I was awaiting it long before it ever came out but somehow ended sleeping on it so on a beautiful summer’s day such as today I bring you the LA Riots Spring Mix 2010. Also as a bonus I’m throwing in my favorite mix of the year so far which flew significantly under the radar of many, Jamaica’s “Mixtape II” released on MadDecent.com.
Jamaica is that duo who brought you the hit single “I Think I like U 2″ under French fashion/record label Kitsune earlier this year. They’ve got a very sensible funk and boogie sound about them calling back to early dancehall hits of the early 80’s and late 70’s with an edgy electronic feel that keeps you wondering if you’re really just stuck in a time warp or somehow being fooled by the tunes. Throw this mix on at the pool as you sip some Miller High Life in a coozie, and rock those Wayfarers with Croakies.
Similarly, the LA Riots mix takes a step away from their usually harder and edgier electro sound in the direction of equal parts funk, house, and late 80’s pop. These guys are serious DJ’s and have been fast rising on Fool’s Gold Records as two of the top DJ’s in the nation.
Take a listen.
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LA Riots Spring 2010 Mix
[BONUS]
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Jamaica- Mixtape II
Get the kiddy sprinklers and Fla-Vor-Ice out, because summer is bout to go inferno in here. If you haven’t already, get at the new Major Lazer Summer Mix off the most recent edition of Diplo’s brainchild of a record label Mad Decent. This mix starts of with one of my favorite Major Lazer jams ripe for summer “Keep it Going Louder” featuring Nina Sky and Ricky Blaze and quickly moves to some new remixes of the Top 40’s best on the radio right now like Jay-Z’s “On to The Next One” and that new Ciara joint. This mix has got a little more hip-hop and pop and a little less Jamaican Dancehall and dub which might upset some of you die-hards although I think it’s doing just fine….
Take a listen and download here (right-click and “save as”) or at Mad Decent.
Enjoy.
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Check the Track Listing and snag a bonus track by Diplo…
Trentemoller- Silver Ghost Rider Go
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Trentemoller has always struck me as one of those brilliant yet brooding young artistic types with really emotional soundscapes that transport the listener to an atemporal dimension of raw human emotion and narrative. Anders Trentemoller is a Danish DJ/Producer whom I first started listening to two summers ago when I initially discovered his beautifully transcendent debut album The Last Resort released in 2006. Upon first listen, I promptly fell in love. I hadn’t heard an electronic music artist with the ability to completely engulf the entirety of my senses and my minds eye and take me on what I can only call a powerful ‘trip’ of raw human emotion and experience, all with little to no discernible vocals. His latest venture, the recently released Into The Great Wide Yonder, is equally good but has lost some of his signature dark and mystifying and sweeping trance-like sound punctuated with reverent bass lines.
keep reading and listen…
It’s been a while coming: I’m back. After properly adjusting to the fact that summer and consequently sunlight are here to stay in Michigan for a little bit, I finally don’t feel quite so bad about sitting at my computer grinding hours away seducing your ears with what has been seducing my ears lately.
Things, however, are going to be a little different this go-around. I solemnly pledge to no longer even attempt to compete with larger music/media sites and as such don’t expect 5 posts a day on the 12th ‘new’ remix of some Florence and The Machines song or whatever DJ’s re-rub of Kid Cudi: if you like up-to-the-minute music news in an attempt to feel on ‘top’ of the burgeoning electronic/indie/whatever ‘genre’ music scene don’t come here, I have not the time nor the desire and resources to bring that to you.
So, what exactly am I going to do? Post whatever the hell I feel like, and in particular what I’m actually enthralled with listening to at the moment whether it be new or old, electro or blues, and ‘hot’ or not. I really want to make this site a place for both my friends and people I don’t know who love music just as much to share thoughts, new artists, and create meaningful discussion. The blogosphere, and in particular the music blogosphere has been overrun by thoughtless reiteration, racing to be the ‘first’ to ‘break’ something regardless of whether or not said ‘journalist’ has even really given a piece a proper listen, and just general degenerate drivel.
With that said, if you want all the newest, hottest, hipster-worthy new music and media I’d suggest checking out Pitchfork. Now, enough ranting and onto what we’re all here for, good music.
