http://www.thefader.com The FADER is the definitive voice of emerging music and the lifestyle that surrounds it. Mon, 13 Feb 2012 05:13:08 +0000 en hourly 1 http://www.thefader.com/2012/01/03/what-you-missed-over-the-holidays-everything-and-nothing-2/ http://www.thefader.com/2012/01/03/what-you-missed-over-the-holidays-everything-and-nothing-2/#comments Tue, 03 Jan 2012 18:09:52 +0000 Naomi Zeichner http://www.thefader.com/?p=165258 Welcome back to your office, hope it smells like you remember! FADER takes a break for the holidays, but we’re now happily back in our office chairs. As you blink into your RSS feed, like … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2012/01/03/what-you-missed-over-the-holidays-everything-and-nothing-2/feed/ 1 http://www.thefader.com/2011/12/15/download-weird-christmas-songs-by-wiley-and-members-of-gang-gang-dance/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/12/15/download-weird-christmas-songs-by-wiley-and-members-of-gang-gang-dance/#comments Thu, 15 Dec 2011 20:24:37 +0000 Duncan Cooper http://www.thefader.com/?p=163399 Presumably in the spirit of sanctioned drunkenness at corporate holiday parties, Calvin Klein (!?) commissioned Gang Gang Dance’s Lizzi Bougatsos and Josh Diamond to produce a twisted, sexy holiday song entitled “Holiday (Dope Xxxmas).” Bougatsos … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/12/15/download-weird-christmas-songs-by-wiley-and-members-of-gang-gang-dance/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2011/09/27/adult-swims-unclassified-compilation-f-burial-sbtrkt-and-zomby-mp3/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/09/27/adult-swims-unclassified-compilation-f-burial-sbtrkt-and-zomby-mp3/#comments Tue, 27 Sep 2011 15:45:22 +0000 Duncan Cooper http://www.thefader.com/?p=141591 Television channel Adult Swim and automaker Scion have released an 18 track compilation of “rare and unreleased” mostly-UK future music. It’s called Unclassified, it’s free and its producer list is actually pretty staggering: Burial, SBTRKT, … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/09/27/adult-swims-unclassified-compilation-f-burial-sbtrkt-and-zomby-mp3/feed/ 3 http://www.thefader.com/2011/04/15/video-wiley-numbers-in-action/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/04/15/video-wiley-numbers-in-action/#comments Fri, 15 Apr 2011 15:00:35 +0000 Duncan Cooper http://www.thefader.com/?p=105720 This is the best mood for Wiley lately, the most endearing vibe: smiling cynicism. As fun as this “Numbers in Action” video looks, it’s all a sour jab at the well worn prescription of self … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/04/15/video-wiley-numbers-in-action/feed/ 1 http://www.thefader.com/2011/03/09/stream-jamie-xxs-grime-mix-on-bbc-1xtra/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/03/09/stream-jamie-xxs-grime-mix-on-bbc-1xtra/#comments Wed, 09 Mar 2011 15:27:31 +0000 Duncan Cooper http://www.thefader.com/?p=98216 When Jamie XX transitioned from his take on Gil Scott-Heron‘s “New Here” into Ruff Sqwad‘s “XTC Instrumental” a minute into his mix on Mistajam’s BCC 1xtra show, we don’t think anyone was expecting or really … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/03/09/stream-jamie-xxs-grime-mix-on-bbc-1xtra/feed/ 2 http://www.thefader.com/2011/03/07/video-wiley-i-just-woke-up/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/03/07/video-wiley-i-just-woke-up/#comments Mon, 07 Mar 2011 19:00:46 +0000 Duncan Cooper http://www.thefader.com/?p=97639 Wiley rapping from his office desk is kind of genius image-making. Watching the grime godfather FaceTime his iChat is on some lo-fi Justin Bieber couch, rally the base, fuck the industry (but also imagine if … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/03/07/video-wiley-i-just-woke-up/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2011/02/01/free-gucci-2-the-burrrtish-edition-mp3/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/02/01/free-gucci-2-the-burrrtish-edition-mp3/#comments Tue, 01 Feb 2011 15:30:22 +0000 Duncan Cooper http://www.thefader.com/?p=89062 The first Free Gucci mixtape boiled our bass brains and swallowed our car stereos last winter, but the world is very different now. After hearing Zomby crush Gucci’s “Boi” with a Dig Dug arcade console, … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/02/01/free-gucci-2-the-burrrtish-edition-mp3/feed/ 1 