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September 24, 2005
Beastie Boys Solid Gold Hits To 5 Five Boroughs, Now Get Busy!
BEASTIE BOYS SOLID GOLD HITS AVAILABLE NOVEMBER 8 ON LP, COMPACT DISC & LIMITED EDITION DVD/CD
In celebration of Beastie Boys' 24th anniversary, Capitol Records has suddenly decided to pay tribute to their second (or perhaps even third) best band with a greatest hits record: Michael "Mike D" Diamond, Adam "Adrock" Horovitz and Adam "MCA" Yauch-known collectively as Beastie Boys-will be lionized November 8th with the release of Solid Gold Hits.
This sick ass 15-track compendium distills the NYC trio's storied career into a very friendly friend format: Making it’s way from the "No Sleep 'Til Brooklyn" and "Fight For Your Right" antipasti, through the "Shake Your Rump, "So What'cha Want" and "Sabotage" primi piati, right into last years secundi piati To The 5 Boroughs' "Ch-Check It Out," "An Open Letter To NYC" and "Triple Trouble" - and all courses in between.
So whether you're reliving your own favorite Capitol Records memories or sharing the "Sabotage" or the "Intergalactic" with a loved one for the first time, the audio and visual Solid Gold Hits experience is guaranteed to put the nuts back in your fruitcake this holiday season.
Track listing for Beastie Boys Solid Gold Hits
- So What'cha Want
- Brass Monkey
- Ch-Check It Out
- No Sleep 'Til Brooklyn
- Hey Ladies
- Pass The Mic
- An Open Letter To NYC
- Root Down
- Shake Your Rump
- Intergalactic
- Sure Shot
- Body Movin' (Fatboy Slim Remix)
- Triple Trouble
- Sabotage
- Fight For Your Right
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| Solid Gold Hits
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September 23, 2005
Dangermouse & Jemini - Ghetto Pop Life
Dangermouse & Jemini Ghetto Pop Life
Dangermouse & Jemini - What U Sittin' On? [mp3] ♬ [ legal mp3 download ]
KEYWORDS [ DJ Dangermouse
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September 22, 2005
Si*Sé More Shine
Soul collective Si*Sé is back with a new CD album release, More Shine. Si*Sé's music is romantic stroll through a global bario. The sounds are lush and dreamlike but always grounded. You could very well imagine beach sand between your toes and a hot tropical sun on your back. Here is Sometimes [mp3] from the upcoming album, More Shine. Enjoy! [Keywords Si Se | Si*Sé
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September 21, 2005
Zap Mama - Ancestry in Progress - Wadidyusay? Mp3
Fans of Zap Mama have had a year to relish in the funk rythms of Zap Mama's September, 2004 release Ancestry in Progress. The album is in a class by itself, but what else to expect from such a talented band and ensemble? With help from with help from the Roots, Common, Erykah Badu, Taleb Kweli and others from the hip-hop and R&B community combined with the creative genius of Zap Mama lead Marie Daulne Ancestry in Progress was destined to be special. It is.
For those who have yet to experience the harmonic beauty of African musical roots, here is the Zap Mama mp3 Wadidyusay? Feel good! [ keyword Zap Mama
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September 17, 2005
Brandi Carlile Fall Apart Again
Brandi Carlile Fall Apart Again Video Streams
Watch the new Brandi Carlile Fall Apart Again video and then download Brandi's Throw It All Away mp3 and see if you would like to help Brandi get it all together again. I know I would.
Brandi Carlile Fall Apart Again
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September 12, 2005
James Guffee So Much for Secrets
JAMES GUFFEE’S SO MUCH FOR SECRETS SET FOR RELEASE SEPTEMBER 13, 2005
CD MARKS FIRST SOLO EFFORT FROM FORMER MEMBER OF CRITICALLY-ACCLAIMED BAND THE TORIESSo Much For Secrets — the hook-injected, guitar-driven debut solo album from James Guffee — hits the streets on September 13, 2005. The 10 new tracks represent the latest in what has been a diverse and accomplished music career for the multi-instrumentalist, singer, songwriter, and member of the late, critically-acclaimed power popsters The Tories. With Guffee’s fingerprints on everything from the lyrics and playing to the studio production, So Much For Secrets is a testament to his talents. The album is released on the Guflain Music label and distributed through Burnside Distribution of Portand, Ore.
