Monday, February 27, 2012
A Love Letter For You
A Love Letter For You seamlessly mixes documentary and narrative, love and loss, community and solidarity, art and crime, to paint a compelling portrait of two artists and their impact on the neighborhood they grew up in.
Thursday, February 23, 2012
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
T-Shirt Party Is Back!
T-shirt party was a London project that ran last year with the objective of releasing a t-shirt every week for a period of 52 weeks. Each design had the feel of a novelty t-shirt, a hint of absurdity and a tribute to the city of London and it's unique style. With a few guest designs here and there (there's a special Boiler Room tee for all you ravers out there), all t-shirts had a central iconic image in the middle accompanied by some text in Times New Roman. It was always one of those projects where I would check in every now and again and think 'hey, that's kinda cool' but never really got round to buying one of the £10 shirts thinking that something better would come along the following week. 52 weeks passed and with that, like any other hyped-out streetwear brand, they went dark and closed their on-line store.
That was a pretty long-winded introduction as to why this is just being posted today. T-Shirt Party has decided to go at it again. Another 52 weeks, with 52 t-shirts and an accompanying video for each t-shirt for a whole year. In celebration of that, they have released their entire back catalogue of 52 shirts until the end of the month so you can get some of the t-shirts that you probably missed out on or probably never heard of until today. Below are a few designs that caught my eye. Be sure to check out their website to see the videos that were made specially for each t-shirt that was released with it.
Some of the eye-catchers are below (many more on the site):
GET SOME T-SHIRTS
That was a pretty long-winded introduction as to why this is just being posted today. T-Shirt Party has decided to go at it again. Another 52 weeks, with 52 t-shirts and an accompanying video for each t-shirt for a whole year. In celebration of that, they have released their entire back catalogue of 52 shirts until the end of the month so you can get some of the t-shirts that you probably missed out on or probably never heard of until today. Below are a few designs that caught my eye. Be sure to check out their website to see the videos that were made specially for each t-shirt that was released with it.
Some of the eye-catchers are below (many more on the site):
Monday, February 20, 2012
Today's Track: Banished
Jneiro Jarel x MF DOOM for the upcoming album 'Key to the Kuffs', scheduled to be released in May.
Sunday, February 19, 2012
Mecca:83 - "Daybreak"
Was just looking at all the spam that had accumulated in the inbox when I came across this submission by Mecca:83 who is a producer out of Manchester, England. If you are into futuristic instrumental hip-hop beats like us, then this is definitely your thing. You can follow him on his tumblr and like him on facebook if you dig his style.
**EDIT**
Forgot to mention, and this is pretty key too. The whole thing was created within 24 hours. Crazy.
Saturday, February 18, 2012
Today's Track: SBTRKT - "Hold On" (SISI BAKBAK Remix)
Please. Do us a favour and give this track a listen. It's a more melancholic mix of SBTRKT's 'Hold On' by SISI BAKBAK. If the SISI BAKBAK is not yet a household name in your books, you may know the guy better by his real name Thom Yorke of a band called Radiohead. Really great stuff to kick this Saturday off.
Friday, February 17, 2012
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
Tuesday, February 14, 2012
Make Ups 2 Break Ups: A Valentines Day Double Mixtape
14th February. Valentines Day. Today is your day! Whether you are getting high on love fumes and getting pampered by your special someone or straight crying yourself to sleep tonight; we have just the thing for you. It may just be the best of both worlds. One is a musical dedication to the great highs of love and the other, it's painful hangover of sorrow and regret. Either way, one thing neither will be short of is the quality of the sounds carefully selected for your listening pleasure by Sofie and Jakob.
Make Ups:
This mix starts out mellow enough but gets relatively strange towards the end. Featuring tracks from artists like Knxwledge, Onra and Javelin to name a few; as well as a couple of weird joints (like a cassette radio recording of Hall & Oates). And some Two Inch Punch because what's a Valentine's Day Mix without a track off the 'Love You Up' Ep.
Break Ups:
This one is a straight Soul mixtape as no other type of music can translate matters of the heart as Soul music can. There's no fancy mixing here as it's all about the stories of heartbreak that are being told. I don't think that there are many artists today that can spill their entire hearts out on a track. While 'break-up' is the one recurring theme throughout, it's still a really groovy mix to lounge to which is just a testament to what a great genre Soul is.
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Monday, February 13, 2012
Meanwhile in Athens...
Over the weekend, more than 45 buildings across Athens were set ablaze by violent protesters. The fires began as the Greek Parliament passed a strict package of austerity measures, in an effort to meet demands by the European Union and the International Monetary Fund. The measures, which were prerequisites for a $170 billion bailout, included steep public-sector job cuts and a 20 percent reduction in the minimum wage. More than 80,000 Greeks reportedly demonstrated in the streets of Athens -- among them, a small, violent group that hurled firebombs at riot police and set dozens of fires. More than 120 police and protesters were injured. The next step for the new austerity measures is implementation, and that may face strong opposition as well. Collected here are scenes from a weekend of unrest in Athens.Click through for more pictures from The Atlantic.
Sunday, February 12, 2012
Saturday, February 11, 2012
Boa Mistura
Boa Mistura, meaning “Good Mixture”, is a group of five Spanish artists, Arkoh, Derko, Pahg, Purone and Rdick. The above 'urban participative' project took place in Vila Brâsilandia, one of São Paulo's many favelas. The words are Portugese for 'Beauty', 'Love', 'Sweetness', 'Firmness', and 'Pride'.
Thursday, February 9, 2012
Monday, February 6, 2012
H3VTH CVR1NG
This guy is all about chopping&screwing some dope songs. This is a really cool debut release from a mysterious Heath Cares.
Friday, February 3, 2012
Mix: Chillfuddha
I don't know more about this guy than his SoundCloud page tells me, which is that he's from Australia and his name is probably Bernie, alias 2FUDDHA. He doesn't seem to be in the business of making original stuff, but this mix is pretty sweet. Sadly, no track list.
From his page:
Performed at The Front (28/01/12), supporting the mighty Debian Blak (UK). 2fuddha presents a mix of ambient 2step and atmospherical tunes bound to take you on a mystical journey. Travelling through Burial and Ghostek to Shlohmo and some unreleased gems by Headshotboyz, this is something a little different ..
Recorded live; 22 tracks, 2 CDJ1000's & 1 DJM2000
BPM: 135 - 164
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Thursday, February 2, 2012
Wednesday, February 1, 2012
Evian Christ: "Kings And Them"
Remember that awesome track we posted as Today's Track titled MYD by Evian Christ. Well no one knew who this kid was up until now, when he decided to sign to Tri Angle Records. With the revelation of his true name(Joshuary Leary), Evian Christ released the high-quality MP3s of his songs on youtube. If you were eagerly waiting for his youtube tracks to be released, your wait is over. Here is the DOWNLOAD.
