Brazilian Taxi Driver Beatboxes Michael Jackson

This is a very good rendition of Michael Jackson by some random Brazilian taxi driver!! Impressive!!
Thanks to Jorge Nieto for the find...

Treat Me Like Your Mother by Jonathan Glazer

Treat Me Like Your Mother by Jonathan Glazer

A really cool music video for a pretty good rock tune. Once again director, Jonathan Glazer smashes it.

16bit - Kissy Klassroom Mix

Serious mix by UK based 16bit. Leading the global dubstep scene in my opinion.

 16bit - Kissy Klassroom Mix by 16bit

Download it here.

Pieces Of A Puzzle - Dialectrix

One of the best Aussie rappers I've heard. Love this tune!

The Wudos Band

"The Budos Band is an amazing 10-piece funk band from Staten Island. The Wu-Tang Clan is the best hip-hop group ever. Put em together and you get The Wudos Band, produced by Tekst of The Higher Concept, producer/engingeer for artists such as RZA, Inspectah Deck, Kool G Rap, GZA, Sean Price, Remedy, Trife Diesel, and plenty of other notable artists; brought to you by Shaolin’s own Cloud Kicker Original and Emilio Sparks. This is a mash-up of classic Wu-Tang verses over beats sampling the gritty funk sound of The Budos Band."
Words & Info [VIA]

Check out some of the tracks:
Wudos Band – Kobra Klutch
Wudos Band – Scorpion Style
Wudos Band – Won’t Last Long

Unkle Runaway Video

John Nolan, animatronics designer and director at Streetlight Films UK, whose credits include Where the Wild Things Are, Harry Potter, Clash Of The Titans, Hellboy 2, Warhorse, Brothers Grimm, Dr Who and Being Human, created an incredible UNKLE robot based on Futura’s Pointmen from the Psyence Ficton and Never Never Land albums.


Its splintered synths and a shuddering bass-line create an aggression and energy which Nolan harnessed within the robot’s marching stomp towards the camera.

Enter the 37th Chamber by El Michels Affair

Why has no-one shown me this band: El Michels Affair before? A whole album doing instrumental covers of Wu-Tang?


Led by saxophonist/organist Leon Michels and producer/engineer Jeff Silverman, El Michels Affair began as a loose collaboration of session musicians (including members of top-selling acts the Dap Kings & Antibalas) that looked to blend some of the vibrant quality of soundtrack records with the recording aesthetic of early reggae, and the rawness of 60’s rock–they called it ‘Cinematic Soul.’


The buzz generated from the album led to an invitation by Toyota’s Scion division for El Michels Affair to accompany the rapper Raekwon of Wu-Tang Clan for a promotional concert. As avid Wu-Tang fans, not only were the band leaders thrilled with the opportunity, but Michels found that the ‘Cinematic Soul’ sound was consistent with the moods of RZA’s gritty soundscapes on the classic Wu-Tang releases. The concert was such as success, El Michels Affair went on to play several more concerts nationwide backing Raekwon and other members of the Clan, and the shows led to the recording of two smash 7” singles featuring instrumental reinterpretations of the Wu-Tang classic songs “C.R.E.A.M.” and “Bring Da Ruckus.” The singles combined to sell an extraordinary amount of over 7,000 units worldwide, and their success led to a contract in 2007 with indie hip-hop powerhouse Fat Beats Records to record an entire album of Wu-Tang Clan interpolations entitled Enter the 37th Chamber.

Ninja Tune XX Figure

Spied this and have sadly added it to that famous "I Want!" list...I'ts just too damn cool!

Oh and have a look at CHU's commissioned piece he did for the Ninja Tune XX warehouse party a couple weeks ago.

Dub Pistols Competition Reminder

You only have ONE MORE DAY to submit your answers!!

ESPVisuals have teamed up with Dub Pistols for a competition to give away 2 FREE TICKETS to go see them on their Rehash Tour on 28th October @ Plan B in London.

All you have to do is email us with an answer to the simple question;

"Where is this event happening?"

Please mail your answer to selphespcrew [at] g mail . com
The deadline is 10am October 27th so have a long hard think about the achingly obvious answer!....

