Germany crew Dramadigs whose pen-twirling and paper Space Invader-making skills are not to be tested. Seriously considering starting an advice column called “Dramadigs.”
Nottingham, England’s Jake Bugg Goes Bob Dylan Doppelganger on “Trouble Town” (Official Video) (Free MP3 Download)
And he’s only 18 years old. Download this song for free by liking Jake Bugg’s Facebook page here.
Tall Black Guy Productions – “Water No Enemy”
Tall Black Guy Productions flips Fela’s “Water No Get Enemy” into something way laidback. Get more TBGP beats here.
Underworld Appointed Music Directors of the Opening Ceremony at the London 2012 Olympic Games, Give Away Album “A Hundred Days Off” in Celebration (Free MP3 Download)
How cool is it that Underworld have just been appointed Music Directors of the London 2012 Olympics opening ceremony? In celebration of a hundred days to go until the event, top gents… Continue reading
Opossom – “Blue Meanies” (Free MP3 Download)
Grainy psychedelic soul from New Zealand’s Kody Nielson of the Mint Chicks and Unknown Mortal Orchestra. Head over here for more Opossom. Sadly this link, while it will provide you with… Continue reading
Squarepusher – “Dark Steering” (From the “Ufabulum” LP) (Official Video)
Squarepusher’s latest “Dark Steering” is the musical offspring of dot matrix printers, ringtones from ’94, 8-bit motorcycle gear changes, and winning moves in video games. Despite the fuzz and blur of the retro-synths… Continue reading
Benga – “I Will Never Change” (Music Video Created by Us)
New clip for Benga‘s gently emotional dubstep choon “I Will Never Change” was created by the wonderful people at Us and uses 960 individually cut records to create a real-life, real-time waveform of… Continue reading
Communion (Michael Kiwanuka, Ben Lovett, Ben Howard, the Staves, Johannes of Bear’s Den) – “Over the Hill” (John Martyn Cover) (Performed at SXSW 2012 in Austin, Texas)
I’ve been evangelizing to anyone who will listen about the brilliance of Michael Kiwanuka for some time now. This video will convince you of that brilliance. It’s quite, quite heartwarming and beautiful. … Continue reading
Oscar and Martin – “What I Know” (MP3)
Former Psuchers Oscar and Martin wonkify your pop-infused r’n’b on a Thursday. Oscar and Martin – “What I Know” Love the analogue production on this one. Also, need that sweater and… Continue reading
Killbot Kindergarten – “Be Defeated” (MP3 from the “Killbot Kindergarten” EP) (Free Download)
Soulful electronic’n’b (that’s a thing, right?) from Australia’s Killbot Kindergarten, which is either a school for three to five-year-old sentient death machines or the first and last name of an elderly Dutch gentleman.… Continue reading
Bad Bad Not Good ft Leland Whitty – “UWM” (MP3 from the “BBNG2” LP) (Free Album Download)
Jazz (We’ve Got). Bad Bad Not Good are no strangers to the shores of Neon Milk, and they’re back with their second full-length LP BBNG2, where James Blake, Gucci Mane, and Kanye West… Continue reading
Cut Copy Bassist Ben Browning’s New Single – “I Can’t Stay” (Official Video)
Cut Copy bassist Ben Browning snips highlife guitar tinkles, splices mournful indie-pop vox washes, and pastes disco sheen on the lot to create the best aftershave commerical/French New Wave film that never was.… Continue reading
Hiatus Kaiyote – “Mobius Streak” (Taken from the “Tawk Tomahawk” LP)
Grab your ears and stick them on this Aussie future soul shimmer and r’n’beats glimmer from Melbourne. Hiatus Kaiyote is their name, which still has me thinking of a… Continue reading
Jai Paul – “Jasmine” (Demo)
Very excited for new this Jai Paul demo that surfaced yesterday. Been a fan of the Rayners Lane, north west London producer’s output ever since his future soul track “BTSTU” with its signature… Continue reading
Homeboy Sandman – “The Miracle” (Official Video)
Like pouring six bowls of Cap’n Crunch in your ears. Love it when hip-hop just gets plain weird.
B.Traits ft Elizabeth Troy – “Fever” (Official Video)
Equal parts 90s UK house, 90s UK garage, 90s UK drum ‘n’ bass, 90s UK rave, 90s UK diva vox. 100% joy. A decade of British dance music expertly distilled into 3… Continue reading
REVIEW: Skream & Benga at Neumos Seattle: Why Seattle Does Dance (Thursday March 22, 2012)
“The sonic assault emanating from the two CDJs and a mixer upon which Skream and Benga tag-teamed throughout their set was like a sea monster with severe indigestion from eating an alien spaceship.… Continue reading
Julia Stone – “Let’s Forget All the Things that We Say” (Oliver Tank Remix)
5:04am music. Released nine hours ago from man of the lushly-stringed nocturnal moment Oliver Tank. (I’ve banged on before about Mr. O.T. being a James-Blake-soundalike-Aussie, primarily because it sounded like a cool… Continue reading
Crazy P – “Changes” (Behling & Simpson Remix) (Free MP3 Download)
When I saw there was a new Behling & Simpson remix up, such was my excitement that I clicked on “Download” just a little bit faster than the time it takes a hummingbird… Continue reading
One Little Plane ft Radiohead’s Colin Greenwood – “She Was Out in the Water” (Produced by Four Tet)
Every once in a while I’ll take a dive head-first into the weird and wonderful gym-bag that is “folktronica” (see Beth Orton and the Chems’ collaborative output, see also the rather excellent Perfect… Continue reading
Mary Anne Hobbs at TEDxManchester 2012 (Video)
Inspiration with no expiration from Xfm (and former BBC Radio 1) DJ and champion of all future sounds of greatness Mary Anne Hobbs. “Charge at your dreams and never look back.”
