Daily Dope: Gentleman of Letters

A bit late on this but I had to share. A great short film about the art of sign painting in Dublin.

Today's Track: Sum 1 Like U

Ticklish's back with another big track. It seems he's taken some inspiration from Machinedrum's Vapor City release last year. I'm coining Liquid Footwork as a genre. There, I said it.

Keeping up with the Trend

Invaders newest piece in Paris is the Flappy Bird from the very addictive and popular game that took over everyones phones this year.

Mirakle - "The Plan EP" (Prod. by Fshstk)

We are really excited to announce Mirakle's latest release in a while — titled "The Plan" — which is a collaborative effort with one of afromullets' own producers fshstk. While this is the Mirakle's third EP, it is the first one featuring original production.

"The Plan" is a showcase of Mirakle's lyrical prowess and knack for vivid imagery. However, what struck me the most was the honesty in his lyrics of dealing with the struggles as an up and coming rapper. The first track "Get Your Guap Up" is about the endless riches that are there for the taking: "Get money, play shows, big crib, fast cars…" However, the reality is far from this where the track starts of with a brutally honest confessions of missed chances, lethargy and the fear of failure: "you run away from everything like you a wanted man".

While these are harsh truths, the good thing for us is that it looks like Mirakle has gotten his shit together and is tackling each of his supposed insecurities track by track. "The Plan" follows a loose narrative of the trials and tribulations on the rapper's road to success. While it may start off with a bleak outlook, a few tracks down, he is bubbling with confidence and is sure that he has made the right decisions in the track "Every Day": "I used to want to be a diplomat, then I bumped 'The Diplomats' I became a different cat, what can I say / I almost spent my life on some office shit, I'm so glad I'm off that shit, now I rhyme everyday."

To avoid any other spoilers, I'll let you follow Mirakle's journey on "The Plan" yourself. As far as the production goes, fshstk serves up a range of heaters in a multiple range of styles and genres with his signature touch of the jazz piano. A real guilty pleasure treat can be found in 'Outro' which is a banging footwork re-work of the first track.

A music video for the track "Like This" has also been released on Left Boy's MADE JOUR LABEL channel.

All in all, this is a solid release and a pleasure to listen to. Mirakle will be touring and performing with Left Boy on the Permanent Party tour starting March 10th 2014.

BOK BOK feat. KELELA - Melba's Call

Night Slugs is back with a virtual 3D environment music video, this time to the track 'Melba's Call' produced by Night Slugs boss Bok Bok and featuring singer Kelela. Check it out!

G.S.ONE - Lucid Dreams EP

Last year in April, Manchester-based bass music newcomer G.S.ONE hosted the fourth installment in our ongoing Mullet Mix series. He's been keeping busy since then, working on his debut EP, forthcoming on Madam X's record label Big People Music.

It's clear that all the hard work has paid off. The release is called Lucid Dreams, comes out on the 3rd of March, and while it consists of just three tracks plus a remix, it packs a comparatively large punch. Like many producers in the somewhat loosely-defined bass music genre, G.S.ONE's work runs a fairly wide stylistic gamut, fusing together established genres such as House, Dubstep and UK Garage into something that is greater than the sum of its parts.

Lucid Dreams' smooth synths and dreamy soundscapes make for a fairly unabrasive and easy listen, but don't let this fool you into thinking that the tracks aren't club-friendly. This EP would feel equally at home at a rave as it would in your living room. And of course, as the title of the first track (Pillow Talk) suggests, it can also provide excellent background material to get freaky to, if that's your thing.

Cop it here once it comes out on Monday and check out BPM's and G.S.ONE's SoundCloud streams. Last but not least, make sure you listen to G.S.ONE's mix for Afromullets below.

Today's Track: Ocean Gang

MILO MILLS with another banger!

Daily Dope: Hers

Beautiful video for Tommy Kruise's newest track 'Hers'.

Fractal Fantasy: Zora Jones - Moonstar

Check out the latest installment of the Fractal Fantasy series: a futuristic audio-visual experience to the experimental beat "Moonstar" by Zora Jones, with visuals by VL-TR. Enjoy.

Daily Dope: Sochi Edition