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Anxiety is a very natural instinct in our bodies. We are equipped to get ourselves out of dangerous situations to sustain life itself. But sometimes this mechanism happens at all the wrong moments and we are left to deal with all the chemicals our body released in expectation of danger. Say your driving down the [...]

“The landlord turn your lieutenant into a tenant/and if your rims spinning/your jaws dented.”

That barely makes sense and it’s the hardest thing since MC Ren. Sorry Mos Def (uh Yitzhak Bey), this is the diametrical opposite of “Niggas in Paris.” I would be cool with hearing it eight times consecutively at the next Black Hippy show. Should you have missed my more covert link yesterday and be curious to read my extended thoughts on a great record, I reviewed Habits & Contradictions for MTV Hive. Should you be too lazy to read 800 words, the summary is that this album takes the stale late-period Aftermath tradition of LA gangsta rap and leaves it in the streets with its shoes and shoelaces missing.

Video via The Great Gorilla in the Sky.

Download: MP3: Schoolboy Q-”Nightmare on Figg St”

Sticky Stockholm – Sleeptalking from Twelvethree Rec on Vimeo.

Super tight!

Tombé du lit sans bien comprendre l'époque dans laquelle je me suis réveillé, qui cherche de toutes ses forces un juste milieu entre 1994 et 2012. Unknown - Tru Luv

Weekend mixtape! Big one from Soulja Boy and Young L.

Soulja Boy & Young L – Mario & Domo Vs. The World Mixtape (Datpiff download link)

Photo via The Cobrasnake

I go 2 raves 2 see the nips of gurlz on drugz Some call me the nip slip bandit My eyes are like telescopes infrared vision searching for that white hot heat of a nip slipping out from a bra, tube top, or tankie toppie

In that moment that I saw that nip slip Everything Was Beautiful And Nothing Hurt Everything Was Vibeful And Nothing Hurt▲▲▲▲▲▲ Everything Was Vibeful And Nothing Hurt▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲ Everything Was Vibeful And Nothing Hurt▲▲▲▲▲▲▲ Everything Was Vibeful And Nothing Hurt▲▲▲▲▲▲ Everything Was Vibeful And Nothing Hurt▲▲▲ Everything Was Vibeful And Nothing Hurt▲▲▲▲▲ Everything Was Vibeful And Nothing Hurt▲▲▲ Everything Was Vibeful And Nothing Hurt▲▲▲▲▲ Everything Was Vibeful And Nothing Hurt▲▲▲▲

Goodnite, sweet vibes.

God Bless.

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Mark Foster has it all 1 of the most popular, highest-selling songs of 2k11 in 'Pumped Up Kicks' Tons of BJs from mad bitches

But most importantly he has a love for rave-wave music and SICK glowsticking skills Mark Foster can twirl with the best of them. Much like his own music career Foster creates a vortex of positivity within the orb of his glow Rave, Rave, Against the Dying of the Buzz

Ur coonskin raver hat unites u with the forest creatures of the Dark Rave Forest Glowsticks are an extension of ur nocturnal nature

Sometimes it feels like when we rave we are sorta wearing pumped up kicks if u rlly think abt it... I wish I could run right into ur bulky arms falling asleep on ur tribal tat I'm glad u finally took off ur church boy indie uniform And showed us the BANGIN BOD that God blessed u with Do u vibe on protein? Muscle Milk? How do u bulk up? Tell me ur secrets, FosterTheBB...

Mark Foster has it all a sick songwriting sensibilitie a sick bod a sick tribal tat a sick coonskin raver hat

There is an art to glowstick twirling. More importantly there is an art to the photography of glowstick twirling

U look good, Mark BB!

Does Mark Foster look 'baller' and 'swag' as a raver? Is 'Pumped Up Kicks' the #1 song of all time? R u gonna get a tribal tat? Are glowsticks the most authentic rave accessory? Should I start a glowstick dance academy?

Hungry for beats? Here we go with a collaboration by Top Billin studio team and London resident, young gun PZLD (puzzled) (who's dope hip hop instrumental ep is available now on Top Billin), titled 'Blood Gang'. Including some strings, big drums and ghetto vocals, it's a dope 128bpm affair for you more eclectic gigs. There will be a full joint ep with Top Billin & PZLD in 2012... In the meanwhile, grab the track on the player.

