Perhaps it’s a tad audacious to pronounce Minneapolis-based transplant Chastity Brown as the purest of heart singer/songwriters to come to my attention in quite some time, but alas I do and I like her style… a lot! Continue reading “chastity brown | colorado”
pretty lights // a color map of the sun + documentary + video
If you or anyone you know is a Pretty Lights fan this is the ultimate brass ring of PL fan-dome. For well over two years Pretty Lights (Derek Vincent Smith) spent collecting behind the scene footage from studio sessions across the country with a litany of well known and barely (all talented beyond belief) musicians and vocalists, the project partnered with VICE – and their electronic (EDM) and forward thinking music channel, THUMP – to tell the story of A Color Map of the Sun. Watch the documentary in its entirety here after the jump.
But as exciting as the documentary is what’s even better is the forthcoming album entitled Live Studio Sessions: from A Color Map of the Sun which contains 13 of the raw unmolested analog tape recordings that were pressed to vinyl in order to sample for the album. , it drops July 2nd. The Live Studio Sessions recordings are on the 2nd disc of the A Color Map of the Sun CD set. Live Studio Sessions will also be included as part of the free download of A Color Map of the Sun via www.prettylightsmusic.com and on the deluxe version of the album in digital music stores. Lay your eyes on the official video for Around The Block featuring none other than the supreme lyricist Talib Kweli. Peace. Continue reading “pretty lights // a color map of the sun + documentary + video”
paper diamond // they can’t tell me nothing
Boulder, Colorado-based producer Paper Diamond (Alex B) drops a veritable sound Tsunami with “They Can’t Tell Me Nothing (Ft. Jay Fresh),” and it the first fiery shot across the bow of EDM. PD will be releasing his Paragon EP April 16th 2013, and if this track is any indication for what is to come … well, nothing more needs to be said. Peace. Continue reading “paper diamond // they can’t tell me nothing”
robotic pirate monkey // banana canon
The triatic collective known simply as Robotic Pirate Monkey (RPM) are the titular princes of BASS music, and they’ve has been ripping it up and blowing out speakers the world over for some time now. Check out their latest sonically pleasing release, “Banana Canon” taken from the soon to drop Heat Wav EP. After the jump you can continue to get your Robotic Pirate Monkey groove on with the spectacular soul tingling Colors In Disguise: Remixed featured a phalanx of talented DJs/Producers doin’ it wild style on the wheels of steel. Peace. Continue reading “robotic pirate monkey // banana canon”