8.31.2010

Circuitree Records Invterview W/ Wake

Wake is Matt Hettich, an Oakland based producer who has been involved with Circuitree Records from the beginning. He's one of our favorite producers and is getting some serious love from everyone from URB and XLR8R to NPR and TOKiMONSTA. In fact, he was just recently featured on one of her mixes alongside luminaries like Flying Lotus, Take and well, Biggie. Wake also has a serious way with words, and I think has the potential to write the next great American novel. In this interview he tells us what's new and about his dreamworld, in which "The Future of Girlfriends" is revealed.




































Photo by Rhea Cutillo


<a href="http://catalogrecords.bandcamp.com/album/wake-meat-mountain">Meat Mountain by Catalog Records</a>
<a href="http://wake.bandcamp.com/track/trouble-the-with-live-at-signal-flow">Trouble The With (Live at Signal Flow) by Wake</a>
<a href="http://wake.bandcamp.com/album/the-future-of-girlfriends">On Impending Manhood by Wake</a>


Check out the rest of the interview along with more photos and songs after the break or peep the rest of the interview on their website itself @ http://circuitreerecords.com/




8.29.2010

Aphex Twin + DIE ANTWOORD (The Videos)

   A few days ago I posted about some news on Die Antwoord planning to be on stage w/ Aphex. Here's some videos of Die Antwoord, Aphex Twin and the collaboration (though it's all youtube so don't expect top quality.
   we made up such a cute little hook thing wif Aphex yesterday: Yo-landi goes: I'M OLD ENOUGH TO BLEED! I'M OLD ENOUGH TO BREED! LOOK MUM I'M ON THE MICROPHONE, FLOWING ON THE BEAT! Aphex thought of the 1st part, Yo-landi thought of the 2nd part, Ninja just stood there picking his nose 

Stay tuned for updates!




Check more out from both Aphex Twin and Die Antwoord after the break!

8.28.2010

GET MOTHER FUCKING DWNTWN!


       DWNTWN is part of a collective of DJs, Producers, Graphic Artists, Radio Talent, Photographers, Event Planners, Promoters, Dancers, and overall party beasts, hellbent on dance music domination. 

  Marvin Gaye - Got to Give it Up (DWNTWN's Got to Give it Bass Remix) by DWNTWN

  Air/Breakbot - So Light is her Footfall (DWNTWN Edit) by DWNTWN
  Interpol - Obstacle 1 (DWNTWN's Fuckin' with a Classic Remix) by DWNTWN
  Billy Joel - Uptown Girl (DWNTWN Bootleg Edit) by DWNTWN
  Gossip - Vertical Rhythm (DWNTWN Remix) by DWNTWN





Deadmau5 + Wolfgang Gartner. Smooth moves.


Deadmau5 & Wolfgang Gartner - Untitled (Preview) by VacayWave
 I’ve been looking for this frickin vitamin forever and ever. I first heard these two tracks down in miami during WMC week and have been on the lookout ever since. Well, I’ve got two top nootch previews for your audible enjoyment. Keep a tight eye on Wolfgang Gartner cuz I have a feeling the full version of these tracks will be released very shortly.



Dear Wolfgang, 
I know you have a stockpile of vitamins so please release some man, the kids need their vitamins.
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Video and more downloads after the jump.


8.26.2010

AFX & ANTWOORD. Pussy galore.

Die Antwoord photo by Sean Metalerkamp
Die Antwoord always seemed to be born out of Aphex Twin’s classic“Windowlicker” video, so it makes a lot of sense that the South African rap act will perform with the electronic music godhead at this weekend’s London Electronic Dance Festival.
The news comes straight from Die Antwoord’s Facebook: “Yo NINJA and YO-LANDI are going to bum rush APHEX TWINS set at LED to kick some next-level raps with the Grand Master himself…in your fokken face poes.” And we just confirmed the collaboration with DA’s U.S. label— this thing is for real.
Check back next week for what is sure to be a completely bonkers YouTube fan video.
via Pitchfork.com

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And if you don't know, know you know. These guys are a trip, much love to them, I hope they keep blowin' up.


Taxijam presents Die Antwoord from taxijam on Vimeo.

