posted on November 26th, 2008 by Tobias in Article, Audio
So ye, let´s kick this one off with a French girl. Why? Cause she looks pretty good on that picture, period. (© BHmagazine via via Bored and Beautiful)
Then let´s head on to this week´s Ghetto Palms column in which ehoughton@thefader.com searches for a micro-genre name describing the music Big Ship is currently putting out with artists like Jim Laden or Bramma “d bommer”. Have a listen:
Laden Blend:
Laden, “Really Like Youâ€
Laden, “Time to Shineâ€
Laden, “Working Hardâ€
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Bramma, “Guided by the Masterâ€
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Bramma, “Clouds Openâ€
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Now what you call it?
Dunno? Well, maybe you´re too old for today´s Jamaican music and should stick to artist you know or art least thought you´d know. Lee Perry for example. His new album has been out for about one month now and, of course, it´s brilliant. A Bavarian radio station has a nice little feature on it. Scratch came, Scratch saw, Scratch conquered.
posted on November 25th, 2008 by Tobias in SEEN, Video
After it really looked like Einstein a.k.a. Stein would buzz in late 06/ early 07 (he even had an offer for a recording deal with Vice Records back then), it got quiet around him for almost one year, before he recently started to have some smaller hits again.
Tonight, he´s doing the warm up for Mavado in New York (via Dancehall.Mobi) – and I´m really happy to see him reppin´ our “Shotta” tee on the flyer for the event. (Would have been a good fit for his “I´m A Soldier” clip, too…)
posted on November 24th, 2008 by Tobias in Article, Design, Photography, Video
Quite a while ago, British street gone museum artist Banksy, told The Guardian about his goal to bring back the term “vandalism” with his work:
You know what hip-hop has done with the word ‘nigger’ – I’m trying to do that with the word vandalism…
Now Peter Dean Rickards, who made some noise publishing pictures showing the face of “invisible” Banksy working in Jamaica, vandalised one of the walls Banksy did in Kingston (via NewsOne). He didn´t destroy it though. He let it take down carefully and offers “The Rock” on eBay now:
The wall is 60 inches by 55 inches and about 7 inches thick. It weighs like 2000 pounds though that is just a guess. I spent the day getting a bunch of drunk guys to cut it down and raise it onto a flatbed truck tied to one of those sealtbelt-type industrial straps. I was amazed that it didn’t smash to pieces which would have really been an incredible waste of energy and patience. All the guys in that video (including me) had no real idea how to cut the thing down (much less move it) and were completely impaired by the time we actually got it tied to a backhoe (borrowed from a nearby construction site). Ironically, the damn thing almost fell on me in which case there would be a much funnier headline : Jamaican who revealed Banksy killed by falling artwork.
As bidding ends December 1st, this thingy could actually make it under your Christmas tree right on time…
posted on November 23rd, 2008 by Tobias in Movie
via Dutch Reggae
Anybody seen this movie at the International Documentary Festival in Amsterdam? Just watched the trailers and from them I´m not sure how well the stories are told – the footage definitely looks nice though.
posted on November 22nd, 2008 by Cass in Audio, Cass' Cuts
via Süddeutsche Zeitung
After last weeks break, I want to give you three tunes to get your Saturday night started and one to face your hangover with on Sunday.
1. Let’s break it off with Top Billin and Dire Straits. Get your dancing shoes and air guitar ready.
Top Billin – Money For Nothing (via You Can Call Me Pelski)
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2. Open another Heineken and get mad now. Santogold + Lights Out + Tepr.
Santogold – Lights Out (Tepr Club Remix) (via The Lemur)
3. “All I do is party!”
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