Deftly crafted lyrics and irresistible melodies are Guffee’s unmistakable trademark, and it’s a recipe that’s sure to please music fans across all forms of pop and rock. In the album’s first single “One More Time” Guffee sings, “I can see a new day in your blue eyes/ Would you be mine/One more time?" over a galloping beat, bright guitars, and a modern production style which brings the poppier side of the Foo Fighters to mind. “Sideways” kicks of with an edgier riff before melting into the hooky and unforgettable chorus “Nowhere to go but home I guess/I slipped into happiness.” And Guffee shows his roots proudly on “Come Back to Me.” The song’s clever guitar melodies and anthemic chorus is sure to be a favorite among followers of the Not Lame Records brand of contemporary power pop.
Guffee performed the majority of the instruments on So Much For Secrets, as well the tasks of writing, engineering and producing. When it came time to mix it all together, he enlisted the talents of long-time cohort Stuart Brawley (Michael Jackson, Don Henley).
Portland native James Guffee began studying music at the age of 5, and by the time he entered Berklee School of Music in Boston after high school, he was already proficient on bass, guitar, and drums, with a declared first love of singing. At Berklee, he studied jazz and rock bass and also picked up the engineering and production skills that would give him the benefit of creative control over his own work. Guffee moved to L.A. in 1991, helped form the band The Tories, and landed a record deal with Phil Ramone. Critics praised the band for their deft songwriting and power pop sounds along the lines of Jellyfish, Squeeze, and the Beatles. After seven years together, two albums, and shared spotlights with the likes of Cheap Trick, Collective Soul, and Tonic, the band called it quits. Guffee went on to compose music for network TV and commercials, his songs appearing on shows such as Dawson’s Creek, NBC’s Jesse, and Inside the NFL.
On September 13, 2005, Guffee can add one more credit to his impressive entertainment resume with the release of his first solo album So Much for Secrets. The secret will definitely be out by then — Guffee is talented, cross-genre appealing, and definitely unstoppable.
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September 08, 2005
Coldcut - Mr Nichols video
When Jon More and Matt Black played the melancholic bones of the tune to rapper/poet/rock star/actor Saul Williams they could hardly have hoped that they could tease a better lyric from him. Unfolding over three minutes we hear the story of Mr Nichols, a salaryman left on the edge, fallen apart and utterly empty.
Coldcut have weaved a slowly building piece of music of such power that Williams can focus on simple story-telling rather than preaching from the mountain. Equally interpretable as an attack on American foreign policy as a personal psychodrama, it is the quiet intensity of the music that carries it. Subtle and moving perhaps aren't the words we most commonly associate with Coldcut, but, then again, as pioneers and innovators they have built their whole career on doing the unexpected, whether it be making hits for Lisa Stansfield or walking away from the majors to start Ninja Tune. As we hope "Mr Nichols" makes clear, the only thing you can be sure of with "Sound Mirrors" is that you, along with everyone else, will have to hear it.
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Ninja Tune
Coldcut Biography
Coldcut: Jonathan More and Matt Black Coldcut are still Ahead of Our Time... From 1987 with their ground-breaking debut single 'Say Kids, What Time is it?' - the first sample-built record in the UK - to the development of their own video sample software, VJamm, Coldcut have blurred and challenged the rules of zentertainment - constantly ignoring boundaries and restlessly trying new techniques.Ex-art teacher Jonathan More and computer programmer Matt Black have been a team since the mid-eighties, DJing on pirate radio stations, playing legendary clubs like Shoom. They first teamed up on then pirate Kiss, and started their 'Solid Steel' show, following the release of 'Say Kids', which opened the way for MARRS "Pump Up The Volume". In 1987, Coldcut defined the term 'remix' on Eric B and Rakim's 'Paid in Full' cutting and pasting Israeli singer Ofra Haza's vocals in a notorious reworking which became a worldwide classic. Coldcut's talent in reformulating and producing were recognized by a 'Producers Of the Year' award by the BPI in 1990. Their debut album, 'What's That Noise' went silver.
Ninja Tune was germinated during a trip to Japan where Matt and Jon made a discovery: "We found a book about cut-out-and-keep Ninjas. They build these amazing houses where they have special traps so they can disappear and reappear somewhere else. They were all about artifice and hidden identity." They wrapped up their major label involvement in 1993 with the album 'Philosophy' containing the ambient ballad 'Autumn Leaves' - a French jazz perennial, which foresaw the current 'French Connection' epitomized by Air, and the emergence of 'easy listening' as a cool thing. The next 3 years were spent slowly building the underground Ninja organization.
