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New NastyNasty Mix: Lazerbrain

Wed, 02 May 2012 12:47:22 -0700

One of my fave producers for the past few years just dropped this incredible mix, which follows hot on the heels of the awesome “Lazersoul” mix he did a few years back. This is just unreal!

via Generation Bass

Gaslamp Killer @ Coachella

Thu, 19 Apr 2012 23:35:21 -0700

Photo: New York Times

Nosaj Thing Mix on XFM for Mary Anne Hobbs

Tue, 03 Apr 2012 12:10:08 -0700

Just in case you missed it, here’s a repost of the mix that Nosaj Thing did for Mary Anne Hobbs’ XFM show in London last Saturday. There’s some new bits from the next album as well as a bunch of unreleased collabs. Check it out here:

Nosaj Thing - Sci (Rough)
Nosaj Thing - Eclipse/Blue Feat. Kazu Makino
Nosaj Thing x Architeq - Untitled
D Tiberio - Raver 5
Jacques Green - iwont132
Jamie xx - Touch Me
Lunice - Superman OG
Machinedrum - A New Meaning (Rough)
Jon Wayne - Jackknifee
Nosaj Thing x Teebs - Untitled
Nosaj Thing x Kendrick Lamar - Cloud 10 Rework

Feeding People @ SXSW 2012

Sat, 17 Mar 2012 11:26:00 -0700

“Feeding People performed marvelously their brand of psychedelic/space rock a la Amon Düül II meets Janis Joplin and Syd Barrett fused into one frighteningly powerful cosmic entity. A lot of bands can have a tendency to sound the same, especially considering the seemingly constant succession of performances confronted with during SXSW, but some are different. Feeding People is DIFFERENT. And I mean that in the best possible sense. They will drag you down into their psychedelic sonic vortex, and you will enjoy it. The only drawback to an otherwise great performance was that the vocals were just not turned up loud enough- Jessie can howl with the best of ‘em, but the lack of decent sound levels kept FP from putting it over the top. It did not however keep them from shredding my mind to a bloody tabula rasa. And this did in fact, seem an effortless task for them.”

— LA Record

Get NastyNasty on Valentine's Day...

Tue, 14 Feb 2012 11:19:00 -0800

“The ideal dubstep track to start off your Valentines Day, “Moan” by NastyNasty is complete with his signature up-pitched vocals and immaculate melodic overtones that only NastyNasty could possibly create. Phenomenally emotional synths drift lazily through the mix, intricately embellished with masterful vocal sampling and staggeringly delightful melodic detail. You can always count on NastyNasty to bring emotion and personality to every piece he composes, and this Dubstep.NET Valentes Day Exclusive is certainly no exception!” — Dubstep.net

Grab it free HERE!

What's in store for Gaslamp Killer at Coachella?

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 09:00:15 -0800

Pic: @Gaslampkiller and @Gonjasufi hanging together at Coachella 2011

Big Baby Gandhi and Hot Sugar Team Up for Mixtape

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 10:13:00 -0800

“Two of our favorite indie New York artists have officially joined forces on “Hi It’s Me, Baby.” The track features rhymes from Big Baby Gandhi, who you might know for his ill Big Fucking Baby mixtape released via Das Racist’s Greedhead Music last November. And on the beat, it’s Nick Koenig, aka Hot Sugar, a dude who loves blending crunchy boom-bap beats with sounds he literally gathers from all around him.”

(via Prefix)

Watch out for the new mixtape from these two on Das Racist’s Greedhead Music and Mad Decent coming soon.

Young Vipers Collab with The Roots on 'Sleep'

Wed, 23 Nov 2011 12:39:08 -0800

For the past several weeks The Roots have been releasing video vignettes featuring song from their new studio album, undun, out in December on Island Def Jam. This week, our own Hot Sugar and Aaron Livingston, aka Young Vipers, have contributed a song to the album and the last vignette in the series, called “Sleep.” The song uses the Young Vipers original track as the soundbed to Black Thought’s rhymes, for a chilling outcome. In other news, Hot Sugar just signed an EP deal with Ninja Tune for the world, watch for him to drop his newest Moon Money in early 2012.

Eagle Rock Music Fest 2011: Low End Takeover

Wed, 26 Oct 2011 15:28:48 -0700

Not much else to say.

Nosaj Thing and Kendrick Lamar Team Up for 'Cloud 10'

Fri, 07 Oct 2011 17:33:36 -0700

Compton hippy Kendrick Lamar and ‘Sleep Rave’ Producer Nosaj Thing team up for “Cloud 10,” for the Windows Mobile ‘Me Series’… Check the video and a stream of the track here.

LA Weekly: Feeding People at Eagle Rock Music Fest

Tue, 04 Oct 2011 17:48:24 -0700

“Let’s not mince words: Psychedelic up-and-comers Feeding People absolutely crushed the Emerging Stage.”

