TNC favorites Bastille are at it again: Michael Ullman and Julien Benichou have released their latest single, One Night Love Affair. If you’ve heard any of their older stuff, you know you should be excited. Their unique blend of Disco House with more hard-hitting Electro has become a staple at Wesleyan University in Connecticut and around more underground spots in their hometown of LA. If you haven’t heard any of their older stuff, don’t take my word for it. They’ve done a lot of work with us: they released the Bumpin’ EP with us, gave us a great mixtape in our Let Them Eat Mixtape series (which, rumor has it, may be making a reappearance in the near future – stay tuned), and dropped their heavier but nonetheless-fiery Dusk Winterman EP here as well – not to mention the Cold As Ice remix that put them on the blog-map in the first place.
So without further adieu I proudly present One Night Love Affair, which has become the epitome of the Bastille sound. You can download it for free right here, and have a listen below. Be sure to also check out the track they sampled: Caught Up, a disco classic by Inner Life. Have fun comparing the two, and getting a good sense of just how intricate the art of sampling really is. Be sure to click on after the jump for more goodies, including the must-see, amazingly choreographed music video, along with a surprise, hour-long brand new mix and the remixes that make this bundle of tracks all the more special – including one from our very own Cy-Kosis!
French street artist LUDO has come into his own as an artist. Since we first brought up his “Nature’s Revenge” wheat pastes series, he has really perfected a style based in the off-putting-yet-somehow-enticing combination of industrialization and nature that riffs off pop culture iconography and brand names as much as it displays supreme artistic ability. And although it may look as though his paste-ups might have been printed or planned out in Photoshop, LUDO does all his work by hand in his studio. He’s just that precise.
Now a group called Défense d’Affiche has produced a documentary. yup, it’s worth watching. Read on for more.
A shout from across the pond: Quantic(who’s been a favorite of mine of late) the UK producer/multi-instrumentalist has teamed up with the wonderfully talented and perhaps under-rated vocalist Alice Russel on a new LP, Look Around The Corner. It’s set to drop stateside on April 3rd on Tru Thoughts, and I could not recommend it highly enough. Now for the good stuff: Check out the joint that was dropped on Soundcloud. If you don’t want to take my word for the awesomeness of Quantic and this album, just listen to the song that inspired the album title and enjoy:
Brother Ali's Mourning In America and Dreaming In Color, is due out soon.
Brother Ali just threw himself into some rap beef – but in typical Ali fashion, he just made everybody smile. For those of you who didn’t know (which included yours truly), Common and Drake have been having quite the back and forth, with Common calling out Drake, essentially, as too emotional. Brother Ali saw this going down and took it upon himself to call on all parties to “squash the beef/and get you a piece [of pie!].” The track, that riffs off Common’s “Sweet” (the track that started all this ruckus – see the link above), makes light of the situation while still incorporating Ali’s infallible wit and lyricism. Grab it for free here, courtesy of Rhymesayers entertainment. Check it out below:
Further inspiring proof that the real world doesn’t stop people from dreaming: Daniel Hymanson, an aspiring film-maker, has a new project brewing, and he needs your help! The film, as planned, will tread the grey area between documentary and fiction, and will be based on the in-home installation work of Jackie Seiden, a Chicago-based artist and educator. Hymanson has started a kickstarter, and as of 11pm EST, he has 18 days and a little less than $2,000 to go. Check out the preview above, and consider helping him out! For more info, head over to the link above, or continue reading after the jump.
Amir Mohamed, better known as Oddisee, is a hip-hop producer from the DC area who is leading up to the release of his newest work, Rock Creek Park. A mixtape that escapes the realm of post-dilla that FlyLo has so readily claimed as his own, it stakes a new territory for itself in innovative sampling [...]
About two weeks ago, a mysterious and much-talked-about group of Italians converged on Wesleyan’s campus and lit an artistic fire under almost anybody who came into contact with them. The group, known as Dewey Dell, was brought by the Wesleyan Theater Department for a two-week residency that included two performances, one to open and one [...]
Happy Monday, and if you are, like me, back at school, this means figuring out how to get out of bed and to class on time. And if you find yourself recently graduated, it probably means figuring out how to get into the job market, or grad school, or learning how to commute. Regardless, all [...]
Steve Stoute, the infamous music exec, is at it again. Notoriously ahead of the curve, specifically with hip hop, his foresight is back with a new sense of urgency. This time it’s with reference to America’s rapidly changing populace and economic situation, and how it all relates to hip hop’s crossover success. This week, keep [...]
Kanye and Jay-Z have finally released the long-awaited collaborative album, Watch The Throne, to mixed reviews. Some people say it’s not lyrically strong, others say the beats don’t sound polished, and still more say that it is the pinnacle of 21st century sample-based hip-hop. Personally, I think that Kanye stays real for once (especially on [...]
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