Indeed, Peter, Bjorn & John are wickedly talented musicians, djs, and producers. But you may not know is they are also chill, funny as F* dudes, who like Suicide (the band, not the act) and pandas. We learned this and more when we had Bjorn meander through the troves of RCRD LBL songs and pick out some favorite tracks. Below are some of his witty, off-the-cuff responses. Welcome into the Brain of Bjorn:
Per Miike Snow- Animal:
"This is a great song with really good vocals and I love the bgvs too! More distortion and echo and power to the people. Darkness, darkness, darkness."
Per CSS:
"CSS is always a great inspiration. Swinging!"
Per Martin Rev:
"Just love Suicide so much that he automatically is good and an inspiration. If you need me to pick [another song]- MARI is great and on his Myspace."
Per Panda Bear:
"Pandas! Pills! Weird noise! REVERB!"
Per Thieves Like Us:
"I like the repetitiveness and the sort of live-DJ feel on this song, also nice Pet Shop Boys vocals and good lyrics. Downtown! Drugs! Night! Me! You!"
PS Peter Bjorn & John's new album is out March 31st.
Miike Snow - Animal
CSS - Rat Is Dead (Rage)
Glass Candy - I Always Say Yes (Baron von Luxxury Remix Parts II & III)
Martin Rev - Venise
Panda Bear - Comfy In Nautica (XXXChange Remix)
Thee Oh Sees - Ghost In The Trees
Thieves Like Us - Desire
Lykke Li - Dance. Dance. Dance.
Tracks by Peter, Bjorn & John:
Peter, Bjorn and John - Lay It Down (The Golden Filter Remix)
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A couple weeks ago, we brought you an exclusive, new Adam Green track, "Rich Kids," in which Green strums comically about "life and Codeine with the tonality of a burnt-out bluesed-out uncle of Nick Cave." This week, to change it up a bit, we had Mr. Green craft a playlist of his favorite RCRD LBL artists. His RCRD LBL selection has a light, optimistic air to it, comprised of mostly NY and Brit artists, with a heavy base of peppy pop rockers, a dosage of noiseniks, and at least one former model who carves killer, scruffy rock. A well balanced meal really.
The Magnetic Fields - Too Drunk To Dream
Albert Hammond, Jr - GfC
Dirty Projectors - Knotty Pine (with David Byrne)
Glass Candy - I Always Say Yes (Baron von Luxxury Remix Parts II & III)
Gang Of Four - Second Life
The Ting Tings - That's Not My Name (LA Riots Remix)
Lissy Trullie - Self Taught Learner
Little Joy - No One's Better Sake
Telepathe - Chrome's On It
Adam Green Tracks:
Adam Green - Rich Kids
Adam Green's RCRD LBL Page
For our one-year anniversary, we reached out to some of the people and artists that we work to ask them to create a playlist of tunes from our catalog. We got some great ones back, and we'll be posting them throughout the rest of the week along with selections from our editors. As always, these are embeddable on other blogs, websites, etc. so share them around and stay tuned for more.
Anastasia from Cruel Black Dove put together a great mix of noir-ish tunes for our playlist series, including slept on exclusives from The Secret Machines and Martin Rev of Suicide. Cruel Black Dove will be playing Rated-X's New Year's Eve Bash at Don Hill's in New York on Wednesday, more info over at Going.
Cruel Black Dove - Love Song
Cruel Black Dove - Offer
Cruel Black Dove - Come On Over (The Clapp Remix)
Cruel Black Dove's RCRD LBL Page
For our one-year anniversary, we reached out to some of the people and artists that we work to ask them to create a playlist of tunes from our catalog. We got some great ones back, and we'll be posting them throughout the rest of the week. As always, these are embeddable on other blogs, websites, etc. so share them around and stay tuned for more.
