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Music and Things I Like | OCT 11'

Thu, 06 Oct 2011 12:36:00 -0400

The eighth month + 2, Peter Tosh’s, Model T’s, Twilight Zone’s and my birth, the 89’ quake of SF and All Hallows’ Even - October is all up on us. Lots to be thankful for and plenty of fun to be had. Here is the soundtrack.

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JST.PRSS.PLY|> OCT 11’

The Nerves - Hanging On The Telephone
revisited the year 2000 and The Avalaches’ Since I Left You. - “Flight Tonight”
rock and roll
Rock-afire Explosion covering User - Love in this Club
BK’s Das Racist - Michael Jackson - wait for the morph!
Slayer - “Angle of Death” 800 x slower. just in time for Halloween.
Davis, CA’s very own DJ Shadow - “I Gotta Rokk”
Kinda Halloweeny - Twin Sister - Kimmi in a Rice Field
King Krule - The Noose of Jah City
Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks - Senator - live and outside

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License To This | OCT 11’ - Might as well do some halloween tracks for this months Licence to This.

Round In Circles.mp3 - verbed out acoustic guitar paired with thrashy drums set the stage for a dark vampire bar that you might not be able to leave till morning. if you survive the night that is.
Slashing Wrists Raising Prices.mp3 - trudging through the mud on a revenge spree, vindicating his slain love. breakdown leaves time for quick reflection a couple slow motion kills then jumps back into the spree.
Out Is In.mp3 - badass rolles into town setting things straight. big guitar riffs, laid back tempo with just the right swagger.
Spooky Traveler.mp3 - tricker treaters with wholesome, hallmark levels of mischief in the works. organs, synth strings and harpsichord.
Clockwork Metal.mp3 - a reverse glass rhythm with reverse pads and snake rattles set the stage for a psycho or supernatural killer on a quiet night at summer camp. is anyone there?
Tranquil Shores.mp3 - sparse piano, strings and glock. the sun has come up after a week of battling zombies. a butterfly lands on a leaf. life will continue.
Dark Orchestral.mp3 - orchestral hip hop lays down the perfect foundation for some slow motion walking through the deserted streets.
Killa.mp3 - dark and erie pads break into Goldie’s famous drum and bass sound. pitched vox and breaks add to the demonic sound.
Fuzz Wasp.mp3 - bits missing from this low fi grinder. club music for the strange, scary and possibly living dead.
Control port.mp3 - driving beat with filtered synth punches. goth sound on a dark night driving a trans am.

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Recent Work

Premium Rush - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pn6ie1zCkZU

Contradband - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3sYntGCj8R0

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The sun fall - Bushwick, BK

Hop Harvest

Days are Over

1/4x12

Music and Things I Like | SEP 11’

Mon, 12 Sep 2011 16:01:00 -0400

Music and Things I Like | SEP 11’

Based on the rain, a slight color change of leaves and the sub 90 degree weather, I fear we are at the top of a slippery slope, sliding our way right through Fall into Winter. Before starting the decent, I plan on making the most of this month and any chances for warm weather clothes and activities!

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JST.PRSS.PLY|> JUL 11’

Houston’s Killa Kyleon drops a New Mix Tape of thick lyrics to be enjoyed with “kevin bacon kush”.
Apathy matches up with Primo - Stop What Ya Doin
Mexico’s Alvaro Carrillo with a heartfelt 1967 set.
San Diego’s 1001 band man, Rob Crow’s latest single Sophistructure
8 hours in Brooklyn - great slow motion video
Schlag-Schlag drops his first album. If you like aural assault, black metal, gabber and everything else that offends most… this is a good’n.
a nice little video montage of Irene
San Diego friends Transfer drop off a new video for ‘Take Your Medicine’.
Found Stevie B’s full length ‘Party your Body’ at the Thing last week. The highlight - Spring Lover
‘Baby Missles’ off of War on Drug’s new album Slave Ambient.

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License To This | SEP 11’ - I’ve been working on some fashion projects, runway and ad, and thought ‘tis the season’. Here is a sassy fashion grab for this month’s Licence to This.

