Weekly Digest 13

http://youtu.be/8whm-dEwbWc Just Blaze is back with a new Baauer collab to get us excited for their upcoming tour. Get the lowdown on how it all came together and check the tune below... http://youtu.be/8mbvDCDk3yU Analog synthesizer innovators Moog unveiled a new handcrafted synth today, the Sub Phatty - which "grinds and screams with a uniquely aggressive voice," according to a press release. A few months back, they gave Flying Lotus a prototype and asked him to work on an original composition for a new animated film by Adam "lilfuchs" Fuchs, Moog Sub Phatty: New Machine for Living. http://youtu.be/Q-WM-x__BOk Watch Shugo Tokumaru's Elaborate Stop-Motion Video for "Katachi" On his new EP Ta-ku samples heavily from TLC and Keith Sweat. Add in an original featuring JMSN and another one just clippin along so nicely and you have yourself a 4 track EP that just keeps being put on repeat in our office playlist at the moment! So go get this EP (HERE) and follow Ta-ku on Soundcloud for more goodness! http://youtu.be/nm94iLR-plE Juicy DECODES his stripper anthem “Bands A Make Her Dance” for Jay-Z's Life+Times. Quote: “It’s a very inspirational song” LOL! http://youtu.be/WxY9et9V9Bo Another clip from Homeboy Sandman's First of a Living Breed. If you're based in Europe, then check Homeboy's tour dates: Feb 16: Paris @ Le Bellevilloise Feb 18: Strasbourg @ Mudd Club Feb 19: Leipzig @ Conne Island with Guilty Simpson Feb 20: Linz @ Kapu with Guilty Simpson Feb 22: Berlin @ Bohannon Feb 23: Lucerne @ Treibhaus Feb 26: Amsterdam @ Toko MC Feb 27: Hamburg @ Hafenklang Feb 28: Gent @ Vooruit Ballroom with Guilty Simpson Mar 1: Münster @ Carpe Noctem Mar 2: Jena @ Kassablanca Mar 3: Warsaw @ 1500 Metrow Mar 7: London @ Cargo Mar 8: Bristol @ The Exchange Mar 9: Dublin @ The Sugar Club Eskmo's new Terra EP is out now and you can stream it for free here: www.eskmo.com - Eskmo himself says: "It's my slower, peter-gabriel inspired counterpart to Octobers 'Language'." For those of you living in NYC, check him live April 4th at The Highline Ballroom! Tracklisting 1. Buffalo (listen to a stream above via Mixmag) 2. Shadow 3. Rose 4. Push and Pull 5. We Are All Terrestrial 6. Giants 7. Deep Sea Elementality Productions is getting ready to release Ayatollah’slatest project as Avant Garde will be released March 2013 including 13 new instrumentals from the legendary Queens-based producer. Ayatollah erupted onto the late-90′s Hip-Hop scene with his signature soulful sound during the heyday of the Rawkus-era with Mos Def’s “Ms. Fat Booty” and the Styles P & Pharaohe Monchcollaboration “The Life.” Since then, he’s gone on to craft records with some of Hip-Hop’s biggest names including Rakim, Kool G Rap, Ghostface Killah, Inspectah Deck, Royce da 5’9″, Talib Kweli, Cormega, Large Professor, Masta Ace, Sean Price, Saigon and Tragedy Khadafi. With nine instrumental albums to his name, Tollah is certainly no stranger to releasing his creations sans Hip-Hop’s customary vocal accompaniment by an emcee. The series initially came about as an outlet for him to explore his creativity as a producer. “I wanted people to see my different sounds and styles” says Ayatollah. While some of Tollah’s previous instrumental efforts focused on the exploration of sound, Avant Garde was crafted with that Rawkus-era in mind. “I really got to open up and truly get raw on the drum machine.” he explains. “I do not set out to adapt the music I make to new trends. I would rather the music I create become or set new trends on its own terms, naturally.” Avant Garde will be available on iTunes and other fine music retailers worldwide on March 5th. To hold you over until the lead single drops in early February, we’ve included Me, Myself & Akai, a 40+ minute continuous mix of Ayatollah’s biggest hits, B-sides and rarities by DJ K.O. DOWNLOAD: Ayatollah - Me, Myself & Akai New Ayatollah LP, Avant Garde, coming March 2013 on Elementality Productions TRACKLIST: 01 Talib Kweli - The Proud 02 Sean Price - Spliff-n-Wessun (feat. Rustee Juxx) 03 eMC - Four Brothers 04 eMC - Borrow U 05 Black Star - Bright As the Stars 06 Wordsworth - Evol (feat. Justin Time & Masta Ace) 07 Rakim - A Cold Feeling 08 Talib Kweli - Joy (feat. Mos Def) 09 Inspectah Deck - The Movement 10 P Dap, Matt Fingaz & Nature - The Big Hurt 11 Saigon - Do You Know 12 Cormega - Rap's a Hustle 13 Wordsworth - Right Now 14 Mos Def - Know That (feat. Talib Kweli) 15 Ghostface Killah & Mos Def - Ms. Fat Booty 2 16 Mos Def - Ms. Fat Booty 17 Masta Ace - Hold U (feat. Jean Grae) 18 Ghostface Killah - Odd Couple (feat. Cappadonna) 19 eMC - The Grudge 20 Ilacoin, Labba & Black Rob - By a Stranger 21 Silent Knight - Verbal Assault (feat. Tiffany Paige) 22 Okai - No Question (feat. Vinia Mojica) 23 R.A. the Rugged Man - Chains (feat. Masta Killa & Killah Priest) 24 Inspectah Deck - Vendetta 25 B-1 - Put Yo' Self In My Place (feat. Large Professor) 26 Tek (of Smif-n-Wessun) - All Massive 27 Styles P & Pharoahe Monch - The Life 28 DJ K.O. - 3 In the Chamber (feat. O.C., Torae & Kaze) 29 The Dwellas - Game of Death 30 Royce da 5'9" - Life (feat. Amerie) 31 Corgema - Bring It Back 32 Sean Price - Jesus Price 33 Masta Ace - 2's and 3's 34 Tragedy Khadafi - Lift Ya Glass http://youtu.be/C9tQ1tDxO_U Evil Nine feat Danny Brown. Danny Brown’s collab with Evil Nine titled “The Black Brad Pitt” now has an appropriately odd video... http://youtu.be/1pdD2tROguE Brooklyn Radio's own Jubilee and her dark DJ sister Star Eyes released two new songs (Locked & Merkwood Estates) that came out on Unknown to the Unknown last week.