In the post World War II era, Germany and Japan had to go through major reconstruction while getting their economy back on it’s feet. Life after WWII was the backdrop for the birth of amazing arts, and musical movements. Out of these movements we get a German band like Kraftwerk, and in Japan we get Yellow Magic Orchestra (YMO). In this particular piece we travel back in history, and then speed ahead into the future, to discover Yellow Magic Orchestra’s legacy …
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DJ, producer and Major Lazor member Diplo makes a year-end mix for 2013. “I made this mix because I loved 2013 a lot R.I.lP. I’ll miss her,” he tweeted. The mix features Drake, Kanye West, Baauer, King Krule, Rihanna, Young Jeezy, Disclosure and a lot more. Diplo is an interesting and busy dude always globe trotting into something random. He sold a movie loosely based on his life to 20th Century Fox. He flew to Jamaica and produced some Reggae-influenced beats for the Dibble …
Artist, graphic designer and hip-hop head Jay Shells created red street signs engraved with lyrics from classic rap songs. The rap quotes are lines describing specific locations. Early last year, armed with screws and a stepping stool, Shells installed the signs at the exact sites described in the quotes. Animal New York filmed him driving around New York City putting them up and keeping it moving. Shells curated some tasty treats like “I’m blacker than midnight on Broadway and Myrtle” …
In post-Beyonce world, Del the Funky Homosapien unleashes, Iller Than Most, a free surprise album on SoundCloud. The LP has 11 cuts and Del handles all the production. About the project, on his SoundCloud he wrote, “This is a new FREE LP that is futuristic and fun- but still on some Hiphop shit. Lyrically ill but fun to listen to, nothing super heavy. I did the production on it as well. Hope yall enjoy it, peace.” …
Legendary genre bending musician PJ Harvey guest edits BBC 4 Radio. Today’s edition features Julian Assange, Ralph Fiennes, former Archbishop of Canterbury Dr. Rowan Williams and Shaker Aamer, a former Guantanamo Bay detainee. Harvey said that she’d only get involved under the condition that her contributors would not be edited without their consent. Toward the beginning of the broadcast she said, “I saw it as an opportunity to try and do something unusual with the format and the content of the …
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