The Rehash tour will coincide with the release of a new same-name mix album from the Dubs, in which a number of high-profile remixers tackle classic Dub Pistols tracks from their last three albums.
Ex-Leftfield man Paul Daley has re-made the second album’s title track, lilting stone cold classic ‘Six Million Ways To Live’, into a new wave electroid roller.
Other remixers on the project include Matthew ‘Bushwacka’ B, one half of the acclaimed Layo & Bushwacka duo, and Wrong Tom, who has just released an album of dubwise reworkings of Roots Manuva’s back catalogue, as well as underground DJ/producer hotshots such as Ben & Lex and Kouncil House.

The ‘ReHash’ album will precede the release of the next full Dub Pistols album – their fifth – on Rob Da Bank’s Sunday Best label in May 2011.

RIP Gregory Isaacs

Gregory Isaacs, the 'Cool Ruler', has died at the age of 59 after a year long battle with lung cancer.
One of the most popular reggae artists of the late Seventies, he released an estimated 500 albums in Jamaica, the US, the UK and was best known for his 1982 hit 'Night Nurse'.

Massive Attack Videos by Edouard Salier

2 very cool CG videos done by upcoming director, Edouard Salier for Massive Attack's newest album....Salier has so far worked for Coke & Nike so look out for his name/work in the near future.

Massive Attack-Splitting the Atom-directed by Edouard Salier

Massive Attack-Atlas Air-directed by Edouard Salier

Nobody Beats The Drum Stop Motion Video

Great stop motion video for Dutch Electro group Nobody Beats The Drum's tune Grindin'.

This sequence of 4085 photo's was patiently created by Nobody Beats The Drum's VJ / visual artist Rogier van der Zwaag.
Check out the 'Making of' video below.
Oh, and the guys are taking the piss by the way. You'll see.....

Dub Pistols Competition!!

ESPVisuals have teamed up with Dub Pistols for a competition to give away 2 FREE TICKETS to go see them on their Rehash Tour on 28th October @ Plan B in London.

All you have to do is email us with an answer to the simple question;

"Where is this event happening?"

Please mail your answer to selphespcrew [at] g mail . com
The deadline is 10am October 27th so have a long hard think about the achingly obvious answer!....

The Rehash tour will coincide with the release of a new same-name mix album from the Dubs, in which a number of high-profile remixers tackle classic Dub Pistols tracks from their last three albums.
Ex-Leftfield man Paul Daley has re-made the second album’s title track, lilting stone cold classic ‘Six Million Ways To Live’, into a new wave electroid roller.
Other remixers on the project include Matthew ‘Bushwacka’ B, one half of the acclaimed Layo & Bushwacka duo, and Wrong Tom, who has just released an album of dubwise reworkings of Roots Manuva’s back catalogue, as well as underground DJ/producer hotshots such as Ben & Lex and Kouncil House.

The ‘ReHash’ album will precede the release of the next full Dub Pistols album – their fifth – on Rob Da Bank’s Sunday Best label in May 2011.

Lego Guitar

This creation includes all of the functioning parts, such as pick-ups and bridge.
The only thing missing is a set of strings, and you’ll be ready to start jamming.

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030 Video By The Good The Bad

Now this is SEXY!

Full length UNCUT version of '030' by The Good The Bad.
Directed by Jeppe Kolstrup. (jeppekolstrup.com)
Thanks to Jorge Nieto for distracting me at work this!! Oh and BTW, maybe NSFW for some....

DJ Krush & Prefuse 73 Competition Reminder

ESPVisuals have teamed up with Soundcrash once again, for a competition to give away 2 FREE TICKETS to go see DJ KRUSH & PREFUSE73 & Many More Artists on the 16th October @ Koko's. All you have to do is email us with an answer to the simple question;

"What is the date this event is happening?"

Please mail your answer to selphespcrew [at] g mail . com The deadline is Thursday October 14th so have a long hard think about the achingly obvious answer!....

Dj Krush is the Sensei of Hip Hop. DJ Krush is arguably the most gifted producer & DJ in the world with a superb sense in mixing and composing who’s been lauded for years by both his domestic and the international audience and is probably the most revered and renowned Japanese musician alive. A former yakuza, his life is almost as incredible as his music, an unclassifiable blend of styles that can only be appropriately described as the Krush sound.

