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EXCLUSIVE NEW DOWNLOAD: MSTRKRFT - Bounce (feat. N.O.R.E.) [A-Trak Remix]
The tripping-the-raver-laser-fantastic of MSTRKRFT's “Bounce” gets the flip from Fool’s Gold co-founder and global party maestro DJ A-Trak, who eschews the original's maximal throttling for some old-school breaks splicing, quick scratch cuts, and cowbell jamming (really.) A hip-house block-rocker with some B-More swagger, A-Trak’s uptempo mix gives a little bit of throwback simmer to his fellow Canadian’s futuristic devastation. Grab the EXCLUSIVE download of the tune below.
Sounds like: DJ Technics, Sammy Bananas, Boys Noize
Download: MSTRKRFT - Bounce (feat. N.O.R.E.) [A-Trak Remix]
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Download: MSTRKRFT - Bounce (feat. N.O.R.E.)
Download: MSTRKRFT - Bounce (feat. N.O.R.E.) [Felix Cartal Remix]
Download: The Count & Sinden - Beeper (A-Trak Remix)
Avalon October 10th!
Oh hot Damn! This is my jam!
One week from tonight! Dim Mak presents: Avalon featuring....FLOSSTRADAMUS! Chi-town's very own DJ duo is bringing the noise to our next Avalon event! Known for their fusion of strobe-light synths and hip hop influences such as Kid Sister and A-Trak, these guys certainly put out some diverse mixes, everything from Heart's Revolution's C.Y.O.A. to Ludacris' "Act a Fool." Hyphy Crunk will also be dropping beats for the party people that night. Round up the posse and get ready for a killer night!
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FEATURED: Mochipet Track On NBA 2K9
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On Tuesday, NBA 2K9 will hit shelves backed with a pretty great soundtrack featuring artists like The Cool Kids, The Pharcyde, and Santogold alongside a track we told you about from NorCal producer Mochipet called “Sharp Drest”. The song also happens to feature Eric Steuer from RCRD LBL signees Meanest Man Contest, so there is some serious cross-platform RCRD LBL love being shown here. Congrats guys, next time we're shattering fictional glass with a KG dunk we hope we're doing it to your jam.
DOWNLOAD: Kid Sister - Family Reunion (feat. David Banner)
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(Photo: Andreas Larsson)
We know its like almost October at this point but damn if "Family Reunion”—the instantly enjoyable lead single from Kid Sister's debut album Dream Date—isn’t the Indian Summer Jam we’ve been waiting for. Over a sticky breakbeat and looping organ from globetrotting producer Diplo, Kid Sis spits - and sings! - about Chicago, cousins and everything else she holds dear, while David Banner pops in remind us "most of Chitown from Mississippi anyway!" and cha-cha through an uptempo guest verse. This thing sounds great on loop right now, we’re feeling like grilling out and getting some friends together but it's actually overcast and cold out. Who cares! BBQ in gloves! Head below for this first taste of the Kid Sis’ debut full-length, dropping soon on Downtown/Fool's Gold.
Sounds like: David Banner, Teyanna Taylor, Estelle
Download: Kid Sister - Family Reunion (feat. David Banner)
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Download: Kid Sister - Control (JFK Remix)
Stream: Kid Sister - Pro Nails (feat. Kanye West)
Download: Kid Sister - Pro Nails (Bag Raiders Remix)
EXCLUSIVE NEW DOWNLOAD: The Gay Blades - Hey She Say + O Shot (Black Jesuses Remix feat. Ant Stone)
The Gay Blades’ “Hey She Say” sounds like Ted Leo’s mod miming if dude didn’t listen to so much Madness. Instead of some ska backbeat and bass winding, The Gay Blades shoot straight for the title of Riff Champions, unwinding their tune with some pasty all-over-the-place shredding. The New York duo are releasing their debut album Ghosts today through Triple Crown (buy that here), and in celebration the RCRD LBL signees have given us two exclusive tracks, “Hey She Say” and a rap take on “O Shot” from Red Bank, NJ’s The Black Jesuses and Ant Stone. That one is all gospel choir samples and girthy organ, like Kanye messing with some industrial music or something (hey, it could totally happen...there are 808s And Heartbreak all over Pretty Hate Machine.)
Sounds like: Ted Leo & Pharmacists, Howlies, El-P
Exclusive Download: The Gay Blades - Hey She Say
Exclusive Download: The Gay Blades - O Shot (Black Jesuses Remix feat. Ant Stone)
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Exclusive Download: The Gay Blades - Mean Muses
GHOSTLY WEEK EXCLUSIVE: Michna - Magic Monday (Full Album Stream)
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All this week we’ll be releasing exclusive goodness from our partners at Ghostly International, who have a bevy of hot records coming out this fall. Check back every day for more tunes, and if you like what you hear, make sure to go cop some records over at their store.