Benjamin Damage & Doc Daneeka & Benjamin Damage – Halo feat. Abigail Wyles

Friday afternoon and most of us are idling away the last couple of hours at work, here’s a gift just in time for the weekend from Record Makers and driving techno duo Acid Washed. The first 5 people to e-mail us duo will receive a download code to their new EP “For Your Eyes Only/Prince Acid”.

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Son Raw was going to slam that shitty Rusko X Cypress Hill song, but what’s the point?

Jeff was a bit optimistic yesterday in describing Electronic Music’s current forward drive as there’s more than enough nostalgia for yesterday’s futurism to go around these days. Much like it’s ancestor Jungle, Dubstep evolved so ridiculously fast that purists somehow managed to get misty eyed about the old stuff ahead of time; resulting in collapsed timelines, evil twins with goatees and Simon Reynolds books. After the cries of “first!” and the usual complaints that “it used to be better” however, comes the unenviable task of putting the last decade into “context” and figuring out what bits still sound good and which ones were the result of one too many pills. With all apologies to the dark UKG heads, smart money says that 2004-2006 will go down as Dubstep’s great “classic” period as the genre mutated from Garage’s dark offspring into an unpredictably experimental form of Grime to a full-fledged movement and genre. Cue the usual milestones: the first DMZ singles, Midnight Request Line, Mary Anne Hobbs’ Dubstep Warz, Burial…

Plastician’s latest Rinse show is a trip down memory lane, exploring the 05-06 era in detail. Aside from a few breaks to identify tunes for curious trainspotters ‘longside a few wistful memories of the days when you could apparently buy shrooms in the hallways of Bristol clubs (this explains so much…) the former Plasticman wisely opts for “less chit-chat, more slipmat.” Looking back, perhaps the most exceptional thing about this music is that despite sounding infinitely more unified than today’s exploded  scene, every tune here sounds like an outlier. Reggae sampling collides into roughneck bass line experiments, indie remixes meet Grime instrumentals, subtle electronica meets the roughest drum breaks this side of Rza and yet it all feels apiece. By stripping things down to the bare essentials, this generation of musicians left so much to the imagination that everyone from Minimal Techno geeks to maximalist bros saw space to remake the genre in their own image. Sit back and light up a blunt to this one.

Download: MP3: Plastician old school special on Rinse.FM 22/01/12

James Blake’s “Wilhelm Scream,” might just be one of my favorite songs to drop this decade. It’s so touching and low key that many people have not done it justice cover wise. However, Australia’s The Bamboos not only cover the song, but inject it in the arm with some funkiness as well. Check it.

The Bamboos – The Wilhelm Scream (James Blake cover) by CoverMe

“Juju & Jordash’s ‘Jewsex’ is Horn and Lipson with Frankie remade epic Italo High Energy. Fun Fun’s ‘Happy Station’ with balls and a touch of the Simple Minds. The ‘Clubsex’ mix traps a Pacman and has it bouncing off a wall of feedback until it locates Steve Poindexter and the Relief records back catalogue, and ‘Dubsex’ drenches everything in delay and 69’s detuned synths. Tin cans rattle in a haunted dancehall. A ghostly locomotive. A bit like that DJ G La Tortue record that Derrick May used to play.”

Three big tunes out soon on Golf Channel Recordings. Stream them below!

All photos by Kellyann Petry.

On Wednesday I was invited to a sneak preview of Estelle’s new album All of Me listening event at Open House  in New York City. The UK-born singer is preping for the release of her latest album, All of Me, which is her first offering in almost four years. The album features collaborations with Rick Ross, Janelle Monae and John Legend among others, and is meant to be a more personal effort than her US debut. All of Me hits stores February 28th.

Over the last year, Japan’s nightlife scene has undergone a series of difficult changes centred around the implementation of “fuzoku laws”, which were established in 1948.Though the law generally deals with restricting the sale of sex and businesses that may offer similar services, more recently it has been expanded to include “nightclubs and related establishments that allow customers to dance.”

