Freeload: Rye Rye feat. M.I.A., “Bang”
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We put Rye Rye in our summer music issue LAST YEAR thinking the world would trip over itself for the jams available only on her MySpace, so please excuse us, we get excited. This time, the song appearing on her MySpace is an official single, features M.I.A. mumbled and sampled and, from what we think we hear (his voice saying “all day”), our perennial favorite Blaqstarr shifting into Bomb Squad mode for one of the more ridiculous beats we’ve heard in a while. If we’re lucky, Rye will show up to the FADER Fort this Saturday when Blaqstarr pulls a DJ Set. Whooooo knoooowwsssssss…
Download: Rye Rye feat. M.I.A., “Bang” (via Attorney St)
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posted on Mar 16, 2009 in MP3 / STREAMS tags Blaqstarr, electronic/dance, freeload, hip hop, M.I.A., Rye Rye
Video/Freeload: Chairlift Vs. Kanye + Blaqstarr Bang Out
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So yesterday when we questioned the completion status Kanye’s new video we neglected to actually check Kanye’s post of it. Turns out he only released it now because Chairlift had already released a video for “Evident Utensil” using the same distorted pixel technique. In all truthiness, the latter pulls it off much more impressively than the former but both still drive us to the brink of brain stroke. On the opposite end of the anatomical spectrum, Green Label Sound just put up a spacey new Blaqstarr remix of their exclusive track with Chairlift’s Caroline Polachek and Flosstradamus that is helping us work off some backfat. Get it below.
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posted on Feb 18, 2009 in MUSIC VIDEO tags Blaqstarr, Chairlift, electronic/dance, Flosstradamus, Kanye West
Freeload: We Make It Good Mix by Blaqstarr
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Not that they ever really went away, but from where we’re sitting it looks like Nirvana might be making a comeback into the realm of Music People Listen to Regularly again. After appearing on Gaslamp Killer’s installment of the We Make it Good mix series, they appear twice on Blaqstarr’s edition. Also included is the ever-reliable Prince, as well as multiple appearances from Outkast. But you can look at the tracklist and see all that for yourself.
Most notable is “War of Roses,” the first track, which may be a preview of a future rock project between Blaqstarr and some dude named Jack Denning. The duo calls itself BlaQjack — to be confused with F52 cover stars and recent Secretly Canadian signees BLK JKS — and meld garage rock with club music. Who knows if BlaQjack is ever going to release more music, but just in case, we’re gearing up for the next round of Blaqstarr/Black Star-style semantics debates.
Download: Blaqstarr’s We Make It Good Mix
Video: M.I.A. + Blaqstarr, “Way Down in the Hole”
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Since we heard that M.I.A. and Blaqstarr were doing a Baltimore-influenced cover of “Way Down in the Hole,” the opening theme from The Wire, we were a little skeptical. After hearing the original blast out of our TV in various iterations for five consecutive seasons we were sure we’d had enough versions of the song. It turns out we were totally wrong! If you haven’t voted yet, go vote, then come back and watch a Youtube video of M.I.A. filming herself watching a cut of the video on her computer. (Via Nick Catchdubs)
Live: Dri, Free Blood And Blaqstarr At The FADER 54 Release Party
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We piled in a grip of Bass Ale and head up to the tippy top of Greenpoint, Brooklyn this past Wednesday to celebrate the release of our Aaliyah icon issue. Dri, Blaqstarr and Free Blood, all featured in the issue, performed in the palacious Shangri La. Dri covered Aaliyah while wearing a dress of dollar signs, Blaqstarr jammed out Baltimore club, Free Blood (backed by the Brothers played a no wave ebb-and-flower, guitar shred and yelpy yap. People chilled, we chilled, couches, cat and unfinished construction. Loft party photos of the beautiful people after the jump.
Reminder: FADER Party Tonight In Greenpoint
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It is starting to get dark, so we thought we’d give you one last reminder that we’re celebrating the release of our icon issue at Shangri-La in Greenpoint tonight from 9-1. In addition to performances by Dri and Free Blood and DJ sets by Blaqstarr, there’s complimentary Bass Ale and Black Swan wine. Drink both, but don’t mix them together, or actually, mix them together if you want but that willl be weird and gross. Flyer after the jump.
Video: DJ Blaqstarr & Rye Rye, “Shake It To The Ground”
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Imagine being a 16-year-old in Baltimore, not doing much other than dancing and being cute, and all of the sudden local club genius DJ Blaqstarr (read up on him here) puts you on a song and you’re touring the globe with your rap mentor MIA and have a video of you dancing and being cute. Rye Rye did that. Buy the Shake It To The Ground Remixes EP on iTunes now and get this video as a bonus.
FADER/Southern Comfort 7″ Series #4: Full Metal Ninja
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Artwork by Tomoe Hayama
For the fourth edition of the FADER/Southern Comfort 7″ series, we asked ourselves, “What would it sound like to get your butt sliced off by a ninja robot in the year 3076?” The answer (clearly) was Parisian party animal
Busy P on one side and B’more blockslayer DJ Blaqstarr on the other. And then we got Tomoe Hayama to design that ninja’s adverthrowingstar for the cover. Watch out!
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posted on Oct 24, 2007 in MP3 / STREAMS, MUSIC tags Blaqstarr, Busy P, FADER/SoCo 7-inch, FADER/Southern Comfort 7", Series
