Reissue from the Jazzman Records (now on Now-Again) is a set of spaced out funk. Something we don't get enough of is natural yogurt, and while I probably wouldn't name a band after it that is exactly this mysterious duo did. Natural Yogurt Band work in spare, funky territory with a mix of heavy drums.Influence here is from cinematic funk particularly that of the Italian soundtrack variety. Make...
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Don't forget that Bassnectar is playing with Nosaj Thing tonight in Chicago at the House of Blues. I am surely going to be there and I encourage everyone to head down there. My opinion is that Nosaj Thing's record Drift is one of the best records of the year. Still tickets available so go get some and meet me down there.
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Blockhead aka Anthony "Tony" Simon is a hip hop producer from Manhattan. He has a great catalog of solo stuff along with producing for Aesop Rock. His new record Music Scene came out on Monday. He has always had a knack for great production. A quick listen of the record and this one is no different. Check out a track.Mp3: Blockhead - "It's Raining Clouds"Picture from the cover of the album. Get...
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The Portico Quartet are a 4-piece (hence the quartet part!) modern jazz group from London. They comprise Jack Wyllie (soprano and alto saxophone), Duncan Bellamy (hang and percussion), Milo Fitzpatrick (double bass), and Nick Mulvey (hang and percussion). There new record is called Isla. The video above is for their single "Line" which was featured on the award winning 2008 album Knee-Deep in t...
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Two Crown King the soul, hip-hop group made up of Adam Dick and Sean Goodchild from Ontario Canada. The two met while studying together at Fanshawe College's prestigious Music Industry Arts program. It appears there is three additional members of the group (see picture), not listed on their myspace page, I assume backing group.This is the first time I have heard of this duo (5-piece?) and they ...
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Friend and fellow blogger Double L has done it again. Noted for his fantastic reggae mixes and reggae blog he brings us a collection of hip-hop, reggae and R&B gems from the 1990's. Mix is real heavy and while the "party" vibe of the mix isn't realized here with me listening to it at my desk with two sleeping poodles* next to me, I assure you if you had the components of a party this would be a...
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Chromeo, Boys Noize and Crystal Castles will be playing Freaky Deaky Halloween this Friday at the Congress theater. I hope everyone see the possibility of this being a truly great dance party. If you haven't you need to check Boys Noize's Essential Mix on the BBC pretty great stuff. Here is a couple great remixes of Chromeo's new track "Night by Night" in preparation for tomorrow.Mp3: Chromeo -...
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Gift of Gab is one of my favorite emcees. For those that might not know Gab is the 2nd half of Blackalicious along with Chief Xcel. His new record Escape 2 Mars is due out November 3rd. Gab is on tour now with a bunch of top notch hip hop talent on the Deadliest Catch tour featuring Charli 2na, Mr. Lif and Lyrics Born. Check out a track off his upcoming record.Mp3: Gift of Gab feature. Del and ...
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New music from romanian born and Brooklyn based producer, DJ Center. Great deep beat-driven track, with equal parts down-tempo soul, roots and dub reggae. Center's 2006 mix CD, Feel What I'm Feelin, garnered critical praise and URB called it an, "expertly blended, lovingly conceived..." mix record. It really is one of the best jazz podcasts I have heard.This first song from Center's upcoming Su...
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On the heels of the successful Friends of Friends series releases (Vol 1. Daedelus and Jogger, and Vol. 2 Larytta and Bauchamp), FoF Music is gearing up for their first full-length release, Been Meaning to Tell You by AG friend/artist/blog re-designer Ernest Gonzales. In anticipation of the release, they are releasing an EP, Self Awakening, by Gonzales.The EP features the title track in additio...
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If you have been reading you know AG is a big fan of Jason Chung aka Nosaj Thing, a 24-year-old producer from California with loose ties to Flying Lotus and the L.A. glitch-hop scene. Been loving his record Drift since it came out and am looking forward to seeing him next month at the House of Blues playing in support of Bassnecter. Video is by yourstru.ly check it out.Buy: Get some Nosaj Thing...
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New remix of Deadmau5 by Chicago band and friends Future Rock. Deadmau5 is Toronto house producer Joel Zimmerman his new record is For a Lack of a Better Name is a compilation of his old and new songs. The track remixed here by Future Rock is from his 2008 record Random Album Title.Mp3: Deadmau5 - "I Remember" (Future Rock Live Remix)
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Analog Giant has just surpassed 1,000,000 (aka F4240 if you are into hexadecimal) page views. Something that is pretty amazing for me thinking that I started an electronic-hip hop-political blog from what was essentially an attic apartment in Montpelier Vermont. Yeah sure I know Perez Hilton gets a million views a day but I never thought I would be able to get such a large audience.I am glad th...
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New record from Doom (aka MF Doom, Daniel Dumile, Viktor Vaughn, King Geedorah). Personally I find Doom's work by whatever moniker he has chosen is hit or miss for me. Some of his tracks I totally love and then there are others that I really just don't get into. Anyway, Unexpected Guests is a compilation of old Doom tracks that the Gold Dust imprint has gathered up an thrown on a single record....
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Duck Sauce, the collaboration between DJs A-Trak and Armand Van Helden, have released a video for dancefloor filling single "aNYway." Probably the best house single of 2009, Track has been receiving heavy daytime airplay on Radio 1's A list. Check out the video.
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The Best of the Black President comes out on 10/27 and the nationwide schedule for Felabrations is out now. Tonight is the Chicago event, Listen:Up presents Felabration! with DJ Ron Trent and DJ Spinna at The Shrine tonight.The interesting thing here is that the original "Felabrations" which date back to the early 1970s when Fela Kuti and his band took over the courtyard of the Empire Hotel in...
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James Yancey might be more mainstream in death than he ever was in life. His mainstream certainly has nothing to do with his talent. One of the most gifted and influential hip hop producers of all time and largely unrecognized until his tragic death in 2006. Several posthumous albums have already been released and others are planned, the massive amounts of unreleased recordings by the producer ...
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Now for a something completely different...I have mentioned it before, but to remind the readers I was born in Olympia, Washington home of The Gossip. While I am not certain if any of the members of the Gossip are actually from Olympia they were formed there back in 1999. The group rock group is fronted by Beth Ditto, guitarist Brace Paine and drummer Hannah Blilie. I am not going to pretend I ...
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In November of last year, Mulatu recorded an new album with London psych jazz band, The Heliocentrics one of my favorite records of this year. Now, Strut ais releasing a definitive Mulatu career retrospective covering his landmark ‘60s and ‘70s recordings.Mulatu is a true pioneer of African music. He was the first Ethiopian musician of his generation to travel extensively and to record abroad.
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New remix for the enjoyable Cousin Cole. Its an official remix of Pete Lawrie's "All That You Keep" from his album coming out next year. Cole also has some remixes out there one of note is a remix coming out for the late 70s post punk band Manicured Noise which they just put on their myspace.Mp3: Pete Lawrie - "All That You Keep" (Cousin Cole Remix) photo of Red Hook Pier by Josh Derr
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