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Two artists who have release respectively two of the best albums of this year are  releasing some new shit soon. Of course I’m talking about Flying Lotus and Gonjasufi, for those who don’t know these guys, shame on you! But still, I’ll give some heads-up for those who can’t follow (see that’s how friendly I am).

Flying Lotus is family from famous jazz-musicians Alice and John Coltrane (no mercy for people who don’t know who John or Alice Coltrane are) and he’s a musician and a producer, who makes hip hop injected with so much other genres you can’t really call it just hip hop anymore. He mixes jazz, dub step, hip hop, IDM, ambient and so much more in one great rich musical pile of pure gold.

The other guy I was talking about, Gonjasufi, is a discovery by Flying Lotus whou found him in San Diego where he was dj’ing, rapping and last but not least teaching yoga. Gonjasufi first made a guest appearance on one of Fly Lo’s albums and was then noticed by Warp records who offered him to record a CD, and so he did. Also this wasn’t just pure hip hop, not at all, it was a mix of ballads, folk, soul, … .

The two Cd’s I was talking about are Cosmogramma and A Sufi and A Killer, respectively from Flying Lotus and Gonjasufi, if you still looking for some great music to spend the end of the summer with then this is the shit you should listen to!

So far for the heads-up, here’s the real news Flying Lotus is bringing out a new EP, called Pattern + Grid World which will be released on the 20 th of september and Gonjasufi is releasing a remix CD called The Caliph’s Thea Party that comes out somewhere in the beginning of october. Warp Records which is the label where the CD’s will be released on is giving us a sweet preview of the two albums by letting us listen to two songs out of it. Here are the Links:

Gonjasufi – Ancestors ((Dreamtime) Mark Pritchard Rmx)

This remix is really intriguing it stretches the song out, beats it up, gives it some punches in the nuts and then leaves it somewhere bleeding to death in a dark alley, I know this really seems like a bad metaphore but that’s how I fell after listening to the song. So it isn’t really one to dance on, except for when you’re really realy really stoned or something,  hey we can’t always dance! But It’s a great remix, just give it a chance.

Flying Lotus – Camera Day

“This isn’t jazz, hip hop, dubstep at all!” I hear you say: jup that’s Flying Lotus. But it’s still a damn good track and there’s something to dance on here so maybe you Dj’s could throw this one in one of your sets or maybe not, you’ll see…

Enjoy,

TRB

Hi,

Got something new for you guys, music from a great guy called Mad Dog by his friends, better known as Philip Selway. Or for the people who aren’t nerds like me: the drummer who plays in this band called Radiohead.

You definitely hear the guy’s been in Radiohead for all this time, the percussion in some of these songs really ressembles the rythm of some Radiohead-songs (which is of course normal, since he’s the drummer) and there are also a lot of great arrangements that do remind me of them. But of course this is nothing to worry about, it’s still amazing shit and in a lot of other ways different than Radiohead. The songs are, for example, much more stripped down and sound a lot softer, mixed-down,… .  Maybe you can say (without really listening to the lyrics) the songs are also less eery, less troubled (which of makes Radiohead great, but it’s a nice change for a time). But maybe listen for yourself and do correct me if I’m wrong.

You can download one song called “by some myracle“ HERE just give the guy your name and email-adress, or listen to three other songs HERE.

Enjoy,

TRB

Yo my friends, I’m back! gonna give some big updates upcoming days because a lot of great music is out and our mailbox is full! Get ready for some great shizzle. To get started 2 great songs:

The Aikiu – Just Can\’t Sleep

Some great electropop made by parisian band The Aikiu and produced by Das Pop (their whole upcoming cd, cant wait to hear more!) a bit arty farty but great for this summer. check it!

Goose – Words

One of the best belgian (live) bands is back! Goose released a new single called words. A bit different from their previous work but still damn great and catchy as hell!

Enjoy and I’ll be back soon!

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I’m on a trip, vacation! Back after august 16th.

For great new music and blogs, check our blogroll. But on august 16, return to the rusty blog!

Peace!

Hey,

Yesterday I posted the “cheers to the summer” sampler from soludos and on that sampler there was this girlband called The Like, and I must say I really like their girliy indiepop a lot. And I tought maybe you guys would too. So here are some more songs of them for you to put on your ipod!

The Like – Are You Thinking What I’m Thinking

The Like – He’s Not A Boy

The Like – Fair Game

The first one is from their first album and has a grungy-like sound that does ressemble Blood Red Shoes a little bit. The second song is from their last album called “Release Me” and has a more 50’s influence and  reminds me of another superb band “She and Him” (you know with the lovely Zooey Deschannel)… The third one is also on “Release Me” and has a great little synth tune mixed with the 50’s-like sound from the second song. But listen for yourself and see if you like.