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C’est Magnifique.mp3 - extra smokey down tempo acoustic track with female french vocals.
The Job.mp3 - choppy building electronic track with a buzzy bass and some breathy female vocal pads. nice edit drop out and rebuild.
Jumping Spiders.mp3 - break beat with a fat bass groove and guitars backing it up
Rocktronics.mp3 - dredging electric guitars ooze attitude and drop into a big break beat…freeing up to a smooth hook
Golden Spice.mp3 - head bobbing steady elctro-beat builds into a guitar ripper.
Say It.mp3 - dreamy mover keeps a fast pace with buzzy space synths, jangley guitar, live drums, and some filter female vocals.
Somethin For Nuthin.mp3 - big guitars lead into a driving beat and big lead guitar tones. lots of attitude. ebb and flow.
Fierce.mp3 - stomping dance beat perfect for a runway strut. Justic and Daft Punk come to mind.
Bit By Bit.mp3 - big synth lead and steady kick drums give way to a driving feel good club tune.
Hoodie.mp3 - driving indie rocker with straight a head instrumentation and some nice gritty synth melodies.

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Recent Work

Blackthorn - http://youtu.be/5FMZDtpMFqk

Machine Gun Preacher - http://youtu.be/d3VOVu4eMwI

Saints Row: The Third - http://youtu.be/ewy2rGUwF84

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Love Lost

Perfect Hour

Time Off

2 x Chinch. 1 x Body.

madeleinepascal: great idea, great execution. dodge journey...

Mon, 12 Sep 2011 12:03:16 -0400

madeleinepascal:

great idea, great execution.

dodge journey positions itself as the ‘search engine for the world wide world’ (love that), and this campaign puts 3 out there for you to find — if you can get off the internet long enough to look, that is.

killing it, rutter.

Primo Honkey

Tue, 09 Aug 2011 12:57:50 -0400

Apathy - Stop What Ya Doin.mp3

Apathy featuring Celph Titled with DJ Premiere….and Humpty. Off of the Honky Kong album…get that pager USB.

Music and Things I Like | AUG 11'

Wed, 03 Aug 2011 17:11:00 -0400

Music and Things I Like | AUG 11’

Summer is fully upon us! We’ve had some amazing heat, concerts and block-partys here in NYC. Summer has also been the kick off of Spotify here in the states. I’m on it here and will be including some playlists links as I see fit.

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JST.PRSS.PLY|> AUG 11’ - A mess. Fresh. As always, check out the JST.PRSS.PLY|> page for my ever-growing, unorganized, inspiring mix-tape.

RJD 2 and Aaron Livingston create Icebird, the soul dream team, and start with “Going and Going. And Gone.”
Made it out to see Company Flow’s back from the grave show a couple weeks ago. One of the highlight songs of the night - Patriotism
Travis Millard toy release video featuring El-P (yeah…more CoFlow ish) - http://vimeo.com/24446707
LA hiphop crew PacDiv give a little insight to their doings - http://vimeo.com/27181295 - listen for that crazy beat SwiffD drops at 1:45
Witch House is one thing. This is something else. Better. - http://youtu.be/-FHohtHMrvk
Swede Lykke Li’s cut “Rich Kids Blues” off this year’s Wounded Rhyme
been listening to Providence, RI’s araabMUZIK’s Electronic Dream. Its an space trance house r&b adventure. BT for 2011? Some messing around in the studio -http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rpCzOANMkso
I Break Horses throws another track out from her up coming debut Heart. “Winter Beats”
SD boys Pinback - interview with some insite into the band
Nas is Back with “Nasty“ - sounds like classic Nas hungry out of QB

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License To This | AUG 11’ - I started this search off as Summer Mix 2, but thing veered a bit when checking out some of our new releases. Figure its better for the genre integrity of my playlist to suffer a touch for the sake of fresh jams.

