Es gibt so einige News von Drake. Kurz vor dem offiziellen Release seines lang erwarteten Albums “Take Care” sind am Wochenende zwei neue Songs von Drake im Internet aufgetaucht: Der Song “Crew Love”, welcher in Zusammenarbeit mit The Weeknd entstand, sowie der Titelsong “Take Care” des Albums, den der Rapper mit Rihanna aufgenommen hat und welcher exklusiv von Jamie XX produziert wurde.
Drake schien nicht sonderlich interessiert an den Veröffentlichungen seiner Songs. Er twitterte nach einigen Berichten im Internet: “Ich bin mir nicht sicher, ob das Album jemandem zugespielt wurde. Aber falls es so ist, bin ich froh, dass es nicht schon einen Monat früher passiert ist. Hört es euch an, genießt es, kauft es, wenn ihr es mögt… und passt auf euch auf, bis zum nächsten Mal.”
Der erste Song aus dem noch unveröffentlichten Album “Amy Winehouse Lioness: Hidden Treasures”, welches am 5. Dezember erscheinen soll, wurde nun veröffentlicht. Der Song wurde zusammen mit dem Rapper Nas aufgenommen und vereint wunderbar die beiden Stilrichtungen Soul und Rap.
Hier könnt ihr den Track bereits hören:
Justin Bieber Freestyle
Justin Bieber, welcher ja eigentlich eher für Schnulzensongs und kreischende Mädchen bekannt ist, hat kürzlich bei einer Radio Show des Senders Power 106 bewiesen, dass er auch Rappen kann. Nachdem ihn DJ Premier nicht auf die BET Awards gelassen hat, wollte er sich beweisen und das aber Richtig! Wir finden er hat das ganz gut gemacht!
Modeselektor feat. Thom Yorke “Shipwreck”
Passend zu Halloween veröffentlichte Modeselektor das neuste Video zum Song “Shipwreck”. Der Videoclip handelt von Zombies, und einem Jungen der auf alle Fälle Zombies vermeiden möchte. Der Clip ist eine Hommage an Danny Boyle’s 28 days later.
Viel zu wenig weibliche Rapperinen gibt es. Deshalb freuen wir uns umso mehr, wenn wir eine entdecken, die es tatsächlich drauf hat. Lady Leshurr aus Birmingham, welche gerade ihr neustes Video zum Song „Lego“ veröffentlicht hat, ist so eine Künstlerin. In dem Video zeigt uns Lady Leshurr ihre enorme Wortgewandtheit , Schnelligkeit und auch ihren Sinn für Humor. Der etwas skurille Videokclip passt super zum Track und wir sind uns sicher, dass wir noch einiges von Lady Leshurr hören werden.
Friends are friends, till the end. Ok, this time, for at least five years. Supporting and celebrating our boys Huy Dieu, Kazuma Hataraki, Khaled Sufi and Miki Devic from the Düsseldorfer possee Dreamteam Clothing aka DRMTM, we hopped in our fake luxury Ford Koda on Friday evening, for a six hour ride down west. Apart from hosting DRMTM at Bread & Butter for quite some seasons now, Huy is also the big boss at gooq, which is responsible for our website design- basically we (need) to treat him as GOD. Jokes aside, forever grateful.
First things first, shopping & flea-market. 7PM, ready to head out to Huy’s birthday dinner, what a coincidence, at a sweet Vietnamese place called Khan’s Lilly where we were invited to roll our own spring rolls and mess around with prawns a la yummy Asian fondue style. Cake, singing happy birthday 50 times and a lot of bottles of wine later, it was time to pateeeeey.
Düsseldorf’s UFER 8, a 1000 young NRW (some-wannabe) hipsters were going absolutely crazy for Matt’s, our lady Ms. Klick Klack aka Hadi aka Hadnet Tesfair and the ultra-good world-champ DJ Rafik. Highlight was of course our eVerette Lary Says aka Larissa Sirah who was performing with Miki & co., also known as the “12 inch Orchestra”. 1.5 hours of straight on hits- huge big up!
Hangover Sunday: lets invade Selim’s TOYKIO and eat delightful bagels and buy addictive art! Great concept, great store, great art- we loved it all!