Check out more videos after the break.

8.24.2010

Lo Fi Fnk, Ho



Myspace Myspace for Remixes Wiki Blog
Lo-Fi-Fnk is a Swedish electropop-band. They have released two EPs, We Is in 2002 and in 2005 they released ...And the JFG?. In April 24, 2006 they released their first studio album, Boylife. Since that they have toured the world, in 2008 they started working on their second album, anticipated to be released in 2010. In January 2010 they released the single Marchin' In and the video, directed by Mattias Johansson.
 Ever so lightly reminding me of cut copy at times, can't wait to see 'em tour.

 10.Lo-Fi-Fnk - Want U by HeR0
 Lo-Fi-Fnk - Sleepless by Freeman PR
 Lo-Fi-Fnk - Change Channel by Brasky
 Lo-Fi-Fnk - Marchin In by WithoutForks
 LO-FI-FNK - Layin' Lo by Freeman PR

Videos after the page break!

1.2GBs of Free Samples

partner-instrument-compilation
Ableton's favorite sound designers have developed a rich collection of instruments custom-made for Ableton Live: the Partner Instruments. Now, we're giving away the Partner Instrument Compilation — a free 2.9GB Live Pack that provides a selection of content taken from the Partner Instruments. It includes everything from acoustic pianos and electronic drums to exotic instruments and cinematic soundscapes.


Partner Instrument Compilation (download size: 1.2GB)

Check out more info and peep some sounds after the jump.

I look to you, Miami Horror

 Here’s all you need to know about the new Miami Horror album, Illumination: if all the songs were as catchy, lighthearted and damn near perfect as “Holidays” it would be an instant dance classic. Sadly, that’s not the case, but we can sit back and enjoy the breezy, filtered disco bounce of this magnificent slice of fun and wonder about all the things that might have been…. src

Moon Theory from Miami Horror on Vimeo.

More music and Videos after the break!

NAPT*




Following their sell out Australian tour NAPT are giving away their N-Funk DJ battle weapon remix of Miike Snow's "Black And Blue", which also features Passion Pit's "Sleepyhead", as part 2 of their Contraband series. Hold tight for their forthcoming new single "Emotion", out later this year, with remixes, from amongst others DnB superstars Brookes Brothers.
Stay up to date with NAPT shows and more online here:
 TWITTER  NAPT-MUSIC.COM  BEATPORT  
         MYSPACE  LAST.FM  FACEBOOK



infiniglooo

Native Miamians, Infiniglo Entertaininment works on a variety of formats, not just producing but DJing as well. 
<a href="http://absoluteintelligence.bandcamp.com/album/bass6">Strollin' Hard by Peur GNeoUs</a>
<a href="http://absoluteintelligence.bandcamp.com/album/bass6">Strollin' Hard by Peur GNeoUs</a>
<a href="http://absoluteintelligence.bandcamp.com/album/the-otherz">Bentacloud by Peur GNeoUs</a>

Now they've gone and put out on iTunes as well under a different genre  
Here's a taste of something similar

8.22.2010

8.21.2010

Limousines








as the old saying goes: timing is everything. just ask the limousines. the san francisco bay area duo released a single last year with the backing of a major label. but it was only last month that they self-released their debut album get sharp. "we got the attention of the right people at the wrong time. before we had any songs written, really," says eric victorino, lead singer and songwriter of the band. "there were a lot of industry expectations to do a full-length, which we weren't ready to do."

but with 
get sharp, the limousines have formally announced their arrival. equal parts exhilarating pop and darker electronica, the album proves the limousines are the dirtiest, grittiest, sexiest, most fun thing about electro-pop/rock right now. i’m hard pressed to think of another band that’s churning out such good music with such flair.

