http://www.thefader.com The FADER is the definitive voice of emerging music and the lifestyle that surrounds it. Mon, 13 Feb 2012 03:03:16 +0000 en hourly 1 http://www.thefader.com/2012/01/06/download-fade-to-minds-fader-mix/ http://www.thefader.com/2012/01/06/download-fade-to-minds-fader-mix/#comments Fri, 06 Jan 2012 16:00:41 +0000 THE FADER http://www.thefader.com/?p=165604 In FADER #77’s story Four on the Floor, we looked at a quartet of electronic and dance labels based in the states that are truly finding their own renewed themes. Though disco, house and techno … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2012/01/06/download-fade-to-minds-fader-mix/feed/ 7 http://www.thefader.com/2012/01/02/four-on-the-floor-electronic-labels/ http://www.thefader.com/2012/01/02/four-on-the-floor-electronic-labels/#comments Mon, 02 Jan 2012 15:29:27 +0000 THE FADER http://www.thefader.com/?p=164561 Everything goes in cycles, and right now we’re currently somewhere in the late-middle period of a heavy electronic music resurgence. Everyone involved is obsessed with talking about the textures of their music, and even more … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2012/01/02/four-on-the-floor-electronic-labels/feed/ 3 http://www.thefader.com/2011/12/12/77/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/12/12/77/#comments Mon, 12 Dec 2011 21:01:27 +0000 THE FADER http://www.thefader.com/?p=160625 A couple of years ago, Charles Hamilton was on the cover of the Now issue, FADER’s annual, year-end look forward amidst many other publications’ navel-gazing looks back. Hamilton, who in 2009 had heavy buzz and … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/12/12/77/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2011/12/02/gang-gang-dance-chinese-high-nguzunguzu-remix-mp3/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/12/02/gang-gang-dance-chinese-high-nguzunguzu-remix-mp3/#comments Fri, 02 Dec 2011 20:45:35 +0000 Sam Hockley-Smith http://www.thefader.com/?p=159751 When Gang Gang Dance announced they were taking Nguzunguzu on tour, the collective vibe in our office was pretty much, OF COURSE THAT SHOULD HAPPEN! And then Schnipper did this thing he does where he … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/12/02/gang-gang-dance-chinese-high-nguzunguzu-remix-mp3/feed/ 5 http://www.thefader.com/2011/10/18/video-nguzunguzu-water-bass-power-timesup-sand-mix/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/10/18/video-nguzunguzu-water-bass-power-timesup-sand-mix/#comments Tue, 18 Oct 2011 18:30:46 +0000 Naomi Zeichner http://www.thefader.com/?p=146767 Director/artist duo Subtrança—LA-based Miles Martinez and Daniela Anastassiou—shot real footage of mountains and dunes for “Water Bass Power (Timesup Sand Mix),” a visual journey through Nguzunguzu’s recent Timesup EP via Fade to Mind, condensed into … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/10/18/video-nguzunguzu-water-bass-power-timesup-sand-mix/feed/ 1 http://www.thefader.com/2011/10/12/sleep-%e2%88%9e-over-romantic-streams-nguzunguzu-remix-mp3/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/10/12/sleep-%e2%88%9e-over-romantic-streams-nguzunguzu-remix-mp3/#comments Wed, 12 Oct 2011 19:15:25 +0000 Sam Katz http://www.thefader.com/?p=145130 People love Sleep ∞ Over’s new album Forever. That affection has already resulted in a handful of remixes (like this one, or]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/10/12/sleep-%e2%88%9e-over-romantic-streams-nguzunguzu-remix-mp3/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2011/09/23/stream-dubbel-dutch-b-leave-nguzunguzu-remix/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/09/23/stream-dubbel-dutch-b-leave-nguzunguzu-remix/#comments Fri, 23 Sep 2011 15:15:12 +0000 Alex Frank http://www.thefader.com/?p=140896 So happy to see alliteration-fiends Dubbel Dutch and Nguzunguzu back together again after their sweet Ciara split. This time, it’s Nguzu on a B-side remix of DD’s new single, and they both fall right into … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/09/23/stream-dubbel-dutch-b-leave-nguzunguzu-remix/feed/ 1 http://www.thefader.com/2011/08/28/this-week-in-fader-august-28-2011-edition/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/08/28/this-week-in-fader-august-28-2011-edition/#comments