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Crush On You.mp3 - synthy pop tune with a nice boom chick beat. a quick drop leads into the anthemic chorus. with a nice breakdown and break up this one feels confident, tables have turned and things are on the up and up.
Summer Planet.mp3 - synth pop jam. kicking off summer right. synth drops out here and there for a nice bent guitar melody.
Bring It To You No Melody.mp3 - great building track with a strong slightly gritty guitar melody. a drum machine, a xylophone and some synth round this into a trotting a light summer piece that keeps on building.
Wunderkind.mp3 - driving acoustic strummer with a glock and some humming leading it along. slap your knee, enjoy the beach and watch the sun go down on the perfect day.
Digital dusk.mp3 - the name suites this simple digital but warm arpeggiation smearing. a simple dub step beat minus the wobble with a touch of “indie”, I could see this being the sound track for a late night or a dreamy day.
Milk.mp3 - arpeggiated guitar work leads this short and simple acoustic track into a thoughtful, caring and lovable place. feels like a hug and a sunrise at the same time.
Harvest ensemble.mp3 - this twangy number is backed by a serious string section. the bowed bass is amazing bringing up the low end. definitely a versatile track.
Pink Tuxedo.mp3 - a modern throw back. sounds like twisting on the beach with your long board….but just a bit off. break beats and morphed filtering lend the kitschy tune a modern touch and a bit of underwaterness.
Demonic mutants.mp3 - drop break beat kicks this track into some weirdo mutant samples and turntablism. I don’t know where to place this…but I like it. Maybe for a space lowrider dj scene. reminds me of Wave Twisters
Building A Robot.mp3 - this track came of our new CD that is coined “Themes for Slow Motion”. I love the concept and thats exactly what it sounds like. Give me a diving 808 kick any day of the week.

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Recent Work

Red Tails Trailer - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BpA6TC0T_Lw

Capital One - DDB Chicago - http://vimeo.com/26977042

W+K, ESPN, Outside Edit + Design - http://vimeo.com/26976938

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Grand Central does not get played out

Bike gang subway’n back from Tilden

Summertime is block party time

Battlefest is amazing!

I Crack Calvary

Tue, 02 Aug 2011 17:01:52 -0400

I Break Horses - Winter Beats.mp3

I guess I have a thing for Swedish ladies that make of center pop. Sue me. This is Marie Linden’s (aka I Break Horses) latests ”Winter Beats” off of the upcoming debut album Hearts. Kaboom.

Affluent Youngster

Tue, 02 Aug 2011 15:49:20 -0400

Lykke Li - Rich Kid Blues.mp3

Lykke Li dropped her second album and I finally had a listen. All in all…good…not great. This one caught my ear, as it is the single. Pretty sure I don’t dig the chorus but something in here (probably the organ) is what I’m about.

Nas is Back

Tue, 02 Aug 2011 14:18:27 -0400

Diamond Flying Animal

Tue, 02 Aug 2011 14:14:55 -0400

Icebird - Going and Going. And Going..mp3

Philly synth heavy weight RJD2 joins forces with philly soul singer Aaron Livingston for, what sounds to be, a fun project.

Bindhindmost

Tue, 02 Aug 2011 14:07:56 -0400

SD boys talking the talk.

Demoniac Dog Days MMXI

Tue, 05 Jul 2011 10:27:51 -0400

Stereogum’s Cruel Summer 2011 Mix

Cruel Summer 2011 Vol. 1 (.zip, 97.4MB)
Cruel Summer 2011 Vol. 2 (.zip, 99.6MB)

Alternate Links:
stereogum-cruel-summer-2011-vol1.zip
stereogum-cruel-summer-2011-vol2.zip

Cruel Summer 2011: Vol. 1

01 YACHT – “Dystopia”

02 Class Actress – “Keep You”

03 John Maus – “Believer”

04 Toro Y Moi – “Still Sound”

05 Unknown Mortal Orchestra – “How Can U Love Me”

06 Cold Cave – “The Great Pan Is Dead”

07 Fucked Up – “Queen Of Hearts”

08 Iceage – “Collapse”

09 Pictureplane – “Post Physical”

10 SBTRKT – “Wildfire [Feat. Little Dragon] (Drake Remix)”

11 Heems – “WOMYN aka HITCH (Demo?)”

12 Frank Ocean – “Songs For Women”

13 Elite Gymnastics – “WΛKΛ”

Cruel Summer 2011: Vol. 2

14 Pale Sketcher – “Seventh Heaven”

15 The Weeknd – “House Of Balloons – Glass Table Girls”

16 Giggs – “Hard 3style”

17 Beige – “Folds”

18 Twin Sister – “Bad Street”

19 Purity Ring – “Loftcries”

20 Yuck – “Coconut Bible”

21 Hooray For Earth – “True Loves”

22 Washed Out – “Amor Fati”

23 The Wrens – “As I’ve Known”

24 The Weeknd – “The Morning”

25 J Mascis – “Is It Done”

Glacier Milestone - Dissimilar Army

Fri, 01 Jul 2011 12:33:00 -0400

Iceage- Broken Bone.mp3

Iceage - White Rune.mp3

No wave punkers Iceage dropped their debut full length New Brigade earlier in June. 24min slathered with grit, slap and anthems of resistance. A bit of showmanship hidden in there deep. The young Danes doing good.

