Yes, this is James Franco's band.
Thursday, June 30, 2011
Thursday
An everyday love story set in the not so distant future sees blackbirds battling with technology, automatic palm readers and power cuts. Directed by Matthias Hoegg at the Royal College of Art, London, 2010 Nominated for a BAFTA for Short Animation For more info go to matthiashoegg.co.uk
Wednesday, June 29, 2011
Wobble Wednesday
These tracks are all pretty darn massive. Props to the Viennese duo Camo & Krooked for continuing to bring us their dubstep/dnb talent.
Camo & Krooked – All Fall Down / Breezeblock (NHS187DD) [2011]
01. Camo & Krooked – All Fall Down (Feat. Shaz Sparks) (3:49)
02. Camo & Krooked – All Fall Down (Feat. Shaz Sparks) (Club Mix) (4:12)
03. Camo & Krooked – Breezeblock (4:40)
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Megunica
If you have a hour and a half during the week or the weekend I recommend watching this. Lorenzo Fonda filmed Blu while he traveled through South America and made it into a documentary about one great artist that I am a big fan of.
Monday, June 27, 2011
Sunday, June 26, 2011
Jean Grae - Cookies or Comas
New Jean Grae mixtape released this week. Features Styles P., Talib Kweli, Pharoahe Monch, Royce Da 5'9, as well as production by Boogie Blind and Ski Beatz. Dope.
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Friday, June 24, 2011
Thursday, June 23, 2011
Daily Dope: Nobody Canna Cross It
The moment I think the Internet is lacking good viral videos, this little gem shows up.
Wednesday, June 22, 2011
Left Boy - Jack Sparrow
If you aren't yet familiar - Left Boy is an artist out of our hometown Vienna who we celebrate very much. Today he dropped a video for his track 'Jack Sparrow' which features 3D pictures, dope visual effects, balloons, and plenty of swag. The beat is a catchy re-working of an 8-bit sample of the Pirates of the Carribean theme, underlined with some heavy synths and a fresh layer of kicks and snares, not to mention the array of clever lines he laces the aforementioned beat with.
Check out the video below and make sure to show love to the fellow on his FACEBOOK page!
A1 + Telekom Austria = A1
Anyone in Vienna notice the crazy amount of A1 advertising and new projectors, especially in the Stefansplatz U-Bahn station? Well, if you're interested in learning more, here's a neat article exploring the rebranding project undertaken by Saffron. The author is a little negative toward Saffron, citing unnecessary 'flexibility' of the logo, although one should keep in mind that MTV did this too - and it worked well. What I really can't wrap my head around is how the designers got the balls to put a 3D letter and a 2D numeral in the same logo... that's wacky, haha. The animation and execution in the video spot is fabulous.
WOBBLE WEDNESDAY
The Others & Trolley Snatcha - Break Your Neck
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Caspa played this track on a rainy outside stage at Urban Art Forms and it killed.
Tuesday, June 21, 2011
Monday, June 20, 2011
INDIE RnB Part II
1. No Kids - “The Beaches All Closed”
2. AlunaGeorge - “We Are Chosen”
3. Blood Orange - “Dinner”
4. Daru & Rena - “Happy”
5. Active Child - “Playing House” (feat. How to Dress Well)
6. Ford & Lopatin - “Break Inside”
7. Creep - “You” (feat. Nina Sky)
8. Daedelus - “My Beau” (feat. Paperboy & Erika Rose)
9. Inc. - “Swear”
10. Lone - “Waves Imagination”
11. Bonjay - “Stumble”
12. Submotion Orchestra - “All Yours”
13. 18 Carat Affair - “Passion”
14. Fatima - “Warm Eyes” (feat. Dâm-FunK)
15. Friendly Fires - “Show Me Lights”
16. Daru & Reggie B - “Play House”
17. Rimar - “Higher Ground”
18. Sa-Ra - “I Swear”
19. fLako - “I Want You” (feat. Dirg Gerner)
20. SBTRKT - “Living Like I Do” (feat. Sampha)
Friday, June 17, 2011
INDIE RnB
I thought I'd share this really great compilation with you guys. As I currently ride the so-called post-dubstep (yes, it's a very dickheadish and pretentious name but it is the only real way to describe it) wave, there is no denying that one of its key-influences is RnB. The evolution of traditional RnB over the years has somehow culminated into the fusing of dubstep basslines with the romantic and sensual vocals of RnB we somehow magically end up at with what can be perceived as post-dubstep.This compilation documents just that: the evolution and transformation to the distinctive RnB sub-genre we have today. This transformation has led to the rise of names that have achieved fame of late: The XX, James Blake, The Weeknd, Frank Ocean and Jamie Woon.
