Tagged: F69
GEN F: Mr. OK
Earlier this year, Haitian rapper Mr. OK—freshly transplanted in Montreal from Port-au-Prince—grabbed the attention of globally-minded audiophiles with a digital EP called Me Mwen, brimming with images of ballers, angels and the beautiful panoramas of … read more »
GEN F: Romain Virgo
In the few weeks leading up to the release of Romain Virgo’s debut album, over 70 people were killed in Kingston, Jamaica’s Tivoli Gardens, as the army swept through the streets in search of alleged … read more »
GEN F: Puro Instinct
Skylar and Piper Kaplan are both weirdly pale for Californians. Maybe that lack of tan is a sign of their disinterest in the unchanging culture of constant sun and strip malls. The two sisters started … read more »
GEN F: Light Asylum
Light Asylum is exactly what you hoped the future would sound like when you were a kid, as long as your childhood dream was to smoke cloves and fuck Dracula. Their music is a magisterial … read more »
GEN F: James Blake
James Blake is an indefatigable 21-year-old prodigy who composes with unwavering confidence. His tracks burble with psychic messages of slow, patient crescendos, unpredictable rhythmic stutters, elegant vocal samples (often his own) and raw, emotional build, … read more »
GEN F: Ty Segall
The real truth about OC surfbrat-cum-NorCal scuzzlord Ty Segall is that his songs used to be these kinda miss and hit blowouts, hiding big holes under adrenaline and no-production fuzz. They were rad and got … read more »
Chico Sonido, Exclusive 3Ball Mix for FADER x Interview Outtakes
Chico Sonido is something of a silent godfather to the tribal guarachero scene. When he lived in Monterrey in the late ’90s, he absorbed the classic cumbias he heard everywhere in his neighborhood, La Campana, … read more »
FEATURE: Tribal Guarachero: Mexican Teens & Aztec History
Erick Rincon is only 16 years old. Level-headed and soft-spoken, the teenager radiates preternatural calm as he and some of his friends fold into a tiny studio in the back of his parents’ Monterrey, Mexico … read more »
FEATURE: Glasser is Living the Dream
Hung in a gigantic sky lit room at Dia Beacon, an art museum an hour and a half north of New York City, is a series of paintings by Andy Warhol called “Shadows.” Warhol completed … read more »
Video Premiere: Chromeo Discuss “Don’t Walk Away” + F69 Vinyl Archeology
We were pretty impressed by Chromeo‘s attention to detail on their latest album, Business Casual—in our Studio Time video with them, they told us they were following the template made by Quincy Jones and Hall … read more »
