Shop Window, Berlin 2009.
Photograph: Neil Burnell.
Tuesday 26 January 2010
Here's Gucci!
'Break yourself' feat. Lil B (Diplo Remix)
One of the many amusing remixes from Diplo's 'Free Gucci - Best of the cold War Mixtapes'.
The Guy's in Prison, the guys from Mad Decent want him out.
With tracks like 'I am the sh*t' I still find myself asking whether they are laughing at him or with him?
Beats from Memory Tapes, Zombie, flying Lotus and Mumdance mean I don't care.
He ain't coming round mine for tea though.
(click title to download)
Gorillaz - Stylo
This is a bit of a reluctant post.
I have never been a big fan of the Gorillaz but...
The first tune available from the new album featuring Bobby Womack and Mos Def (even if for only 30 seconds at the end!) sounds really good. The album also featues Little Dragon, Lou Reed, Kano, Gruff Rhys and De La Soul amongst others.
(Click the title to download)
Tuesday 19 January 2010
Midnight Sushi Club 02 - Nu Soul.
‘New Look’ begin a string of four new Soul numbers, super smooth vocals with a solid electronic beat that gives it something nu. Muhsinah, Little Dragon and Sonnymoon with ‘Run Away’ my favourite tune this week pick up what the boy-friend girl-friend partnership put down.
If you recognise this track (track 10.) from somewhere you may have guessed it’s sampled for a track featuring a certain Rap super villain.
These Nordic Nerds (track 14.) have recently been touring with The Whitest Boy Alive, “lucky!” No surprise they look like a team of Napoleon Dynamites. I can’t vouch for their dancing but I love their songs.
It’s an international edit of a remix (track 19), its sick. Renaissance man are spitting them out faster than I can download them right now. Hats off boys!
(click title above to download)
- Lee Fields – ‘Could have been’
- New Look – ‘Everything’
- Muhsinah (Produced by Flying Lotus) – ‘Lose my fuse’
- Little Dragon – ‘Blinking Pigs’
- Sonnymoon – ‘Run away’
- Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings – ‘Giving up’
- Mary J. Blige – ‘I love you’ (Remix feat. Smif ‘N’ Wessun)
- Midaz the Beast – ‘You’
- Biggie vs Tupac vs The XX – ‘Runnin with The XX’ (Quix vs Elliot Blend)
- Ronnie Laws - ‘Friends and strangers’
- Trus’me feat. Dam-Funk – ‘Bail me out’
- Ivy – ‘It must be magic’
- Naked Eyes – ‘When the lights go out’
- The New Wine – ‘Dragon’
- Maxmillion Dunbar – ‘Wavs’
- Mount Kimbie – ‘Maybes’
- Florence and The Machine – ‘YGTL’ (XX Remix)(Renaissance Man Edit)
- Chris Isaak – ‘Dubbed out games (Unreleased Trentemøller Mix)
- Nicone and Sascha Braemer – ‘Nur Mal Kurz’ (Philip Bader Remix)(Renaissance Man International Edit)
- Gucci Vump – ‘Sha, Shtil!’
Spree-Park Plantewald, Berlin.
A story of broken dreams, financial ruin and sad dinosaurs.
A documentry was recently made for German TV, unfortunately my German is not good enough to fully understand.
Along the same lines the site below also features an abandoned theme park. This time its all in Japanese, luckily the photographs say it all.
It always seems to be Misty in Japan!
http://home.f01.itscom.net/spiral/t_rando/t_rando1.html
Monday 18 January 2010
Sade - Soldier of Love
I have been listerning to this for nearly a month now, but it cant be ignored any longer. The title track from Sade's first album since 2000, set for release on Febuary the 8th. Say no more.
(click Title for video link)
My Favourite Super Villain
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After years of recisiting the temptation, I finally cracked.
Not a 'best of' as such but 21 of my Favourite tracks that span his prolific career.
1. Gladiator mask on a market stall in Berlin first used by Doom.
2. DIY mask as part of the full costume 2006.
3. The cover art is by Joe Buck for Damu the fudge monk as part of a recent project of his called 'Cover Revisions'. You can find more 'revisions' here: http://hollispark.com/?cat=4
(Click Title to Download)
Doomsday - MF Doom
Let Me Watch - Viktor Vaughn
Mic - MF Doom
Black list - Prefuse 73 feat. Mf Doom, Aesop Rock
Yikes - Scienz of Life feat MF Doom
Krazy World - King Geedorah feat. Gigan
Suspended Animation - KMD
Rhymes Like Dimes - Mf Doom
True thug emcee - Greedy Fingers feat. Mf Doom & Megalon
Doper Skiller - Venomous villain
Air - Dabrye Feat. Mf Doom
Fancy Clown - Madvillain
Mr. Clean - Viktor Vaughn
Who You Think I Am? - Mf Doom
Angelz - Doom feat. Tony Starks
Money Folder (Four Tet Remix) - Madvillain
Ode to road rage - Venomous villain
Fastlane - King Geedorah feat. Biolante
Rapp Snitch Knishes - MF Doom feat. Mr Fantastik
Figaro - Madvillain
That's that - DOOM
Monday 11 January 2010
Platinum Power.
If they still made adverts like this I would be a much poorer man.
Whatever you say Earth Wind & Fire.
Women Are Heroes.
A clip from from the film currently titled 'Women Are Heroes' directed by The celebrated French artist JR. Starting with the front face of the Tate Modern, he hit London hard this Year leaving one hell of a paper trail.
Set for release this year the film documents JR's Large scale portraits over human landscapes.
Without giving to much away, the final shot of the moving train is incredible.
(Click the title to view the clip)
Sunday 10 January 2010
Midnight Sushi Club 01 - Liebe Kaser
Liebe Kaser.
This has been knocking around for a while now.
A group of tracks that remind me of my miss-spent months in Berlin.
Mostly old Soul, Disco, Electro, Techno.
The title is a result of a foreign language malfunction in an owl themed woodland restaurant.
Thanks to Maxamillion and The Love & Mercy Dj's.
(Click title to Download)
Tracklist:
01. Van McCoy - 'Mr DJ'
02. Delfonics - 'La la means I love you'
03. Oran 'Juice' Jones - 'The Rain'
04. Egyptian Lover - 'I Cry (Night After Night)'
05. Mike Francis - 'Features of Love' (Apiento Edit)
06. Junior - 'Mama Used to Say'
07. The Rah Band - 'Messages From the Stars'
08. Robin Gibb - 'Robot'
09. Scritti Politti - 'Wood Beez (Pray Like Aretha Franklin)'
10. Talk Talk - 'Its My Life'
11. Fox The Fox - 'Precious Little Diamond'
12. Jay-Z - '99 Problems' (Light Year Remix)
13. Hudson Mohawke - 'Ooops'
14. Private - 'My Secret Lover' (Diplo Remix)
15. The XX - 'Basic Space'
16. Q - 'The Voice of Q' (Instrumental)
17. Pacific Steppaz - 'Gerrard II ( Sat in Silence)'
18. Rasmus Faber - 'Never Figure Out' (Stimming Remix)
19. Crystal Fighters - 'Xtatic Truth' (Renaissance Man Remix)
Saturday 9 January 2010
Friday 8 January 2010
Nu Soul Sounds.
Four of my favourite tracks from four artists blending electronic
beats with soulfull vocals to do something Nu.
(Click title to Download)
01. Sonnymoon - 'Run Away' (Produced by Flying Lotus)
02. New Look - 'Everything'
03. Little Dragon - 'Blinking Pigs'
04. Muhsinah - 'Lose My Fuse'
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