Tagged: Blood Diamonds
Kendrick Lamar, “Swimming Pools (Blood Diamonds Remix)” MP3
Floppy-haired Vancouver/LA/Earth producer Blood Diamonds has remixed Kendrick’s enduring ode to drank—and kindly provided an MP3—hijacking the faded rapper’s poolside stereo to play eerie, futuristic tech house. For good measure, his similarly rad recent remix … read more »
Download Major Lazer’s Lazer Strikes Back Vol. 2 EP
As a lead up to Major Lazer‘s upcoming sophomore LP Free The Universe (out April 15th) Diplo and co. enlist, among others, of-the-moment producers like Blood Diamonds and Flosstradamus (who’ve been experimenting with lots of … read more »
Studio Time: Blood Diamonds and Dominic Lord
After sending beat and lyric ideas back and forth online, Harlem rapper Dominic Lord and producer Blood Diamonds met for the very first time at New York’s KMA studios, where they worked together on a … read more »
Stream: Ellie Goulding, “Anything Could Happen (Blood Diamonds Remix)”
With soda-bubble keys and barrel-rolling drums, LA producer Blood Diamonds disrupts the steady march of mermaid-maned Ellie Goulding’s “Anything Could Happen,” the first single from her forthcoming album, Halcyon. The pair’s meeting is the happy … read more »
Blood Diamonds, “Phone Sex” (Lemonade Remix) MP3
One of the reasons that Lemonade’s Diver works so well is that it creates a beautiful atmosphere around itself—each song exists in a late-night permahaze of regret and longing, but it feels like its all … read more »
Stream: Blood Diamonds f. Grimes, “Phone Sex (Unicorn Kid Remix)”
Since fully throwing himself into happy hardcore and its ecstatic piano variants last summer with Tidal Rave, Unicorn Kid’s production style has been utterly indomitable. Remixing Blood Diamonds’ Grimes-featuring “Phone Sex,” the Scottish producer has … read more »
Stream: Blood Diamonds, “Ritual”
Blood Diamonds reveals the B-side to his new single “Phone Sex” (out next tuesday on 4AD), which he describes as a much needed “reply to the notion of dancing all night. A cyborg-ish desire to … read more »
Watch Grimes and Kreayshawn Collaborate as L$D
“Don’t Smoke My Blunt Bitch,” the strange but totally sensical collab between Grimes, Kreayshawn, Blood Diamonds and Tragik—all under the name L$D—is a perfect piece, like a 2012 merging of Tumblr and riot grrrl. The … read more »
Stream: Blood Diamonds f. Grimes, “Phone Sex”
LA’s producer of the future Blood Diamonds—born Michael Tucker in Kansas City and a former resident of Vancouver, where he first linked up with Grimes—has at last prepped his first single of the year, “Phone … read more »
Dear Prudence, “Valentine” (Blood Diamonds Remix) MP3
Sam wrote this really great post about the best places to listen to Blood Diamonds and confirmed that his particular high/low tempo and beat is great for a lot of places, both dance-friendly and lazy. … read more »