Enjoy.

TRB

N.E.R.D has got this new song Hot-N-Fun, we’ve already posted about. But now one of our favorite bands Yeasayer made a remix of the song and I think it’s way better then the original:

N.E.R.D – Hot-N-Fun (Yeasayer remix)

The remix has a hypnotising, dub-step…ish bass and some awesome ethnic inspired (it’s Yeasayer) drums.The song also features Nelly Furtado but they cleverly filtered out most of her voice! Thank you Yeasayer!

Enjoy this and the summer!

TRB

Hiya Fella’s,

I wanted to tell you about this awesome label called Asthmatic Kitty. It’s Mr. Sufjans Stevens’ very own indie record label and they have signed a lot of (mostly) awesome bands with styles from hip hop to sweet indiepop and so on. There are a lot of free songs on their website and I’ll post some here but there’s a lot more to discover (but don’t get hooked because you should have time enough to check out our blog too of course )

1. First things first: The great Sufjan himself of course (someone I shouldn’t introduce)! From his first album A Sun Came, here comes Jason, a great song that’s a little bit edgier, harder than his later work. Here’s the link.

Sufjan Stevens – Jason

2. Don’t know what to say about this guy, he’s called Jookabox and he’s eclectic, crazy, cool, … as hell. His music is a mix of soul, hip hop, indie, pop, rock and so on but we don’t care as long as he makes great shit… and that friends, is what he does. So here are two tracks for you to enjoy.

Jookabox – The Girl Ain’t Preggers

Jookabox – You Cried Me

3. This is music your grandma could listen to too, and I don’t mean this in a bad way. It’ sweet, it’s naïve, it’s produced by Sufjan and it’s a bit lithurgical and it’s called The Welcome Wagon. I know this all seems a little weird but they have some nice songs. Check it out and see if you like it or not…

Welcome Wagon – Sold! To The Nice Rich Man!

4. This is a little bit different too: Osso is a modernist string quartet that starred in the song Diamonds For Sierra Leone from Kanye – yo, imma let you finish, but… – West and worked together with other artists like: The National, Jay-Z, The Polyphonic Spree,… . Last year they reworked Sufjan’s second album called: Enjoy Your Rabbit, which was filled with weird electronical instrumental pieces of art… This is a song that was on the rework from that album. For your consideration:

Osso – Run Rabbit Run

5. DM Stith is also really cool. It’s darker and more melancholic than the links above but it’s still great music, I like it the most when I come home from an awesome party and I just want to chill out and listen to something beautiful , but you can listen to it on other ocasions too of course  . Here’s a link to one of his songs:

DM Stith – BMB

6. And last but not least, something funny to dance on from a guy called Rafter. I only recently discovered this and I have to say if I would hear this on the dancefloor my feet wouldn’t stop moving. So here you are:

Rafter – Fruit (remix)

Like I said there’s a lot more to discover but this should keep give you a nice impression of what Astmatic Kitty is.

Enjoy,

The Rusty Blog

Time to make a post about a guy with talent! Two different projects, two times a big win! I’m talking about the guy behind the lovely disco from Fake Moustache and the hard trash electro from Bloody Disco! We received three tracks we can share with you guys! You can pre-listen them at his soundcloud!

First up: the Fake Moustache one. We already featered FM on our blog With a very nice remix but this time it’s even greater with a killer track made by his own. The most funkiest sound and some nice singing make this track pretty brilliant and makes you want to dance James Brown style! Have a listen and enjoy this:

Fake Moustache – Dance With Me

Next, the more filthy and trashing part with Bloody Disco. We have two tracks to share with you, and Oh Boy, these are crazy tracks! You’ll love them if you like the electro acts like The bloody beetroots make but these still have a more original approach. Check them out:

Bloody Disco – Blood!?

Love the part at 3.11, a little drop and then the game is back on with some heavy bass and high tones.

Bloody Disco – Dig

Saved the best for last because this is my favourite track by Bloody Disco. The intro is bad-ass and catchy and the whole track is really nice, hard and with a lot of variety! Support this guy and spread the love!

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Boys Noize’s track “Kontact Me” is the best track on his latest album and now Berlin based electrowizards The Sexinvaders made their own bootleg version of this track! It’s great!  They just finised it and hope you’ll like it! We already did and shared it with you, all you have to do is download it for free, play it loud and dance! Easy as fuck so just do it and enjoy it!

boys noize – kontact me (the sexinvaders rmx)

COME WITH ME!

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Some great news for all the heavy metal fans! We got a free track from the upcoming Iron Maiden album which drops August 16! It’s hard and heavy, the way you’ll probably like it! The melodic chanting with some great and hard guitars, gotta love this! Get it here:

Iron Maiden – El Dorado

Rock on!

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