Prefuse 73 is the alias of Guillermo Scott Herren, an experimental hip-hop producer whose material often features MCs buried in the mix to become more a part of the sonic texture than a focal point. A very elusive performer, this is a rare chance to catch Prefuse 73 in the flesh.Tonight he will be playing an exclusive Laptop set on the Soundcrash stage.

Stuart McCallum’s use of loops and effects combined with his extensive harmonic knowledge make him on of the most in demand guitarists in the scene today. Best known as the guitarist of The Cinematic Orchestra, Stuart has also an extensive solo career, and tonight he brings to the plate his latest musical project, simply called “Stuart McCallum”. Joined by very special guests, Stuart McCallum takes the Cinematic Orceshtra sound into electronic territory on the hallowed stage of Camden’s Koko.

Masaaki Yoshida, better known as Anchorsong to you and I, is a proponent of some of the lovliest electronic soundscapes you can find, anywhere. Sometimes alone with his drum-machine and keyboard, at others accompanied by a glamorous string-quartet, always a phonic treat - here’s yet one more rising star brought by Soundcrash to you for your discerning delectation.

P45 is a Soundcrash resident dj for a reason: he’s good. With a vast knowledge of leftfield electronic music his sets are tailored for every occasion with the artistry and savvy of a true disc jockey. With P45 we always know we are in safe hands.

DJ Krush
Prefuse 73 (Laptop Set)
Stuart McCallum (The Cinematic Orchestra) ft. Heidi Vogel
Anchorsong
P45

£15 adv from SOUNDCRASH

Koko
1a Camden High Street, Camden
London NW1 7JE
United Kingdom

Ninja Tune XX Book Release

For their 20th Anniversary, one of UK's best underground record labels, Ninja Tune has been releasing a load of merch/music/events this year, including a new book. This 192 page book is written by Stevie Chick. Entitled, "20 Years of Beats & Pieces" is a stylish and exhaustive survey telling the story of the record label, the artists themselves, their art and the ways in which their influence was and still is felt in larger culture. Including exclusive interviews with many of the key artists and label staff from Ninja Tune and its successful subsidaries including Big Dada & Counter Records.





Buy it HERE.

Wooden Toy Magazine Number 7

Wooden Toy Quarterly: The Music Edition. Super limited and on-sale now!
As Wooden Toy Quarterly's MUSIC EDITION no.7 is packed together with over 152 pages of fully printed music and creative content from around the world including interviews with leading rock poster artists Ken Taylor (AUS) and Tara McPherson (USA), the musical illustrations of baron Mcbess (UK), Kitty, Daisy & Lewis (UK), Elefant Traks (AUS) to wonderful and inspiring features on the evolution of music, musical stalkers and musicians who turned loco.




With ZERO advertising noise included, each limited edition & numbered copy of the MUSIC EDITION (0001-5000) comes complete in it’s own custom Toybox Packaging illustrated by the talented folk at WASTE Studio with a limited edition artist print (also by WASTE ), a certificate of authenticity and a bonus 40 page, A5 Lyrics and Type zine designed by Timba. Wooden Toy Quarterly is also printed on 100% fully recycled and uncoated stocks and printed, designed and assembled in Australia. Buy your copy HERE.

DJ Krush & Prefuse 73 Competition

ESPVisuals have teamed up with Soundcrash once again, for a competition to give away 2 FREE TICKETS to go see DJ KRUSH & PREFUSE73 & Many More Artists on the 16th October @ Koko's. All you have to do is email us with an answer to the simple question;

"What is the date this event is happening?"

Please mail your answer to selphespcrew [at] g mail . com The deadline is October 14th so have a long hard think about the achingly obvious answer!....

Dj Krush is the Sensei of Hip Hop. DJ Krush is arguably the most gifted producer & DJ in the world with a superb sense in mixing and composing who’s been lauded for years by both his domestic and the international audience and is probably the most revered and renowned Japanese musician alive. A former yakuza, his life is almost as incredible as his music, an unclassifiable blend of styles that can only be appropriately described as the Krush sound.

