I had the pleasure to see Grems live while I was in Brussels last month. Here is one of the video.
enjoy.

I just discovered Stephanie Brown a.k.a Lips, a singer from New Zealand. “Everything to me” is a very cute song, i like the lyrics and her voice is very beautiful. That Christian Strobe remix is dope as well.
Enjoy.

José James‘s new single is finally out, called “Trouble” off his upcoming album “No Beginning, No End“. It was released today. You can purchase it on itunes. First time I’ve listened to it was the Oh No remix on Lefto’s radio show #480 and listened to it on repeat. The single is really dope and groovy, and that Pino Palladino’s bass… !

Trouble (Oh No Remix) by josejamesworldwide

Trouble by josejamesworldwide

Voici une affiche de rêve pour les gens comme moi… Fan de Taylor McFerrin et de Omar. Ayant déjà vu les deux séparément, avec toujours un excellent souvenir, j’ai hâte les voir dans la même soirée… Et qui sait, ils partageront peut-être la scène ensemble quelques minutes.
Mercredi 12 Octobre à la Bellevilloise. Achetez votre place ici.

Ci-dessous les infos + une video du dernier passage de Taylor Mcferrin à Paris.

Mercredi 12 Octobre – 20h

LA RAFINERIE présente
OMAR Live Band + TAYLOR McFERRIN

Date unique En France!
A l’occasion de la réédition de son 6ieme album « Sing If You Want It », comptant des collaborations avec Stevie Wonder, Estelle, Common, Angie Stone ou encore Zed Bias, OMAR, la légende vivante anglaise de la nu-soul, connu également pour sa collaboration avec Erykah Badu sur le titre « Be Thankful », revient à Paris pour un concert unique en France ! Au programme, ses meilleurs titres en live et quelques nouveautés pour le public parisien !
www.omarmusic.net/

Avec lui, TAYLOR McFERRIN, le fils de Bobby McFerrin, pour un live solo ! Producteur, compositeur et multi-instrumentaliste, il se livre sur scène à une vraie performance solo alliant Rhodes, Synthé, sample, beatbox et voix, donnant ainsi une vision nouvelle du hip hop qui lui a valu de rejoindre récemment l’écurie Brainfeeder aux cotés de Flying Lotus, Samiyam, Ras G, ou encore Daedelus !
www.taylormcferrin.com/

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Dal Gren – Boss (Cut Basic II) from AITF on Vimeo.

Dal-Gren aka Walter Mecca released his Cut Basic part II last month and it’s simply pure dopeness. I already posted the teaser now it’s the first music video off cut Basic 2 “Boss”. If you don’t understand french, it’s all good, the flow is dope.

Buy Cut Basic 2.

Fav tracks off Cut Basic 2 : Bubble Gun, Lil South, Handmande, Victim, TDL, Boss.

I love Thundercat ! Cannot wait, August 30th, get ready, album will be out.

Thundercat ‘Shenanigans Pt.1′ mixed by Flying Lotus – download
Download audio file (thundercatmix.mp3)

Lots of people ask me about Thundercat, and how I come to know this guy. Thing is you’ve been hearing him for years and probably didn’t even know it. He’s one of the most talented bass players I’ve ever witnessed and I’ve been blessed to have worked with this guy on ‘Cosmogramma’ and ‘Pattern+Grid World’. Since then Thunder has been like a brother to me and feels like the other half of my brain in the studio. I thought it would be good to get you familiar with the man who’s contributed his unique sound to so many records I love. Here’s some things, a prelude to the LP. Some new, some you might know, some we may never release.

His debut album ‘The Golden Age of Apocalypse’ drops Aug. 30th, which I have had my hand in putting together.

The Golden Age of Apocalypse:

1. “HooooooO”
2. “Daylight”
3. “Fleer Ultra”
4. “Is It Love?”
5. “For Love I Come”
6. “It Really Doesn’t Matter to You”
7. “Jamboree”
8. “Boat Cruise”
9. “Seasons”
10. “Goldenboy”
11. “Walkin’”
12. “Mystery Machine (The Golden Age of Apocalypse)”
13. “Return to the Journey”

Nicky Lars – Do You Know Nicky Lars? from LE BON TEMPO on Vimeo.

Finally the music video, enjoy ! Made by Le Bon Tempo.

You know I’ll always support Knxwledge. He is so dope. Enjoy.

Here is Sene‘s new project called “Exit, Us“, a 10 minutes compilation of songs linked by dialogs/interlude. Give it a listen and I’m sure you will love it as much as I do. This emcee is refreshing to me, makes me think of Blu and Jay Electronica (both for different reason : format, flow, lyrics, spirit…).
The first track is def my favorite with a dope first verse:

If I could ride Pegasus, back to exodus
Before the apple Adam ate, before able exited
before we made the atom split, we were all African
kings were brown and black again
before slave trafficking, before computers
if I could pick a territory it would be Zamunda,
before Kunta, before rumors of a Lucifer,
before I had to watch my back from the sirens on a Lumina,
or before I had to go and see my homies at they funeral,
my life is beautiful, my life is brutal tho,
era of the crack game, beepers and the crap games,
AIDS became the black plague,
and angels changed they last names,
big body Benzes, graffitti on the benches,
friends turning friends in to get a lighter sentence,
so if you hit heaven any earlier than I,
just know that I’m trying to make amends

Thanks to Sweeney for sharing and sending me good music like that.

Sene – Exit, Us
Download audio file (exitus.mp3)