Based in New York City (by way of Chile), Nicolas Jaar first started making music at the age of 14 and had his first official releases out on Brooklyn label Wolf + Lamb at the tender age of 17. Now, still only 20, and with a handful of releases under his belt, the young producer [...]
Dave Aju is Marc Barrite, a producer whose music definitely defies categorization. His 2008 album, Open Wide, aptly released on the eclectic French imprint Circus Company, was constructed entirely of his own mouth samples. The album garnered much praise by dance music aficionados, and earned a coveted spot on Resident Advisor’s Top 20 Albums list [...]
Madvillain‘s 2004 debut album, Madvillainy on Stones Throw Records, was one of my favourite albums of last decade and I’ve been very (im)patiently waiting for something new by them ever since. Finally, MF Doom and Madlib began recording tracks for their new album last year and the album is still a work-in-progress. Courtesy of the [...]
Wow, is this beat ever good. I don’t know much about this Shigeto producer but this track was released on a new EP called Semi Circle on Ghostly International just the other day: Look at him drum: “They say some of the best art is born of struggle, but in the case of Shigeto’s Semi-Circle [...]
Gimme A Night Mix by MissRuckus Recorded: October 3, 2005 1. Quantic – Sound of Everything (feat. Alice Russell) 2. Los Hermanos Latinos – Puerto Rico remix 3. The Daktaris – Eltsuhg Ibal Lasiti 4. Orlando Julius & The Afro Sounders – Alo Mi Alo (Parts 1 & 2) 5. Nico Gomez & His Afro [...]
Sure, Kieran Hebden has been busy releasing remixes, mixes, EPs and working on collaborations, but there’s been no full-length Four Tet album since 2005′s Everything Ecstatic (which I didn’t like that much and barely listened to, despite owning it). The first proper album release in five years is absolutely stunning and excites me the way [...]
What can I say that has not been said already? 2009 was a great year for music! I kept discovering new tracks, new artists, and most importantly, new sounds to my ears that made me excited about music again and again and again. I’m pretty bad at coming up with yearly “best of” lists since [...]
It was definitely one of the most colourful years in a long time. In music however, 2009 was truly incredible, dominated by solid edits, new directions in dubstep, infectious indie melodies, tech-ier house, or slowing down the beat. I didn’t mind pulling all-nighters, thanks to some pretty dope podcasts from both East Village Radio (Authentic [...]
How have 10 years gone by so fast? Wasn’t it just last week that we were stashing away emergency rations in our basements, getting all ready for the apocalypse (aka Y2K)? This past decade was an interesting one for me because 2000 marked the actual year that I really began my increasing transition from guitars [...]
I don’t really listen to too much hip hop these days, but there are certain types of beats I still feel moved by, like the interesting crossover sounds of Flying Lotus, and that always fresh Stones Throw sound. As you can see, I’m not usually into beats sounding too polished. I’m definitely a big fan [...]
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