Weekly Digest 13
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…
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.
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!
Juicy DECODES his stripper anthem “Bands A Make Her Dance” for Jay-Z’s Life+Times. Quote: “It’s a very inspirational song” LOL!
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
Evil Nine feat Danny Brown. Danny Brown’s collab with Evil Nine titled “The Black Brad Pitt” now has an appropriately odd video…
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.
