Viewing Archive for October, 2010
Fool’s Gold Vol. 1 + The Suzan LP out now
The first full-length albums on FG are available for download today on iTunes and everywhere else fine digital music is sold. Stop what you’re doing and grab Fool’s Gold Vol 1 (featuring new music from the whole fam) and Golden Week For The Poco Poco Beat this second!
You can also pick up physical copies of FG Vol 1 at Opening Ceremony stores, and Golden Week at any record shop worth their salt.
Peep our interview on the Opening Ceremony blog.
Some upcoming events…
I’m not really in touring mode right now but I do have various shows lined up… just wanted to draw your attention to 2 in particular, both Holiday-themed.
This Saturday, in Chicago – buy tix here
New York – HARD Turkey Soup – Nov 27 – buy tix here:
For my complete show listings, check the Tour section. Keep the holiday spirit high.
Alan Braxe on the SP-1200
Spotted this on the Holy Ghost! blog… pretty dope, Alan Braxe shows how he made “Intro (Running)” on the SP-1200 and the Alesis 3630 compressor. I have that compressor, I’ve never used it on anything.
“Ray Ban Vision” feat. CyHi Da Prynce
Shout out to Miss Info on the premiere. Earlier in the week we announced the upcoming Fool’s Gold Vol. 1 compilation, which will be out on the 25th digitally and the CDs will be available through Opening Ceremony.
This is my song from the comp, a new joint I made with G.O.O.D. Music’s latest recruit CyHi Da Prynce. I don’t think CyHi is up on my Sunglasses Is A Must past so I was amused when he chose this theme for the song. When you think about it… first I made “Pro Nails” for Kid Sister; then I sent Lupe a beat and he did “Me & My Sneakers” (also called “Mastered”); and now I have this song about shades. Am I like the accessories guy now? At this point I’m thinking if I send Murs a beat he’ll make a song about murses. Not a bad idea…
Download CyHi’s new mixtape Royal Flush, and stay tuned for the remix…
Octopussy October Top 10
I know it’s been waaaay too long since I last posted a chart. Here we go.
1. Jamie Woon – Night Air – Polydor
2. Kanye feat. Swizz, Jay-Z, Pusha T, RZA, CyHi – So Appalled – Def Jam
3. Style Of Eye & Magnus The Magnus – Antidote - Horehaus
4. Cassius – Brotherhood – Ed Banger
5. A-Trak feat. CyHi Da Prynce – Ray Ban Vision – Fool’s Gold
6. N.O.R.E. – Nutcracker – Thugged Out Millitainment
7. Scissor Sisters – Any Which Way (Carte Blanche Remix / Erol edit) – Polydor
8. ZZT – Zzafrica – Turbo
9. Bonsai Kat – Egotripping – Grand Hotel Records
10. Teebs – Why Like This? – Brainfeeder
Phoenix: the making of Wolfgang Amadeus…
For the last 2 weeks, Phoenix have been posting these “making of…” videos on their blog, dissecting the genesis of the album that topped my Best Of 2009 list. The cool thing is that for every song you get 2 commentaries: one by the band and one by Zdar, who not only mixed the album but also served as sort of guru/co-producer. Of course Zdar also mixes Chromeo’s albums and I’ve written about him before.
The clips for the 9 songs are up on their site now, make sure you go check them out. Work on your French.
Here is Lisztomania:
Around the World Pt.29
As posted on the fab Fader blog.
Where does the time go, where does the time fly? We’re long overdue for another edition of Around The World. The question is how am I going to fit 2 months into one post? Let’s look at some highlights.
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- The main ingredient yall. The main ingredient... yall.
- I'm headed to a place which I imagine to be like the X-Men compound.
- "A" http://t.co/7806YsoR
- The other day I found where echofon keeps drafts and tweets that didn't go through. It was like finding a pile of boogers.
- Pay, be a gentleman. RT @TotalSilence: @atrak first date..check comes..she wants to split it..what do you do?