Ninja Tune's reputation grew through the 'Jazz Brakes' collection by the ubiquitous DJ Food, a unique, exclusively instrumental mixture of breaks, jazz licks, Latin rhythms, dub, and hip hop roots. "We invented Food as the frontman for a breakbeat series" - recalls Jon "and without realizing it we laid seeds and fertilizer for the thing which evolved into trip-hop." Coldcut gathered around them open-minded young DJs and musicians and nurtured them. The resulting innovative, laid-back, collection of artists, includes the old school London Funk Allstars, the jazz-fused hip-hop of The Herbaliser, the out-there pervbeat contortions of Funki Porcini, the slo-mo abstract beats of DJ Vadim, the Latin party vibe of Up, Bustle and Out, and more recently, the fun inspired sounds of the inimitable Mr Scruff. Also scratchappy Kid Koala, Chocolate Weasel and Ambient ambassador Mixmaster Morris.
In October 1995, Ninja Tune almost by accident started the hottest club in town. The party organized for the launch of DJ Food's 'Recipe For Disaster' at the Blue Note, London was so successful that they continued with a monthly residency: Stealth. For the first time all the Ninja DJs were playing together in the same venue. Stealth was 1996 'Club Of the Year' in NME, The Face, and Mixmag. Shortly afterwards Coldcut decided to halt Stealth at the height of its glory: "All good things must come to a trend" commented Jon.
Coldcut were still doing their legendary 'Solid Steel' show on Kiss every Saturday keeping up the traditional mixed bag and acquiring awards including a Sony Award for Specialist Show. Their 'Journeys By DJ' mix album, '70 Minutes of Madness' was released to rave reviews. Mixing with ease the Dr Who theme into Red Snapper, moving gracefully from Harold Budd to Mantronix to Photek, it was one of the albums of the year in Muzik, Mixmag and Melody Maker, and No. 1 compilation of all time in Jockey Slut, 1998.
"We mix things, over as broad a spectrum of activities as possible", describing activities at Ninja: hence Stealth, 'Solid Steel', 'Journeys By DJ', the historical and rated Pipe web site initially written by Coldcut themselves in 1995, and multimedia experiments with Rob Pepperell as Hex. "Researching the next step in DJ activities manipulating multiple sound and vision sources; creating a live synthesis between visuals and sound." Coldcut expanded the interactivity developing toys and art installation pieces. Early works included the 'Top Banana' computer game, and a CD Plus collection, a format pioneered by Hex.
In 1996, Coldcut and Hex developed 'Generator' for the Glasgow Gallery Of Modern Art and also created 'Synopticon' for the JAM, a major exhibit at London's Barbican. Coldcut were mixing art and music together. During this period, Matt Black was pioneering the concept of VJing at diverse parties such as the legendary Telepathic Fish, Sabresonic, and The Big Chill and began to envision what became the VJamm software.
While spending the early 90's building this diverse, avant-garde collage of activities, Coldcut were maniacally preparing their own musical breakout. In and out of the studio, experimenting with sounds and visuals: it was all making sense and taking shape. In January 1997, Coldcut released their first single for 3 years, 'Atomic Moog 2000'. The CD single frustrated format definitions by including a scratch video with Hex 'Natural Rhythm', which has to be seen to be understood, and was caned on MTV Europe. Being ineligible for the UK singles chart due to the inclusion of a video on the CD format, "Atomic Moog' steamed in at No.1 in the Indie ALBUM charts, a typical Coldcut result!
In 1997 Coldcut unleashed their fourth album, 'Let Us Play' the first on their own label Ninja. A single - 'More Beats and Pieces' - a radical celebration of their 80s classic track credited with"inventing Big Beat", was released reaching 37 in the CIN singles chart. It was a stunning demonstration of their mixing skills, and an instant chemical monster (No.1 in DJ Big Beat chart), including diverse versions from Tortoise, T Power and Kid Koala. The album, reaching 34 in the CIN album chart, featured collaborations with highly political ex-Dead Kennedy Jello Biafra, legendary funk drummer Bernard Purdie, rising stars Jimpster, ambient activist Bongo, poet Salena Saliva, and - one of Coldcut's biggest inspirations - Steinski. The album came with a free CD-ROM, that featured videos of 8 tracks, related info, games, and iconoclastic musiccreation toys. Rated as the best music CD-ROM ever by many.