Sun, 28 Aug 2011 15:30:21 +0000 THE FADER http://www.thefader.com/?p=134963 ** We glimpsed Aaliyah’s life via stories from Missy Eliottt, Kidada Jones and Method Man first published in our 2008 Icon Issue. We also re-upped DJ Caps’ Aaliyah U R Missed mix, a celebration of … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/08/28/this-week-in-fader-august-28-2011-edition/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2011/08/24/the-fader-issue-75-podcast/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/08/24/the-fader-issue-75-podcast/#comments Wed, 24 Aug 2011 13:12:39 +0000 THE FADER http://www.thefader.com/?p=133847 Summer’s ending, and that’s fine. Out with the sweat-stained t-shirts and the farmer tans, in with the autumn winds and the year’s greatest opportunity for clothing-based self-revitalization: shopping for fall fashions. Here’s a fun accessory … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/08/24/the-fader-issue-75-podcast/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2011/08/22/gen-f-nguzunguzu/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/08/22/gen-f-nguzunguzu/#comments Mon, 22 Aug 2011 14:01:14 +0000 Caroline McCloskey http://www.thefader.com/?p=133682 On overcast days city parks can feel foreboding, as if someone nearby is about to be bludgeoned, or the partially decomposed remains of a body are about to be discovered by an amateur birdwatcher. This … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/08/22/gen-f-nguzunguzu/feed/ 2 http://www.thefader.com/2011/08/20/75/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/08/20/75/#comments Sat, 20 Aug 2011 13:58:11 +0000 THE FADER http://www.thefader.com/?p=132100 In kindergarten I had a friend named Jill who had super curly hair and a polka dot shirt. We used to play with dominoes all the time. I never saw her again after 1989, when … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/08/20/75/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2011/08/09/world-premiere-the-fader-issue-75-fall-fashion-featuring-frank-ocean-and-the-rapture/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/08/09/world-premiere-the-fader-issue-75-fall-fashion-featuring-frank-ocean-and-the-rapture/#comments Tue, 09 Aug 2011 22:00:05 +0000 THE FADER http://www.thefader.com/?p=131322 Fall! It’s a time for light coats and a (thankfully) more diverse wardrobe than the slight variations on tees and rolled up pants that we’ve been wearing all summer. It’s also the time for our … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/08/09/world-premiere-the-fader-issue-75-fall-fashion-featuring-frank-ocean-and-the-rapture/feed/ 68 http://www.thefader.com/2011/07/25/ayshay-warn-u-nguzunguzu-remix-mp3/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/07/25/ayshay-warn-u-nguzunguzu-remix-mp3/#comments Mon, 25 Jul 2011 15:25:31 +0000 Sam Hockley-Smith http://www.thefader.com/?p=128217 Ayshay’s Muslim Trance mix was one of those quiet game changers that we still listen to on a regular basis today. So much so, that we’re regularly checking the internet for news of her upcoming … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/07/25/ayshay-warn-u-nguzunguzu-remix-mp3/feed/ 1 http://www.thefader.com/2011/07/19/photos-fadervitaminwaters-capsule-afterparty-starring-nguzunguzu-grimes-zomby/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/07/19/photos-fadervitaminwaters-capsule-afterparty-starring-nguzunguzu-grimes-zomby/#comments Tue, 19 Jul 2011 16:30:43 +0000 THE FADER http://www.thefader.com/?p=126809 We pulled out all the stops for this one, culling a rare lineup for the Capsule afterparty (check out our interviews with five rising designers plus a photo recap from the event). Nguzunguzu held down … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/07/19/photos-fadervitaminwaters-capsule-afterparty-starring-nguzunguzu-grimes-zomby/feed/ 1 http://www.thefader.com/2011/07/05/nguzunguzus-xlr8r-mix-mp3/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/07/05/nguzunguzus-xlr8r-mix-mp3/#comments Tue, 05 Jul 2011 17:38:27 +0000 Naomi Zeichner http://www.thefader.com/?p=123879 Today, the LA boy/girl duo Nguzunguzu released their new Times Up EP on just-born American freak disco label