Matias Aguayo Q+A + “Rollerskate (Radio Edit)” MP3
- story Claire Lobenfeld
Matias Aguayo’s nurture of his creative community is transcontinental. When he is not working in Paris, Matias lives in Buenos Aires, the birthplace of the BumBumBox parties—a communal affair where he and his Comeme compatriots gather in public outdoor spaces, armed with ghettoblasters playing pre-made mixes, like a drum circle that avoids improvised hippie snags. In clubs as a DJ, Aguayo connects to his audience by performing live vocals over the music, the singalong enveloping him into the audience. His most recent release Ay, Ay, Ay is also informed by his international sensibilities, transcending language, as he almost strictly uses his voice as the musical content of each song and has no preferred dialect when approaching lyrics. Aguayo talks to us about his belief in comradery, expectations of club shows and rollerskates—the topic of the chirpy first single off of the album. Check the song below and the interview after the jump. Aguayo really likes ellipses.
Download: Matias Aguayo, “Rollerskate (Radio Edit)” MP3
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posted on Nov 6, 2009 in MP3 / STREAMS, MUSIC, MUSIC INTERVIEWS tags electronic/dance, Matias Aguayo
Interview: Kris Kristofferson
- story Peter Macia
- photo Matthew Williams (F64)
Kris Kristofferson’s new album Closer To The Bone is so good and refreshing that we decided to put him in the Gen F section of our latest issue. For that story, we spoke to Kristofferson over the phone while he sat at home in Maui. Yes, we were jealous. But it’s hard to hold it against him when the conversation goes from his songwriting to his Texas childhood to World War II, Oxford, Obama, Johnny Cash and ultimate fighting. The whole thing kind of made us want to retire and be his personal groundskeeper/buddy. After the jump, read the interview and see the video for the album’s eponymous single. And when you’re done, make sure to check out Kristofferson’s excellent new Daytrotter session.
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posted on Nov 5, 2009 in Homepage Top Spotlight, MUSIC INTERVIEWS tags country, Interview, Kris Kristofferson, Q+A
Hudson Mohawke Exclusive FADER Mix + Q+A
- story Matthew Schnipper
Hudson Mohawke didn’t want to give a tracklist for this exclusive FADER mix, perhaps because he didn’t want us to know the contents of the inside of his mind. Beatboxing, grime, new jack swing, glitchy stuff with big bass, futuristic R&B all make up parts of the mix, just like they do his music. Mohawke’s debut album Butter was just released and it’s a doozy, steady beat-based but completely manic with extra flairs zesting every track. The man has an eye for detail. If you haven’t yet checked out his music, download this killer primer he made of Butter and then check out his mix below. You should also check out his video game, Butterstar Galactica,” where you get to be a piece of butter. After the jump, we checked in with young Hudson about dream states, R&B hopes and weed.
Download: Hudson Mohawke FADER Mix
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posted on Oct 29, 2009 in MP3 / STREAMS, MUSIC, MUSIC INTERVIEWS tags electronic/dance, Hudson Mohawke, mixes, r&b
Q+A: Tony Blankets of Restless People on Family Edition
- story Sam Hockley-Smith
In one form or another, most of the members of Restless People have been in our magazine. Whether it’s when we wrote about Professor Murderin F41, Michael Bell-Smith in F61, The Brothers production duo in F53, or one of the million and a half times we’ve covered Tanlines on this very site. Now the dudes have a site/free online-only record label/collective called Family Edition. Thus far they’ve released music from Restless People, mysterious lo-fi weirdos Newborn Huskies, an upcoming series of original ringtones and also a YouTube video of a dude at NASA trying to give another guy a high five. After the jump read our conversation with Restless People member Tony Blankets about the label, music and what may or may not be an actual story behind a certain Rolling Stones album.
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posted on Oct 14, 2009 in MUSIC, MUSIC INTERVIEWS tags Brothers, Family Editionn, Michael Bell-Smith, Professor Murder, Q+A, Restless People, Talines
Gary Higgins, “Demons” MP3 & Q+A
- story Matthew Schnipper
In 1973, before he got arrested for marijuana and spent two years in prison, Gary Higgins released Red Hash, an album of easy, gruff and stoned folk songs. The time away, unfortunately, for the most part curtailed the forward momentum on Higgins’ musical career and he remained largely unknown and lost. That is until Drag City Records tracked him down and reissued the album in 2005. Spurred by that rerelease, Higgins asked Drag City to put out some of his current tunes and later this month, they’ll release Higgins’ newest album, Seconds, where the growly burner “Demons” is from. Higgins was gracious enough to speak with Gracie Remington about his career, his family and what it’s simultaneously like to look forward and back. Their conversation is after the jump.