http://www.thefader.com/2010/11/18/seven-years-in-ten-minutes-pow-2011-vs-game-over/ http://www.thefader.com/2010/11/18/seven-years-in-ten-minutes-pow-2011-vs-game-over/#comments Thu, 18 Nov 2010 17:00:20 +0000 Peter Macia http://www.thefader.com/?p=78908 Way back in 2004, Lethal Bizzle jumped on Dexplicit’s Forward riddim with the lights of grime’s then still rising global status. “Pow,” the resulting track was one of the songs included in every non-UK journalist … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2010/11/18/seven-years-in-ten-minutes-pow-2011-vs-game-over/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2010/10/27/premiere-mj-coles-exclusive-fader-mix/ http://www.thefader.com/2010/10/27/premiere-mj-coles-exclusive-fader-mix/#comments Wed, 27 Oct 2010 15:30:40 +0000 Julianne Escobedo Shepherd http://www.thefader.com/?p=75600 MJ Cole‘s about to drop a sneaky heater of a single with Wiley on his own Prolific Recordings imprint, and to help celebrate, the iconic producer/DJ went completely bazonkers on a mix for us—no joke, … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2010/10/27/premiere-mj-coles-exclusive-fader-mix/feed/ 2 http://www.thefader.com/2010/10/25/wiley-its-wiley-mp3/ http://www.thefader.com/2010/10/25/wiley-its-wiley-mp3/#comments Mon, 25 Oct 2010 21:45:54 +0000 Erin Hansen http://www.thefader.com/?p=75308 The blending (or watering down) of dancehall with other musical genres has slowly been securing its footing in Jamaican music. While producers have started to tag new hybrid forms of dancehall with meaningless additives like … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2010/10/25/wiley-its-wiley-mp3/feed/ 7 http://www.thefader.com/2010/09/21/stream-mark-ronsons-album-record-collection/ http://www.thefader.com/2010/09/21/stream-mark-ronsons-album-record-collection/#comments Tue, 21 Sep 2010 19:00:30 +0000 Julianne Escobedo Shepherd http://www.thefader.com/?p=70645 Simply put, Record Collection (out 9/28) is our favorite thing Mark Ronson has ever done, and that’s not just cause it’s packed with FADER faves like MNDR, Ghostface, Pill, Spank Rock, D’Angelo (!), Wiley and … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2010/09/21/stream-mark-ronsons-album-record-collection/feed/ 2 http://www.thefader.com/2010/07/21/our-intern%e2%80%94and-yours%e2%80%94sifts-through-the-wiley-slush-for-grime-gold/ http://www.thefader.com/2010/07/21/our-intern%e2%80%94and-yours%e2%80%94sifts-through-the-wiley-slush-for-grime-gold/#comments Wed, 21 Jul 2010 19:45:52 +0000 THE FADER http://www.thefader.com/?p=37506 When grime star Wiley went nuts and released 200 tracks on his Twitter we threw up our hands. Just wake us when you find one as good as “Pies” we said. But we knew this … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2010/07/21/our-intern%e2%80%94and-yours%e2%80%94sifts-through-the-wiley-slush-for-grime-gold/feed/ 1 http://www.thefader.com/2010/07/07/video-kano-f-wiley-and-aidonia-get-wild/ http://www.thefader.com/2010/07/07/video-kano-f-wiley-and-aidonia-get-wild/#comments Wed, 07 Jul 2010 18:00:22 +0000 Matthew Schnipper http://www.thefader.com/?p=35962 Produced by Boys Noize, Kano’s new track is an international affair. The German producer has made a track loose enough to fit the frame for Kano and Wiley‘s UK rap and Aidonia‘s dancehall vocals. It’s … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2010/07/07/video-kano-f-wiley-and-aidonia-get-wild/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2010/05/13/stream-wiley-electric-boogaloo-hudson-mohawke-remix/ http://www.thefader.com/2010/05/13/stream-wiley-electric-boogaloo-hudson-mohawke-remix/#comments Thu, 13 May 2010 14:59:24 +0000 Matthew Schnipper http://www.thefader.com/?p=29305 For about three seconds of this remix, we thought, “Oh, Hudson Mohawke didn’t go completely bonkers on this one.” Then he looped up a sped up snippet of Wiley‘s vocal until it disintegrates. Then he … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2010/05/13/stream-wiley-electric-boogaloo-hudson-mohawke-remix/feed/ 1 http://www.thefader.com/2010/04/21/stream-wiley-f-j2k-jodie-connor-electric-boogaloo/ http://www.thefader.com/2010/04/21/stream-wiley-f-j2k-jodie-connor-electric-boogaloo/#comments Wed, 21 Apr 2010 23:00:59 +0000 Julianne Escobedo Shepherd http://www.thefader.com/?p=26681 read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2010/04/21/stream-wiley-f-j2k-jodie-connor-electric-boogaloo/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2010/03/04/video-jammer-better-than/ http://www.thefader.com/2010/03/04/video-jammer-better-than/#comments Thu, 04 Mar 2010 20:15:47 +0000 Julianne Escobedo Shepherd http://www.thefader.com/?p=22915 read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2010/03/04/video-jammer-better-than/feed/ 3 http://www.thefader.com/2010/02/26/stream-wiley-x-toadally-krossed-out-we-have-a-heart-attack/ http://www.thefader.com/2010/02/26/stream-wiley-x-toadally-krossed-out-we-have-a-heart-attack/#comments Fri, 26 Feb 2010 18:38:16 +0000 Julianne Escobedo Shepherd http://www.thefader.com/?p=22712 read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2010/02/26/stream-wiley-x-toadally-krossed-out-we-have-a-heart-attack/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2010/02/08/video-wiley-f-emeli-sande-never-be-your-woman/ http://www.thefader.com/2010/02/08/video-wiley-f-emeli-sande-never-be-your-woman/#comments Mon, 08 Feb 2010 17:20:59 +0000 Julianne Escobedo Shepherd http://www.thefader.com/?p=22154 read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2010/02/08/video-wiley-f-emeli-sande-never-be-your-woman/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2009/06/18/bass-odyssey-part-47/ http://www.thefader.com/2009/06/18/bass-odyssey-part-47/#comments Thu, 18 Jun 2009 14:45:00 +0000 THE FADER read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2009/06/18/bass-odyssey-part-47/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2009/04/29/video-boy-better-know-too-many-man/ http://www.thefader.com/2009/04/29/video-boy-better-know-too-many-man/#comments Wed, 29 Apr 2009 19:00:00 +0000 THE FADER read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2009/04/29/video-boy-better-know-too-many-man/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2008/10/23/video-wiley-f-mark-ronson-daniel-merriweather-cash-in-my-pocket-trailer/ http://www.thefader.com/2008/10/23/video-wiley-f-mark-ronson-daniel-merriweather-cash-in-my-pocket-trailer/#comments Thu, 23 Oct 2008 13:30:00 +0000 THE FADER read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2008/10/23/video-wiley-f-mark-ronson-daniel-merriweather-cash-in-my-pocket-trailer/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2008/08/28/freeload-wiley-summertime-crookers-remix/ http://www.thefader.com/2008/08/28/freeload-wiley-summertime-crookers-remix/#comments Thu, 28 Aug 2008 17:22:00 +0000 THE FADER read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2008/08/28/freeload-wiley-summertime-crookers-remix/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2008/08/21/prancehall-s-bass-odyssey-part-27/ http://www.thefader.com/2008/08/21/prancehall-s-bass-odyssey-part-27/#comments Thu, 21 Aug 2008 11:00:00 +0000 THE FADER read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2008/08/21/prancehall-s-bass-odyssey-part-27/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2008/07/17/prancehall-s-bass-odyssey-part-24/ http://www.thefader.com/2008/07/17/prancehall-s-bass-odyssey-part-24/#comments Thu, 17 Jul 2008 11:30:00 +0000 THE FADER read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2008/07/17/prancehall-s-bass-odyssey-part-24/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2008/05/08/prancehall-s-bass-odyssey-part-15/ http://www.thefader.com/2008/05/08/prancehall-s-bass-odyssey-part-15/#comments Thu, 08 May 2008 12:30:00 +0000 THE FADER read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2008/05/08/prancehall-s-bass-odyssey-part-15/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2008/03/17/prancehall-s-bass-odyssey-part-8/ http://www.thefader.com/2008/03/17/prancehall-s-bass-odyssey-part-8/#comments Mon, 17 Mar 2008 10:53:00 +0000 THE FADER read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2008/03/17/prancehall-s-bass-odyssey-part-8/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2008/02/28/prancehall-s-bass-odyssey-part-6/ http://www.thefader.com/2008/02/28/prancehall-s-bass-odyssey-part-6/#comments Thu, 28 Feb 2008 18:00:00 +0000 THE FADER read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2008/02/28/prancehall-s-bass-odyssey-part-6/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2007/11/12/video-wiley-vs-ghetto/ http://www.thefader.com/2007/11/12/video-wiley-vs-ghetto/#comments Mon, 12 Nov 2007 16:19:00 +0000 THE FADER read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2007/11/12/video-wiley-vs-ghetto/feed/ 0