Category: MUSIC NEWS
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MundoVibe Webcast February: Ursula Rucker, Cheikh Lo, Afrocubism, Tommy Guerrero, Empresarios, more!
Featuring tunes from Ursula Rucker, Cheikh Lo, Afrocubism, Tommy Guerrero, Empresarios, Ballaké Sissoko, Chandrika, Smadar Levi and more. MundoVibe Music Mix February by John C. Tripp Track Listing: Ursula Rucker ‘Feel Me’, Cheikh Lô ‘Jamm (dub)’, Mars ‘India Sleeping’, Ballaké Sissoko ‘Regret – A Kader Barry’, Sidi Touré ‘Djarii ber’, AfroCubism ‘Keme Bourana’, Tommy Guerrero…
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Nostalgia 77 Release ‘Simmerdown’ Ahead of Full-length, “The Sleepwalking Society”
Nostalgia 77 aka Ben Lamdin has created a beautiful new album called The Sleepwalking Society (out March 22nd). The album features vocals from the lovely Josa Peit. The single, Simmerdown will be out on a limited edition 7″, as well as digitally on February 14th. Full video at the jump.
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Release News: Amadou & Mariam “The Remixes”, Amalia “Art Slave”, “Mark Wonder and Friends”, Rick Wilhite, Prommer and Barck
New Releases Amadou & Mariam “The Remixes” Malian duo Amadou & Mariam released a 13-track digital album of remixes on January 11, 2011, exclusively on iTunes. The Remixes collection features favorite singles from their best-selling albums Welcome to Mali and Dimanche à Bamako, along with several new versions, and some previously unreleased mixes, from across…
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Shook Magazine Looks at What Makes Britain Great
In its tenth issue Shook magazine looks at its editors think makes Britain great – the sound systems, the pirate radio stations, the record shops, even its working class clubs in the North. With articles on 25 years of Kiss FM (feat. David Rodigan, Coldcut and Gordon Mack), an exclusive with Milo from the Wild…
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Unsound Festival Returns to New York City
Unsound Festival New York starts Wednesday April 6th with Unsound’s largest event to date – the festival’s official opening – at Lincoln Center’s Alice Tully Hall. Official Unsound Festival website Celebrating the concepts, ideas and joy of creative music in its many forms – from lowbrow to high – Unsound Festival has built a reputation as one of…
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Transnational Dubstep Released on Six Degrees Records
Transnational Dubstep is the first major compilation to document the fusion of dubstep and global roots music. Free Track & Minimix Generation Bass Presents Transnational Dubstep Compilation Promo (Excerpt/Taster Mix) – 1 FEB 2011 by djumb Transnational Dubstep is the first major compilation to document the fusion of dubstep and global roots music. It has…
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Banco de Gaia On “The Silk Road” (Free Songs)
The funky founding father of eclectic electronica releases two decades of hits, rarities, and remixes on Songs From the Silk Road Welcome to the strange, wonderful world of DJ/remixer/dance music maestro Banco de Gaia (aka Toby Marks) whose work sprang from the hopeful exuberance of British house, the joys of sampling, and the advent of…
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Tommy Guerrero Releases “Lifeboats and Follies”
“Lifeboats and Follies” OUT FEBRUARY 1, 2011 ON GALAXIA RECORDS. Raised on the colorful and gritty streets of San Francisco and steeped in the dark brew formed by the perfect cultural storm where skateboarding, music and art smashed right into each other, Tommy Guerrero was destined for greatness of the soulful sort. Adapting to his…
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Distal & Mayhem and Vancover’s HxdB Collaborate on Future Dubstep
Atlanta’s Distal and Mayhem and Vancover’s HxdB have collaborated on a pair of innovative tracks that exemplify the exciting future of dubstep and bass music in 2011. Leading off the release is Michael Rathbun a.k.a. Distal, a rising star in the next wave of bass music producers and founding member of Atlanta Dubstep, a collective…
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