— LA Weekly

Stussy 'Make Beats' with Nosaj Thing + GLK

Wed, 31 Aug 2011 13:30:39 -0700

This is definitely ‘normal’ behavior for these guys, but it’s a treat to that Stussy got video of the pair (along with Pollyn) geeking out on their OP-1’s from the Swedish tech company Teenage Engineering. It looks like an uber design-savvy toy, but also pretty powerful pocket synthesizer that is currently on a number of electronic producer’s ‘must buy’ list. (It’s currently on back-order according to the company’s site.) The collab is part of the introduction to Stussy and Low End Theory’s ‘Make Beats’ contest, which you can read about here.

— via Booooom

Hot Sugar Talks Ass

Thu, 21 Jul 2011 11:45:00 -0700

“Hot Sugar is one of my favorite producers in music today. The New York-based beatmaker, real name Nick Koenig, creates super summery, organic instrumental hip-hop that is perfect for blasting on a sweltering July day. His recording process, an inventive method he calls Associative Music, culls sounds from our everyday lives to weave an incredible canvas of sound and texture that just isn’t possible with traditional recording methods. It’s a lot of work, but it shows: I’ve been bumping his instrumental EP, Muscle Milk, since around early this year. It’s that good. Nick has a full-length with a bunch of rappers that will be released sometime in 2011, and he’s working with crooner Aaron Livingston in a band called Young Vipers, who recently made their live debut at The Roots picnic.”

Read the interview here: Brown Noise, July 2011

Feeding People in LA Record

Fri, 15 Jul 2011 12:15:00 -0700

“At one level, this is garage rock … But the music on Peace, Victory and the Devil breaks out of those constraints, not as if it’s struggling but as if it’s shrugging off any concern for rules, as if it’s easy to pioneer a new sound.

Whether [Jones] is channeling spirits, or whether Feeding People is simply a band of spirited musicians all pulling together to make her glossolalia of gloom the official soundtrack for these apocalyptic times, Peace will make you want to stockpile this album and hole up in your bunker to await the band’s next revelation.”

— Dan Collins, LA Record

*Watch for the re-release of these songs from Feeding People along with some new ones coming on the Innovative Leisure label soon.

Gaslamp Killer Slays Magic 8-Ball

Thu, 19 May 2011 11:47:00 -0700

Here’s a review from the San Francisco show at Mezzanine:

“I avoided the electro-loving crowd on the balcony as the long-haired Gaslamp Killer established himself as “someone I need to listen to.” His set was full of that gritty bass that the speakers at the Mezz are built for. As soon as he started playing “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds” while drumming on his iPad , I knew this was a whole different level of DJing.

For the next hour and a half of his set, Gaslamp murdered the club with boogie-shaking house and some bass-heavy dub step. His most signature moments, however, were flipping classic hip hop beats and stripping them down to some of their key notes. It plays out well whenever you can play a electro funk version of Easy E without stripping away his essence.”

— SF Gate

Nosaj Thing: Coachella 2011

Mon, 18 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0700

“Nosaj Thing turned the festival’s Gobi tent into an aural igloo to weather Coachella’s blizzard of white noise. In the middle of his searing set, it became clear that Nosaj may be the next one from L.A.’s beat scene to make it big.” — LA Weekly

“Nosaj Thing dropping an insane remix of Portishead’s ‘Wandering Star’.” — Seattle Weekly

“In a very welcome change from most of the electronic acts of the day, the set was enjoyable even if you weren’t in a chemically altered state – with varied rhythms and some actual melody, it felt like an actual musical performance instead of just a rave.” — Brand X

“His set showed an understanding of the ideal way to work a late-night Coachella crowd. Lull the glow-stick rave kids into a sense of security, get those with a cresting high into a hypnotic groove, and allow the wallflowers to just stare in awe at the combination of tripped-out sound and screensavery visuals.” — LA Times

“Of the whole Los Angeles Beat Scene at Coachella, Nosaj’s set offered the prettiest tunes — haze-swathed and emotive even when underpinned by the heavy boom bap.” — Spin

Feeding People on Rollo & Grady

Thu, 31 Mar 2011 10:15:49 -0700

Feeding People are Rollo & Grady’s “Artist to Watch” today… These kids from OC rock! New album on Burger Records out now, only 250 limited edition tapes. Stay tuned for much more.

Baths "Lovely Bloodflow"

Mon, 28 Mar 2011 16:39:19 -0700

Oldie but a goodie… Video by Young Replicant

Thom Yorke @ Low End Theory

Tue, 22 Mar 2011 22:50:36 -0700

Cool write up and video from Theo Jemison on the much buzzed-about Low End a few weeks back…

“Radiohead’s Thom Yorke was recently on-hand at one of the Low End Theory showcases in Los Angeles. The highly praised vocalist displayed his DJ skills on the 1s and 2s, captured through black & white visuals in the piece offered above. Further information on the Low End Theory Wednesday night sets in LA is offered here. Enjoy!”

— Hypebeast

Jogger Made Your New Favorite Video

Mon, 17 Jan 2011 18:46:00 -0800

For an electronic band slash laptop and effects duo this video is so metal. I love what I think is the band doing the black metal adlibs over the top of their own track, which is also pretty mental (not metal). It makes me want to go back to high school and befriend that kid that sat next to me in history class.