Thursday, February 27, 2014
Wednesday, February 26, 2014
Infographics: Artist Map
Paul Lamere of Music Machinery made this interesting map of favorite musical acts by state. This map is not a map of the most played artist in each state, one requirement was that only one artist could be assigned to each state.
Paul explains "For this study, I sampled the listening preferences of about a quarter million listeners that have a zip code associated with their account. update: Listener data is drawn from a variety of music streaming services that are powered by The Echo Nest. I aggregated these listeners into regions (state, regional and all-US). To compare regions I look at the top-N most popular artists based upon listener plays in each region and look for artists that have a substantial change in rank between the two regions. These artists are the artists that define the taste for the region."
Paul explains "For this study, I sampled the listening preferences of about a quarter million listeners that have a zip code associated with their account. update: Listener data is drawn from a variety of music streaming services that are powered by The Echo Nest. I aggregated these listeners into regions (state, regional and all-US). To compare regions I look at the top-N most popular artists based upon listener plays in each region and look for artists that have a substantial change in rank between the two regions. These artists are the artists that define the taste for the region."
Fueiho in Tokyo
This is an interesting little short film about Fueiho (a law that prohibits dancing in Japan, as well as other things) and it's effect on electronic music and the club scene.
Tuesday, February 25, 2014
Fantastic Man (short documentary)
Really cool film about William Onyeabor, who was a Nigerian electronic/funk producer.
Friday, February 21, 2014
Tuesday, February 18, 2014
What Difference Does It Make
"What Difference Does It Make? A Film About Making Music
Featuring Brian Eno, Giorgio Moroder, Erykah Badu and more than 70 other artists, What Difference Does It Make? A Film About Making Music marks the 15th anniversary of the Red Bull Music Academy -- Red Bull's longest running cultural program -- and captures the energy of the 2013 edition in New York. It gets to the heart of what it takes to be a musician and, in the process, deals with some of the basic questions of life itself."
Friday, February 14, 2014
De La Soul Catalog Download
De La Soul are offering their ENTIRE catalog as a free download today, Valentines day.
You can download everything including mixes and rarities at their website. I know I did.
Thursday, February 13, 2014
Wu-Tang Clan: Y'all Been Warned
Lost music video from the Clan's 2001 Iron Flag album, back when rapper whore baggy clothes and video girls were skinny.
Wednesday, February 12, 2014
Monday, February 10, 2014
Thursday, February 6, 2014
Chimurenga Renaissance: B.A.D Is So Good
Members of Shabazz Palaces Baba Maraire and Palaceer Lazaro start a new project Chimurenga Renaissance. They will have a new album out March 25 via Brick Lane. It will feature Thee Satisfaction, M1, and Mall Saint.
Wednesday, February 5, 2014
Tuesday, February 4, 2014
Monday, February 3, 2014
Rainer Veil: New Brutalism and Struck (Album Streams)
Rainer Veil are a duo from northern England under the Modern Love label. Modern Love also supports Andy Stot; their sounds are pretty similar so take a look if you are a Stott fan.
And their previous EP for Modern Love, Struck:
Their Boiler Room set:
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