Tag: James Blake

NEEDLE EXCHANGE 095: An Exclusive Mix By … King Britt

King Britt

“I like to make mixes as if they were movie soundtracks,” explains King Britt. “This one would be to a film starring Elena Anaya and directed by David Lynch.”

And with that, we’re off on a very strange trip indeed—a slow-burn excursion through the producer’s experimental side that’s light on beats and heavy on atmosphere. Which makes sense when you consider how expansive Britt’s latest project is. As heard on a freshly pressed Hyperdub EP, Fhloston Paradigm is a strictly analog tribute to the sci-fi scores Britt grew up with, from the obvious (Blade Runner, all things John Carpenter) to the outré (Ultraman, all things Japanese).

In the following exclusive, Britt shares some details on his next move—an album, and a Shabazz Palaces side project—and blends Moroder, Stockhausen and Eno in the most bewildering manner possible…

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2011 IN REVIEW: 40 Records Worth Hearing Beyond Our Top 10 Lists

Photo by Samantha Casolari

As we continue to look back at the year that was, we’d like to take a moment to memorialize 40 records we haven’t already highlighted in our editors’ lists (available here, here and here) or album spotlights, starting with a stunner that soothed our caffeine-wracked nerves every time we had to deliver an issue on deadline…

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2011 IN REVIEW: Das Racist Tackle the Year’s Top Tracks

Photos by Elizabeth Weinberg

A lot’s happened since the last time self-titled spent an afternoon with Das Racist, exploring the Queens neighborhood where MC Heems and hypeman Dapwell grew up. For one thing, the Brooklyn trio—rounded out by Kool A.D., possibly the only rapper we’ve ever seen rocking a pair of Zubaz pants—finally released its first proper album, Relax, a record that rightfully earned the group a Spin cover and the tagline “hip-hop’s smartest smartasses.” Relax has also kept Das Racist on the road for the past few months.

So rather than grill them about their role in underground rap or what it was like working with members of Vampire Weekend, Yeasayer and El-P, we asked the group about 25 of 2011’s most talked-about tracks…

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STREAM: David Lynch’s Mixtape, From This Mortal Coil To The Kills

Via The Stool Pigeon’s Mixcloud account:

Not so much a collection of songs that influenced the album they made together, more a mix of tracks, exclusive to The Stool Pigeon music newspaper, that David Lynch and his musical collaborator/engineer ‘Big’ Dean Hurley have been enjoying recently. Blues, garage rock, rock’n’roll, classic rock, a theme tune, even UK dubstep… it’s a suitably broad, wise and fun listen that we’re honoured to present to you. Read our interview with Lynch here and be sure to buy a copy of the excellent Crazy Clown Time.

Have a listen below…

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VIDEO: Watch James Blake’s ‘Morning Becomes Eclectic’ Session

In-studio clips of James Blake performing “CMYK” and the new song “Enough Thunder” are also available below….

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DOWNLOAD THIS NOW: James Blake’s BBC Radio 1 Essential Mix

[Listen Before You Buy; more James Blake here]

TEST PRESSING: Stream James Blake and Bon Iver’s Auto-Tune Heavy Single, “Fall Creek Boys Choir”

For more from James Blake—including a mix from earlier this year—head here, or take the plunge that is him producing Bon Iver below…

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1MM: Pitchfork Festival Photos, Day One, F/ Animal Collective, Battles, Guided By Voices, Thurston Moore and Neko Case’s Arm

Words and Photos by Andrew Parks

So the first day of this year’s Pitchfork Festival was a relatively sedate one, punctuated by such attention-seizing moments as the wall of noise/heavy bass lines that bookended James Blake‘s precious but prickly version of “The Wilhelm Scream”; the sloshed college rock of Guided By Voices; an absurdly tight Battles set that made us finally believe in their Tyondai-free lineup; and some new Animal Collective song that ended in Panda Bear clobbering his kit like an angry Muppet.

More to come as the weekend goes on. For now, some photos…

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Presenting Self-Titled’s Eleventh Issue, Featuring Cut Copy, Kode9, Earth, Panda Bear, Yuck, Kurt Vile, Anika and More

Photo by Marley Kate

As you may have noticed on our Twitter feed, the iPad edition of our new issue landed on Zinio’s newsstand tonight. You can grab it here, or order a discounted subscription that starts today by clicking this.

Here’s what’s inside:

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Pitchfork Announces First Round of Music Festival Acts, Including Animal Collective, TV on the Radio and James Blake

Animal Collective @ Prospect Park

Pitchfork has confirmed the initial lineup of its annual summer festival. Set to go on sale at 12 p.m. CST today via this official site, here’s the initial day-by-day breakdown…

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