Soundsystem: The ThrowAways Mixtape / Corté
We introduced hip hop hopeful Corté on our site, in the summer of 2012, debuting his SourLife2 Mixtape. We’re proud to drop his follow-up mixtape, The ThrowAways. Once again, the East Coast rhyme-styler keeps it on point as he drops new-verse-after-new-verse over a plethora of classic beats. Our favorite is the leadoff track, as Corté rhymes […]
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Soundcast: Boiler Room Mixes / Jamie xx, SBTRKT & Lifelike
Here are a few mixes to spruce up your day. The first two are from the Boiler Room Los Angeles, which bring you 50 minute mixes by, none other than, Jamie xx and SBTRKT. Last but not least, another 50 minute mix by Lifelike. Stream them, enjoy them, download them. –@s_iravani
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Down On Life (Official Music Video) / Elliphant
The music video for Down On Life directed by Tim Erem. The exciting, new artist is Elliphant, a unique talent who hails from Sweden. Another one to look out for. Her self-titled 5-track EP debuts on January 20, 2013. Also, peep the videos for Ciant Hear It and In the Jungles, both below. –@teemunny
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Soundsystem: P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing) (Michael Jackson Cover) / Nite Jewel
Los Angeles synth-pop artist Nite Jewel (Ramona Gonzalez) brightens our day with the smoky, fun yet tasteful, cover of MJ’s P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing). This is one of our favorite Michael Jackson hits, if not our favorite. We, literally, have consecutively played this cover eight times in a row, utterly turning our grey day on its […]
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56k (Official Video) / Hot Sugar featuring Heems
Here’s New York City producer Nick Koenig, aka Hot Sugar, with 56k featuring Heems from Das Racist. I’m so confused. Is indie exceptionalism dead or are we finally acquiescing to the hipster ethos? Because we’re presenting a video filled with imagery and aural happenings which appear to emanate from Generation Ennui. There’s the achingly in-vogue, […]
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Soundcast: Hip Hop Roundup / Casey Veggies x Die Antwoord x Future x Jay Z x Joey Bada$$ x Kanye West
A host of new audio joints for you. First up is Casey Veggies‘ Life$tyle produced by Cardiak. This is the first track off of Casey’s upcoming album, which is slated to be released in Early 2013. After that, it’s a remix by DJ/Producer IICARUS of Die Antwoord‘s DIS IZ WHY IM HOT. Moombahtrap? Batting third, it’s Karate Chop by Future featuring […]
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Soundsystem: Closed Sessions: Break Ya Neck / Hodgy Beats (prod. by Thelonious Martin)
Towards the end of the summer, Odd Future’s U.S. tour hit the lovely city of Chicago. Before their show at the Vic Theater, Hodgy Beats and Left Brain, who together form the group MellowHype, came through SoundScape for a Closed Session. Based what we’ve seen in videos and in concert, we braced ourselves for what […]
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Soundsystem: Jamie xx: Live at I Love Techno 2012 (Ghent, Belgium)
Jamie xx worked the ones-and-twos, this past Saturday, at I Love Techno 2012, the EDM festival in Ghent, Belgium. Peep the smooth and clean half-an-hour set below. Warning: you will feel the urge to bust a move and/or make a baby. –@teemunny
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Soundsystem: And It Was U / How To Dress Well
Here is And It Was U, a track with an alluringly minimal vibe by the experimental pop producer and singer, How To Dress Well (Tom Krell). Also, download his cover of Janet Jackson‘s Again, stream his live performance of Ocean Floor For Everything at the Waldorf Hotel in Vancouver and his cover of R. Kelly‘s I Wish, an emotional […]
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Soundsystem: SourLife2 Mixtape / Corté
We’re excited to introduce Askia Mohammed Toure Rumph, also known as Corté (pronounced “cor-tay”), an American rapper based in a small town right outside of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. In 2011, he released his debut album, SourLife, via 700 Level Entertainment. At the time, he felt he was being held back, so Corté flew the coop, becoming an independent artist and […]
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Soundsystem: Sweet LIFE / Frank Ocean
I feel like a free man. Several days after Frank Ocean made the somewhat shocking, definitely courageous, casual announcement, via his Tumblr account, revealing he once fell in love with another man, Frank drops a song for us to download and take in. It is Sweet Life and it is off of his upcoming album […]
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Soundsystem: Loudspeaker Riddim / Dre Skull (UPDATED)
Popcaan’s “The System” is an epic, conscious song over Dre Skull’s “Loudspeaker Riddim” that sees the young deejay describing the trials and struggles of ghetto youth in the face of the system. Nearly a year after producing Vybz Kartel’s “Kingston Story” and fresh from delivering Popcaan’s “Get Gyal Easy,” Dre Skull returns with a brand […]
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