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

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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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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

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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!

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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Pretty much what I’ve been listening to recently. Some peaches, I’d like to think rare, but mostly things you haven’t heard before. WARNING: Ed Banger and DFA are up in this bitch.

1. Imani Coppola – This song just jumped out at me for having funny lyrics. The reason it’s first, is because it’s the truth.
2. Lykke Li – My favorite song at the moment. Just easy jammin and she’s easy on my ears like the Cardigans.
3. Vampire Weekend – What’s not to like when white kids play African pop riffs.
4. Nine Inch Nails -The first single without a label. The best things in life ARE free.
5. Late of the Pier – I’m sorry, but this makes me feel like I’m coked up in a french nightclub cir 1973.
6. Crystal Castles – I go absolutely bananas to this shit.
7. Fujiya & Miyagi – I adore how this builds and builds until it’s perfect.
8. Busy P – Did I mention I enjoy repetitive dance music!
9. Beck – Consistently delivers good, amazingly produced music.
10. The Cool Kids – Gotta have the EQ just right on this one.
11. Nujabes – Perfectly blended jazz and hip-hop.
12. Bird Peterson – Mashing Sabbath all day every day.
13. Beastie Boys – The best song you’ve heard a hundred times.
14. Justice – Passionate sounding, but how do you know really?
15. Hercules and Love Affair – Throw back synth filled with 90′s connotations.
16. Hey Willpower – I fucking hate this song enough to make you hate it too.
17. Hocus Pocus – Swinging international hip-hop.
18. Nujabes – Intellectual beats from Japan.
19. Jackson And His Computer Band – The composition on this song alone. It’s just ridiculous.
20. Nujabes – Just kills. Everything about it from the lyrics to the piano.
21. JDilla – Austin bringing me home again.
22. Vampire Weekend – Two words. Hammer and Tongs.
23. Justice – A sweet remix that puts it all out there.
24. Kate Nash – I want to talk with this bird so bad!
25. The Blood Arm – From their garage to your headphones.
26. Tapes n’ Tapes – Straight ahead rhythm rock.
27. Kill The Noise – Obscure, but tells you how it is FTW!
28. Mr. Oizo – Heavy, heavy ruckus.
29. ABX – What could go wrong mashing Lil Kim and MGMT?
30. Digitalism – A remix that caught my attention.
31. Nujabes – Another exquisitely produced track to rock to.
32. Royksopp – Most. commercial. sounding. track. ever.
33. Sabastien Tellier – Great drama, filled with strings.
34. Hot Chip – A soild DFA remix. Wait for it now!
35. The Chemical Brothers – The closest to a radiohead song this duo can get.