Friday, December 30, 2011
Wais P X Dj Premier "Come Back To Collect"
Brooklyn, New York emcee Wais P of Da Ranjahz fame delivers Premo Pimpin' as a fre EP today. The six-song EP features production from longtime collaborator DJ Premier, taken from the Gang Starr icon's Beats That Collected Dust (Volume 2) release.
Download the mixtape!
Busy Signal feat. D-Major – “Stick To The Girls” (Video)
Another video from two quality Jamaican artists, Busy Signal and singer D-Major. Now you all can hear the flow from the Black Eye Peas track but Dancehall has been known to flip pop songs and make them hotter.
Wednesday, December 21, 2011
Monday, December 19, 2011
LeFtO Films: Kontrapunkt. w/ Eddy Ramich at VIP Club, Zagreb
Lefto:
Enjoyed this short trip to Zagreb to see my friend Eddy Ramich's new Kontrapunkt night at a brand new club called VIP Club; supposed to be a jazz club but they have other plans as well; The night was the opening night actually and despite the mixed crowd we managed to impose our style of music quite good, you know how difficult it can be with a mixed crowd, some came for you, others came for the free champagne. Anyway, I'm very glad to see Eddy's night in a brand new spot; sound was great, hospitality outstanding as usual and good vibe. Thank you Zagreb for the opportunity, Eddy for everything, Lea for everything else, the VIP Club for the great club you guys have, Croatian Airlines for putting me on a straight flight to Brussels instead of the planned stop in Zurich, and the plane pilot who had a tough time to get me home safe and sound (2 hour turbulence ride), thanks to the crazy storm named Joachim crossing Europe from west to east.
Kontrapunkt 2:
Prošlog tjedna započela je nova sezona Kontrapunkta. S posebnim zadovoljstvom najavljujemo da će se Kontrapunkt održavati svakog četvrtka s početkom u 23 sata u novom Vip clubu. Nositelj i domaćin programa je Eddy Ramich koji 22. prosinca donosi poseban all nighter set sastavljen od housea, dubstepa pa sve do jazz glazbe. U nadolazećem razdoblju u planu su internacionalna gostovanja DJ-a i sastava, kao i nastupi domaćih snaga.
Kako je prošlotjedni gost DJ Lefto doživio Zagreb, Kontrapunkt i Vip Club možete pogledati na videu gore.
Veselimo se vašem dolasku na Kontrapunkt 22. prosinca u 23 sata. Karte u iznosu od 30 kuna mogu se kupiti na blagajni Vip cluba.
Friday, December 16, 2011
Amy Winehouse - ‘Halftime’
Be still all beating hearts, the third leak of four unheard tracks from Lioness: Hidden Treasures. That tortured romantic with a blasé contralto, she swags her sh*t out all over this Salaam Remi production.
Recorded in 2002 during the ‘Frank’ sessions – and you can hear it can’t you?
Velvety layers of electric piano and clarinet over an instantly discernible, impeccably swung ?uestlove drum groove. Plus that floaty outro from 3.20: one can get actual feelings of uplift and agony as the record makes it’s little ascension up, dissipating into a recording hiss. All a powerful reminder of Amy exercising her fondness for that Soulaquarian period in music.
On repeat.
The Weeknd - The Knowing
Blimey. What a f***ing trip.
House of Balloons was the addiction, the lack of videos (and substitute piles of cliché fan-made crap tarts) was the withdrawl symptom.
Tesfaye and the XO clique trade potions with long-time PinBoard homie/mad scientist Mikael Colombu to conjure up this first ever official Weeknd visual, and it wholly goes far-left. The piece is definitely more Dune than Battlefield Earth rest assured, and turns the once monochromatic envisioning of this record into a gorgeous, pale blue, eye-wank Space-Opera. If you’re familiar with the director’s work, you’ll know to give it repeat viewings for sake of subtext alone. It’s a daring work that smells of cult classic.
Both Balloons and Thursday have been personal highlights of my musical year, but I’ve a feeling this video may divide opinion for it’s even more avant garde departure – but then that’s all an artist needs to stand-out. Few have been doing that with as much of an arrogant, brilliant, reformist attitude than The Weeknd this year.
