Brazilian pioneers of baile funk "Tetine" are releasing their 8th studio album "Let Your X's Be Y's" on Soul Jazz Records.
The duo consists of vocalist and multi-instrumentalist Eliete Mejorado and her partner in crime Bruno Vermer, both hailing from São Paulo.
The brazilian duo moved to London in 2001 and since then promoted the baile funk movement in the UK. They released several compilations and also did a quiet popular radio show called "Slum Dunk" on Londons underground station "ResonanceFM".
Though they stayed true to baile funk and ghettotech, the new album is heavily influenced by synth-pop bands from the early 80's like Joy Division or Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark. Tetine's new sound can be described as a mixture of ghettotech and baile funk flavoured with a raw punky energy.
Download:
- Tetine - Let Your X's Be Y's (on Soul Jazz Records)
- MySpace: myspace.com/tetine
- Homepage: tetine.net
- Soul Jazz Records: souljazzrecords.co.uk
| Big Bang Festival | Beirut | ||
| Slum Dunk/ Zundfunk | Munich | ||
| George & Dragon (DJ set) | London | ||
| Cover - MAM / Museum of Modern Art | Sao Paulo | ||
| Vortex | London | ||
| Sesc Pompeia | Sao Paulo | ||
| Sesc Pompeia TBC | Sao Paulo |
Los Mono from Santiago, Chile originally came together to do a soundtrack for a cartoon tv show. It was Vicente Sanfuentes a.k.a. Original Hamster that put together this dream team composed of the best of the best that Chile has to offer. Namely the group consists of Vicente himself, Sebastian Silva, Cristian Moraga, Gonzalo Gonzales and Nea Ducci.
They soon realized that they were destined for bigger things, gave up the project for the tv show and kept on doing it for themselves.
They'd already written ten songs for that show, and so they decided to release them as their debut album.
What came out is "Somos Los Que Estamos", a nice blend of funk and hip hop with some danceable beats. The technical and musical quality of this record is undisputable. It's just high energy music and it's hard not to get into it!
You'll not find any of their songs in my playlist because Imeem currently doesn't allow me to upload their tracks. I hope to resolve this soon but meanwhile enjoy their awesome video for the single "Promesas":
Download:
Related Links
- MySpace: myspace.com/losmono
James Pants heralds from a small, isolated hometown in Spokane, Washington, where he locks himself up in his garage and makes some of the funkiest music you’ll hear this year.
On his debut album "Welcome" he moves from Funk to Electro to Indie and marries punky, lo-fi production aesthetics with electronic riffs and swinging beats. His self-produced sound remembers me of James Murphy and his LCD Soundsystem.
In a recent interview with XLR8 he says: "I take this music seriously but humor is the way I like to get ideas across. Because who's going to take some white kid from Spokane doing '80s boogie seriously?"
I do and you should too because James Pants is a producer we'll hear a lot of in the future.
Checkout his My Space.
Download his single "Kash" here.
Update: Jamie Strong from Stones Throw Records just sent me a mail saying that this summer James Pants will be on the road opening up for Jamie Lidell:
May 25: Vancouver – Jamie Lidell Tour @ Richards
May 27:
May 28: SF – Jamie Lidell Tour @ Bimbo’s
May 29: LA – Jamie Lidell Tour @ El Rey
May 30: LA – Jamie Lidell Tour @ El Rey
May 31: Tuscon – Jamie Lidell Tour @ Rialto
June 2:
You can also catch him DJing or playing his stuff live:
May 8: LA – Dance Right @ La Cita
May 9: SF – I Can’t Feel My Face @ Amnesia
June 13th:
June 14th:
Album drops on May 27th on Stones Throw Records
Checkout the video for "Do a couple of things":
Sean “Diddy” Combs has announced yesterday the signing of acclaimed new artist Janelle Monáe to Bad Boy Records.
She makes her solo recording debut with the groundbreaking “METROPOLIS” project, an epic musical journey into the future which introduces Janelle’s android alter ego, Cindi Mayweather, an alien from outer space who is on the run from evil cyborgs who want to capture her because she broke the law by falling in love with a human...
“Metropolis" is a innovative, cheeky, sci-fi themed debut that crosses musical genres: from R&B to Funk to Rock 'n' Roll.
The lyrics are fresh, the vocals are crisp and smooth and Janelle is just bewitching.
She chose to release her album in four different EPs or "suites", the first being the 5-track EP, The Chase. Her debut full-length album (containing all four EPs) will follow in September.
Check out her incredibly polished website and My Space page.
See her live:
| The Blender Theatre at Gramercy | New York, New York | ||
| Atlanta Ballet (Fox Theatre) | Atlanta, Georgia | ||
| Don Cheadle’s "Darfur Now²" Documentary | Atlanta, Georgia | ||
| Private Event (San Francisco, CA) | San Francisco, California | ||
| Private Event (Los Angeles, CA) | Los Angeles, California |
Excerpt from press release:
"On the concept of the suite release:
The concept of the suite release was inspired by the observation that the iPod generation no longer buy or listen to entire albums, they listen to playlists. They grab their favorite three to four songs from a particular album, add those to a playlist, and then discard the rest of the album like yesterday's news. In order to re-excite the public, the label is forced to do guest spots and remixes, additional videos and deluxe CD releases....all in a vain attempt to intrigue the record buyer again. With this in mind, the Wondaland Arts Society has decided to release Janelle Monáe's content in a quarterly "suite" fashion. Like successful serial programs such as Lost or Heroes, this release schedule allows dynamic artists such as Janelle Monáe to always stay fresh: she will always have a new chapter or musical world to visit, a new song raiding blogs and earbuds. As one can imagine, this suite model continually excites the consumer and music lover, while creating countless opportunities for Ms. Monáe to experiment artistically and grow creatively with her audience." (from www.janellemonae.com)
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