Early last month we reported about What Difference Does It Make? A Film About Making Music, the ultimate star studded artsy fartsy music documentary Red Bull Academy was making. Remember? Directed by Ralf Schmerberg, the feature-length film was recorded on a slew of hand held cameras keeping it authentic, in the moment and shaky like life. The collection of artists featured in it were colossal, comparable to The Justice League, the 1993 Dream Team roster: Erykah Badu, Flying Lotus, Q-Tip, Nile Rodgers, Rakim, Thundercat, …
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This is for the somewhat loungin’ laid back ears. The warm bass sounds and head nodding drums keep it engaging. I was surprised to hear the slowed down Monie Love’s “It’s A Shame (My Sister) throwback. This cat is from the East, where the sun rises for real. DJFYO a.k.a. Do Justly From Your Own (Music & Strength Crew) moved back to Japan in 2010 after being active as a DJ, producer, and music supervisor in Los Angeles, California. He …
Roland has been working on a release for their AIRA line of electronic musical equipment, as mentioned in a previous TMG post. Roland launched their new AIRA line at Dancefair 2014 over the weekend (February 15 & 16) according to djworx. The AIRA line contains a drum machine; TR-8 – emulating classic TR-808 & TR-909 sounds, bassline synthesizer; TB-3 – emulating classic TB-303, vocal processor; VT-3, and synthesizer; System-1. At first glance the AIRA line appears to be analog but they’re …
It was black, punk and from Detroit, Michigan. It was Death. Three brothers, Bobby, David, and Dannis Hackney formed a garage band and created music that predated when punk was supposedly invented. It was the early 70’s, and while people were sweating it out in discos and Motown was dominating the charts, these three brothers were pioneering punk. The first time I heard of them was when I saw the trailer for the documentary, A Band Called Death (Drafthouse Films). It was literally, …
As mentioned in a previous TMG post, the band Cibo Matto has reunited after a 15 year hiatus with a new release Hotel Valentine out today February 14, 2014. The sounds on Hotel Valentine sees Cibo Matto blending their usual Shibuya-kei, trip-hop, and indie pop sounds with bass heavy, electronic, funk, and synth-pop sounds. For fans of Cibo Matto this album has nostalgic elements from their older material, but is also refreshingly new at the same time. Cibo Matto talks about the concept behind Hotel Valentine, reuniting …
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