Can’t wait for Echoes of Silence.
Thursday, December 15, 2011
Gilles Peterson All Night Long Mixtape // Christmas Party 2011
GP in the mix ahead of his “All Night Long” party on Friday…
You can download the podcast HERE [right-click-and-save on a PC // ctrl+click on a Mac]… or subscribe to Gilles’ podcasts via iTunes
Tracklisting runs likes this…
01. Eddie Jefferson – So What (Prestige)
02. Tom Browne – Throw Down (Grp)
03. Renzo Fraese – 12 Engle Street (Pye)
04. Rahni Harris – Six Million Steps (Inspiration)
05. Paulette Reeves – Jazz Freak (Blue Candle)
06. Chaka Khan – Night In Tunisia (Warners)
07. Don Blackman – Hearts Desire (Arista)
08. Nina Simone – Vous etes seuls, je desire etre avec vous (Carrere)
09. Charles Mingus – Flowers For A Lady (Atlantic)
10. Betty Lou – I Can’t Stop (Yaya)
11. Back East – Deeper And Deeper (Satellite)
12. Carmela Coren – Walk On By (Cbs)
13. Ellen Mcllwaine – Wings Of A Horse (Polydor)
14. Georgette – Kirie (Tapecar)
15. Celia – Na Boca Do Sol (Continental)
Wednesday, December 14, 2011
Krystal Klear & Olivier Day Soul 'Never Thought You Would Go' (Eglo reco...
Most of you know what the deal with the Irish producer they call Krystal Klear. This time around he teams up with the slick Olivier DaySoul to release the heavily eighties influenced “Never Thought You Would Go” and the throwback Swingbeat joint “Wastin’ Time”.
At the peak of tensions in Rio, two Portuguese brothers ventured into the most feared slum and lived there during the largest police operation ever launched in that state. They experienced a life where most people awaken to the sound of gunfire and sleep accompanied by shots. The heads of the largest criminal faction in Rio speak intimately and plainly of the life in the world of trafficking. They are the power that exists after a decades-long absence of government power. But the film also offers a slice of life with inspirational characters - a mother shows how her faith in Jesus makes her believe all is possible; the president of the dwellers’ association shows that despite the frightening expansion of the complex, the arrival of crime, drugs and guns, he is able to make life better for his favela neighbors; a rapper - MC Playboy - a funk artist who realized that his path was not trafficking, while he saw many of his friends murdered, he conquered his space within the community and fights to destroy prejudice and bring all of society together. The people in the favela live under constant tension in the midst of a power game where both everything and nothing is possible. Through action and word, each character adds a piece to a gigantic puzzle that reveals to us the daily life of the favela as a whole. Director Mirio Patroconio’s film asks and answers “How is it to survive in this reality?”
www.complexofilme.com
Gravis – Skating Through The Streets of Tokyo
Gravis has produced a nice short clip to introduce their Filter shoe silhouette. Team riders Dylan Rieder and Sammy Winter skate through the streets of Tokyo in the new Filter.
Primitive X Rook : The Jaro Sisters
Primitive X Rook : The Jaro Sisters
Primitive, Rook, & the ever so popular Justene & Dawn Jaro have teamed up for a special project.
Primitive has been down with Joseph King of Rook for quite a while now, so we knew he was the perfect artist to help us develop two different model driven tees. Not only did Joe recreate one of the images from the shoot by hand drawing it, he also created a frame to boarder a second photo tee.
Everything we've done with Justene Jaro has been a hit, so including her equally hot sister to the equation can only be a good thing!
This is the first professional shoot that features the Jaro Sisters together, so we're sure you'll enjoy..
Mayer Hawthorne - Dreaming
For the always lighthearted Mayer Hawthorne and his latest set of visuals, the LA-based musician enlists the services of animatronic band The Rock-afire Explosion to highlight the music video. The aesthetics feature Hawthorne seemingly on a date with a pair of lovely ladies, as they enjoy their time at a pizza parlor. The robotic band provides for the feel-good musical backdrop, while towards the end of the segment, Hawthorne himself hops on stage to perform with his furry friends. “Dreaming” is featured on the multi-talented artist’s most recent EP How Do You Do.
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