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I’m sure GLK and Sufi aren’t the only masterminds at play here. However, who could deny The Gas Lamp Killer his deserved credit for the luminous, 60′s turk rhythm he brings. In combination with Gonjasufi’s eerie and absorbing voice, it’s an amazing collaboration that defines what a good, well planed aural divide should sound like. Brought to light by 2007′s Kobwebs, this is album is absolutely hypnotic and driven. You can take pleasure in knowing you can listen to the entire album, from start to finish on Clash Music.

Most original release of 2010 for sure.

Digital Release Date: March 8th, 2010
CD/Vinyl Release Date: March 8th, 2010
Label: Warp Records

* “Best New Music” – Pitchfork

Cop it now: iTunes | Bleep | Boomkat | Amazon

What’s up peoples! It’s already been a good week and projects seem to be popping off.

I just received a phone call about potentially working with a man I highly respect, which is kinda flattering. I may need to ditch my vans for our meeting however.

I also uploaded 2 new tracks to the music section of this site. A really sick radio show The Gaslamp Killer did when he was in Amsterdam for the Five Days Off festival. Also put up another radio show EPROM did at his local KUSF radio. Both are cut to their respective sets and contain little interview segments which is dope. Give them a listen.

Lastly I want to tune you guys into a great series of blog posts Nemo did on the creative process. The assignment was designing a magazine cover for a Kid Cudi feature in Complex Magazine. Augor is an acquaintance, I wouldn’t go so far as to call him a friend. He’s adapted and developed amazingly as a a graff artist and has garnered some notable nods from the likes of Murakami and the infamous Seventh Letter Crew. Regardless of how you perceive graffiti, Augors raw talent translates too well from the wall to the page. His study is becoming more recognizable as a style everyday. Anytime you can recognize the pulsing, tattered flesh characters, pussing with infected open wounds, you know you’re in for a treat. Amazing work my friend.

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It’s amazing how many languages you can get out of a qwerty keyboard when interpreted by a human. That’s if you take the time to learn the language. The way music communicates on the other hand, it’s altogether misunderstood if you ask me.

I don’t pretend that what I find current and interesting should matter to you much. Admittedly some of the music I’ve been tuning into has been downright noncommercial for the sake of pointing it out. In all seriousness, there’s allot of good music being produced if you bend your ear enough. But there in lies the difficulty, finding the gems among tons of potential.

I suppose it started with Aquarium, that for me was  the song that made me a fan before I knew who the artist was. Back then I was on a steady ripping diet courtesy of somafm.com. How often does that happen? Too often, I would argue. It’s all about composition and this kids got it. Putting hands together for more than a decade and still managing to be rife. My words just can’t do his music justice, so the following should make it pretty clear.

Nosaj has a posse. They’ve got handles like the Gaslamp Killer, Free the Robots, Samiyam and Ras G, and ties to the Plug Research label, Flying Lotus’ Brainfeeder imprint, and Alpha Pup, founded by longtime L.A. producer Daddy Kev. But within this well-pedigreed crew, Nosaj Thing stands out.

Some of those name’s you may recognize. And I truly would hope you start googling those that you don’t. This is some music, altogether different and put together by an amazingly humble architect. Buy his album, because I assure you, the gems last a lifetime.

NOSAJ THING DRIFT

Digital Release Date: May 26, 2009
CD/Vinyl Release Date: June 9, 2009
Catalog: APR-025
Label: Alpha Pup Records

* The DEBUT full length album from Nosaj Thing
* Featured this week on iTunes, Bleep and Addictech
* Record release party at Low End Theory on June 10th

Cop it now: iTunes | Bleep | Boomkat | Addictech | Amazon

I just realized I can’t listen to music and write, which I find unfortunate. As you can see (unless you’re getting the rss copy) I’ve been spending the better part of today updating my website to the latest version of wordpress. While I was at it, I thought it would look into changing the layout as well. I never last very long with a theme, I’m constantly on the lookout for a fresh new minimalist look.

I’ve also fixed a few nagging items that were bothering me here and there. Specifically the Music page. I’d really like a way to tie together my web related projects, so you’ll most likely be seeing a “Projects” section soon. As much as this is my personal site, I still need a few tools that I hope you’ll find use-of as well. I’ll be fixing the aggregate news portion of the site that keeps me up to date of skating related news. All good stuff. All about me.

More tomorrow!

I didn’t really blog about Muxtape, but I intended to. Many of you discovered it all on your own, without my help. For those lucky few, it came and went so fast, we were left a bit perturbed without cool user generated mix tapes to listen to. Admittedly, I found a way to download mp3′s from other Muxtapes via a highly contended greasemonkey script. Naturally, when the RIAA came knocking on Muxtapes door, I was a bit more disappointed than most. Muxtape was my escapists return to Napster 1.0, with thousands of individually created libraries to listen to and download from. Many savvy audiophiles took care in selecting the kind of music they would add, and of course in what order.

Muxtape may be down but Justin’s concept lives on through OpenTape. A new kind of mix tape software, it may just be the promiscuous cousin of the former service. It’ll run on just about any PHP5 web server. For those with the means, OpenTape essentially allows us to host our own special version of Muxtape. I missed my library enough to install it and get it playing with even more great music.

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