DMNSH

Fri, 01 Jul 2011 12:13:04 -0400

SBTRKT - Wildfire (Feat Little Dragon).mp3

Rumor is the mysterious UK based SBTRKT will be revealing his identity today. I don’t care. I like the mask and the music is fun…a mix of everything dance in the UK + some 90s R&B and a range of glitch to straight solid beats. His remixes seem to be the talk but the self titled EP rubs me the right way. Just the right amount of cheese + weird pop. Feel it, like it, eat it.

Music and Things I Like - July 11'

Fri, 01 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0400

Music and Things I Like - July 11’

Good times last week out at PROMAX. Great chatting with all the folks who came by to check out our setup. Had a chance to sit in on talks by Al Gore, Spike Lee and Spencer Tunic. All inspiring and extremely different. Great conference.

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JST.PRSS.PLY|> JULY 11’ - Mixed bag of hip hop/pop and weird. As always, check out the JST.PRSS.PLY|> page for my ever-growing, unorganized, inspiring mix-tape.

Iceage- Broken Bone.mp3 - Danish punkers Iceage having a good’ol’time
SBTRKT - Wildfire (Feat Little Dragon).mp3 - British SBTRKT mystery producer featuring Yukimi Nagano of Little Dragon
Kreayshawn - Gucci Gucci - Oakland’s Kreayshawn making indie hiphop waves.
Apathy - Most_Murderous_Music_Freestyle.mp3- Get Busy Committee member Apathy dropping the Honkey Kong LP single.
Picture Plane dropping the June 2011 | Mix Series V.10 Mix Tape for Altered Zones
Wugazi - simple as that
Schlag-Schlag - smoke-smoke - can’t recommend this one enough - good friend and a great video
Ricky Rose - 9 Pieces - selling dope off my iphone - this is the sound of Bushwick right now
SKI BEATZ FT LEP & TERRI WALKER- LOOKIN’ FOR ME - Affinity Cycles makes an appearance in this one
R E A L M A G I C - Dever art guy making dreamy dreams

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License To This | JULY 11’ - this month’s list was born out of a search. Epic, Hip-Hop, Independent ….all to aspire to.

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Arpology.mp3 - classic piano sound arpeggiated into dropping into hip hop beat, sub bass and string stabs. slow motion ferrari door close walking into the club.
Dark Orchestral.mp3 - string section starts this one off, closely followed by some low bit high-hats, juno esq bass and big drums. this is a an epic number that feels contemporary with dashes of hiphop in the style of DJ Shadow.
Bubbles (Full).mp3 - short spy track with hints of west coast hip hop “dre” beats.
Sneaker (Sub).mp3 - simple, short thumper. stripped down beat. another perfect match for a slow motion track
Begin.mp3 - vibraphone upfront with piano accompaniment, simple break beat on a tight funk kit and low background scratches combine for a hint of Amy Winehouse, contemporary version of 60’s sound.
On and On (no vocals).mp3 - spacey parts over a driving steady building beat. feels like one person walking on an empty street to be joined by another and another building and growing a crowd all towards a big wall of guitars.
Stargazing.mp3 - anthemic guitar signal the start of something new and big. the simplicity leads into a big indie sound.
In Memoriam.mp3 - solo string section digging and driving building and releasing tention with classic sound. we’re on a hunt at the country house. twists, turns and unexpected situations.
EminentDestination.mp3 - epic, sweeping building classical orchestration with builds and falls.
FinalHour.mp3 - amazingly sweeping again here. classic movie score epic-ness.
Father To Son.mp3 - simple sweeping leading into a military march of approval and reward.
Can Dark Be Light.mp3 - amazing space guitar. solo ride and a nice base for a strong visual
Coastal Drive.mp3 - piano on it’s own playing an emotional, introspective and beautiful piece.

