If you’re in the area on that sunday (August 21st) make sure to pass by… I invited some friends at DOK in Gent, by the water.
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August 10, 2011
The music industry has become one of the countless victims of the London riots, with small labels likely to be declared bankrupt following the fire at Sony’s and PIAS’ distribution facility.
With the building the only Sony distribution centre in the UK, as well as being PIAS’ headquarters – a label that works closely with smaller independent labels like Warp, Ninja Tune, Brownswood Recordings, Brainfeeder, All City Dublin, Young Turks, Finders Keepers and Domino. But after the intense looting, rioting and arson that has occurred in London since Saturday night, the building now stands in ruin after nearly all of its stock was stolen or burnt.
The loss of records and stock will leave many labels simply unable to cope with the loss of cash and will force them to close their doors – unless music fans like you and I can help them.
The Association of Independent Music (AIM) is a supporter of small and independent labels around the world, and believes that if fans begin a surge of digital and physical sales, the labels could potentially survive.
A press release by the company reads: “What music fans can do to show their support for the indie label community, and help them survive this disaster is to buy a digital download of an album from any one of the digital retailers in the UK, as well as going to their local record store while stocks last.”
“This way, the labels will be able to remanufacture their CDs and vinyl more quickly, to resupply the record shops who are also affected by the riots.”
Chairman of AIM Alison Wenham has also tried to rally fans to save the labels – she said: “This is a disaster for the music community, but with the fans’ help, labels and artists will survive. Please show your support for the music community by buying a digital album from an independent label today.”
Rough Trade Records, a record shop in London, has a less positive outlook on things. Manager Spencer Hickman said: “I am sure there are labels that will go bust…It’s our bread and butter, they (record labels) make up a huge amount of our business, it’s complete chaos, we are going to be talking to PIAS and the labels today and see if we can support them as much as we can.”
“It looks like people have lost everything in the warehouse; a big record at the moment is Adele’s.”
Amidst the dwindling music economy, this is a massive blow to the industry which is currently suffering from piracy problems among other things.
From www.stereoboard.com
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August 9, 2011
Just a little clin d’oeil pour les boys de Montréal, Alaclair Ensemble rocking it trop bien en Frenglish!
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▲▲▲Mixcloud is celebrating Radio Shows, showcasing the very best of the weekly radio shows cloudcasted on Mixcloud. This week my show has been featured on their “Celebration Of Curation 2011” page, go check it out, long side great shows by Rough Trade Shops, Tru Thoughts, Global and others.
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▲▲▲Big up to Nalden and Ambar for this one… We sure are verified for life haha!
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August 8, 2011
And here’s the video… definitely had a good time here in Montreal, Quebec. Enjoyed the peace of this country so much. Big up to all the great people I met, Marc-Yvan, Carroll, Madeleine, Lexis (Music Is My Sanctuary), Alice, Wassim, Lunice, Freddy, LemyLeopard, François, The Goods, and so on… Great gig at CFC with a nice crowd and what a trip it was to see whales for the first time in my life… I’ll be back. Tabarnack!
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August 7, 2011
August 6, 2011
That’s the kind of short clips I wanna do, once I’ll get more time for it. Just beautiful! This is one but there’s three in total:
3 guys, 44 days, 11 countries, 18 flights, 38 thousand miles, an exploding volcano, 2 cameras and almost a terabyte of footage… all to turn 3 ambitious linear concepts based on movement, learning and food ….into 3 beautiful and hopefully compelling short films…..
Move, Learn, Eat
▲▲▲Moody, Moodyman aka Kenny Dixon Jr - “I Got Werk”
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I’m always excited to announce some good homegrown productions, so when I received this production from Faisal I just got totally into it. ”Sopha” will be featured on a compilation from UK’s label Spontaneous Rhythm next week.
Faisal started out producing at the young age of 15, sampling his dad’s old records trying to recreate beats by the likes of Jaydee, Madlib and Pete Rock. As he grew older, his love for sampling led him to early classic house music which sampled old disco records to create dance music. This love for electronic dance music grew as he started going to his first club nights and festivals, which inspired him to be a part of the EDM scene. He started making bootleg remixes and giving them away for free, this caught the attention of several producers and led to his first official remixes. Today, at the age of 20, Faisal made remixes for artists all around the world and released his first EP, which he sees as a tribute to that classic house music which got him started in the first place.
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August 5, 2011
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Thundercat’s album is probably one of my favorite records of the year. Flying Lotus did a mix to promote “The Golden Age of Apocalypse” album which will see the light in a very near future on Brainfeeder of course. The mix contains older material, demos, album tracks and tracks that won’t see the light. Oh, and you might even hear Erykah Badu… open your ears!
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▲▲▲This is probably the best video footage to understand how hard the tsunami struck the east coast of Japan.
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August 4, 2011
As I was talking to Dave from Chromeo and A-Trak earlier on Twitter about this VHS tape called “Open Transport”, released in early 2000, it was a hip hop documentary featuring the best up and coming artists of that particular time! And I found it back on the net so decided to post it. Watch a young A-Trak and his brother Dave1, both now really busy with their projects, Duck Sauce and Chromeo!
▲▲▲Yes, can’t wait to rock this place at the end of August in Marseille with buddies Alex Barck, Onra and Pilooski and Deluxe. I’ll bring the music and the meat for the bbq, it’s all about Borderline Festival.
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