New York-based producer/DJ/instrumentalist Adrian Michna aka Michna aka DJ Egg Foo Young has lurked around the underground since he first emerged as a founding member of Miami’s heralded Secret Frequency Crew, notably working with a budding Diplo, Bonde Do Role, and dropping heaters in clubs all over New York and the rest of the country as a DJ. After some wax and a couple mix CDs, dude has assembled his own heady full-length for Ghostly titled Magic Monday, stewing together a love of classic Miami bass, instrumental hip-hop, slow-tempo funk, and ambient electronic music into a swamp of milky textures and Cutco percussion fills. Think of a well-worn sponge being drained over some classic breaks LPs and you've kind of got yourself a starting point. Today is the official release of MM, and to mark the occasion Ghostly have hooked us up with a stream of the ENTIRE ALBUM. Hit the link below to check tour dates, and if you like what you hear (you should), head over to the Ghostly store and nab yourself a copy.
Sounds like: Flying Lotus, Squarepusher, Aphex Twin
Michna's Magic Monday At The Ghostly RCRD LBL Blog
Full Album Stream: Michna - Magic Monday
We are proud to announce the release of Magic Monday, the debut full-length from producer Adrian Michna, aka Michna. Having co-founded Miami's legendary Secret Frequency Crew, Michna's been mixing instrumental hip-hop and experimental electronic music for years; in the process, he's collaborated with an early-career Diplo, lent a production hand on Brazilian group Bonde do Role's debut on Domino/Mad Decent, and landed on URB's "Next 100" list. His talents as a multi-instrumentalist also feature prominently on the album- much of what sounds like samples are actually played by Michna himself. Magic Monday is a distillation of Michna's life and attitude- his youth, his talent, his sense of humor, his stories- and it's fun as hell.
And catch Michna in your area as he tours this fall:
10.10 Brooklyn, NY - Magic Monday release party (venue TBD)
10.16 Poughkeepsie, NY @ Vassar College
10.24 Baltimore, MD @ The Hexagon
10.25 New York City, NY @ Le Poisson Rouge (CMJ)
11.04 Gainesville, FL @ Common Grounds
11.05 Miami, FL @ PS1
11.13 Los Angeles CA@ The Purple Lounge (Standard Hotel)
11.15 Los Angeles CA @ Downtown Warehouse (after hours)
11.21 New York City, NY @ Natural History Museum
EXCLUSIVE NEW DOWNLOAD: Arabian Prince - Strange Life
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“Strange Life”—the last in the series of exclusive Arabian Prince tracks here on RCRD LBL—is probably the most classically hip-hop track on Innovative Life, packing simple one/two kick/clap, some tasteful synth echoes, and even a bit of early vocoder work. Over top you’ve got Arabian Prince doing his whole talk/rap/nursery rhyme thing and he even spouts one of those “And on the third day there was the beat…” intros that make him seem like some freaky electro shaman. This is also your last chance to marvel at the above photo here on the homepage, so gaze into the eyes (or eye, really…) of Arabian Prince, download the song, and do a few robot moves in your desk chair (bonus points for swivel action). It’s almost Friday.
Sounds like: Afrika Bambaataa, Cybotron, Jimmy Edgar
Exclusive Download: Arabian Prince - Strange Life
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Exclusive Download: Arabian Prince - Innovative Life
Exclusive Download: Arabian Prince - Situation Hot
EXCLUSIVE NEW DOWNLOAD: Kotchy - She Made It Easy + Drums Of Death Remix
A few years ago, I accidentally saw a band open for Lady Sovereign (remember her?) at the Bowery Ballroom called The Epochs. They set up in a circle, had a grip of gear all over the stage, and played psychedelic hip-hop songs with messy squelches and slaps that kind of sounded like Battles if Battles weren’t serious dudes with collard shirts and mortgages who actually had some juvenile fun. No one really seemed to get it, but the band’s drummer was a machine, a spry looking dude absolutely slaying his tiny jazz kit to the side of the stage. That dude was Kotchy. Now on his own, he’s crafting weird bedroom house music that sounds like the Neptunes playing garage music (gehr-age, not the MC5 kind) with Flying Lotus: chilly Rhodes, falsettos, obscure noise shards, reedy beats, etc. Below is first single “She Made It Easy” (from his debut album 89, out November 24th on London’s Civil Music) as well as an exclusive remix from London producer Drums Of Death, who fufills his pseudonym with some gothic tom samples in an extended avant-house version.
Sounds like: N.E.R.D., Flying Lotus, Claude VonStroke
Exclusive Download: Kotchy - She Made It Easy
Exclusive Download: Kotchy - She Made It Easy (Drums Of Death Remix)
EXCLUSIVE NEW DOWNLOAD: Arabian Prince - Innovative Life
We’ve already given you the backstory on Arabian Prince’s overlooked electro-rap innovations, so today it’s straight to the music with yet another exclusive from the Los Angeles producer’s Stones Throw retrospective, Innovative Life. Below you’ll find the comp’s title track—a dripping, gothic blip-fest that’s halfway between early Detroit machinations and The Cure’s Pornography album, all haunted-house keys and relentless, ratcheted industrial programming. Kind of like early Nine Inch Nails at a Monster Mash in the Beverly Hills Cop movies. Another thing we failed to point out last time: the above photo gives you a glimpse into just how stocked Arabian Prince’s closet was at the time. Also, sweet hair dude.
Sounds like: The Cure's Pornography, Depeche Mode, Jimmy Edgar
Exclusive Downoad: Arabian Prince - Innovative Life
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Exclusive Download: Arabian Prince - Situation Hot
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