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Hello

Tattoo Party

Rock Center Grass Court

NYPL

Time Square Yoga

Kreayshawn - Fendi Piranha

Thu, 23 Jun 2011 12:16:00 -0400

Kreayshawn-Gucci Gucci.mp3

Kreayshawn-Rich Whores.mp3

Hyped out of Oakland, Kreayshawn. Gutter punk mom, born the year of the earthquake, friends with Lil’B and Wolf Gang and even a sticking bs rumor of a $1m Columbia signing. Lets see where this goes.

I thought this also make a good forum for a tribute to a couple female rappers of Oak Town yesteryear.

Conscious Daughters

madeleinepascal: 1888 drawing of plumbing pipes, part of the...

Thu, 23 Jun 2011 11:15:56 -0400

madeleinepascal:

1888 drawing of plumbing pipes, part of the new york public library’s collection.

(via nypl)

Emotionlessness - Most Killing

Mon, 20 Jun 2011 16:16:37 -0400

Apathy - Most_Murderous_Music_Freestyle.mp3

I new track off the upcoming Honkey Kong LP by Apathy (8/23). Apathy has been at it for a long while, but I became most familiar with him as part of the Get Busy Committee.

Music and Things I Like - JUNE 11'

Thu, 16 Jun 2011 17:16:01 -0400

I’ll be out at PROMAX here in NYC 6/28-30. Come by and save me from the booth…or at least drop off a card for our “special raffle”. Not sure what were giving out, but something fancy I’m sure.

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JST.PRSS.PLY|> June 11’ - A short list this month…along with being way behind. Much better next, I promis. As always, check out the JST.PRSS.PLY|> page for my ever growing, unorganized, in spiring mix-tape.

Death Grips - amazing and insane hiphop
MMJB “Tear it Down” music video - smart and head bob’n hip hop
Adventure - Feels Like Heaven - video I helped shoot. comedy.
James Drake Mixtape - I usually hate mashes…but this is good.

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License To This | JUNE11 - looking for the right summertime track for your next project? Boom!

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Reticent.mp3 - feel good indie rock/pop track reminiscent of Silversun Pickups. driving from echo park to Malibu with the top down on the 1964 continental.

Catenaccio.mp3 - great club track reminiscent of the french house world of Daft Punk and Justice but laid back for summer. hitting the slick rooftop bar in Manhattan. dj playing, dancing, meeting people, high fashion.

Golden Days.mp3 - claps lead off into a twangy stripped down acoustic guitar line. drums come a relaxing country hybrid. pick up trucks, friends, beers and open roads and fields.

Run To The Sun.mp3 - bobbing piano chords and vibra phone open it up and lead into an easy listening piano pop tune with meandering guitars and a full drum kit.

Bring It To You.mp3 - funky strumming guitar riff with a simple beat and glock backing it up…builds and builds into a spacey indie bubble gum jam. simple summer day

Steppin on Your Star.mp3 - soft and comforting guitar tune with a solid and steady drum machine/kit combo that breaks into a feel good rock chorus. feels like the perfect summer beach day coming to an end. dusk settling in.

Carousel.mp3 - slightly prog piano and drum intro that just slightly moves around the beat. backed up with some easy mellotron synth sounds this tracks feels like a warm summer night…meeting someone new

Pack My Bags.mp3 - strumming guitars and bouncing guitars make for a summer time knee slapper. easy to tap your foot and whistle along with this one. simple summer.

Keep Movin.mp3 - straight a head rocker in the vein of Jimmy Eats World. out for the day, sun shining, hitting all the spots with your friends. seeing everyone. a whirlwind of summer fun.

Shine a Light.mp3 - uke/mandoline intro into a fun organ led mover. kids in the park having a blast.

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Recent Work

Green Lantern

http://youtu.be/FbyJSbimX0Y

Subway

http://vimeo.com/25204130

Cox

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPv3eQKTjuA

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Montauk

Offical Crown of Larual brings it

Montauk Morning 2

Portland, OR

Bushwick Hops

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Just a banger

Thu, 16 Jun 2011 10:34:26 -0400

Just a banger

Decease Clamps

Tue, 14 Jun 2011 14:35:04 -0400

Death Grips - Guillotine.mp3

Death Grips - Lord of the Game (ft. Mexican Girl).mp3

Death Grips came to me in a dream and have lived in my head ever since. It blew me away when JB sent me a link to my brain made into a mixtape. Zach Hill is rumored involved but who knows. Its raw and good. Listen to the whole tape here.