Re:Generation Music Project 2012 (documentary) Review
REVIEW: The documentary, and I hesitate to call it a documentary, Re:Generation Music Project (2012) directed by Amir Bar-Lev, attempts to validate the contemporary DJ-slash-producer as true-blue musicians. Although the film is well-produced, the commercialized sheen takes away from the aura of the creative process. It doesn’t properly showcase the interplay of the DJs and musicians and, […]
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We Must Go On (HD Official Music Video) / Pretty Lights
Wow. Mr. Pretty Lights releases a rare music video for newly released track, We Must Go On. As always, fucking righteous soundwaves. A serving of soul-injected hiphop grooves for your body and mind. The video, as if it were composed of moving Instagram snapshots, acts as an ephemeral love letter to the music, to the world […]
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RE:GENERATION / A La Modeliste / Mark Ronson, Erykah Badu & Co.
Produced by Mark Ronson, A La Modeliste is a jazz track for RE:GENERATION that features
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Etta James 1938-2012
This is a big one. The Matriarch of Rhythm and Blues, original diva, Etta James has passed away this Friday morning of complications from leukemia at a hospital in Riverside, California. Her death was five days before her 74th birthday. James’ ranging style spanned a variety of musical genres. She could sing the blues, wail […]
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