You can and should read about the regressive crackdown here – a stark contrast from the all-night dance parties that the city was known for years ago. Fortunately, there are people working to change the way things are now. This includes newly launched label Diskotopia, which began as a visual collective featuring ex-pat Matt Lyne (A Taut Line) and Japanese female DJ Am Rhein in Osaka back in 2005.

This dub of “You Can Take a Heart” personally reflects my favorite things about the Osaka nightlife culture I fell in love with when I came to Japan – dark & moody basslines snaking throughout the track, dissonantly ambient vocals and a complete disregard for peak time dancefloor pleasing – opting instead to be played out in the early hours, just before the pachinko parlors open, drenched in all their smoggy Osaka glory.

Hong Kong In The 60′s – You Can Take A Heart (Diskotopia Dub)

I learned to DJ in Sydney. On CDJs. So one day I opened for Fashen back in the U.S. of A. And I'm all, "ZOMG, how craze! He's, like, my favorite!" So I get to the venue and I'm all, "Err, where my CDJs at?" And they're all, "Um, CD-Whats?" So that was the first time I used turntables. And it was wild embarrassing because. Well. Fashen's kind of a beast. And I was. Well. Kind of abysmal. So then we go to the after-party, right? And we both DJ there, OK? And he's got 1200s and I've got Pioneer CDJ 1000s. So everyone's happy. And you know what? It was still kinda embarrassing. Because. Well. He's Fashen and I'm just some nerd with wobbly glasses, an ugly blog, and a scented candle addiction. So anyways the moral of the story is that Fashen is like the nicest dude ever and I had a great time hanging out with him that one time four or so years ago and oh did I forget to mention that this here single of his is like super tite? (Turbz and Free Magic are also really nice and both of their mixes are really good and I dunno Foamo but this here song is neat-o mosquito.) Othello by itsfashen Foamo - Sherlock (RADIO RIP) by Foamo Live @ Discovery 1.14 / Autobrennt Mix of the Week by freemagic Dancehall Vibe by turbzmusic PS - Shouts to Turbz for being the only artist in this post with a name that doesn't start with "F". Thanks for ruining a good thing, Turbz.

(Via Dazed Digital)

Midnight Lion – Sleeping In The Woods (Walls Remix) 

out February 13 on Locks & Keys

 

I bet any amount of money that Syleena Johnson is probably your favorite singer’s favorite singer. There are not enough accolades I can come up with to describe Syleena Johnson’s performance at Blues Alley this past Saturday, but the ones that immediately come to mind are amazing, hilarious, and flat-out brilliant.

At one point early on in the show, she proclaimed to be “the baddest bitch on the planet,” and when she opened her mouth to sing (or talk, really), I had no problem believing such a bold statement. There was not one moment where her confidence wavered. It shone like an extra-bright beacon upon her adoring fans, as well as her equally-adoring band/background singers.

She performed songs from her newest album Chapter 5: Underrated, including the latest single, “A Boss,” and the soul-stirring duet “Little Things” with her impressive new artist Malone (who was also one of her excellent background singers).

I was doubled-over and near-tears the whole time from laughing so much at her jokes and mini-sermons. As if her bluesy, love-weary delivery weren’t enough to make me a true believer, Syleena went and pulled out a major trump card: she performed Tina Turner’s “Proud Mary.” Now folks, you know just as well as I do that if you’re gonna have the nerve to attempt this, then you betta come correct. Well, not only did Syleena come correct, but I swear that if I had closed my eyes, I would have thought that none other than Tina Turner was up on that stage!!! She straight KILLED it! She even had the choreography down-pat.

Yes, Syleena may be “underrated” as her album’s new title not-so-subtly hints at, but for selfish reasons, I think I want her to stay underrated. I’m not gonna name names, but when it comes to pure vocal skills and stage presence, there are some soul/R&B divas in the game right now that are a little overrated and couldn’t hold one single solitary candle to Syleena. That being said, a little birdie told me that she MIGHT be coming back soon to the Birchmere. So IF that happens, y’all might wanna just go ‘head and do yourselves a favor and treat yourself to some REAL soulful entertainment.