Once again: HAPPY BIRTHDAY DRMTM, on to the next 5!
Vor ein paar Wochen veröffentlichte The Weeknd einen neuen Song mit dem Titel “Initiation”, welcher uns mit seinen dunklen, sexy und fesselden Tunes begeisterte. Nun taucht schon das erste, unofizielle Video zum Song auf. Erstellt wurde das Video von Marcos Fantu, welcher in seinem Video nackte Frauen die Alkohol und Drogen konsumieren, zeigt. Perfekt abgestimmt auf den Song, wirkt das Video jedoch eher künstlerisch und passt wunderbar zum neusten Track von The Weeknd.
Am 12. November 2011 ist es soweit. Berlin verwandelt sich mitten im Winter in São Paulo und feiert eine hitzige brasilianische Party. Unter dem Motto “Electric Carneval” findet das Smirnoff Nightlife Exchange Event im Energieforum gegenüber dem Berliner Ostbahnhof statt und bietet die perfekte Kulisse für eine bunte, feurige Party wie sie in Brasilien gefeiert wird. Schliesslich werden für den diesjährigen Nightlife Exchange auch 1500 Feiernde erwartet. Zur gleichen Zeit werden 50 weitere Länder ebenfalls ihr charakteristisches Nachtleben tauschen und eine unvergessliche Party feiern.
Moderiert wird das Event in Berlin von niemand anderm als Palina Rojinski welche sich bereits in dem unten stehenden Video perfekt auf den Nightlife Exchange vorbereitet hat.
Auch Musikalische Highlights dürfen am “Electric Carneval” nicht fehlen. Die brasilianische Band CSS sowie das deutsche Duo SNAP werden mit ihren Songs das Publikum begeistern. Am Mischpult stehen ausserdem DJ Edgar und Daniel Haaksman. DJ Edgar wurde vom japanischen Rolling Stone zum weltbesten Baile Funk DJ gewählt und garantiert heisse Tanztunes.
Bei einem Tausch mit São Paulo darf brasilianisches Flair natürlich nicht fehlen. Eine bunte Parade aus brasilianischen Drummern, Tänzerinnen sowie Capoeira versus Breakdance wird zu einer unvergesslichen Nacht beitragen.
Das Geschehen am Abend selbst wurde hauptsächlich von den Smirnoff Facebook-Fans mitbestimmt. Diese konnten auf der Social Media Plattform Ideen zur Gestaltung des Nachtlebens einreichen. Die besten Vorschläge in den Kategorien Musik, Locations, Tanzen, Essen und Trinken werden auf dem Event am 12. November in Berlin umgesetzt.
Tickets für das Event in Berlin werden auf der Facebook-Seite von Smirnoff Deutschland verlost und sind nicht im Verkauf erhältlich.
Lana Del Rey, the king queen of currently being remixed in the hyped music scene. This time Odd Future’s Syd Tha Kid gives it a shot under her new project name The Internet. “Blue Jeans” gets a new make over… Listen up below!
Our all-time friends based in Düsseldorf, electro label Desolat, presents the debut album of our eVerette tINI, who we had a chat with when eVe was just a baby, actually one of our first features.
Named after a music-loving friend who supported tINI’s transformation as a producer and DJ, “Tessa” is the finest result of her unique sound and version of house music, encouraging it with her influence of urban gleam filtered through the laid back and surreal atmosphere of Ibiza, where the majority of the album was produced.
She says, “For me a song is like my very own diary. My way to express my feelings in that very moment: from absolute joy to deepest melancholy.” Tracks like “My Shine”, “Canta la Testoasa” and “Maria, Louise and Bert” bolster the album with relaxed dancefloor vibes, while “Triptease” veers slightly closer to a boompty house pattern. “tINI Meets Jack – Medusa” brings an uplifting snap, “Monkey’s Cave” simmers and “Fail Better” unspools some compelling minimal house vibes. Lastly, on “Someone Loves You”, tINI’s debut Ibiza season wraps to a close with that same contemplative mood. ”I put these feelings and friends’ vocals from that time into my songs: reworking my old (heartache) songs, I ?cleaned my inside up.“
tINI is part of the Desolat family since 2009, originally comes from Munich and now lives in Berlin. She is a great, funny, we love her blond jumping curls. But most importantly her music is captivating, and we are damn proud that she is on the non-stop rising journey of her music career.
