First off, congratulations goes out from us to the whole Fool's Gold crew on the launch of their new retail space at 536 Metropolitan Ave in Brooklyn. Reports from various sources around the web all tell us the good news we expected: the space is pretty spectacular and anyone who attended Friday's grand opening bore witness. Now open for business officially, they've decided to collabo with Hitachi's G-Connect to create a new streaming live experience called Tight Space starting on Wednesday, July 20th. Continue Reading...
Chicago resident, Sleazetone Records label magnate, Year Of Mixtapes ninja and one of my favorite dance music producers on planet earth Chrissy Murderbot has a frame-bumping new EP out on Planet Mu meant to crash through your speakers get the blood flowing. Continue Reading...
In it's original release, the now-classic (and still bumping as f**k) mixtape Couche Tard pulled together elements from all over the place -- an untouchable generational and cultural crossbreed mixing tracks from Spank Rock with comedy drops, jazz, reggae, disco, funk, breakdance and even doo-wop, the crew of Xxxchange, Devlin and Darko completely outdid themselves. Continue Reading...
Zero 7 are offering a unique opportunity to amateur remixers and DJ's alike: a chance to remix some of their most popular tracks using the full stems. Through 10 August 2010, you can use these stems to remix and upload your remixes of "Destiny", "Home", "Futures" and "Swing". Remixes will be voted on and the band will select a winner from the top picks to receive an Ableton Live Software Suite (valued at approx. $280 USD/£400). If you don't have any remix software to use, Zero 7 is recommending you try Aviary for free.
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If you were one of DJ AM's millions of fans, there was no way to think of him without recognizing his public appeals regarding his personal struggles with addiction. At the height of his fame as DJ, Adam Goldstein was irrepressible and tireless in his quest to help those suffering from addiction, through both financial contributions and personal counseling of those seeking to conquer their addiction and alcoholism. His death at the hands of drugs coincided with the completion of his impassioned MTV reality show Gone Too Far, which began airing on Thursday nights this past October.
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(Editor's note: this originally appeared on Loudersoft on 4 March 2009. I've updated the post to include MP3's of the tracks so that, hopefully, it will pull people from MP3 search engines to discover Kutiman and his site. It's definitely my favorite website of 2009 and, without a doubt, one of my favorite experiences of the past decade. If you're visiting here from The Hype Machine, please be sure to go back and 'love' the songs you love by clicking here. Thanks.)
The full story on Thru-You, video and MP3's after the jump.
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