Keep up to date with what's happening in this genre: Indie RnB
1. Aloe Blacc - “Arrive” 2. Milosh - “Another Day” 3. The Foreign Exchange - “Daykeeper” feat. Muhsinah 4. Machine Drum - “In the Dust” feat. Jesse Boykins III 5. Discovery - “I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend” feat. Angel Deradoorian 6. Muhsinah - “Stay Here” 7. Electrik Red - “So Good” 8. Quadron - “Horse” 9. The xx - “Basic Space” 10. Sonnymoon - “Houstonatlantavegas” (Drake Cover) 11. Pit Er Pat - “Water” 12. Teen Inc - “Fountains” 13. Alicia Keys - “Unthinkable” (Physical Therapy Real Heavy Vibe Mix) 14. Onra - “High Hopes” feat. Reggie B 15. Earrings - “World End” 16. The-Dream - “Priceless” 17. Active Child - “When Your Love Is Safe” (Classixx Remix) 18. Andreya Triana - “A Town Called Obsolete” (Mount Kimbie Remix) 19. Ciara - “Deuces” (Dubbel Dutch Remix) 20. Guerre - “LT4” 21. Drake - “I Get Lonely Too” (TLC Cover) 22. Body Language - “You Can” 23. How to Dress Well - “Ready for the World” 24. White Hinterland - “Don’t Take It Personal (Just One of Dem Days)” (Monica Cover) 25. Collarbones - “One Time” (Justin Bieber Cover) 26. First Rate People - “Funny Games” 27. Frank Ocean - “Novacane” 28. Shlohmo - “Places” 29. Marques Toliver - “Deep In My Heart” 30. The Weeknd - “What You Need” 31. d’Eon - “Transparency” 32. Jamie Woon - “Gravity”
HAPPY BIRTHDAY
Here's to another year of dopeness.
Cheers to all the afromulleteers out there, keep hustlin'.Thursday, June 16, 2011
Daily Dope: Gramatik - So Much Love + Stairway To Hip-Hop Heaven
Gramatik still kicking it raw with the smooth beats, this one's off his new album 'Beatz & Pieces Vol.1' with the Pretty Lights Music record label. You can download this track for free here.
Here's another track from the album, Gramatik's rendition of Led Zeppelin's 'Stairway to Heaven'. Dope.
Wednesday, June 15, 2011
WOBBLE WEDNESDAY
Dubstep and 8-bit chiptune blending by Unicorn Kid. Also, that's a beautiful video.
Tuesday, June 14, 2011
The Hollywood Way.
Subvertisement by Desire Obtain Cherish on Hollywood Blvd in LA. According to their site, this lasted 5 days.James Drake
Bombé and Mr. Caribbean work together here to mash-up James Blake’s vocodered dubstep croon with Drake’s late night raps, and it’s a winning combination that will go well on a mix with Frank Ocean and the Weeknd.
Not a big fan of Drake but this is dope. Stream and download here.
(via)Monday, June 13, 2011
Is Tropical - Native To [2011]
Remember that music video with the kids shooting each other to shreds? Well here's Is Tropical's debut album, check it.
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NEOZOON
Some of Neozoon's recent fur art and wheatpastes around Museumsquartier, Lindengasse, and Falcostiege in Vienna (titled 'Spanish Riding School'), keep your eye out for them if you pass around there. My guess is they'll only stay for a few months or so...
More on Flickr.
Via Wooster CollectivePaper of Joy
Tapeart by Fejzo & Luka Ursic.
Video by Mique
Production by Multipraktik Collective
multipraktik.com
Friday, June 10, 2011
"Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known."
'The footage in this little film was captured by the hardworking men and women at NASA with the Cassini Imaging Science System. If you're interested in learning more about Cassini and the on-going Cassini Solstice Mission, check it out at NASA's website.'
Thursday, June 9, 2011
D N A U X B
'As his planet boils in the glow of a cascading Tesseract a young femto-panda named David Xenon makes a brave attempt to warn the galaxy...
An animated music video for the track D N A U X B on the EP 'We Go Dream Team' by Gameshow Outpatient
Download the EP for free at: gameshowoutpatient.com'
Wednesday, June 8, 2011
WOBBLE WEDNESDAY
Check out Killian Martin cameo-ing in the video. And that black chick looks like she's the muscle-memory girl from Heroes.
Ok so I know I said no UKF/pop-dubstep stuff, but you can't really hate on this sunny music video - plus, I remember hearing remixes of DJ Fresh on the channel back when it was still getting 'only' 100,000 or so views per vid, so its kinda cool to see what he has done with his career. Anyway, for the true dubstep fans out there, here's some proper wobbles to get you going...