No matter if you are already a fan or not, check out her stream here. Then, once you became one, show your deserved support here and enjoy.
You either love her or you hate her. Lets start with the loving: in your face lyrics, crazy-great outfits, creative influences on all means, thousands of sold tracks, connected to some of the best musicians out there, etc. The hating: too much of the good, possible fakeness, might get annoying in time. Its a taste thing, just like with Ms. Gaga. You’re not meant to love it all, you’re just meant to see the certain talent and importance of its current social effect within today’s pop culture.
After rising up singing about Gucci, Gucci, Gucci and self-proclaiming herself with the “I dont give a fuck” syndrome, Natassia Gail Zolot aka Kreayshawn, the rapper & aspiring music video director now also has an online video game, created by indie game creator Beth Maher. Its important to say thats its not something Kreayshawn asked for, yet she completely supports and promotes it through her tumblr.
The game is not a future playstation collection. Its basic, was put together by Beth herself within four weeks, being her first one ever. Its a cute test shot, which will probably become more famous as Beth had thought, and which certainly gives Kreayshawn yet another dedicated fan feature- making then click to “kill basic bitches with swag”. Can we have one too, Beth?
Coldplay teams up with “Esquire’s sexiest woman alive” Rihanna for the track entitled “Princess of China”, which will be included in the bands fifth studio album Mylo Xyloto, due on October 24th. Its not that we don’t like it, don’t get us wrong, but still Coldplay is buried in our hearts for their ability to produce that somewhat special feeling inside of us. Unfortunately its just not really happening this time, maybe its just too “poppy” for our rather individual taste. What do you think?
On the other hand, our current beloved SBTRKT was invited to deliver his best playlist to BBC Radio 1’s Essential Mix, which you can stream and listen directly on BBC’s website for the next five days. He included a previously unreleased track entitled “Runaway” which you can listen below, mixing it up with everything from D’Angelo to Flying Lotus and Radiohead for a complete set of 120 minutes.
Until now The Weeknd aka Abel Tesfaye has not dissapointed us once since we discovered his talent earlier this year. His latest track release “Initiation” runs right into the “we-like” folder, delivering us just that somewhat dark, sexy, intriguing feeling we can’t get enough of. Enjoy!
Freshly released today is the newest EP from mastermind James Blake, entitled “Enough Thunder”. Six amazing tracks follow after his debut release back in February which already made him rise to music heaven. And the best of all: we can listen to a full album stream right here, over and over again. For all us Europeans we’ll need to wait till October 10th when the good stuff will hit iTunes for us to shop delights. Second best thing: Blake will hit Hamburg, Berlin, Köln and Frankfurt from November 15th-19th. Make sure you get your ticket if you’re not too late alredy!
With an all new black-hair-look, miss “I’m pregnant and look stunning” Beyonce Knowles, hits us up with her latest video to her single “Countdown” off the “4″ album. 60’s mod styling meets a color splash in a what looks like to be a modern Audrey Hepburn tribute. Check it out!
Last but not least sound master A-Trak pays tribute to the passed away French mega-influencer DJ Mehdi with a 7min. track entitled “How Deep Is Your Love?”. He explains: I did this remix over the summer, and when I was close to finishing it I played it to my friend, the irreplaceable DJ Mehdi. We often played each other our productions for feedback. As it turns out he and Riton were visiting New York so they stopped by my apartment. I was working on the main version of the remix, the vocal version. I knew I would make a few alternate edits during the mixdown. The funny thing was, Mehdi’s favorite part was the ending! He and Riton suggested that I have that part come in earlier. My reaction was: that would work well for the dub version. And sure enough, when I finished mixing it down I made a dub with their suggestion. When I sent it to Mehdi shortly after, he responded (as a joke) that I should call it “Dub For Mehdi”. He included it in his “Tunisian Summer” mix. And then, as we all know, the unimaginable happened and we lost our dear friend. The least I can do now is name the edit after him. This one’s for you, Memed.
