#1: Maps & Atlases
After spending the better part of the last two years recording their debut LP, Dave, Erin, Shiraz, and Chris found a home at Barsuk Records, who will release it this summer. For further studies: Barsuk // Myspace
#2: Bygones
After Zach and Nick finished up their respective albums this year, they decided to [...]
Join me in welcoming the newest member to Flying Lotus‘ imprint Brainfeeder: JEREMIAH JAE.
Hailing from Chicago’s own Young Black Preachers, you can be expecting Jae’s first album to drop on Brainfeeder by the end of the year. Hear a snippet below and peep a hallucinatory journey through chromatic etchings drowning in static in the video for “Police Ball [...]
Have an idea that you want to see realized but need that extra collaboration or motivation? Sign up and post your invention, business or art on the new innovative social network Original Projects. Project centers around helping young thinkers find others of the same ambition to help bring their dreams to reality, find a home [...]
Two front runners of digital production, Akai and Abelton have colabed to bring the first dedicated midi controller for Ableton Live, the unmatched production software for live performance. Designed by the same engineering team responsible for Akai’s iconic MPCs, the APC40 features a slew of fancy lit buttons (109) nobs (16) and faders (9) that [...]
Legendary LA beat haven the Low End Theory released their first installment of a monthly podcast featuring its most notorious producers and DJs. This month features (you guessed it), Alpha Pup’s Daddy Kev and the dude of the last post SAMIYAM. Stream it below or visit here to download. Also check an old (and epic) [...]
This is a clean colab. Not exactly Alife but rather the classy “Harvard Club of sneaker boutiques” called Alife Rivington Club. In a self-proclaimed union of two New York classic, they team up with Nike to release a special version low-top version of the Uptown. The classic white leather upper features an embossed all-over pattern [...]
Brainfeeder movement! My man SAMIYAM (not with green eggs) just announced he’s going for Vol.2 of the illustrious “Rap Beats” series which he’s been shipping out of his hazy den for awhile now (get Vol. 1 while you can). Discussed on his myspace Sam says, “although i will not be hand designing every single cover, [...]
Up and coming and amazingly indie LA rapper Blu issued his first solo release since the incredible Below the Heavens in 2007. Its a free, self-produced EP called HerFavoriteColo(u)r that he released on his Myspace yesterday. The beats (filled with movie samples) sound like Blu’s got the skills and the rapping is fun and free [...]
I’ve always been a big Spike Jonze fan. The first post-production pictures of his newest (highly ambitious and time trialed) project surfaced a few weeks ago and they look stunning. I was always baffled at how he was going to pull off the adaptation of Maurice Sendak’s Where The Wild Things Are in almost completely [...]