LonTheBeat aka Landon Wix recently liberated a new beat tape consisting of… Well… Old beats. But, don’t mind – these ain’t soiled or moldy. They still fresh.
While there’s nothing necessarily ground breaking here, Evolve does possess a certain groove. Wix takes a selection of songs (some familiar, some not) and glazes them with some noticeably aggressive beats. His productions are promising, albeit a little rough. Stand out tracks: ‘Horns’, where he flips Missy Elliott’s ‘Sock It To Em’‘, and ‘Hypnotizzzed’, where he contorts Linda Jones’ ‘Hypnotized’.
The tape is available for free (or for a small, voluntary donation) via the bandcamp player (below)…
I couldn’t fathom anyone making ‘What You Need’ by The Weeknd any better. Until now.
Producers Vin Sol & Charles McCloud have metamorphosed one of the best songs I’ve heard in a long time into some next Burial-inspired sonic. Kudos. Massive, f*cking kudos. This remix is hard.
This track, in it’s original state, is without question the best song off The Weeknd’s newly released mixtape House of Balloons- that’s not to say however that the tape is a let down – it’s not, it’s actually rather impressive. It’s just the magnitude of this one song leaves it nearly impossible to top. I’m sure they’ll figure it out though. But to hear this type of remix; Transforming an already near-perfect song into something alternatively mind altering – that’s insane.
This is an 11 minute short film about Jamie Woon and his debut album mirrorwriting, produced for Channel 4′s ’4Play’ series. It’s beautifully made, albeit a little slow. A fascinating watch nonetheless.
Everything from the Carter IV so far (well, this and ’6 Foot 7′) have sounded like Weezy F. going to war.
(P.S. Out to the ‘authorities’. If you’re not giving us the Soundcloud – we (bloggers) are just going to give the people the download. Digital fed knob-heads. Get with the program.)
John Legend (bravely) takes on Adele’s world wide smash hit single ‘Rolling in the Deep’, and actually – does quite a decent job of it It’s funny, on hearing this, I can’t help but question why he hasn’t or isn’t making music that sounds like this? His voice sounds good here and as someone who has considered JL relatively lacklustre over the years – this injects some… Excitement. Momentarily, at least. Interesting.
Last night Benji B premiered two of the three new Burial tracks we told you were coming. Both ‘Street Halo’ & ‘Stolen Dog’ come off a brand new 12″ that the enigmatic producer plans to release this Monday, marking his first solo work in 4 years. Listen to both (radio rip) tracks below. You’ll need to give me a minute – to fully digest this. Just, press play…
Herfection‘s just dropped this exclusive on behalf of the one like London and the one like Lightspeed Champion.
A fun, unreleased cut that should have featured on the recently released Lovers Holiday EP, it’s produced by Hynes and displays of course London’s regular brand of retro-pop rap.
Hurry up with that album. We’d expected bigger thing by now chap.
Danish group Quadron recently released their ‘Average Fruit’ remixes EP, featuring a number of edits and remixes from various producers. The EP’s releases started as a remix contest – the group and label recieved submissions from all over the world. The winning entry, by 10.4 Rog is now available for free download – it’s sexy as hell – have a listen.
“We are so appreciative of our fans so we created this remix content for “Average Fruit” to make them a part of our story. We received submissions literally from all over the world and our fans REALLY showed up! It was very difficult to choose the winner because they were all so great, but a few stood out. We felt that 10.4 Rog led the charge with his “Gradeschool Crush Remix” and edits done by DZA, fLako, TONL, and Slym also really impressed us and took “Average Fruit” in directions that it had never gone. We also love how Melo-X touched our song along with the vibes that both Heartbreak and Analogue Transit brought to it. Our fans really inspired us to go back into the studio and make more music. We are thankful that our fans showed us their AVERAGE FRUIT! We hope all our fans love these remixes as much as we do!!” – Quadron
When I posted the first introduction to ∇known ShΔpes just over a month ago, I was not expecting a trilogy of EP’s that would show such diversity. Only made up of two tracks, the enigma that we are quickly becoming accustomed to, has packed the ‘Voices’ soundbeds with hints of bass filling spaces, elated claps alongside vulnerable vocal inserts providing the finely attuned tone.
Slightly less aggressive than his other EP’s, but still retaining that dark haunting consciousness.
∇known Shapes’ Inaugural EP If I Should Diestill gets regular reloads, as does his Moon Surfer extended player which dropped last week and no doubt I’ll be hitting the repeat on this a few times too. What’s next? We will keep watch.
For now, you absorb this.
P.s Once again, this one didn’t come with a cover, so PinBoardGraph took care of it. Pow.
Woke up to the awesome news that one of my (our) favourite producers, Burial – is set to return, this Monday, with a brand new 12″ called ‘Street Halo’. Last week he released a collaborative project with Radiohead front man Thom Yorke and producer Four Tet (here & here), but this release marks his first solo output in over 4 years.
We’ve been waiting. If you haven’t yet discovered Burial’s catalogue, I implore y0u to acquire it immediately. Without any doubt, one of the most important and influential producers of our generation – this guys music spawned a movement which can still be heard today (James Blake, Jamie XX, Jamie Woon, Syncro, Appleblim, Pariah, Joy Orbinson to name a few).
The 12″ will feature title track ‘Street Halo’ as well as two others called ‘NYC’ and ‘Stolen Dog’.
‘Follow Me’ was reportedly recorded during Common’s Like Chocolate for Water sessions back in 2000. I can hear why it didn’t make the final cut, that album was (is) massively strong but, that said – this isn’t bad at all. I’m glad it’s been liberated.
Love new visuals painting love, light and electricity for these Brooklyn art-rocker’s new single. From their upcoming Nine Types of Light LP due April 12th.
Kissey Asplund covers ‘Count Me Out’, a track originally performed by Swedish artist Salem Al Fakir (well known in his native). The naked track, backed by a lone piano shines light solely on Asplund’s purified vocals. Not a bad thing…
… Expect more goodness from Kissey next week too, she’s gearing up the release of her ‘Simon Says’ / Pharoahe Monch remix.
Mar just put up this new remix of his ‘Bipolar Friendship’ variation (originally composed by Dorian Concept) on his soundcloud. I love Mar’s initial interpretation, really like this too. Have a listen…
Ladies & gents, this joint may blow & cause a sensation at any given interweb moment…
As if unearthed from some twenty-five year old time capsule – a heavyweight, authentically 80s rhythm and funk jam – in 2011 – and from some esoteric geezer going under the moniker of Tyson.
