Viewing Archive for February, 2011
Dust La Rock “B.K. Scum” exhibit opens March 4th
If you’re a regular visitor to this site, then you must know Dust La Rock: my art director and that of my record label Fool’s Gold. After the overwhelming success of his Best Of The Beast art show 2 years ago, Dust is now ready to bring us a new exhibition. This one is called B.K. Scum and it’s inspired by the work of experimental sound collective and multimedia pioneers Psychic TV.
The show opens Friday, March 4th at 350 Broadway, the gallery / retail home of clothing label Mishka, who will be releasing their own Psychic TV-inspired clothing collection, as well as an exclusive B.K. Scum tee shirt available for purchase at the show. In addition, Dust has teamed up with DJ / producer Star Eyes (Trouble & Bass) for a B.K. Scum mix, a collection of Psychic TV music and rarities collected throughout the years, along with exclusive vocals from Genesis. Download it now!
Trevor Jackson presents: NOWHERE
Trevor Jackson isn’t a stranger to this blog. He’s been a friend of the Brothers Macklovitch for many years and if you aren’t familiar with his work I strongly suggest you spend a bit of time browsing through his site. To my DJ peers he might be known mostly for his music, ranging from the excellent Playgroup project all the way back to early 90′s remixes of hip hop greats under the name Underdog. But he’s also an accomplished graphic designer, with memorable album covers for Soulwax and The Rapture (Echoes) under his belt.
His first solo art show will be premiering soon at KK Outlet in London.
“NOWHERE features highly personal photographic and video studies that explore related themes of honesty, simplicity, manipulation and ego.” I can dig it.
The exhibition runs March 4 – 26. More info here.
Freezing February Top 10
1. Cassius – Les Enfants (Gesaffelstein Remix) – Ed Banger
2. Canblaster – Clockworks – Nightshifters
3. Duke Dumont – Hipgnosis – Ed Banger
4. Black Rose – Anthem – Made To Play
5. Hercules And Love Affair – My House (Stopmakingme Remix) – Moshi Moshi
6. Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs – Household Goods (Justin Martin Remix) – Greco-Roman
7. Adam Kesher – Hour Of The Wolf (Lifelike Remix) – Disque Primeur
8. Nicki Minaj – Did It On’em – Cash Money Records
9. David’s Lyre – In Arms (Pearson Sound Remix) – Hideout
10. Metronomy – She Wants – Because
Check older charts here.
Production Tips: Mixing rap vocals
I like mixing. Studio mixing. It’s one of my favorite things to do. You know how some people do gardening and they just zone out? I think that’s how I relate to mixing.
I stumbled upon this great article on mixing rap vocals written by engineer Matthew Weiss. I like how he emphasized on how important it is to know what kind of mix you’re going for, to have certain references… going from the classic mid-90′s Bob Power grit to the glossy Bad Boy sheen. Anyway, check it out!
Remembering Dilla & Pun
“J.Dilla: Still Shining” from B.Kyle on Vimeo.
This week we remember both the birthday and the untimely death of my favorite producer of all time, the inimitable J Dilla. When he passed 5 years ago I wrote this post. Around the same time, a lot of the footage in this retrospective video was filmed by Brian “B. Kyle” Atkin.
Peep the short film above, and then head over to Stones Throw’s site to order a new “Behind The Beat” poster by Raph Rashid.
Sadly, this week also marks the anniversary of Big Pun’s passing. My man DJ Soul released this excellent tribute mixtape, available for download here. Tracklisting after the jump.
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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.
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- 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?
