Wednesday 22 September 2010

Drake - Fireworks (Deadboys Tearjerking Slo-Mo House Edit)


I heard it said you had come back from the dead......

For someone whos name is Deadboy this man seems to be putting himself about quite abit at the moment, and once again this London based producer does not dissapoint.

After releasing U Cheated his R'n'B/Garage tinged EP on Well Rounded Records and the dark funky/garage dancefloor stomp If U Want Me that man Deadboy is back on remixing duties.

After remixing the likes of Foals and Delphic Deadboy is leaving the tight trousered world of Indie behind and heading back to his R'n'B roots with a remix for Drake on the track Fireworks.

Deadboy opts to leave Drake out from the remix and concentrate on the hook sang by none other than Alicia Keys. Chopping up and pitch shifting her vocal Deadboy creates another beautiful and melancholy house slow burner (as suggested by his remix title)

No idea if this one will get a release (I've been scanning the internet to no avail) or if the mysterious Deadboy is just giving us a taste of things to come. His reputation has been simmering throughout 2010 but I reckon 2011 is gonna be his year.

Listen to his Tearjerking Slo-Mo House Edit of Fireworks below

Saturday 18 September 2010

Teebs - Why Like This



"Some painters transform the sun into a yellow spot; others transform a yellow spot into the sun"


I could try and pass off this wise and profound quote off as one I coined myself, unfortunately Pablo Picasso got there first....

Today I am bringing you the sounds of Teebs; visual artist and musician from Los Angeles.

There has always been a strong link between music and art and Teebs brings both of his passions together beautifully. Creating his own cover art (a piece of his is shown above) and some of the finest beats to come from across the pond. As this man hails from Los Angeles it doesn't take a genius to figure out that this man has already been snapped up by Flying Lotus to join the ever expanding Brainfeeder crew.

There are strong similarities between his sound and other artists from Brainfeeder but I feel that the visual aspect of Teebs' music has a very important influence on his sound. When you listen to one of his tracks it washes over you and without realising what has happened disappears and evolves into the next track; using sound as an artist would use colour.

His music has the typical "L.A" sound (they must put something in the water over there) but where as Flying Lotus' style borrows from Jazz and Electronica or Gaslamp Killer just about borrows from everywhere Teebs seems to be influenced by the Southern California head nodding Hip-Hop style with the laid back rhythms and layered synths. Teebs music has been described by Flying Lotus as "the way that Avatar looks."

Now I must of been one of the only people on this planet to have not seen Avatar but with it being 15 years in the making and costing around $220 Million I believe it looked pretaaaaay, pretaaaaay good.

Take a listen to a cut from his LP Ardour to be released by Brainfeeder on Oct 19th.

Teebs - 'Why Like This' by BRAINFEEDER

Thursday 9 September 2010

Ramadanman - Bass Drums




Rama Damn Man!!!!!!!!!

This man is making quite abit of noise at the moment, so much racket in fact that I had to make up a rather shit pun on his name as the header for this little bit of "journalism".

The name of this bass music rogue is Leeds based Ramadanman. Everyone seems to be raving about this young producer with the likes of Benji B, Mary Anne Hobbs and Kode9 giving him their blessing. And what does he use to create this genre defying, groundbreaking music?

The answer to that question is............... Fruity Loops. Just goes to show that abit of skill and imagination can go a long way.

He has already put out two of the biggest tunes of 2010 with Glut on Hemlock and the undeniable massive cross over tune of the year Work Them released on Swamp 81. And this geezer doesn't look like he's easing up with another bass heavy offering in the form of Bass Drums.

Bass Drums doesn't deviate far from his previous releases but if it ain't broke don't fix it. This track is to be included on a forth coming compilation by Soul Jazz Records aptly named Future Bass. The compilation includes tracks from the likes of Mala, Four Tet, Untold, and LD.

Future Bass is released on the 20 September.

Listen to Bass Drums below. Preferably loud and in a dark sweaty room if possible.

Ramadanman - Bass Drums (Future Bass Exclusive) by Soul Jazz Records

Wednesday 1 September 2010

Glasser - Home



Once I had a love and it was a gas, Soon turned out had a heart of glass

I present you with the one woman orchestra known as Glasser. I have heard of this young lady before but she really captured my lug holes today when I heard Home for the first time.

This is one of the catchiest experimental pop tunes I've heard in a long while (I've been humming it all day...) Her style reminds me of Kate Bush and Bat for Lashes. I know, they're all women and they're abit "out there" not too obvious Eddie!!! But that is my summary and I'm sticking with it.

I first heard of Glasser from a tasty little remix Jamie XX did for her track Tremel (which I purchased on a rather lovely see through vinyl I'll have you know). After touring with the likes of Jonsi, Delorean and The XX she is now releasing her debut Ring on September 28th via True Panther and from the tracks I've heard I reckon its going to be rather special.

There are some delectable debuts coming out this year by the looks of it and this will definately be one of them.

Have a listen below



You can also download the track for free if your quick from Dummy Magazine another good online mag worth taking a look at....

http://dummymag.com/downloads