Download: Gary Higgins, “Demons”
Interview: Sinden
- story Peter Macia
Graeme Sinden, UK producer and bass-assaulting DJ, relentlessly surfaces regional electronic music and innovative tunes from every continent on his weekly KISS FM radio show, and continues to raise the standard for musical discovery in the world of dance music. In addition to endlessly danceable remixes for everyone from Rye Rye to Bjork, Sinden and Joshua Harvey (bka The Count or Hervé et al) are preparing to release their first full-length album this fall, led by the massive first single, “Mega.” While he was in New York recently for a show, we caught up with Sinden to discuss his brutal schedule, love of radio and his new music. After the jump, read the interview and watch “Mega”’s video.
Q+A: Trick Daddy Is Forever Thuggin’
- story Felipe Delerme
The funniest thing about that entire Rick Ross correctional officer-as-a-first-job fiasco was that the interviewer who confronted Ross claimed that it was Trick Daddy who outed him, when in actuality, Trick hadn’t said anything of the sort. The interviewer knew, however, that by involving Trick Daddy’s name, Ross would be forced to acknowledge a question that to most seemed ill-timed, if not completely ridiculous. Today, Trick harbors no ill will toward Ross, who made it a point to diss him in the interview for what would eventually only be confirmed as the truth, but is also looking to amend the image of Miami rap as a whole. Trick’s new album Finally Famous is about to drop September 15th and the outstanding leadoff single, “This The Shit That I Live,” has seemingly already gotten lost in the daily onslaught of new music leaks. We caught up with Trick recently and took the opportunity to ask him about it, whether or not he still “loves the kids” and also why he would even put out an album without “thug” in the title. Download the single “This The Shit That I Live” below and read the interview after the jump.
Download: Trick Daddy, “This The Shit That I Live”
Q+A: Cold Cave
- story THE FADER
Cold Cave recently released their debut Love Comes Close, a record of synth-heavy melodies often simultaneously dark and light. The album has been a recent favorite of our Freak Scene columnist Jamie Johns, and she spoke with the group’s core, Wesley Eisold about the album, stormy thoughts and how the joy of performance might overcome the desolation of nostalgia. Listen to and download Love Comes Close’s “Life Magazine” below and read the Q+A after the jump.
Download: Cold Cave, “Life Magazine”
Exclusive: Pictureplane Creep 5 Mix MP3 + Denver Sampler + Q+A
- story Matthew Schnipper
Until Pictureplane, we did not think about Denver as a place where anything except skiing happened. Forced to imagine the music a Denver citizen might make, a combination of John Denver and the Supremes after they lost all their original members came to mind. But apparently Travis Egedy, the man behind Pictureplane, is holding a torch for supreme blunted electronic weirdness. A goopy mix of house, Annie Lennox, glam, The Cure and whenever Madonna was wearing a lot of white lace, Pictureplane’s brand new debut Dark Rift is unmistakably a one man project, all of the desires of a single, uncompromising mind manifesting itself over what we imagine is probably a lot of free time and open space. We asked him to make a mix and he offered to make two—Creep 5, a mix of his current influences and peers and an unmixed sampler of his Denver comrades. Download links, tracklists, artwork and our gothy Q+A with Pictureplane are after the jump.
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posted on Aug 6, 2009 in MP3 / STREAMS, MUSIC, MUSIC INTERVIEWS tags electronic/dance, Pictureplane, Q+A, rock
Video Premiere/Q+A: Purple Brain
- story Sam Hockley-Smith
Andre Bumrocks and Jason Evans of Hey Convict! linked up to create a mix as Purple Brain. It’s an hour-long collection of out-there jams from all over the world, united by the incredibly obvious debt each song owes to tripping the fuck out. We’ve listened to this mix probably 50 times in the last couple weeks, and each listen reveals some interstellar groove we hadn’t noticed. To find out more about how this happens, we hit Andre up to talk about it and some other stuff. Buy the mix here, which we strongly recommend you do because, besides being fans of physical media, we are also fans of getting a CD, record and poster for like 12 bucks. For completists, a few of the limited crocheted purple brains are still available in select boutiques. After the jump, read the interview and watch the video for the mix directed by Brian Close featuring some of the music and—what else—purple brains.
