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 …
Tag: Electronic
Singer songwriter Tiombe Lockhart of the House, Funk, and Soul trio Cubic Zirconia teams up with producer/DJ Hudson Mohawke (TNGHT) for the single “Can’t Get Enough”. They recently released a video for “Can’t Get Enough”. It’s a catchy tribal, world music, House, dance track. Visuals include tribal prints, African, Caribbean, psychedelic imagery, and Sun Ra-esque Hathor dressed dancers. It reminds me of the sounds and visuals for Beyonce’s “Grown Women”. Tiombe Lockhart “Can’t Get Enough” Prod. Hudson Mohawke (Music Video) …
Rapper Prince Po (Organized Konfusion) and Rapper and Producer Oh No’s collaborative album Animal Serum just dropped. For background information check out TMG’s early reporting on Animal Serum. Serum sonically is a mixture of jazzy, soulful, psych, world music, electronic, L.A. beat styles courtesy of Oh No. Lyrically Prince Po and Oh No team up to give their observations of daily life struggles, love, sex, to the current state of Hip-Hop. Serum also features Prince Po’s Organized Konfusion partner Pharaohe Monch (a mini reunion), O.C. (D.I.T.C.), Saafir, Rock …
Hieroglyphics and Souls of Mischief member A-Plus and producer Aagee recently released a new solo album, Molly’s Dirty Water. A-Plus and Aagee give us an interesting mix of Hip-Hop and electronic music, from A-Plus rhymes, R&B samples to glitch electro infused instrumental tracks. Molly’s Dirty Water is based on A-Plus’s experiences in SF Bay Area electronic dance scene, probably all the raves Del got the Hiero crew playing at back in the day. One can assume at face value Molly’s Dirty Water is …
Brandy & Coke is a mini documentary on the UK Garage (UKG) music scene in the 90s & early to mid 2000’s. The mini documentary was directed by Ewen Spencer, a photographer who took photos at many UKG parties back in the day. Ewen Spencer recently released a book of those photos called UKG. Brandy & Coke covers the sounds, fashion, club events, raves, and the ups and downs of the UKG golden era. Although not as extensive in it’s …
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