'Timber', the third single from 'Let Us Play' , released in February 1998, a collaboration with Hex. 'Timber' is a unique audiovisual collage, not an audio or video track, but both. What you see is what you hear: in 'Timber' all sound components co-exist with their video sources... the result: an intimacy of sensory stimulation that is compelling and hypnotic. Check the chain saw solo! 'Timber' is also a protest song, campaigning for an end to industrial logging; footage for 'Timber' was made available by Greenpeace. Sleeved in recycled card 'Timber' won the MCM [French national TV] Best Video Editing award, and has received international acclaim. Since 'Timber' is primarily an audio visual piece Coldcut got four video remixes done by video cut-up originators such as EBN, who are well known for their work with U2 'ZooTV'. Though crucial to the concept of the 'Timber' single these extra videos rendered the CD formats ineligible for the singles chart. Another Typical Coldcut result: 'Timber' enters the Guinness World Book of Records for most video remixes of a single in 1999!
To promote their work live, Coldcut designed their own VJ/DJ software VJamm, allowing the live re-creation of whole audiovisual pieces. Video can now be jammed or scratched with as easily as sound, and the generally gob-smacked reactions to over 100 packed tour dates in the last 3 years has confirmed this direction. Coldcut call the show CCTV; key gigs have been Barcelona 'Sonar', Montreux Jazz festival, and Glastonbury Dance tent, all well rocked. Recently they've wowed audiences at Creamfields (in Liverpool and Belgium), Roskilde, The Queen Elizabeth Hall (as part of John Peel's Meltdown), Steve Reich's remix project launch party in New York and the Darklight Digital Film Festival in Dublin - to name but a few. Peel incidentally has been a staunch supporter and Coldcut have done 3 Peel sessions to date.
In January 1999, Coldcut released a remix album 'Let Us Replay'. Expanding the multimedia front, it came with a free CD-ROM containing a PC programme called VJamm, which loops, scratches and chops audiovisual samples. This is the same software Coldcut use for their live show and is currently kicking off Audiovisual collage as a new art form. The user of the free version gets to remix Coldcut videos at the touch of a key. Coldcut released a full version of the VJamm software via the www.ninjatune.net website, and then spent the year touring Australia, Europe, New York and the United Kingdom showing audiences what can be done with their DJamm and VJamm software. The American Museum of Moving Image put VJamm on permanent display in their Interactive Games Room from positive software reviews.
As the decade drew to a close, the BBC's "Tomorrows World" challenged Coldcut to create a song on the internet in under an hour. Utilising Resrocket virtual studio technology, the challenge was met by musicians jamming together in realtime in London, San Francisco, South Africa and Los Angeles. Coldcut spent the rest of the year developing audiovisual streaming for the internet via their experimental television network piratetv.net, streaming activist video information alongside new musical jams created by in-studio guests. This culminated in streaming a complete Coldcut set from the comfort of their studio spacelab in London via the net into the Young Writers Electrofringe Squigital Festival in Newcastle, Australia.
In March 2000, Coldcut were invited to join the BBC's new radio station London Live, and their new show, comprising a mixture of their own and guest mixes, is net cast every Monday night via the www.bbc.co.uk/londonlive website from 12am to 2am GMT, adding another legion of worldwide listeners.
In a crucial period that has seen hip hop, house, techno and jungle cross over to the mainstream, Coldcut are still showing the way. The revolutionary CD ROM releases have defined these as important new formats, and the release of audiovisual software like VJamm that lets people create for themselves is the way forward for the 21st century generation. The maxim "fuck dance let's art" points to their new synthesis of art and dance culture and they are currently working on new software, music and art installations.