Fade to Mind. Download it on iTunes for less than your lunch money, and for no dollars … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/07/05/nguzunguzus-xlr8r-mix-mp3/feed/ 2 http://www.thefader.com/2011/06/22/munchi-f-mr-lexx-shottas-nguzunguzu-remix-mp3/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/06/22/munchi-f-mr-lexx-shottas-nguzunguzu-remix-mp3/#comments Wed, 22 Jun 2011 18:30:28 +0000 Sam Hockley-Smith http://www.thefader.com/?p=121631 Feeling super bad for any 1940s dude who shows up in a time machine in 2011 and immediately learns about the internet and decides to check out this blog post before he does anything else … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/06/22/munchi-f-mr-lexx-shottas-nguzunguzu-remix-mp3/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2011/05/19/jhene-aiko-club-stranger-nguzunguzu-remix-mp3/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/05/19/jhene-aiko-club-stranger-nguzunguzu-remix-mp3/#comments Thu, 19 May 2011 19:30:06 +0000 Sam Hockley-Smith http://www.thefader.com/?p=114025 On the original version of Jhene Aiko’s “Stranger,” her voice is thin and close to a whisper, and it is for some reason heartbreaking when the song stutters over her line: a lot of shit … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/05/19/jhene-aiko-club-stranger-nguzunguzu-remix-mp3/feed/ 2 http://www.thefader.com/2011/04/29/k48-debuts-new-issue-and-cd-of-nguzunguzu-light-asylum-and-brenmar/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/04/29/k48-debuts-new-issue-and-cd-of-nguzunguzu-light-asylum-and-brenmar/#comments Fri, 29 Apr 2011 19:30:20 +0000 Alex Frank http://www.thefader.com/?p=108513 K48‘s been around forever in New York years (in real years, about 12). It’s a little DIY magazine of interviews and art that has stuck it out through the city’s breakneck cultural changes. Looking at … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/04/29/k48-debuts-new-issue-and-cd-of-nguzunguzu-light-asylum-and-brenmar/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2011/03/09/nguzunguzus-the-perfect-lullaby-mix-mp3/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/03/09/nguzunguzus-the-perfect-lullaby-mix-mp3/#comments Wed, 09 Mar 2011 19:30:12 +0000 Naomi Zeichner http://www.thefader.com/?p=98304 If you were 11 years old in 1998, you wore out Brandy’s Never Say Never LP, watched MTV’s Top Ten countdown all summer long hoping that the stars would align, that someone you loved a … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/03/09/nguzunguzus-the-perfect-lullaby-mix-mp3/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2011/02/28/azizamans-chi-townz-finest-beaches-footwork-mix-mp3/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/02/28/azizamans-chi-townz-finest-beaches-footwork-mix-mp3/#comments Mon, 28 Feb 2011 22:30:40 +0000 THE FADER http://www.thefader.com/?p=95710 While 00.09% of the US population actually knows how to properly dance to this stuff, the percentage of those taking notice of the Chicago footwork (aka juke) scene is starting to get a little bigger. … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/02/28/azizamans-chi-townz-finest-beaches-footwork-mix-mp3/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2011/02/02/rainbow-arabia-without-you-nguzunguzu-remix-mp3/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/02/02/rainbow-arabia-without-you-nguzunguzu-remix-mp3/#comments Wed, 02 Feb 2011 17:00:59 +0000 Matthew Schnipper http://www.thefader.com/?p=89304 Rainbow Arabia‘s “Without You” is three and a half minutes long. This remix is basically the first four seconds on repeat. Feeling like Nguzunguzu are into big twigs as drumsticks. Rainbow Arabia into it, but … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/02/02/rainbow-arabia-without-you-nguzunguzu-remix-mp3/feed/ 5 http://www.thefader.com/2011/02/02/premiere-jim-e-stacks-fader-mix/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/02/02/premiere-jim-e-stacks-fader-mix/#comments Wed, 02 Feb 2011 16:00:22 +0000 Alex Frank http://www.thefader.com/?p=89271 Haven’t been to New Orleans in a while, wonder what night life is like down there. People have been telling us to move there, that it’s where the fun is. Is this true? Jim-E Stack … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/02/02/premiere-jim-e-stacks-fader-mix/feed/ 4 http://www.thefader.com/2010/12/20/nguzunguzu-mirage-jim-e-stack-mix-mp3/ http://www.thefader.com/2010/12/20/nguzunguzu-mirage-jim-e-stack-mix-mp3/#comments Mon, 20 Dec 2010 21:00:57 +0000 Alex Frank http://www.thefader.com/?p=84132 Jim-E Stack mix’s of NGUZUNGUZU‘s “Mirage” turns the jam into a mythic call-and-response, a lady siren opening the track with a repetitive sample that conjures right into a deep blue chasm. She’s met a minute … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2010/12/20/nguzunguzu-mirage-jim-e-stack-mix-mp3/feed/ 5 http://www.thefader.com/2010/11/09/ciara-deuces-nguzunguzu-dubbel-dutch-remixes-mp3s/ http://www.thefader.com/2010/11/09/ciara-deuces-nguzunguzu-dubbel-dutch-remixes-mp3s/#comments Tue, 09 Nov 2010 21:30:09 +0000 Matthew Schnipper http://www.thefader.com/?p=77374 First, Chris Brown makes a song. Then a lot of guys rap on a remix with him. Then Ciara shoos him away, does her own version (though taking some of his lyrics). Then California duo … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2010/11/09/ciara-deuces-nguzunguzu-dubbel-dutch-remixes-mp3s/feed/ 3 http://www.thefader.com/2010/10/13/feature-in-tribal-guarachero-teenage-wilders-rebirth-aztec-history/ http://www.thefader.com/2010/10/13/feature-in-tribal-guarachero-teenage-wilders-rebirth-aztec-history/#comments Wed, 13 Oct 2010 15:29:52 +0000 Jace Clayton http://www.thefader.com/?p=73354 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 »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2010/10/13/feature-in-tribal-guarachero-teenage-wilders-rebirth-aztec-history/feed/ 9 http://www.thefader.com/2010/03/17/levis%c2%aefader-fort-line-up-day-1/ http://www.thefader.com/2010/03/17/levis%c2%aefader-fort-line-up-day-1/#comments Wed, 17 Mar 2010 18:21:14 +0000 Julianne Escobedo Shepherd http://www.thefader.com/?p=23291 It’s a gorgeous day in Austin, Texas, and we’re gearing up (read: PUMPED) for the first day of the Levi’s®/FADER Fort. Special thanks to all the folks in the wristband line: we’re psyched to see … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2010/03/17/levis%c2%aefader-fort-line-up-day-1/feed/ 1 http://www.thefader.com/2010/03/17/levis%c2%ae-fader-fort-photos-day-1/ http://www.thefader.com/2010/03/17/levis%c2%ae-fader-fort-photos-day-1/#comments Wed, 17 Mar 2010 18:14:56 +0000 THE FADER http://www.thefader.com/?p=23292 http://www.thefader.com/2010/03/17/levis%c2%ae-fader-fort-photos-day-1/feed/ 1 http://www.thefader.com/2010/02/25/video-nguzunguzu-got-ua-ring-to-it/ http://www.thefader.com/2010/02/25/video-nguzunguzu-got-ua-ring-to-it/#comments Thu, 25 Feb 2010 15:32:39 +0000 Julianne Escobedo Shepherd http://www.thefader.com/?p=22676 read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2010/02/25/video-nguzunguzu-got-ua-ring-to-it/feed/ 1 http://www.thefader.com/2010/01/14/nguzunguzus-bonkers-new-ep/ http://www.thefader.com/2010/01/14/nguzunguzus-bonkers-new-ep/#comments Thu, 14 Jan 2010 17:41:31 +0000 Julianne Escobedo Shepherd http://www.thefader.com/?p=21483 read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2010/01/14/nguzunguzus-bonkers-new-ep/feed/ 4 http://www.thefader.com/2009/09/24/waer-drum-cirkill-mixtape-mp3/ http://www.thefader.com/2009/09/24/waer-drum-cirkill-mixtape-mp3/#comments Thu, 24 Sep 2009 20:13:26 +0000 Julianne Escobedo Shepherd http://www.thefader.com/?p=16167 read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2009/09/24/waer-drum-cirkill-mixtape-mp3/feed/ 2 http://www.thefader.com/2009/07/06/total-freedom-nguzunguzu-wildness-club-vortex-mixtape/ http://www.thefader.com/2009/07/06/total-freedom-nguzunguzu-wildness-club-vortex-mixtape/#comments Mon, 06 Jul 2009 16:12:46 +0000 Julianne Escobedo Shepherd http://www.thefader.com/?p=8677 read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2009/07/06/total-freedom-nguzunguzu-wildness-club-vortex-mixtape/feed/ 1 http://www.thefader.com/2009/03/26/audio-maluca-el-tigeroso-nguzunguzu-remix/ http://www.thefader.com/2009/03/26/audio-maluca-el-tigeroso-nguzunguzu-remix/#comments Thu, 26 Mar 2009 11:45:00 +0000 THE FADER read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2009/03/26/audio-maluca-el-tigeroso-nguzunguzu-remix/feed/ 0