Music Video: Linkin Park – Waiting For The End

Swiped this one from Semtex‘s site and when I saw it was like, ‘Why the f-ck is this on his site?’ but you can’t front: that beat is some real hip hop sh-t and objectively, you have to agree that this is a really well-made record even if it gets a tad cheesola by the end!

Hit the jump for an mp3… (more…)

New Music: The Foreign Exchange – Authenticity Is In Stores Today!

Phonte and Little Brother Stans don’t me to tell them this is the third album by Phonte’s indie soul side project with Dutch producer, Nicolay. Authenticity features guest appearances from longtime contributors YahZarah, Darien Brockington, Zo! and Median, and also Chantae Cann and Jesse Boykins III.

Hit the jump for an mp3 download of the track, “Maybe She’ll Dream Of Me” and the album track listing. (more…)

New Music: Maylee Todd – Summer Sounds (DJ Starting From Scratch Remix)

I posted the original of this beautiful, summery Latin-pop ditty on my other blog, The In Crowd back in May. Now here’s comes an understated but fiya remix by Toronto’s DJ Starting from Scratch. It’s damn near Halloween but it’s a sunny, bright Thanksgiving long weekend here in Dot so I’m a get this one in before it’s too late! Enjoy:

[Do Right! Music via 1 Love TO]

Bonus remix of the track by Question after the jump. (more…)

The Couch Sessions pres. The Dream Suite – featuring Andreya Triana

Fellow COC compatriot, Stone & co. break it down:

“From the hypnotic beats of Flying Lotus, to the downtempo vibes of Bonobo, Andreya Triana has taken the world of electronica by storm. Her voice floats effortlessly from heart-wrenching soul to the most abstract of timbres. Andreya’s honest delivery and total commitment to every word that falls from her lips have begun to captivate hearts all across the globe.

The Couch Sessions pays tribute to this princess of soul by way of The Dream Suite. The audio experience is blended as a 31 minute mix showcasing some of Ms. Triana’s back catalog, remixes and rarities, sprinkled with ambient hip-hop instrumentalism and field recordings from the great city of London.”

Track list:
01. TM Juke & the Jack Baker Trio (feat. Andreya Triana) – That Gut Feeling
02. Natural Self (feat. Andreya Triana) – The Rising
03. Aaron Jerome (feat. Andreya Triana) – Angel Lady
04. Hocus Pocus – Piece No. 14
05. kidkanevil (feat. Andreya Triana) – Good Morning, What’s New?
06. Lokua – A Thousand Pages
07. Some Freak, Andreya Triana, Ritorell – The Light (Dorian Concept Remix)
08. Andreya Triana – Lost Where I Belong (Acoustic)
09. Hocus Pocus – Piece No.
10. Bonobo (feat. Andreya Triana) – Eyes Down (Floating Points Mix)

The Dream Suite – featuring Andreya Triana [usershare mp3 download link]

Andreya Triana online – Website | Myspace | Facebook

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[Premiere] The Connoisseurs of Culture present T.Shirt & Darvin Silva – Tan-Face Children (EP)

OK, this is something new that The Kitchen has been working on for the past couple of months. Check the science…

“The Connoisseurs of Culture is a media collective comprised of the critcially-acclaimed and popular music & lifestyle websites, The Couch Sessions, Different Kitchen and Please Don’t Stare.

The goal of the COC is to brand & present the work of musicians, producers, DJ’s, video & film directors, visual artists and other creative types whose art we believe in and want to support on a deeper level than just basic posts on our respective sites.

A ‘Connoisseurs of Culture Presents’ project will be rolled out as a fully ‘Branded’ project with a comprehensive, integrated launch campaign leveraging all key social media platforms and the combined might of the collective social networks and readership of the COC network.”

First up to bat is New York-based, up-and-coming rapper, T.shirt. Some of you may already be familiar with him from his “Dear Sade,” “I Won’t Go (Freestyle)” and “The Paul Cantor (Freestyle)” tracks but if you’ve been sleeping on him, you shouldn’t be after he drops his Tan-Face Children EP. Check these snips from the official Press Release on the project:

“Over the last two months Retro Electro DJ/Producer Darvin Silva, and New York City rapper T.Shirt have been working on their full and realized debut EP together, Tan-Face Children. The name derives from the opening line of the famous Walt Whitman poem “Pioneers! O Pioneers!” where the poet beckons the burning youth “Come my tan-face children”. He’s speaking of the Western world, the youth of a generation working in the sun for long hours thus becoming, “tan-faced”. It’s a poetic and just way to describe the hard-working famous kids from Queens.

The chemistry in the music is electrifying. Darvin’s penchant for finding the “dirty, rap shit” in say, a mid-tempo french house song is as strong as can be. It is said that where T.Shirt thrives is where he’s allowed to be different, finding new flows, and concepts. That’s exactly the type of platform working with a talent like Darvin Silva brings. Where else can you find a gifted and gritty New York rapper spitting verses on one of the hardest beats you ever heard, by France’s own Mr. Oizo.“

Click HERE to read the full Press Release on the Tan-Face Children EP at the brand new The Connoisseurs of Culture tumblr site.

Tonight at midnight will see the leak of the first track from the project, “Monday Massacre” so check back to be the first to cop it! Digital-only copies of the FULL Tan-Face Children will be available free of charge March 9, through www.illrapper.com and www.darvinsilva.com presented by The Connoisseurs of Culture.

Click the jump for more on T.Shirt and look out after that more cool projects presented by the me, Stone and Benhameen under the COC banner.

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