Aside from my junior high school years (Bel Biv Devoe, Boyz II Men, and TLC anyone?), I never liked most modern R&B, whether it’s slow jams or the kind of stuff that you’re allowed to like and still have some “street cred,” like Erykah Badu and Jill Scott. With the latter, I respect them as [...]
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Just say yes to the ’80s
04.21.2011 – 2:43 am
Video by Matt Ferran New official video for Onra‘s “Sitting Back” is collage dopeness! That’s right, ya’ll.. throw your hands in the air for the ’80s! p.s. Don’t forget to revisit the interview I did with Onra when he was in town last Fall.
Take – Only Mountain: The Remixes
02.15.2011 – 3:37 am
Take‘s Only Mountain appeared on my Best Albums of 2010 list (and the track “Neon Beams” made an appearance on my Best Tracks of 2010 list). This month, a brand new remixes album is being released on Alpha Pup, featuring reworkings of his tracks by a roster of beat-minded leftfield producers, including Tokimonsta, FaltyDL, Mux [...]
Best of 2010, Part 2 – MissRuckus
01.31.2011 – 5:08 am
In no particular order, here are the albums released in 2010 that I enjoyed most… Onra – Long Distance [All City] (listen) This was hands down my favourite, most listened to album of 2010. Seems I’m not the only one - it’s been appearing on many a ‘best of’ list all over the ‘net. Check [...]
HOT SAUCE 07 by MissRuckus: HS 2.0 Mini Mix
11.21.2010 – 2:27 am
Recorded: November 10, 2010 Hyetal – We Should Light a Fire (Planet Mu) Pariah – Orpheus (R&S) Joker & Ginz – Purple City (Kapsize) Phonat – Cockroaches (MofoHifi) Take – Neon Beams (Alpha Pup) Owusu & Hannibal – Delirium (Ubiquity) Onra – Long Distance (All City) DâM-FunK – Let’s Take Off (Far Away) (Stones Throw)
Interview: Onra
11.13.2010 – 11:06 am
Onra is Arnaud Bernard, a Parisian beat maker who started to turn heads around the globe after the critically acclaimed 2007 release of Chinoiseries, an album strung together using samples from old Chinese and Vietnamese records he found while crate digging in Vietnam. His second full-length offering, 1.0.8, was influenced by the sounds of Bollywood. [...]
Meditating with Buddy Sativa
10.19.2010 – 3:34 am
Buddy Sativa is a producer from Paris, France who is currently on tour in North America, supporting Onra on the keys. Although he plays more of a backseat role during the tour, he’s got his own musical projects and I was just checking some of it out as I was transcribing an interview I recently [...]
