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Mesmer

By at August 8, 2010 | 5:38 pm | 1 Comments

Mesmer

Mesmer is a name starting to ring out in the European electro and breaks scene, and its time we tuned in.  Andrei Voica from Bucharest, Romania, has been involved in the ever growing dance music scene in Romania since 1996. His style is a tight blend of psychedelic, electro and funk-induced sounds, tribal and futuristic,  dirty and smooth at once. He has a knack for more...

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Buckethead – The Dragons Of Eden (The Best Album You Haven’t Heard)

By at July 25, 2010 | 3:18 pm | 0 Comment

Buckethead – The Dragons Of Eden (The Best Album You Haven’t Heard)

The Dragons of Eden was made by guitarist Buckethead (Brian Carroll),  producer and keyboardist Travis Dickerson and drummer Bryan "Brain" Mantia. It was released in 2008 through Dickerson's label TDRS Music and remains relatively obscure, lost in Buckethead's massive catalog of albums and ignored by hardcore fans of his shredding metal style. Hippies need to wake more...

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Telepath Remixes Ready For The Road

By at July 10, 2010 | 2:12 pm | 1 Comments

Telepath Remixes Ready For The Road

Telepath is back with a remix album featuring STS9, Thomas Blondet and Lotus, improving some tracks and adding new ones to their impressive repertoire. The album travels from funk to dub to Indian and African beats that weave together in a smooth, modern way. When I listen to it, I feel like I'm in a dimly lit, air-conditioned lounge in a highrise above Calcutta, more...

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The Rakes Remixes

By at July 3, 2010 | 10:04 am | 0 Comment

The Rakes Remixes

The Rakes split in October, and I never knew of them while they existed. It was a solid brit rock outfit, not my bag but catchy with a streak of originality. The best of their music was made into a great remix album worked over by some up and coming UK producers and released on Dim Mak Records in 2007. Here it is if you missed it the first time around like I more...

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Wakarusa 2010 (Part 1 of 4): Freakshow Review & HD Videos

By at June 16, 2010 | 8:07 am | 4 Comments

Wakarusa 2010 (Part 1 of 4): Freakshow Review & HD Videos

[caption id="attachment_6506" align="aligncenter" width="583" caption="Photo Cred: Rich Anderson-http://www.flickr.com/photos/memestate/20820947/"][/caption] We took the field at Wakarusa at noon on Thursday - hippies, harlequins, ragecats, hustlers, dopefiends, riders, groupies, custies, bros, hoes, tour rats, posers, wooks, crooks, good ol' boys, artists, more...

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Holy Fuck Spices It Up With “Latin”

By at June 8, 2010 | 8:41 pm | 0 Comment

Holy Fuck Spices It Up With “Latin”

New music from Holy Fuck! Their new album Latin is more melodic and refined, though still steeped in chaos as it drives along. Smoother, more polished and compelling climaxes evolve from primal rumblings and produce the most listenable release yet from these experimental noise-rockers. The tracks themselves are still generally a build up into one great part, but these more...

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Hol Baumann

By at May 27, 2010 | 5:17 pm | 0 Comment

Hol Baumann

Hol Baumann is the stage name of Olivier Orand, a budding soundsmith from Lyon, France. He has been composing and producing albums, theater, movies and documentaries for many years and seems to have found his calling in the world of ambient music. He makes what he calls “sound sculptures”, combining traditional instrumentation and vocal samples with complex digital more...

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Bjork – Earth Intruders (Lexx Remix)

By at May 26, 2010 | 8:41 am | 0 Comment

Bjork – Earth Intruders (Lexx Remix)

Following the recent oil spill, I was reflecting on the various adverse ways we affect our planet and listening to this haunting version of Bjork's "Earth Intruders", by enigmatic Swiss disco producer Lexx. Enjoi. Bjork - Earth Intruders (Lexx Remix) Swing by: http://www.myspace.com/lexxmusic http://www.myspace.com/bjork More Lexx mixes more...

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What Keeps Me Comin’ Back

By at May 11, 2010 | 9:17 pm | 6 Comments

What Keeps Me Comin’ Back

There is a sense of pride and accomplishment that comes with being part of a legendary moment in music. That is why we go so far out of our way for events that may turn out to be epic, or will perhaps just contain one great moment that becomes famous or simply unforgettable to the people that were there. What makes these rare occasions priceless is that they are one more...

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Surrounded By Ninjas!

By at May 1, 2010 | 11:59 am | 2 Comments

Surrounded By Ninjas!

Surrounded By Ninjas is a production duo out of Portland, OR that is one of the most interesting live electronica acts on the West Coast. The pair's greatest strength is their diverse array of drum beats and basslines encompassing styles from breaks to drum-n-bass to smooth downtempo. The synth work is solid and rousing, but the rhythm section they put together really more...

