This is the teaser video for an upcoming documentary on vibraphone legend Roy Ayers, that features interviews with Questlove, Premier and a whole heap of inspiring musicians. Put this on the to watch list next to Beats, Rhymes and Life.
Archive for July, 2011
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July 29th, 2011This Week In Twitter
July 29th, 2011A roundup of this week’s choice twitter posts from Mixpak artists, remixers and extended family.
Mixpak: Free EP from young up-and-coming producer Andy Petr out today on the Mixpak site http://bit.ly/rns9qJ @andy_petr
schlachthofbronx: just uploaded our new release: Schlachthofbronx – Backup Run by @schlachthofbrnx via #soundcloud http://t.co/1X2inME
Andy Petr: a peak into the studio/my mind http://t.co/nO3uAC3
Renaissance Man: Finally, we are happy to announce that our debut album will be released in October on Turbo Recordings. http://fb.me/v3sJnO1g
iamthekartel: Sumfest Interview w/ Jamaicamusic.com http://t.co/fyoovnF
dre skull:
The Vybz Kartel “Yuh Love” video hit 3 million plays this weekend! http://bit.ly/nq5f9j Thank u!! @iamthekartel
ukmele: new @BAMBOUNOU EP out today and it’s amaze http://t.co/w3op106 !!
Cardopusher – Tu Bizcochito
July 28th, 2011
Cardopusher is a reborn man these days. You rarely hear the aggressive synths or glitched drums of his breakcore past. He’s moved solidly into tropical territories and this new 3ball cut for Enchufada is a perfect example of his newfound interests. The dense, loping bongos offer an easy, low gravity bounce while a buried 4/4 kick keeps the zombies in a dancing hypnosis. Hard synth stabs and distant bass pads shock the listener into attention while a series of scattered samples add to the atmosphere. All this combined with a subtle but constant progression makes for a hard ass party in pre-Hispanic observatories. (Art by The Atomic Ghost.)
Cory Blaine remixes Sunsplash
July 27th, 2011
After our man Cory Blaine got the remix from Sunsplash, they enlisted him for an official remix of their track ‘Interference’. The original is built on a rock riff, and the sonics of phone interference – never has a cellphone messing with your speakers sounded so good. As ever, Cory adds the jackin’ bassline to the mix.
Head to the Cocobass Records site to listen and download the whole EP for free.
Sound Pellegrino Thermal Team Release Party
July 26th, 2011
Sound Pellegrino Thermal Team celebrate the release of ‘Bassface’ and ‘Pretty Pretty Good’ tomorrow night at Chez Moune in Paris, with Mixpaker Koyote on the line-up. Check the Facebook event details here.
Sound Pellegrino Thermal Team, the almighty alliance formed by Sound Pellegrino founders Orgasmic and Teki Latex are back. With countless mixes, remixes for L-Vis 1990 (Mad Decent) and Mikix The Cat (Abracada) under their belt, not to mention a myriad of separate and common releases under the TTC and Institubes flags, and their weekly show The Sound Pellegrino Podcast, they are ready to unleash their first EP under the Thermal Team moniker. These two have known each other for more than 15 years now and been in love with all forward-thinking movements and sub-subgenres of rap, electronica and dance they’ve witnessed blossoming in the past decade and more.
“Bassface” takes us back to the days of Miami and Atlanta Bass music, made for the rollerskating rink, but with an added macabre 808 trap feel and venomous digi-medieval undertones. So So Death Bass Allstars.
“Pretty Pretty Good” is an obvious nod to the infamous HBO cult sitcom Curb Your Enthusiasm, as Teki immortalises Larry David’s innate polygraph technique into a proper dance. Yes. Someone had to.
Free Andy Petr EP: APD005
July 26th, 2011
Fresh from releasing his first EP on Mixpak, Rapper Turned Singer, our latest signee Andy Petr is SO prolific, we can’t possibly release all his material so we’re giving a set of EPs away over the next few weeks. First up is APD005, an 8-track EP filled with beautiful synths, chopped up hip hop vocals and Petr’s collaborations with another young up-and-coming producer, Dro Carey. This guy is one to watch, grab it now and go check this interview with him from last week.
Preview ‘Break The Mirror’:
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Mixpak Interview Series: Andy Petr
July 25th, 2011
Andy Petr is an incredibly prolific, nineteen-year-old, up-and-coming electronic producer from the Midwest, who released his first EP on Mixpak, ‘Rapper Turned Singer’, in May and is set for two brand new, free EPs in the next few weeks.
His sound is defined by dense, overdubbed samples, complex synth lines and a surprisingly sweet and eccentrically disjointed pop sensibility. I talked to Andy on the day before his relocation to NYC about what it’s like being one of the youngest producers in the game, Kanye West, Black Flag and how he sees himself fitting into the future of electronic music.
New Melé on BBC Radio 1
July 25th, 2011‘What’s the 411′ from Melé’s forthcoming EP on Mixpak was dropped by Annie Mac on her BBC Radio 1 show last week, check the radio rip above. Watch out for details of the full release coming very soon!
