SUPER SUPER GROUP

Have we had a super group lately? A real one? Like in the 70s? One where you're all like, 'bro, wouldn't it be rad if X, Y and Z (gyac, these arent real acts) did a track together' and then you find out that they have done. (A$AP Rocky and LDR does not count).

Well that's not really happened here either with KREAYSHAWN x TRAGIK x GRIMES x BLOOD DIAMONDS but this is pretty dang cool never the less. And they did it in 10 minutes apparently...so there. 

EYES // NO CEREMONY & STAY+ // NEW MUSIC

Pretty excited about this - new track from BV faves NO CEREMONY/// a n d STAY+

EYES is exactly what you would expect from these 2 acts...but thats exactly what we were hoping for...reverb drenched, dark and brooding electronica that just makes us mad excited for both acts upcoming Manchester dates...likelikelike

Cassie X (OXOXOXO)

Hey remember Richard X? That guy who 'invented' (NME) (probably) mash-ups back in the early noughties? Well he's back and he's turned our girl Cassie's King Of Hearts, which was already a sweet RnB groove, into the kind of tune that could really get a dancefloor moving. We've always said at BV that Cassie has lots of untapped potential and should be bigger than she is...maybe this could push her into the spotlight finally. We saw her first though right!

EVIAN CHRIST 12"

Forget RSD, the one release we're really excited about this month is the forthcoming 12" vinyl from Producer du Jour EVIAN CHRIST. His four-track Kings And Them EP will be released on Tri Angle Records on 25 June and we'll be reserving our copy asap....now just gotta hope he does some shows near by to promote it...don...

Rocky Ridin Rey!

Well it had to happen; the 2 most hyped and talked about acts of last year were surely bound to collab at some point...and....drum role....here it is...Lana Del Rey and A$AP Rocky have teamed up for New York producers The Kickdrums, new mixtape Follow the Leader which is out today. The track is called Ridin' and you can hear it below....its OK I guess...but its not really making us that excited for the recently mooted LDR and Tyler collab too much. See what ya think anyways...

EXPRESS YOURSELFS

Looks like Diplo is fast on his way to redemption after t h a t body-popping BB ad a while back with this, his own take on New Orleans bounce. Express Yourself comes from ya man's forthcoming Mad Decent EP and interestingly the video was directed and styled by #Seapunk's own @LILINTERNET and @LILGOVERNMENT (yes yes we've read the NY Times and Vice pieces on Seapunk, we know....anyway its all about #SLIMEPUNK now yes?) Anyway check this vid ya'll. C'est cray cray cher! (and a bit NSFW....only a bit mind)

MAXIMUM HEALTH

So we're pretty stoked to hear that we'll be getting not 1 but 2 albums from one of our favourite bands, HEALTH this year. First up will be the soundtrack to new uber-violent game MAX PAYNE 3...which the band say has a particular Brazilian vibe to fit in with the game setting (and we're thinking HEALTH + RIO CARNIVAL = very exciting shiz, no doubt) You can catch a bit of the game plus score below..and if this wasnt enough we've also got the follow up to 2009's GET COLOUR on its way too...as Jake from the band recently stated: 'We've been sitting on these songs for a minute. We had to postpone everything to do Max Payne, but the cool thing about doing the soundtrack is that we were able to upgrade all our studio gear' Expect big things...

GOATBOY LIVES....

Very much digging this today. Dirty psychedelic afro-funk grooves and a hyperbolic press release that shows you how these things should go down:

Goat are a collective who hail from a small and very remote village called Korpolombolo in deepest darkest Sweden.
Legend has it that for centuries, the inhabitants of the village of Korpolombolo were dedicated to the worship and practices of Voodoo.
This strange and seemingly unlikely activity was apparently introduced into the area after a travelling witch doctor and a handful of her disciples were led to Korpolombolo by following a cipher hidden within their most sacred of ancient scriptures.
The reason it led them there is unknown, but their Voodoo influence quickly took hold over the whole village and so they made it their home - there, they were able to practice their craft unnoticed and unbothered for several centuries.
This was until their non-Christian ways were discovered by the Church and they were burned out by the crusaders, the survivors cursing the village over their shoulders as they fled.
To this day, the now picturesque village of Korpolombolo is still haunted by this Voodoo curse; the power of the curse can be felt throughout the grooves of Goat

raad:

NEW PICTUREPLANE MIX

We're pleased to report our boy Travis has once more come up with the goods and dropped a ballin new mixtape (via Gucci Goth - thanks!). Can also report it does not disappoint, we've already had it on twice this morning... 

 

And here's a few words from the man himself: 'I made a new mix exclusively for GG. it is called YOU ARE A TERRORIST, YOU ARE A POET. Made up of using lots of delay and slightly slowed big room and anthemic 120bpm house music. Think of Ibiza in a k hole. But with a light at the end of the tunnel. Everything I do is filled with love. There is no tracklisting because a lot of the tracks are very very different sounding than from what they sound like normally. The title of the mix is a literary reference to the essay “Poetic Terrorism” by Hakim Bey. The mix is meant to give strength to the listener.'

 

Enjoy....

 

DOWNLOAD IT HHHHERREEE :):):):):) 

(essay worth a read too)

FOLLOW FRIDAY

So we're not sure whether its the done thing to blog about other blogs...are we supposed to be all in each others grills and like mines better yo or what? Cos if so BV aint playing - think of us like the maverick character in Top Gun (Maverick?). We dont play by the rules fam! So here's 2 blogs we're really liking today - think of it as our own little #FF if you want:

KIDS OF GRIME

Does what is says and dont disappoint...

A SHOCKING MIND

Rad vids, billed as 'visual stimulus for coffee break time' (read: all day long in BV HQ)

D/R/U/G/S/2/0/1/2

we've always been big fans of Callum Wright's raw, looped beats and so were delighted to hear he'd dropped 2 brand new tracks to kick off his new year. Neither are apparently due for any kind of official release but are *currently available for DL over on his soundcloud and can be streamed below. Sounds like its gonna be a nutha good year for the boy

Pale Swan by D/R/U/G/S


Mila by D/R/U/G/S

AURAL SECTS

We reckons you must have been living in a box (or let’s say coffin...lulz guys...ya get me?) for the last few years to not have heard of Tri-Angle and Disaro Records...or at least some of their acts. The rise of the likes of SALEM, oOoOO and Witch House (can it not go back to being called drag?) has pushed those skewed, slowed down, eerie hip hop vibes well into the spotlight/ghostly candlelight (enough now pleez..)

But it’s also seemed to be primarily a US kinda thing up to now...so it’s nice to discover this new (?) label AURAL SECTS who apparently hail all the way from sunny Wigan, just round the corner from our native Manchester. They describe themselves as ‘A dark electronic/experimental/Witch Haus musical collective and netlabel’ which sounds mad cool to us. From a look on their bandcamp its clear that they’ve been busy too...with already tons of bands signed up. Whether any of these acts will progress from what we suspect is still bedroom-producer-mode remains to be seen however but for now the whole thang def worth a check out y’all.....and all are free downloads......which is cool by us. Here’s a sample of some of our faves:

And props to me for managing to write this without the usual blogger-ease cliché of mentioning hard to pronounce band names/use of symbols......wah......nearly


words: R.P. Stereos

Greetings...

Despite the multitude of photo blogs and fashion blogs and music blogs and misc blogs already overcrowding the internet we felt there was still room for one more.....so we did this. Cos there’s still loads of wicked bands and super cool things around that no one is picking up on or writing about. We hope to be the people to do that. So...welcome then people to this new blog...


words:  R.P. Stereos