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New Starkey Heat April 19th

By at April 18, 2010 | 5:15 pm | 0 Comment

New Starkey Heat April 19th

Starkey's back with more brutal beats- a new album called Ear Drums And Black Holes dropping April 19th. This is straight ridin music, heard? More street than manholes, G. You want grimey womps and musical bling? You want black ooze bubbling from speakers, blood dripping from virgin ears? The diabolical despair only a lifelong 76ers fan could conjure synthesized more...

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Capsula

By at April 14, 2010 | 9:01 am | 1 Comments

Capsula

More fiya from Israel, in Capsula form.. Yosi Shamay is quite literally a mad scientist, spending his time in various labs, brewing up new psybient substances to heal the masses. His technical mastery and precision allow for a freedom and creativity that permeates his music. He studied Chemistry and Biophysics at BGU University from 2002 to 2005, then started his more...

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The Herbaliser Band, Session 2

By at April 1, 2010 | 11:57 pm | 2 Comments

The Herbaliser Band, Session 2

The Herbaliser Band, Session 2 came out in August and showed us again why live hip-hop played by a full band can stand up to- and eclipse- any sampler-based version. I've always preferred The Herbaliser's instrumental work to their rap collaborations, and the Session albums take these tunes to another level, flowing as diverse yet homogeneous sets and spicing things more...

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UNKLE – Do Androids Dream of Electric Beats?

By at March 29, 2010 | 10:48 am | 0 Comment

UNKLE – Do Androids Dream of Electric Beats?

Do Androids Dream of Electric Beats? is a classic UNKLE DJ mix, originally recorded for Radio Ape in Japan in 2001. It was the first in a series of UNKLESounds mixes and I still listen to it ten years later. The name references the novel Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep? by Sci Fi author Philip K. Dick. Lots of Star Wars samples are mixed in to contribute to its more...

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This is ART

By at March 21, 2010 | 1:12 pm | 0 Comment

This is ART

This is ART is a new project out of Nashville that combines original beats dropped with Ableton and live bass, synth and drums, similar to the Big Gigantic formula minus the sax. Their music travels between crunky hip-hop and tripped-out funk, gettin crowds movin and groovin. Art Webb is the mastermind, showcasing his talents on Bass, Synths and Ableton; Miles more...

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Shulman!

By at March 8, 2010 | 2:09 am | 0 Comment

Shulman!

Shulman is a psybient group from Israel made up of core members Yaniv Shulman and Omri Harpaz with many other collaborators joining in for certain tracks and shows. Dramatic and patient, the team's ethereal soundscapes put listeners into a tranquil, thoughtful state and occasionally unite them in dance. Their sound is based in organic instruments and traditional more...

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White Rabbits – “Its Frightening”

By at March 4, 2010 | 12:32 pm | 1 Comments

White Rabbits – “Its Frightening”

White Rabbits is a six-piece indie outfit based in Brooklyn. The band formed at the University of Missouri, where frontmen Greg Roberts and Stephen Patterson met in 2004. They play a lively, catchy brand of rock that is passionate and rhythmic, making them stand out among other upbeat bands. Their first studio album, Fort Nightly, was released in 2007 on Say Hey more...

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Blockhead Speaks On Beats, Life & the Friends with Benefits Show Sat. Feb. 20th

By at February 18, 2010 | 6:55 am | 4 Comments

Blockhead Speaks On Beats, Life & the Friends with Benefits Show Sat. Feb. 20th

We asked Blockhead about life as a successful producer and his show this Saturday in NYC, "Friends with Benefits" LiS: What was your first break into the hip hop scene that got you noticed and producing professionally? Of course your career didn't happen overnight, but was there a project or song that took things to the next level? Blockhead: The first thing I ever more...

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Gaslamp Killer – Akuma No Chi Ga Odoru

By at February 12, 2010 | 10:33 am | 4 Comments

Gaslamp Killer – Akuma No Chi Ga Odoru

Stream / Download this SEXY mix from Gaslamp Killer:  Akuma No Chi Ga Odoru Truly a work of art. Made for his Fall '09 Japan tour, its a fun and unique journey blending Nine Inch Nails into Nas, flowing from indie rock to dubstep and working in Radiohead's "Myxomatosis" along the way...my kind of crazy. William Benjamin Bensussen became The Gaslamp Killer out of more...

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Lucibel Crater: Not Your Dad’s Jazz – Interview

By at February 3, 2010 | 6:46 pm | 1 Comments

Lucibel Crater: Not Your Dad’s Jazz – Interview

Lucibel Crater is an uncompromising jazz fusion act made up of married couple Leah Coloff & Sarth Calhoun and featuring Paul Chuffo on drums. The group plays challenging, howling electronica with a deranged cello, a mad new instrument called a Continuum Fingerboard, a few samples and a mix of jazz, rock and electro drums. Leah's fierce Cello, voice and lyrics more...

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