Don't forget to click 720p :) (or 1080p if you're that cool)
Monday, June 6, 2011
Sunday, June 5, 2011
How to turn an Apple store into a Windows store
The Lonely Island is back.
Andy Samberg, Jorma Taccone and Akiva Schaffer are some talented guys, and have recently released several new music videos and their second album, titled 'Turtleneck & Chain'. This one features Snoop Dogg, Akon, Rihanna, Justin Timberlake, Nicki Minaj, Michael Bolton, Santigold, John Waters, and Beck. Most of you are probably already familiar with many of the songs from SNL episodes over the last few months, but grab it via the link below nonetheless, or buy it off iTunes if you feel like giving them (and Apple) some support in the form of monetary means (which is probably a better idea).
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Here are some cool magazine covers to look at:
(If you have the time to read 3-paged interviews click here for Complex's cover story.)
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Here are some cool magazine covers to look at:
(If you have the time to read 3-paged interviews click here for Complex's cover story.)
Saturday, June 4, 2011
Thursday, June 2, 2011
Aryz
Beautiful murals by Aryz for Eurocultured in Finland and Katowice Street Art Festival in Poland.
Sources: Unurth, Graffart.euGraffiti artist 'Revok' sentenced to 180 days in jail
Wall Street Journal cover page, May 26, 2011
Read the WSJ article here.
"You can make a case that graffiti and street art is the most influential art movement since the great innovations of the '60s," says Jeffrey Deitch, director of the L.A. museum, known as MOCA. "Before this show ('Art in the Streets'), no American museum had ever done an ambitious historical exhibition."This WSJ commentor, Laird Wilcox, pretty much sums up my take on street art/graffiti:
Perhaps we need to look at a contrarian view of graffiti. As we can see from the comments here there's a huge disconnect between artistic free spirits and the property rights constituency. Both have good arguments that largely depend upon their own interests. Part of what hurts artists is the association of graffiti with gangs, a stereotype that they will find hard to shake. Part of what hurts the property rights people is the association with authoritarian law and order fundamentalism and they, too, will find that hard to shake. Some of the really good graffiti is far more attractive than what it is painted on. There are parts of many towns that could use some talented graffiti artists and I've often wondered why cities didn't commission some of these people to spruce things up. A lot of properties could use a good paint job anyway. The idea that all graffiti is bad is largely a social construction that could use some reworking. I recall seeing an overpass that was far more appealing as the result of skilled artists that it was as bare concrete. There will always be a tension between free-spirited artists and the agencies of the state who work on behalf of property owners. Conservatives don't like it described this way but that's exactly what it is. Police love the opportunity to crack down on the wierdo artsy-craftsy nonconformists who write on walls. These guys don't pay taxes to fund their pensions, refuse to respect the interests of those who do and have a sense of independence that otherwise interferes with the big business/big government axis. Communist governments made graffiti artists public enemies, and in North Korea getting caught can mean the rest of your life in a prison camp. Both the People’s Republic of China and the People’s Republic of Massachusetts hunt down graffiti subversives and even offer rewards for tips. The East German Stasi had a special squad that tracked them and punishments were severe. When the Soviet empire fell graffiti artists play no small part. Is there is a lesson here that conservatives are missing? What you should be worried about is governments who want to take money and property away from you and not artists who want to take advantage of unused space. What this antagonism does is prevent alliances between artists and businesses from forming -- something deeply feared by the democratic left. It’s no accident that the get tough and zero-tolerance policies that exist in most cities are championed by bureaucrats and social planners who belong to public unions. This is job security for them. It’s understood that if you don’t want somebody painting on your house they shouldn’t do it. Very little artistic graffiti is painted on homes and gang tagging – something else altogether -- means that gangs and the people who make them up are the real issue. Instead of ruthlessly prosecuting graffiti artists, why not pick good ones to do their work on your business property so that they develop a proprietary interest in their skills and get a sense of what free enterprise is about? How would you feel about this if graffiti artists were ridiculing Obama, big government and the welfare state? This might also free up a few hundred police officers and pencil pushers from desk jobs harassing artists around the country to fighting violent crime, drug smugglers, illegal aliens, terrorists and human traffickers. You need to get your priorities straight here, guys.To me, it seems that what most people dislike graffiti and street art is the uncontrollable aspect of people doing things without any authority to watch over when they 'overstep' their boundaries... but what should be taught to these people is that graffiti and street 'artists' do have boundaries, only that their boundaries are significantly more liberal than those of the average conservative-leaning person, and is this really a bad thing? This brings to mind the Austrian dude 'Luxus', who had to go to jail for 13 months for tagging everywhere...