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September 03, 2005
Golden It Ain't Me / Keep It Jumpin
“While most MCs find the hardest way to say the simplest things, I try to find the easiest way to express the hardest things.” –Golden
Prediction: Golden will go PLATINUM. Listen to the flow, it's Golden [ It Ain't Me ] Visit Golden online at www.golden-mc.com
GOLDEN BIO
“While most MCs find the hardest way to say the simplest things, I try to find the easiest way to express the hardest things.” –Golden
In a world full of superficial superstars, rappers often deliver too much hype and too little substance. It takes a rare emcee to rise above the rabble and deliver some righteous flow. Enter Golden. Somewhere between old school hip-hop legends, new school rhymers and coffee shop slam poets, lies the imagination of this twenty-six year old emcee from Minneapolis. Golden is more than a name. With the release of his début 12” It Ain’t Me b/w Keep It Jumpin on the horizon, it is the definition of an artist who has begun to stake his claim in the hip-hop world. Pulse Magazine has already hailed its title track “an instant classic.”
From Reading, Pennsylvania Golden (Stuart “Casey” Golden) breaks out from the “bling-bling” of today’s rap and takes his work in a more meaningful direction. As a graduate of Macalester College, he injects intelligence and wit into his well-crafted lyrics. Whether it be the party track Elevator Music where he breaks necks with: “I'm that smooth, lewd dude/ Still in the groove/ Willin’ to move many people like a minister do/ Administer truth.” Or the more introspective, emotionally driven song Falling, “I wish I could crack myself open like the ocean/ So you could see in past my skin/ Like a jellyfish in/ It’s more than words/ I focus on more than earth/ So I push my pen to paint portraits of texture.” Golden blends the best of East Coast storytelling with the style and finesse of the Midwest.
As a founding member of the group S.U.S.P.E.C.T.S., Golden and crew helped reinvent the sound of their local hip-hop scene with their the critically acclaimed album, Delusions of Grandeur. Although Golden has been writing and performing for over a decade, it is only recently that he has ventured out as a solo artist.
In his short time, Golden has been signed to a production deal with Beets and Produce Inc., a Los Angeles based company headed by renowned producer and musical director for the Black Eyed Peas, Printz Board. “When I saw Golden perform I immediately saw natural star quality paired with raw talent,” says Board. Board has worked with the best in the business, including Dr. Dre, Mariah Carey, Nikka Costa, Macy Grey, Busta Rhymes, and Xzibit.
Golden prides himself on his ability to connect with audiences. With an energetic hip-hop spirit; the blue-eyed Jewish emcee often stepped onstage to hostile audiences, only to win them over with his striking flow. However, it is his songwriting abilities that further set him apart from other Emcees, evident by his songs mention in the March 2005 issue of American Songwriter Magazine.
Golden’s penchant for memorable hooks and poignant messages articulate a style and wisdom seldom seized by a man of his age. Even in the midst of industry buzz, Golden remains humble to his music and vision. He began rhyming to give voice to issues he saw as unjust. Golden says, “I started rhyming to wrestle with inconsistencies I saw in society…and life; like, why bad shit happens to good people? While most emcees find the hardest way to say the simplest things, I try to find the easiest way to express the hardest things.” This concern for understanding is the driving force behind his lyrics and quest to be heard.
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September 02, 2005
Adam Richman - Loneliness Song VIDEO
Adam Richman: Loneliness Song [ Windows Media | Real Video | Quicktime Movie ]
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September 01, 2005
Radio Stations vs. The I-Pod Shuffle
A big thing happening now in Chicago is that radio stations are attempting to compete with The I-Pod. Radio station Q101 (Alternative Rock format) has their station's playlist on SHUFFLE throughout the course of the day.
For example during their noon hour they have games such as the Last Letter game, which basically is the last letter of the song just played has to be the first letter of a song you request. Their weekend format is even better. SHUFFLE requests have themes; callers get to request 6 songs which becomes their own personal shuffle. The songs can be about anything relating to the central theme. One caller requested a shuffle with all songs about Space. The shuffle included Peter Schilling's Major Tom to David Bowie's Space Oddity.
The theme-based shuffle concept is totally cool. Listeners are not just getting groups like Disturbed, Blink 182 or other standard pre-shuffle Q101 fare. The DJs are digging deep into the station's vaults for less-known offerings from groups such as the Talking Heads, Violent Fems, Blondie, Glen Danzig, Cake, and Rancid to name a few. For many listeners it will be a first time exposure to some of these songs. Discovery is good; SHUFFLE makes it happen.
Another station, which kicks a lot of ass, is Jack FM 104.3, they play groups ranging from Run DMC to the Police, the Pet Shop Boys, and Steely Dan to the Miami Sound Machine.
Big Ups to Q101 - I love how the station reinvented itself.
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