Music We Love :: Quadron – Simili Life
Attention all Quadron fans and soon-to-be ones as well, the dynamic duo from Sweeden just released a new video exclusively for the Sounds of VTech. The video was directed/edited by Melinda James and produced by About Her Films. The video follows a beautiful young lady dealing with the all-mighty swing of the break-up axe. Rather than going Rambo, she wanders the city introspectively. Moral of the story: When relationships turn off, life goes on.
Music We Love – Yelawolf – Round + Round
One of my favorite new original verse-spitters, Yelawolf. Round + Round, comparison is none… – Jaws Truly
Music We Love :: Big Boi ft. Yelawolf – “You Ain’t No DJ”
Q: What do you get when you mix an ATLien with an Alabama Catfish?
A: 4 minutes and 40 seconds of pure head nodding bliss.
Happy to see more doors opening up for freshly signed Interscope recording artist Yelawolf. Be on the lookout for this guy, his stars are all aligning quite nicely right about now. Game on! – Jaws Truly
Music We Love :: Baby Brother
I’ve always been a huge fan of supporting local bands, in hopes that I could one day say “I saw those guys when they played in some kid’s basement!” But recently, New York City’s local rock n’ roll scene has been getting pretty dull. A few days ago, my good friend introduced me to the Brooklyn-based rock n’ roll band, Baby Brother. Originating from all over the country, the band mixes good old fashioned rock n’roll and mixes it up with country, rhythm & blues, and a little bit of punk rock.
Music We Love :: Madlib Medicine Show
One of L.A.’s hardest working producers is working a little harder this year. Madlib’s Medicine Show is a once-a-month series of albums (that’s right, twelve albums in twelve months) that began back in January, the odd numbers being original production from Madlib, the even numbers mash-ups of some of the producer’s favorite obscure material. So far we’ve gotten everything from a Brazillian Funk mix (#2 in February) to the release of Madlib’s pre-2000 beat-tapes (#5 in May), and we’re now in the halfway-mark limbo between an excellent mix of bizarre foreign prog-rock (#6 in June) and this month’s original-production installation, High Jazz (#7). Madlib’s been on the scene since the late-90′s, crafting albums of hip-hop, jazz, R&B, Latin, and instrumentals at a staggering rate. If you’re a die-hard Madlib fan, be sure to pick up High Jazz when it drops on the 27th. If you’ve never heard of the man, the Medicine Show series is a perfect chance to get a feel for this many-talented producer’s unbeatable and incomparable style.
Music We Love :: Sotu the Traveller, Left
[Left artwork cover] If you don’t know about Sotu the Traveller, you should. Sotu is a Dutch producer of Turkish descent living in Amsterdam who has been making some sick beats for years now. I got to know him through a mutual friend while I was looking for tracks to license for my Friends We Love CD for Toy’s Factory in Japan. Surely, I loved his collabo with singer Aischa, What’s Going On, which made it on the album.
This week Sotu is releasing Left, his second solo project of deeply moody, bassy and electro-ridden instrumentals that feel like an introspective soundtrack of the future now. We’re including the beautiful video for Hourglass by Judith Veenendaal below and samples of the whole album which you can also purchase. – Moni Pineda
Music We Love :: MdCL EP vol. 1, Especial Records
I was just blessed with Mark de Clive Lowe’s new EP out on vinyl from Especial Records, one of my favorite labels out of Japan. The last thing I wanted was to have to wait til I get home to my turntables to hear these tracks. So I checked them out here in the meantime. The track with Bembe, Dreams, is right up my alley – percussive, sassy and Segue-fied. It’s super tasty and a sure banger for my sets. The remix of “Common Ground” has a deep house bounce with jazz elements and soulful vocals. Unfortunately the preview of Sandra St Victor’s Cosmos was unavailable, so I’ll have to report back next week when I can play it on my system.
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