14KT ft Tony Ozier – “Width” (Official Video)
Thursday feel-good song. “When can they measure the width of our love?” “Never a time.” Find this track and more from Ypsilanti, Michigan’s 14KT on his latest album A Friendly Game… Continue reading
Joker ft Buggsy & Otis Brown – “Lost” (Official Video)
Big look for Joker on this one. Pathos is as heavy here as his signature synths.
Nina Kraviz – “Ghetto Kraviz” (Official Video)
Nina Kraviz here with a late-night haze of rhythmic 909 kicks that kick you in the shins and claps that clap you across the face. Slurred, talk-in-your-sleep talk is ladled over the top… Continue reading
Every BBC Radio 1 Essential Mix EVER from October 1993 to April 2011
Words cannot describe my excitement over this. Forget every book about electronic music and club culture you’ve ever read or wanted to read, this is the definitive guide to dance music’s evolution… Continue reading
Richard Swift – “Broken Finger Blues” (Free MP3 Download)
The perfect rainy day song. The Shins’ Richard Swift sounding not completely unlike early Mayer Hawthorne sounding not completely unlike the large majority of the Motown greats. Although when your full name… Continue reading
Ifan Dafydd – “Treehouse” (Official Video)
There’s plenty of moody and introspective vocal electronic music out there right now with the “post-dubstep” or “sounds a bit James Blake-y” tags. The music of Ifan Dafydd is far better than those… Continue reading
Die & Break ft MC Fats & Buggsy – “Peace & Dub” (from the Grand Funk Hustle EP ) (Official Video)
Pure Bristol vibes. Rave in peace.
Thavius Beck – “Thanks”
Morning tune. L.A.’s Thavius Beck comes correct with some lush, cinematically-orchestrated strings. “Thanks” is perfect pre-noon listening. Thavius Beck – “Thanks” Grab… Continue reading
Quadron – “Day” (Official Video)
To me, Quadron’s band name will always sound like a black metal outfit formed by Harvard mathematicians. Who knew they would actually turn out to be an easily-lovable Danish duo fully capable of… Continue reading
A. R. Rahman, Suresh Peters & Shahul Hameed – “Urvasi Urvasi” from the movie “Kadhalan” aka “Humse Hai Muqabla” (1994) (Official Video)
Viewing notes: 1. This is some of the greatest dancing since MJ. And one of the best music videos ever. 2. I actually and involuntarily “laughed out loud” at 0:23. 3. Defying death… Continue reading
Friendly Fires – “Hurting” (Official Video)
It’s all business as usual for Friendly Fires’ singer Ed “Slinky Hips” Macfarlane until 1min 24sec when the label realized they had 12 times the amount of cash they thought they had to… Continue reading
Ethiopian 80s Synth-Pop by Tigist Mekonnen – “Atselechegnim” (Video)
Featuring the fantastic “habesha” artist Nini. I love everything about this. Ethiopian synth-pop is HEAVY! Next flight to Addis, please.
Toro Y Moi – “Still Sound” (Official Video)
The Chaz Bundick (new favorite name) aka Toro Y Moi is an amazing musician with the unique eyewear and the great dance moves. See the Chaz playing live with the New Zillund-via-Portlund’s… Continue reading
Pairs – ‘Yangpu Qu’
Up for hearing some thrashy, don’t-care, garage rock from two guys living in Shanghai that sounds like it was recorded with a plastic microphone that came free in a box of cereal in… Continue reading
Dig Deep Tracklisting: Friday Night/Saturday Morning July 23 2011 1am-3am PST on KBCS Bellevue-Seattle 91.3FM & www.kbcs.fm – Special Mercury Music Prize Shortlist Showcase Show Case!
Special Mercury Music Prize shortlist rundown this week on Seattle’s specialist U.K. electronica show Dig Deep! Here’s how it worked its magic. MERCURY MUSIC PRIZE SHORTLIST All odds to win taken from the… Continue reading
Bjork – ‘Crystalline’ (Official Video Directed by Michel Gondry)
Iceland’s most famous voice returns in all its glacial, harmonic glory with a xylophone-led, stumbling snare-driven track that’s given the Gondry video treatment of child-like stop-motion animation that shows moons and lazers and… Continue reading
K’Naan – ‘America’
Everyone’s favourite Somalian/Canadian rapper returns with ‘America’ – near 7 minutes of a lazy shuffling beat with Mos Def and Chali 2na’s baritone so deep your laptop might just vibrate off the table.… Continue reading