Prefuse 73 is the alias of Guillermo Scott Herren, an experimental hip-hop producer whose material often features MCs buried in the mix to become more a part of the sonic texture than a focal point. A very elusive performer, this is a rare chance to catch Prefuse 73 in the flesh.Tonight he will be playing an exclusive Laptop set on the Soundcrash stage.

Stuart McCallum’s use of loops and effects combined with his extensive harmonic knowledge make him on of the most in demand guitarists in the scene today. Best known as the guitarist of The Cinematic Orchestra, Stuart has also an extensive solo career, and tonight he brings to the plate his latest musical project, simply called “Stuart McCallum”. Joined by very special guests, Stuart McCallum takes the Cinematic Orceshtra sound into electronic territory on the hallowed stage of Camden’s Koko.

Masaaki Yoshida, better known as Anchorsong to you and I, is a proponent of some of the lovliest electronic soundscapes you can find, anywhere. Sometimes alone with his drum-machine and keyboard, at others accompanied by a glamorous string-quartet, always a phonic treat - here’s yet one more rising star brought by Soundcrash to you for your discerning delectation.

P45 is a Soundcrash resident dj for a reason: he’s good. With a vast knowledge of leftfield electronic music his sets are tailored for every occasion with the artistry and savvy of a true disc jockey. With P45 we always know we are in safe hands.

DJ Krush
Prefuse 73 (Laptop Set)
Stuart McCallum (The Cinematic Orchestra) ft. Heidi Vogel
Anchorsong
P45

£15 adv from SOUNDCRASH

Koko
1a Camden High Street, Camden
London NW1 7JE
United Kingdom

Gein KMag Interview & Guest Mix

A brief chat with American drum & bass duo Gein (aka Adam Darby and Ronny Eremija) leads us through their new release with Dieselboy's Human Imprint, touches on hometown scene politics, introduces their label Bad Chemistry and the whole thing comes together with an exclusive mix packed with new music.

Tell us about The Human Chemistry EP on Human Imprint, how did this release come about?

Adam was living in Atlanta about a year and a half ago, and started collaborating with a good friend, Mayhem. Together they got the tune Ghetto Dope rolling and when Adam moved back to Milwaukee we took it from there. Around the same time, Silent Killer and Breaker sent us a start to the tune 6 Feet, and after a few months of fine tuning both tunes were finished.

Dieselboy caught wind of Ghetto Dope and wanted it for the relaunch of Human Imprint and after hearing 6 Feet decided that they would fit perfectly together for an EP on Human. And seeing as how Human Imprint is one of the biggest drum & bass labels in America, we were happy to work with them on it.





Your tracks are well known for their dancefloor appeal while maintaining a strong dose of darkness, with new subgenre names popping up every other day, what do you call your own stuff?  

Simply put, our music is drum & bass. We really do not like to get involved in all the separation of styles, because the more divisions and subgenres you have, more thought goes into what to name the new subgenres than actually listening to the quality of the music. If you had to actually put a name to our music, drum & bass will suffice just fine because our style is changing every day with every new influence we gain from life's daily complexities.

The blending and evolution of music styles is an ongoing process, and drum & bass has been at the front of the pack in that regard for the past ten years, where do you see it going in the next ten?

Drum & bass, to us, has always been a very fast growing style of music that has progressed considerably in the past ten years. It seems that this style of music fits well with all sorts of influences, so we see the next ten years as being basic limitless. We've seen artists use techno, minimal, dub, reggae, hardcore, hip hop, dubstep, and rock 'n' roll influences over the past ten years, and there have been some amazingly groundbreaking tunes coming out. We believe that the next ten years will be very interesting to listen to, because it could go anywhere.
  
A large chunk of your catalog includes hip-hop / rap vocals, so how do you choose the samples you use, and what other influences do you pull from when working on beats?

Our samples, as a group, come from our individual influences. We all listen to different styles of music on a day to day basis, so when we all get together we draw from each other, expressing where we want a project to go, and work from there.

The name Gein has some pretty dark connotations, how did you choose it, and why does it fit you guys so well?

