Blu - "Muto"

This guy is nuts...The top video is an amazing stop-motion video of Blu's work I just found online recently. The bottom photo is a photo I took this summer in Valparaiso, Chile, of more straightforward mural from your boy Blu...

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Guizado - "Punx"

Seriously insane but awesome music here. This is new, crazy jazz from Sao Paulo, Brazil, inspired by the bustling metropolis and with a unique feel. Last.fm says "In Guizado, the musician searches (and thinks) his own stamp on a mixture of harmonic inks of his instrument with the textures found in experiments with several electronic paraphernalia." This album is at times jarring, with bursts of electronic noise and glitches, but also beautiful and melodic at times.

The track "Coloridos" is a good example of this, a simple guitar part coming in over a glitchy electronic beat, followed by a beautifully simple and elegant trumpet line. This album really is pretty fucking cool, I listened to it tons when I first copped it, definitely a non-traditional work but as mentioned has enough melody and funk to keep the repeat button going. Standout tracks to me were "Coloridos", "Orbitas", and "Rinkisha" (ROCKS OUT by the end of that one man), sick stuff...

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Tycho - "Past is Prologue"

This is a pretty chilled out, mellow ambient album from Tycho, an upcoming producer from the San Francisco area. It's definitely more of a background album then something you wanna blast loud, but it's definitely a nice listen. It's got tons of warm, synthy melodic parts, and the drums are a nice, kinda jazz-brush tone. The mix is real nice, especially on "Send and Receive" and "Past is Prologue."


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Light graffiti

Breakin outside the music today. I decided to start including other items of interest here in the blog, so am going to start adding sick new artists as well. Basically, anything aesthetically pleasing is game. These images are part of a new trend in photography called "light graffiti." These shots are taken with an extremely long exposure (over an hour) and speak for themselves. Read more about it here.

The Kilimanjaro Darkjazz Ensemble - "The Kilimanjaro Darkjazz Ensemble"

Haha yeah, I know that image is nuts right? This band is pretty crazy, it's a bunch of German art students making avant-garde jazz music with electronic elements. It's definitely an interesting album, although perhaps not accessible to everyone or right away. It has moments where it sounds like trip hop, but also dark, ambient noise passages, tinged with electronic flourishes. I liked "Adaptation of the Koto Song", "Pearls for Swine", and "Lobby", check it out. Definitely an interesting listen.

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=2LI2C805
http://www.last.fm/music/The+Kilimanjaro+Darkjazz+Ensemble

Emancipator - soon it will be cold enough

I know it must seem like every artist I'm putting up here is amazing, which they are, but this dude definitely is one of the sickest and most talented producers I've heard in YEARS. Yeah man, this guy makes music that's just too damn good, it's one of my all time favorite albums. I actually paid to download this at his official website, but that's your call. It's got perfectly fitted, processed piano lines mixed with strings, acoustic guitar, warm synths, and hip hop beats, blending them together seamlessly into a dynamic, moving work of art. He's got a new album coming out in January 2010, the first track is up on his site - more goodness. If anything, buy the new album or go see him on tour if you live on the west coast - sadly doesn't seem like dude is doing more then one show out here on the east.

http://www.mediafire.com/?j5tnmmduizn

http://www.emancipatormusic.com/

Gotan Project - "La Revencha del Tango"

So yeah, I spent a couple months down in South America this last summer. One of the definite highlights of my 5000 miles of traveling was the city of Buenos Aires, Argentina, a city of European influences, strong culture, and a booming night life. Hollywoodincambodia is actually an art gallery in San Telmo, one of the neighborhoods. In between clubbing, exploring the city, checking out art museums and galleries, I got a chance to catch a tango show one night as well, one of the most famous legacies of Buenos Aires. Amazing stuff...

