For the past few months I’ve had a minor obsession with South African renaissance man Spoek Mathambo. This means not only stalking his twitter, eagerly anticipating his Fader magazine cover, catching up on his back catalogue of side-projects and features, but also keeping his latest LP, Mishni Wam, in heavy rotation. It’s tough work, to keep up with a man so prolific but someone’s gotta do it damnit. It’s just about time I passed some of it along. DOWNLOAD: Spoek Mathambo – War On Words
Miguel Atwood-Ferguson is perhaps the coolest of all violin players doing their thing today. Not only is he incredibly talented and surrounded by equally gifted players, but his choice in music is always impeccable. Here we see the band (accompanied by Flying Lotus on the bleeps and boops) performing a re-orchestrated version of Drips (from Cosmogramma) that eventually evolves into a cover of Dilla’s Take Notice (one of my top 10 Dilla joints). Beautiful stuff. Always nice to see musicians who are taken seriously taking hip hop seriously. Also, if the video isn’t enough for you, there’s an mp3 version recorded live from the show available to enjoy and download free below.
Once again, I was going through some new releases on No Modest Bear and stumbled on some dopeness that I just had to share on here. Dag för Dag is a Swedish band that began getting recognition around 2007 according to their bio. As I’m currently listening to this release I’ll have to say that this is some dope shit. It kind of has a Sigur Rós feel to it, but it also reminds me of The Breeders on some of the tracks. I love me some chilling music that isn’t boring, and this certainly does the job for me. Be sure to give it a spin.
Here’s a nice video to accompany Star Slinger’s remix of I Am You by Coolrunnings. The video was directed by John Kendall, and I think the scenes in this really amplify the strength of an already dope song. I went nuts the first time I heard the shit, and I’ll continue to go nuts every time I bump it!!
First off I want to thank Tonje and my dude Star Slinger for helping me out with the cover! This is a track that I semi-uploaded onto facebook a couple weeks ago and since the feedback was so positive I decided to release it as a single. I even performed it when I opened for Wax in Toronto. This song means a lot to me because it has a lot to do with taking things for granted, and what the world expects from each and every one of us. Hopefully you get to give the track a listen and tell us what you think!
Here we have a really fresh sounding free album by the band Soft Powers. I was on No Modest Bear a couple weeks ago and saw a post for their track Mary Never Sings Our Songs. I really enjoyed the track and eventually found their myspace to find that I liked all the tracks on their page. I really enjoy the 80′s vibe they create in their songs, and the fact that it’s lo-fi is a plus for my tastes. My favourite tracks from this are Moon Culture, Dr. Philip David Collins, and the track I mentioned above. Be sure to check out this bands up-beat and electrifying sounds.
I recently got invited to contribute a guest deejay mix for one of my favourite music sites out there, dippedindollars. It was really nice to get a platform like that to showcase some of the weird instrumental stuff I’m into, so i went all in. Check out the embed below, and make sure you holler at the folks over at DiD if you’re amongst the uninitiated.
I’ve heard a couple joints from Star Slinger’s next project and I’ll have to say that it’s pretty dope. For now we’ll have to listen to this new ‘May I Walk With You?’ joint that contains a sample from Life Without Building’s ‘The Leanover’. I really like the way he has layered drums over the sample that he has chopped up really nicely. I especially like the pattern he used for the hi-hats and tambourine instruments he added onto the chops. All I can really say is that this track is good shit. Be sure to check it out below!
Download | May I Walk With You?
Here we have Blackbird Blackbird’s new track entitled Letting Go. This track is a great listen for people that want to drown into a great atmosphere.
Also, my dude Blackbird Blackbird really went in on remixing Camera Talk by the Local Natives. He did a great job of creating a nice arrangement of trippy pop chords to accompany the acapella.
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