The name "Gein" comes from a well known serial killer from an area near our hometown, Ed Gein. The name wasn't necessarily chosen to represent death, darkness, etc. but more to represent the complexities and unknown brain patterns involved in such actions, which when transformed into music gives you the power to really explore the direction your music will take, without much outside interference.

We felt the name gave us the ability to basically do whatever we feel is right with our music and not worry so much on what people wanted us to do.

Six years of working together in the studio and playing shows all over is no small feat, have you had any trouble balancing your friendship with the work involved?

Of course. We have been friends for a long time and nerves tend to flare up at moments, but somehow we always tend to work everything out for the best.

What kind of reception do you get playing out in your hometown, and has it always been that way? Where are the best crowds you've seen, and what are your favourite places to play?

When we speak about our hometown, Milwaukee, there are some positive and negative things about it. It's a small city, which helps when you look at things like people knowing what you're doing in the music world, and local support for shows you play at. The past few years though, the scene has become somewhat divided and local support is very hit or miss, which is very disappointing, but at the same time it's okay because we are not confined to our hometown. Gein has toured all over the United States multiple times, and the European tours have all been amazing. Some of the greatest crowds we've seen in the USA have been in LA, Atlanta, and Portland, and Europe as a whole has been pretty amazing, with unbelievable responses in Russia, Portugal, Serbia at the Exit festival and countless others.

Do you have any side-projects or alias stuff we should be watching for?  

We thought about side projects and naming them different things, but we decided to stick with the name Gein for any projects we do together in any style of music. So anything we do musically will be pushed on our Bad Chemistry Recordings imprint or on saintGEIN's Habit Recordings.

Thanks for putting together a mix for us, what can listeners expect?

First and foremost thanks for giving us the opportunity to do this mix. We are proud to represent our new label Bad Chemistry and the music on it, as well as all the artists we support and labels we are on worldwide. We have done this for a few years now with our Skinsuit Sessions mixes that have done quite well for us and, more recently, our Bad Chemistry podcasts have helped us really push our label's sounds. So for this, we fused all ideas together and came up with a mix that showcases upcoming Bad Chemistry releases, great music from our friends and, more importantly, what we believe is music that has staying power.

Words: Ty 'Dubcomm' Metford

Download Gein's guest mix

Tracklisting

1. Cooh and The Panacea - The Large Hadron Collider (Prospect)
2. Forbidden Society - Sad Truth (SPL Remix) (Counterstrike)
3. Demo and Ewun - Tek Jam (Bad Chemistry)
4. Arsenic - Aneurysm (VIP) (Bad Chemistry)
5. Counterstrike, Silent Killer and Breaker - The Visitor (Guerilla)
6. Gein and Counterstrike - Pentagram (Gein VIP) (Human Imprint)
7. Counterstrike and Zardonic - Hardcore Will Never Die (Human Imprint)
8. Demo - O.D. (Gein and Counterstrike Remix) ( Human Imprint)
9. Demo - O.D. (Counterstrike Dubstep Remix) (Human Imprint)
10. SPL and Triage - Valhalla (Hollow Point)
11. Symbl and Bare feat. Messinian - Bad Habits (Sub Human)
12. Two Fingers - That Girl (Spor Remix) (Big Dada Recordings)
13. Gein and Mayhem - Ghetto Dope (Human Imprint)
14. nPHONIX - False Flag (Lost Soul)
15. SPKTRM feat. Dark Cube - F.W.C. (Bad Chemistry)
16. SPKTRM - Anomalous Singularity (Bad Chemistry)
17. Dylan and Kitech - Lights Out (Freak)
18. Dub Elements and Venganza - Dick Brain (Resistance)
19. Telekinesis and Neurotech - Filth (Breed 12 Inches)
20. Thought, Dstruct and Kantyze - Midnight Dogs (Vampire)
21. Gein, Silent Killer and Breaker - Six Feet (Human Imprint)
22. Forbidden Society - The Smasher (Kathrsys Remix) (Freak)
23. Gein and Cooh - Schizm (Bad Chemistry)
24. Gein - Motherfucker (Bad Chemistry)

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