Made to Stray

Yes,Yes,Yes! Mount Kimbie's new album is going to be out on the 27th of May. With this announcement they have released a free download of 'Made to Stray' track that will be featured on this upcoming album titled 'Cold Spring Fault Less Youth' on Warp Records. To makes things even more interesting Mount Kimbie will be performing at Pratersauna on the 10th of May, and we will be hosting the main floor once again.

Today's Track: ScHoolboy Q

New ScHoolboy Q!

Street Knowledge: Lesson 6

Daily Dope: Nardwuar x Snoop Lion

Probably one of the funniest Nardwuar's interview with Snoop so far.

Shlohmo/Jeremih - "Bo Peep (Do U Right)"

Jeremih pretty much solidifies his reputation as being the guy for bringing out baby-making tracks in 2013 with his latest cut, "Bo Peep (Do U Right)". Expected no less from Shlohmo on this massive collaboration. So, if you need some background music while you get down, this could do the trick.


If you want some behind the scenes footage on how the track came about, peep the vid below:

Today's Track: Never Ever

It's been a while but it was worth the wait. Ticklish just released his new track from his upcoming EP over at Loose Squares. This smooth juke track featuring samples from 'Never Keeping Secrets' will be on repeat throughout today and surely through most of the week.

Between The Beats

Resident Advisor is starting a new short video documentary about the life of a touring DJ. This is their debut video in which they follow the lovely Nina Kraviz through a couple of her shows giving us an insight from her perspective of the highs and lows in a life of a DJ.

Today's Track: REM

Big K.R.I.T dropped a new track and a video in which this Mississippi rapper/producer samples a James Blake track (The Wilhelm Scream). R.E.M will be featured on Big K.R.I.T's new mixtape King Remembered In Time, coming out in spring.

Baby London

King Krule has released 3 new tracks under his new alias Edgar the Beatmaker. Unlike the previous releases he has on his bandcamp this time he raps over the beats as well. It's pretty chilled, perfect for this lazy Sunday. Make sure to check it out and the rest of his bandcamp here.

Picture Of The Day

Geordie Wood

Baauer's in Trouble

So it turns out that Baauer's Harlem Shake uses two unlicensed vocal samples. This would largely have gone unnoticed, were it not for the massive amount of recent internet attention that propelled the song to the Billboard #1 Chart Position.

Now Mad Decent (Baauer's record label) are in legal discussions with the original artists, but nobody is willing to talk about details. Jayson Musson, one fifth of early 2000s rap group Plastic Little and man behind the original "do the harlem shake" sample hilariously called up Harry "Baauer" Rodrigues and thanked him for "doing something useful with our annoying music."

Universal Music's daughter label Machete Music, who own the introductory "con los terroristas" sample, issued a considerably douchier response, as is to be fully expected from a major label:

"Hector will get what he deserves," he said. "We can turn around and stop that song. That’s a clear breaking of intellectual property rights."
(via NY Times)

We live in a complicated world for electronic music. On the one hand, sampling has been an integral part of innovation ever since the MPC first made it into the bedrooms of early hip-hop producers in the late 80's. On the other hand, the recording industry continues to push for a draconian lockdown on all copyright laws in what can only be described as a severely misguided attempt to protect their intellectual property. How much copyright is too much copyright? It's an interesting question, but we'll save that one for a different day.

Daily Dope: Boss Lady

Don't know how to be a boss? Maybe this video will clear it up for you. Song by Iggy Azalea. Video by Evan Roth, made using royalty free stock video footage.

Today's Track: Voyeur / Digital Lion

Not one but two tracks made it on the Today's Track spot, both from the one and only James Blake.

LemLem Talks To: S-Type

LemLem is back, for the sixth edition in her exclusive interview series for Afromullets. She grabbed hold of Scotland-based producer and DJ S-Type, who is a member of the magnificent LuckyMe Records family. We've been excited about this artist ever since the release of his phenomenal Billboards EP last year.

Like most of the artists signed to Luckyme, S-Type has been pushing the boundaries of his genre. His sound is hip-hop influenced, yet somehow too multifaceted to fit into just one stylistic category. Some of the syncopated synth stabs and filtered vocals bear a certain resemblance to early Daft Punk records, updated for the current decade.

Today, he talks music with LemLem. Without further ado, here it is for your reading pleasure:

LL: Why is your name S-type?

S-Type: When I first started out, I was called Stereo Type. Me and my brother put out my first record, "Soul For Your Stereo" ft. Finale. It had remix from Dimlite which was getting a lot of European radio play. One day, totally out of the blue I got an email from an Austrian producer (with a similar alias), calling me a "punk motherfucker" for stealing his name - even though I'd never heard of him or his music. Anyway, after a few emails back and forth with him and his manager, threatening me with legal action, I decided to change it to S-Type. I had no idea it was a model of Jaguar until a couple years later. Oh well.

LL: You are originally from Edinburgh, what made you move to Glasgow?

S-Type: I had been commuting to Glasgow a few days a week for work, for over a year - so it just made sense. I knew it would be better for my music career, but didn't anticipate how much more inspiring it is to be in Glasgow. Edinburgh is lovely, but there's just so much more going on in Glasgow.

LL: You've played in Vienna a couple of times. What do you think is special or different about this city?

S-Type: Both times I've played in Vienna, I've been there for all of 12 hours, so unfortunately I haven't had time to explore the city yet. But The Loud Minority was one of the dopest parties I've ever played at - they treated their guests so well and the crowd were open to music they hadn't heard before. The Vienna crowd was wild, reminded me a lot of a Glasgow.

LL: How lucky do you feel to be part of the LuckyMe family?

S-Type: Very lucky. Everyone's killing it at the moment. So dope to see everyone doing so well.

LL: Would you rather be deaf in one ear or blind in one eye?

S-Type: Definitely need both my ears, so you can have an eye.

LL: What was your favorite gig so far? (Like ever)

S-Type: I've played some amazing shows in the past couple years but the most special for me was the LuckyMe off-Sonar party in Barcelona last year. We had almost the full crew playing and a lot of friends from Glasgow were in the crowd. But some of my favourite gigs have been at The Loud Minority in Vienna and Vitamins in Glasgow.

LL: What upcoming releases are you excited about?

S-Type: Far too many to mention but I'm very excited for Obey City's debut record for LuckyMe. He's incredible.

LL: Why did you think LuckyMe wanted to release your record?

S-Type: We were all friends from back in the day, and always intended to work together. I think about 3 years ago, I sent them "You Da Best" and they replied "OK, do you want to do an EP for us?". Obviously I said no.

LL: What artists do you want to hear more of?

S-Type: Jaisu and Budgie.

LL: What do you have planned for 2013?

S-Type: Another record for LuckyMe, then hopefully work with some rappers and singers. I'm trying to get over to America this year.

As always a big thank you to LemLem and S-type for doing this interview. Make sure to subscribe and follow LemLem over on facebook and twitter. 

Today's Track: Slasherr

New track by Rustie, and as always its a banger.

Daily Dope: #SWAG

Yung Dick: Swag U From 2011. Ahead of its time. #yung #dick #swag #freewesley #tybg