After I got back, I started to listen to a lot of the CD's I bought down there. Gotan Project is basically the best of the artists that I found, on a compilation album of electronic tango. They are actually based out of Paris, but one of the members is Argentine. It's got the accordion flourishes that I enjoyed out authentic tango, but with a nice mix of electronic and modern touches. Some of the tracks have Spanish-speaking singers, so it's definitely different, but I highly enjoy it anyways. Standout tracks include "Queremos Paz" and "Epoca", which have been used in movies and ads actually, so you might recognize them. Check it out if it sounds interesting, very relaxing listen.

http://www.filestube.com/9f5e2f2f5302e5f403e9/details.html

Dextro - "Winded"

This is another album I find myself frequently playing and then having to tell people what it is. My one friend even played it for one of his students in home room before school and the kid was really diggin' it. Dextro is a dude from Scotland who makes really beautiful, ambient, vaguely trip hop sounds. I read a review of the album somewhere that likened the new album "Winded" to a Van Gogh painting, in that layers are revealed upon deeper appreciation and contemplation of the work. He heavily uses ambient noise textures, reverberated piano loops, and chilled out down tempo beats as well as acoustic guitars and vocal passages that culminate in a work that is profoundly relaxing and uplifting at the same time. The first track "Closer" I am so so on actually, a little too Boards of Canada for me, but the album quickly gets amazing. Sososo good, I can't recommend this one highly enough.

http://www.mediafire.com/?uz3xmjwymzk

El Segundo..Aether vs. Blue Sky Black Death

Alright, get to the music already. Just wanted to say, if you really like the tunes, you should buy the albums and support the artist. It's just tough, since you can find everything free online. Better then buy their album, make an effort to go to their show if they're playing, grab a T-shirt - show your support somehow!

These are a couple of the albums that prompted me to start this blog, I've had several friends thank me profoundly for introducing me to them. They are both amazing, incredible works of art that appreciate upon each listening.

Aether is an upcoming hip hop producer from Texas, who in his words, makes beats that "soak into your soul" Its such a chill, relaxing listen, it's one of those albums that, no matter who you play it for, they would have to admit it's pretty damn good...It's composed of extremely well placed vocal samples, beautiful piano loops, crisp hip hop beats, warm synth tones, and just flows oh so damn well...You gotta listen to this shit man, seriously, it's that damn good....

http://www.mediafire.com/?2mjkegwzmkw

http://www.last.fm/music/Æther

Blue Sky Blue Death is the name of a talented production duo of two producers named Kingston and Young God. They have a knack for creating epic, intricate instrumental hip hop beats that have many depths. Also produced an album with Hell Razah, Wu Tang affiliate. Their 2008 album, "Late Night Cinema", is a hugely powerful work composed using live string, horn, choir arrangements plus a vast library of digital sound that these guys combine into one of the most diverse and varied hip hop albums I have ever listened to. I played this shit over and over when I got it, there is so much going on that it is almost impossible to completely soak up after only a single listen or two. My favorite track was a "Private Death", but the whole album is great. This is definitely an album that grows on you, yet tremendously powerful each listen, moments of beauty juxtaposed with dark, gritty beats. Get it.

http://www.mediafire.com/?kgl2yz1admn

http://www.last.fm/music/Blue+Sky+Black+Death

Numero Uno

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bringin you nothin' but the bestest and freshest cuts out there, curated by yours truly...

had to get up off my ass and do somethin' about all this digital goodness floatin' around out there, there's just so much good music out there I feel responsible to help share it, you know?..I'm a 23 year old music junkie based in Boston currently, when I'm not busy roaming the globe - picked up good music in San Francisco and Buenos Aires, two of the better cities I've hung out in the last couple months...In my free time when I am not listening to music (which is never), I like to make art, make my own music, spin fire, enjoy the company of friends, go to shows, go biking/rock climbing/surfing/hiking/rafting/outdoors!, plan my next trip out of the country, and I guess work full-time, but that's the boring part...

I started this blog as a way to let friends know about great albums and artists, or spread the love, so to speak...