Wednesday
Feb092011

Lonely C

A lovely new offering from Boston duo Soul Clap, who are two of the coolest and most talented men in music. Listen to the track below and hit the jump to hear what Wolf & Lamb have to say about the newest edition of !K7′s classic DJ Kicks series, that they and Soul Clap are putting together, and will be released on March 20th. EXCITING!

 

“When !K7 approached the four of them to do a DJ Kicks mix, the initial idea was do it as Wolf + Lamb versus Soul Clap. It wasn’t long before they realized something more collaborative was where their heads were at. Eli explains: “So much of the power of the music we do comes from the idea that we’re a collective, even expanding beyond the four of us to acts like No Regular Play and Nicholas Jaar that come under the Wolf + Lamb label umbrella. Performing together is our strength.” Gadi continues: “Yeah, the concept for this mix was originally that going to be to use our favourite tracks from the last two years —y’know, classic stuff — but then we thought it might be a stronger idea to do something that was about our world. We have such a strong sense of collective about the way we do things at the Marcy Hotel and on the Wolf + Lamb label. It’s very loose and we bring all our artists together and we kind of play it by ear and the vibe is very chilled out and deep. We figured if we could bring that to a mix and keep it in the family, with people who’ve released on the label we would have something special.”

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Tuesday
Feb082011

Wretch 32 - Unorthodox

Here is Wretch 32’s latest single, Unorthodox, which features Example and uses the Stone Roses classic ‘Fool’s Gold’ as its sample. Have a feeling that this might do pretty well - it’s the perfect follow up to Traktor. You can catch them performing it on the Example tour, which kicks off in Norwich on February 22nd. Hottest Record in the World. (Hit the jump to hear another track off his upcoming album, which features female vocalist, Alex Mills)

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Tuesday
Feb082011

Juggernaut

This is one of THE craziest Dubstep tunes I have ever heard (Total Recall). Wait for the drop at 27 seconds. Also; hit the jump for an incredible Dubstep remix of Darude’s classic ‘Sandstorm’, courtesy of Vaski. WOAHHHHHH!!!

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Tuesday
Feb082011

Rolling In The Deep

A lovely little House remix of Adele’s smash hit, Rolling In The Deep, courtesy of Guy Gabdois. I really like what he did with this.

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Tuesday
Feb082011

XLR8R

Nicolas Jaar released his XLR8R podcast/mix today. It’s a bit weird, and a difficult listen in places, but it’s definitely worth a download - he is a very exciting talent. Hit the jump to find out more about the man himself and see the tracklist. You can download HERE.

Nicolas Jaar is only 21 years old, but he’s already had quite the life. Much of his childhood was spent in Chile, but his formative years were spent in NY, where he entered the world of electronic music and released his first record before he completed high school, on the renowned Wolf + Lamb label no less. These days, he’s actually pursuing a college degree at Brown, but he still finds the time to DJ around the globe, produce, and run his own imprint, Clown and Sunset. Next week, Jaar will be releasing his full-length debut, Space Is Only Noise, so we figured it would be a fine time to enlist him for the XLR8R podcast series. His exclusive mix does not disappoint, as it’s heavy on his own pensive, jazz- and soul-tinged productions, including several unreleased songs and remixes. Jaar is ostensibly a house artist, but this mix explores different moods, tempos, styles, and eras; it even manages to squeeze in tracks from Bob Dylan and Pharoah Sanders without losing the plot. We imagine that we’ll be hearing lots more from Jaar in the years to come, but the man already appears to be operating at the top of his game.

01 Bob Dylan “Love Sick” (Sony)
02 Nicolas Jaar “What My Last Girl Put Me Through”
03 Wendy Kane “After Laughter Comes Tears (Nicolas Jaar Edit)”
04 Nicolas Jaar “Materials (Nico’s Bluewave Edit)”
05 The Enticers “Thief (Live Set Edit)”
06 Pharoah Sanders “Meeting John Coltrane”
07 Nicolas Jaar “Variations” (Circus Company)
08 Nicolas Jaar “Hage Chahine (feat. Will Epstein)” (Wolf+ Lamb)
09 Nicolas Jaar “Dubliners” (Clown & Sunset)
10 Nicolas Jaar “Colomb” (Circus Company)
11 Nicolas Jaar “Avalanche (Tribute to Leonard Cohen)”
12 Nicolas Jaar “Russian Dolls” (Clown & Sunset)
13 Nicolas Jaar “Encore”

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Tuesday
Feb082011

Tell The Whole City

Consequence released his latest mixtape today, Movies On Demand 2, which is available for free download HERE. This is one of my favourite tracks from the tape, which sees him re-united with ex-Tribe member Phife Dawg. Cons is the most under-rated rapper alive - he releases nothing but fire.

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Tuesday
Feb082011

Casualty Of Love

Jessie J’s second American single, Casualty Of Love, which is a stripped back piano driven ballad and one of best things I’ve heard from her. Her voice is absolutely ridiculous. Can’t wait for the album.

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Tuesday
Feb082011

A Flashback Of A Thing Called Love

Some more quality stuff from Cold Busted; this time from Trip-Hop/Chill Out producer, Ringo Ruffsoul. This is an absolutely stunning piece of music that will feature on his EP, Versatile Fall, which is available on March 23rd.

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Tuesday
Feb082011

No Cigarette Smoke (In My Room)

Here is the new single from Stephen Marley, which features the ever brilliant Melanie Fiona. After the jump you can also hear her joining Cee-Lo on a revamped version of the original Phillip Bailey-assisted track off The Lady Killer. I love this woman.

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Tuesday
Feb082011

The Last Dance

Not a massive fan of Clare Maguire, I don’t really get her, but this Danny Byrd remix of her new single is HUGE!

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