Today we have a bundle of tunes from Brooklyn dancehall producer & MC 77Klash, who's been working on some new material recently after self-releasing his debut EP Code For The Streets earlier this year. This playlist is really all over the place, moving from Santogold to Bat For Lashes and on to Curses! and "Scratch" Perry. They're all good picks for Friday afternoon jams, so you can't really go wrong here.
Download: 77Klash - Mad Again
Download: 77Klash - Code For The Streets
Download: 77Klash - Noble Society - The Swarm (DJ Theory Remix)
Download: 77Klash - "Take You Home" Skallawa Riddim (Ray Darwin Remix)
Stream: 77Klash - Belly (77Klash Vs. Queens Of The Stone Age)
77Klash's RCRD LBL Page
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For our one-year anniversary, we reached out to some of the people and artists that we work to ask them to create a playlist of tunes from our catalog. We got some great ones back, and we'll be posting them throughout the rest of the week. As always, these are embeddable on other blogs, websites, etc. so share them around and stay tuned for more.
Today we've got a playlist from RCRD LBL band Meanest Man Contest, who soon will be compiling a mix/playlist of sorts from our catalog to soundtrack Tim Molloy's new novel How To Break Bad News. The guys shot over a (very flattering) little note with their list, so we'll let them take it from here:
"Happy bday, RCRD LBL! You, fine sirs and ma'ams, have been killing it daily throughout the last 365+ with nothing but megahits from across the spectrum of rad music. Here are 12 of our favorite songs that have appeared on the site over the last year. Keep 'em coming!"
Meanest Man Contest's RCRD LBL Page
For our one-year anniversary, we reached out to some of the people and artists that we work to ask them to create a playlist of tunes from our catalog. We got some great ones back, and we'll be posting them throughout the rest of the week. As always, these are embeddable on other blogs, websites, etc. so share them around and stay tuned for more.
Today we've got a playlist from globetrotting DJ and Dim Mak boss Steve Aoki, who chose a pretty uptempo and club-friendly assortment of tunes. We're running another contest with this one, so embed it around, send a link to contests@rcrdlbl.com with the subject "AOKI PLAYLIST" and you'll be entered to win some limited edition Dim Mak goodies. Get on it!
Steve Aoki's RCRD LBL Page
Dim Mak's RCRD LBL Page
It's been an awesome first year at RCRD LBL, and I'm excited to share my picks along with the rest of the team. The 12 tracks below show-off our diverse collection of sounds and let you know what tunes I dig.
For our one-year anniversary, we reached out to some of the people and artists that we work to ask them to create a playlist of tunes from our catalog. We got some great ones back, and we'll be posting them throughout the rest of the week. As always, these are embeddable on other blogs, websites, etc. so share them around and stay tuned for more.
Today we're publishing selections from Kim Schifino, drummer and one-half of Brooklyn's DIY dance-punk titans Matt And Kim. We world premiered their first tune in two years back in August, and now they've saddled up with the FADER label to release their new album Grand in 2009. We're also running a great contest around this playlist. If you embed it on your blog and send a link to contests@rcrdlbl.com with the subject "MATT AND KIM", you'll be entered to win a custom-made Christmas card from the band. Seriously, they could be making YOU a one-of-a-kind Christmas greeting, so spread this guy around, send over the links, and we'll choose a winner on December 17th.
For our one-year anniversary, we reached out to some of the people and artists that we work to ask them to create a playlist of tunes from our catalog. We got some great ones back, and we'll be posting them throughout the rest of the week. As always, these are embeddable on other blogs, websites, etc. so share them around and stay tuned for more.
Today we're offering up a playlist curated by Nick T. of Islands and Reefer fame. Nick put together a pretty awesome (and alphabetical!) selection of dub, hip-hop, folk, and other more unclassifiable stuff, so if you're the kind of cat that can get down with Ninjasonik and Beach House in the same hour, then this one's for you.
Reefer - Let It Go (Flying Lotus Remix)
Reefer's RCRD LBL Page