“i guess we’re a real band now,” says eric. he notes that he and band mate giovanni giusti, who acts as instrumentalist and producer, did the obligatory myspace thing first, but that they “didn’t really have plans” for forming and shaping the band into something bigger.

prior to the limousines, victorino was in the rock band strata, but after releasing two full-lengths, the outfit left victorino feeling unfulfilled. "it was like being in a sexless relationship,” he says. “so i started fucking gio." the two met online. victorino was familiar with and a fan of giusti’s work as a producer, specifically a jay-z remix cd, and giusti would send beats and melodies that victorino would sing to and write lyrics. “it was making my [other] band jealous,” eric says. “it was like finding a pair of someone else’s panties in your drawer and saying ‘whose are these?!’” he laughs. “gio’s a homewrecker!”

once eric left strata, he and gio began collaborating exclusively. it wasn’t long before their work attracted the attention of major labels and they signed a one-single deal with universal. that song, a feel-good pop ode to doing a lot by doing nothing called “very busy people,” has become the band’s signature. but the release came with a price. “the single deal was the worst and best thing to happen to us,” he says. “we stepped in a lot of shit that year. our management company was finding cheerleaders and turning them into stars. we didn’t want to be part of that pop manufacturing farm.”

it’s clear the band knows what they’d like their image to be. one has to look no further than the cover art of 
get sharp: someone blowing a spit bubble. “it’s the best image we could think of that really represents us,” eric says. “every time i see it, i want to fuck it. it’s something different, disturbing.”

although 
get sharp has only been pressed to CD and made available digitally, eric says it would make a good vinyl LP. “side A has a completely different feel than side B,” he says. and he’s right. the first half, featuring “very busy people” and their current single “internet killed the video star,” are upbeat pop numbers, readymade for the dance floor and featuring tongue-in-cheek, witty lyrics. the flip side, beginning with eric’s favorite track “the future,” has the limousines taking the listener to more sinister places both musically and lyrically, but still grooving along with them. “you’re forcing me/using that witchcraft/it’s sorcery/to torture me,” eric sings on “wildfires,” arguably the album’s best song.

on stage, the pair puts on a high-energy, sexually-charged live show. they’ve been touring mostly around the bay area the last few years – including gigs at live 105’s BFD concert and the treasure island music festival in 2009 – and their followers are loyal. as a gift for fans, the duo autographed the first 100 pre-orders of the album and included a page of studio notes featuring doodles and drawings that were done during recording. it’s a lot of extra hard work, eric says, but it’s necessary.

“i see 50 pages of torrent sites giving our album away for free [online],” he says. “if i were a fan, i’d prefer to get something a little more special. so we make the time to do that stuff.”

Soulwax








Soulwax on BBC2 Culture Show
Soulwax - Krack



Amazon 
http://www.soulwax.com/potwnd/loop/ 
http://www.myspace.com/soulwax 
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8.15.2010

Piano Fish and Leaky Toilet


3 Free Music Downloads and Music Video, and that's downloadable too. Here
Saddet - Piano Fish and Leaky Toilet
<a href="http://store.saddet.com/track/piano-fish-and-leaky-toilet">Piano Fish and Leaky Toilet by saddet</a>
Saddet - The Pool Killers Ballad
<a href="http://store.saddet.com/track/the-poor-killers-ballad">The Poor Killer's Ballad by saddet</a>
Saddet - Val's Interlude
 <a href="http://store.saddet.com/track/vals-interlude">Val's Interlude by saddet</a>

8.14.2010

Raziek in the house ya'll



I heard about Raziek back in '08 (src) and have been banging to '5 fingerz' ever since.
Can't wait till he puts out more.
Can find a bit on Hypem.com

Here's some hard to find freebies:

 Raziek - Here I am

Raziek - Die

Raziek - 5 Fingerz

Raziek - Gimme Five Ass EP Minim

Treasure fingers in your butt.



http://soundcloud.com/treasurefingers


wat wat yewz a bass head

“Bass Head (King Fantastic Remix)” - Bassnectar
So fucking strange, yet also one of the most entertaining hip hop music videos that I’ve seen in a while.  Only one problem: did anyone else notice that he’s wearing underwear while shitting?  Is it weird that I noticed that and that it bothers me?
Seems like King Fantastic just drops rhymes over other dudes’ beats, but it’s cool- everybody’s doin’ it, right?  At least he has the decency to credit his song as a remix, and frankly I think the whole re-appropriation thing is great as long as you give credit where credit is due.
More of that shizzzle right here on his website, and free DL of anything you could possibly wish for.


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My name is Tristan - and I am alive.

<3 <3 Patrick Wolf