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A couple of Motown/soul/rare groove mixtapes have come across my radar recently. Hawthorne Radio, an exceptionally well crafted mix, integrating actual retro radio ads, brought to you by Mayer Hawthorne of Stone’s Throw Records. The podcast, found here. Mayer is also playing in Toronto tonight …
Tonight, I went to check out an indie rock group at Sneaky Dees that came all the way from Australia. They are called Rudely Interrupted. They’re kind of a special band, made up of special people. They’re actually on tour thanks to the United Nations …
Last night, i had the extreme pleasure of being invited to check out DMC champion, Jr- Flow‘s new live mash-up group, Keys ‘n Krates, which he founded in tandem with the ‘eclectic’ soul singer, Matisse.
As far as I know, these are the only kids on the block that have tapped in to the concept of performing LIVE mash-ups armed with a full band . The DJ is still the core of the group as he provides the beats and samples, while the rest (drums, guitar, keyboard) fill the space with rhythms and harmonies. Yeah, I could go on and on, making all kinds of high brow music critiques but I would only just be scratching the surface of what these guys are all about. They are simply a sight to be seen, or, heard, in the very least, and are fucking phenomenal. Much like a typical mash-up set, you can expect to hear all kinds of shit, new and old, being thrown in the mix. There are lots of vids available on their myspace, but here’s a couple for all you lazy asses out there.
Keys n Krates have been tearing things up across North America for almost a year now. It’s been a long time since I’ve seen so much passion in a live, or dj performance. The only other performer that I can think of that compares would probably be Skratch Bastid, who shows an equal love for the crowd and flair in his stylings. If I haven’t said it already, I’ll say it again, these guys are fucking phenomenal.
You can watch for them in NYC at Urb mag’s holiday party , or follow them at their own blog at http://keysnkrates.blogspot.com/
Mad props to Jesper at Ideall Friends for hooking things up, and Abby at Solepower Productions for smoothing things over at the door.
We were at the screening of Spencer Rice and Mark Breslin’s new mockumentary “Confessions of a Porn Addict”. and stayed for the Q&A session. We were really lucky and got some footage of the guys pitching the movie which is opening up tomorrow at Bloor. …
monofónicos are a “netlabel” (according to them). They release music from different artists around colombia, mostly electronic minimal stuff –just what we love– and –obviously (for it to be here)- it’s all available for free online. They also do podcasts, keep a blog and just …
IDM, ambient, experimental & alternative electronic rock is how Bustamante describes his music. An ex-metal amateur guitarist whose musical mindset was turned upside down by Sonic Youth in a mixtape; Busta has made electronic music his playground.
He’s part of NoisNois –a music and art
collective made up of entirely Costa Rican artists, who share the love for making extremely good music and releasing it under creative commons licenses (both in 320kb mp3 & FLAC) on their site– and produces under the name Visión Armónica del Caos (harmonic vision of chaos). His first album “Trozos de insomnios, placeres y obsesiones” was:
Taken from secret places of his mind. busta’s recent release contains seven emotion-packed tracks. His beats, filled with mistery, were torn apart by hungry insects. There goes an ant!
It doesn’t disappoint, it reminds me of Radiohead, years back when they did “Fog”, also sounds like Explosions in the Sky and Los Planetas Se DIsuelven. The other albums and compilations available at NoisNois are equally amazing; they’ve been putting on live shows, and busta recently played a cover with Furia (who did the voice), which is the entire reason this post happened: to present “Haja o que houver”, an amazing cover done live, recorded and produced by cristian, enjoy it:
Ok, so the blog’s mandate has never been to actually serve up the ladies, despite what it’s name sake might indicate, but hot damn, this here story just can’t not go up…. “A couple have divorced after the husband was caught having a “virtual affair” …
Stella Dore is proud to announce Pam Glew is joining their roster. Pam is a great young artist, and admits to being shamelessly addicted to obscure horror films. It is this interest that has become the basis for her ‘Fear’ series, which focuses on manipulating …
Ars Electronica is a “Festival for Art, Technology and Society”, a great initiative that we’ll be keeping an eye out for (it’s probably happening next year again).
We couldn’t help but notice the incredible work LICHFAKTOR did for the festival. They create footage using light and a variety of light sources:
The Cologne artists’ collective, consisting of VJ $ehvermögen (photographer and VJ since 1997 with many years of experience in the event field) and JIAR (communications designer and graffiti artist), experiments with the possibilities yielded by bulb (long-term) exposure and painting. Their aim is to explore all aspects of “lightwriting” and to develop it further. The LICHTFAKTOR crew intentionally uses the entire space in which a particular work is produced and integrates it into their photos and animated films in such a way that it’s not just a backdrop but a part of the work itself.
Check out some of the images they created below, and make sure you visit the site for more, or check out an exclusive interview with JIAR aka David Lupschen, at Format magazine:
I dont think anything says Fuck You Bitch more than this super mario one off by Seth Mcfarlane.