Santogold "Lights Out" Video
Santogold is back at it again with this UK Import video for "Lights Out".
Love the awesome patterns and clothing changes on this one.
EXCLUSIVE NEW DOWNLOAD: The Bug - Flying
London producer The Bug (born Kevin Martin and fka GOD and Techno Animal) makes trippy, rotund bass tracks, songs that bend and sway like the late DJ Screw making dubstep beats. His new album London Zoo is a bruising headphone masterpiece, flipping from high-energy dancehall bombs to slower sample-heavy jams that sound like the soundtrack to a slo-mo shootout scene in a neo-noir flick. Today we have “Flying” an EXCLUSIVE unreleased track that wears its dub on its sleeve—sampled downtempo hits echoing around and an tenuous but optimistic reggae vocal (“My music makes people smile”). I don't know about smiling, but there is some serious head-nodding going on here right now. And while The Bug’s tunes might find acceptance amongst the Rizzla-rolling youths of Brixton, this is still music for everyone, even those without a hoodie in the closet.
Sounds like: Flying Lotus, 77Klash, Lee "Scratch" Perry
DOWNLOAD: John Daly - Count Down to Zero
For many producers and fans alike, techno is synonymous with futurism and forward thinking. So it's actually somewhat surprising when a producer decides to look the other way, to the roots of electronic music as we know it, for inspiration. John Daly works with the prototypical palattes of Ash Ra Tempel, Cluster and Tangerine Dream when crafting his tunes, which are counterbalanced by the contemporary styles of deep-house and dub. It's fitting, then, that his new EP on Wave Music is called "Atlantis," as it unearths some anachronistic-sounding gems. My favorite is the slow hand funk of "Count Down to Zero," whose thick, springy bass line and claps propel the tune through choppy waves of aquamarine melodies and rippling delay. As with the rest of the EP, it's not quite dancing underwater, but it does take you back in the tides of time.
DOWNLOAD: John Daly - Count Down to Zero
DOWNLOAD: Leonid - Resting II
Allegro tempos dominate so much of house music, keeping heart rates up and sweat dripping down. But at the end of a long night of dancing, there's nothing better gently swinging your hips at more relaxed pace. It's this window of opportunity that Leonid, the young Irish producer Paul Smith, shoots for with grace and sensuous poise.
His solo debut, the "Mora EP" on Statik Entertainment, blends the languidly unfolding reverb of dub techno and the moonlit aesthetics of deep-house. Mysteriously swirling pads greet listeners upon entry, the title track entices them to groove along to shimmying rhythms and thick 808 pulses reflecting into space. Leonid goes deeper still on "Resting II [V.1]," in which lone piano chords supplement its loping synth progressions to usher in a sultry mood. Things drift to a close on the densely layered ambience of "Mora Resting," as if Leonid has filed down the edges of a shoegaze tune. Dancers and DJs craving something a bit more andante from their dance music should definitely keep Leonid in their cross hairs.
DOWNLOAD: Leonid - Resting II [V.1]
EXCLUSIVE STREAM: Lee "Scratch" Perry - Pum Pum
I don't know about you, but there's no price I wouldn't pay to take an hour-long tour of the botanical gardens in Lee "Scratch" Perry's brain. Because as many glimpses as his music gives us, I'd really like to see how gnarly the world looks through those heavy eyeballs you see in the photo above. Now in his 70s, the dub pioneer is about to release a new, Andrew W.K. co-produced full-length (out 8/19 on Narnack) and because many different cosmos aligned recently, RCRD LBL has the pleasure of premiering the very first single: "Pum Pum." If I told you that the track might be as they say, NFSW, you could probably venture a fairly accurate guess as to what the all too elusive "Pum Pum" might be. You've probably even got all kinds of personal experience chasing after it or guarding it at all costs. No clue, none of my beeswax -- I just really wish I would have heard this song YEARS ago.
Come back to the ye olde RCRD LBL in 48 hours and you'll be blessed not with any large quantity of pum pum (wrong on many levels, though we still apologize), but with something slightly less worthwhile depending on your priorities: a conversation with Andrew W.K. all about his adventures with Lee in the studio and elsewhere.
DOWNLOAD: Pacha Massive - Don't Let Go
Pacha Massive's music can at one moment serve as impetus for an immense neighborhood dance party- while another moment provide a sleek groove for some cathartic chill time- preferably with cerveza in hand. Finessed by the Bronx based team of Dominican-born Nova (keys / guitar/ writer/ producer) and Colombian-born Maya (writer/bass), Pasha Massive's rhythms mix reggae, Colombian cumbia, Dominican palo, dancehall, dub and electronica like a skilled bartender mixes tequila concoctions - ingredients melded into one thrilling, yet distinctly unique elixir of sound.
FEATURED: Awesome music at the FADER blog
The guys over at The FADER have been in hyperdrive lately with the whole “posting awesome free music” thing. Today alone they unveiled a version of Metallica’s “Nothing Else Matters” by Swedish space rockers Tiedye, as well as the UK dance club Fabric’s podcast with punk/reggae legend Don Letts. So sick!
DOWNLOAD: Mexican Institute of Sound - El Microfono
Picture this - I was returning from a day at beach with a motley crew of New Yorkers two weekends ago- 'pimpin' the back seat- ice cream with sprinkles melting in my hand- my hair an abstract art form (read: salty fro). Suddenly, my friend Shyam put Mexican Institute of Sound in the CD player. As a laid-back jazzy dub beat commenced over crackling microphone, and as Camilo Lara began his fast-paced beat rap with tropicala flair, we four salt monkeys all started to beat our heads in unison, tap our toes on the ground, and launch big, broad smiles. My gleeful state provoked me to write down the name of the band on a frayed piece of napkin and make note to bring it asap to RCRD LBL.
Thus with pristine pleasure that only comes after salty, sunny days on the beach, I bring you Mexican Institute of Sound (or far more romanitically termed "Instituto Mexicano Del Sonido" in Spanish). Play it loud, windows down (and if possible, head out the window banging to the beat).
Sounds Like: Nortec Collective, Kinky, Manu Chao
Download: Mexican Institute of Sound - El Microphono
Download: Mexican Institute of Sound - La_Kebradita_(Le_Hammond_Inferno_Mix_By_Holger)
EXCLUSIVE DOWNLOAD: Dub Pistols - Open (Dan Le Sac's RFC1 mix)
Dub Pistols' most recent album, 2007’s Speakers and Tweeters, was a follow-up of their hard electro/dub sound which was big in the West London scene when the band formed in 1996. The remix we’re featuring today of their track “Open” by Dan Le Sac, gives the track an updated techno feel, transforming it into a proper dancefloor banger. Dan’s house act Dan Le Sac vs. Scroobius Pip are just coming off of a successful appearance at this year’s Coachella festival, and their track “Thou Shall Always Kill” was the big house crossover it of last year, so if this remix is anything to go by, we’re expecting to hear awesome things from them in the near future.
Sounds like: Spank Rock, TTC, Dan Le Sac vs. Scroobius Pip
Download: Dub Pistols - Dan Le Sac's RFC1 Mix
Justice's D.A.N.C.E. Vs. Santogold's L.E.S. Artistes!
Justice's worldwide hit: "D.A.N.C.E." has been remixed with Santogold's new hit song "L.E.S. Artistes"!
It's out there, just waiting for you to listen...
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