We don’t know who “James” is, but whoever he is… E I R I has taken very kindly. The dark electro artist out of NYC drops some nice horn sampling over a lush trip-hop bed. Press play. #B3SCIAFTERDARK
E I R I – JamesE I R I 
(Bandcamp)
Rating 8.3
We don’t know who “James” is, but whoever he is… E I R I has taken very kindly. The dark electro artist out of NYC drops some nice horn sampling over a lush trip-hop bed. Press play. #B3SCIAFTERDARK
E I R I – JamesE I R I (Bandcamp)
Rating 8.3
“You make me wanna me wanna throw my pager out the window. Tell MCI to cut the phone cords. I’m gonna put your number on the call block. Have AOL make my email stop.” Love how DC always kept it current. ….And helllll naw, Kelly Rowland was NOT about to overpay for long distance, get your AT&T high price phone bill bullshit out of here. Our man Drunk & Hungry is dude out of Pittsburgh that also records indie pop under the name Good Sport. Get familiar. (AV)
Drunk & Hungry – Bug a Boo (Destiny’s Child)Drunk & Hungry 
(Bandcamp) (Facebook)
Rating 8.3
Neatly tipped soul-sampling beats all the way from Australia. Katalyst’s Deep Impressions LP is available now.
Katalyst – Dreaming Of You
We love New Look. “Everything” is off the Canadian duo’s (finally) released s/t debut. In the same lane as artists/bands like Quadron, Kimbra, and The Peach Kings, New Look is that grown female-voiced neo-neo-soul. There are bits of current indie and electronic music there (which definitely help make this style more palatable/relevant to the “mainstream indie” bloggerazi) but the backbone of New Look’s sound and the other aforementioned bands is a real (and you can really feel it) emotional communication with the listener that you can only find in the best R&B. New Look’s LP is definitely something you will want to check out.
New Look – EverythingRating 8.1
Mayer Hawthorne released his major label debut LP last week, How Do You Do. “Stick Around” is our choice track from the album and although the refs to The Tempts and The Miracles are there, the track almost sounds like early Chicago (“Saturday in the Park”). There’s definitely a bit more of an overall 70’s influence on How Do You Do vs. the much more straight up ’60’s-style of A Strange Arrangement. “Stick Around” isn’t a groundbreaker but its an awesome piece of pop songwriting. Get into it.
Mayer Hawthorne – Stick AroundMayer Hawthorne 
(Official) (Facebook)
Rating 8.1
The beautiful, (seriously beautiful, heartstopping, jawdropping, all that shit) “Summer is Gone” is new from BK producer The Stuyvesants latest The Finer Things, Vol. 2. You can preview the entire project, which is laced wall to wall with GREAT beats on The Stuyvesants Soundcloud.
The Stuyvesants – Summer is GoneThe Stuyvesants (Soundcloud) (Twitter)
Rating 8.5
The week’s mix includes subtle tributes to John Lennon’s recent 71st birthday. Be sure to catch new B3SCI Radio on Virgin Mobile Live, Fridays and Saturdays @ 3pm eastern here. Tracklist is after the jump.
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Lianne La Havas is our favorite new singer. Lianne’s got in her singing just the right mixture of soul, taste, diction, restraint, and melody. That sort of appears-once-a-year mixture that makes her someone you need to keep an eye to. The soft “No Room For Doubt”, which features American blues singer Willy Mason, is a gorgeous track that perfectly introduces that stunning La Havas (hushed here) vocal talent. Spin this one.
Lianne La Havas – No Room For Doubt (Feat. Willy Mason)Lianne La Havas 
(Official) (Facebook)
Rating 8.6
b3sci grown and sexy we see you! There are so many bad, lousy, mediocre, terrible Marvin Gaye remixes. This is not one of them. Sooooo good. (AV)
Marvin Gaye – I Want You (7 Samurai Remix)7 Samurai 
(Soundcloud)
Rating 8.7
We don’t usually fuck with mashups, etc, etc. But THIS(!) Shaolin Jazz mash of Wu-Tang and the late great Gil Scott-Heron’s “The Bottle”, it’s sound like Ghost, Rae et al were in the studio cutting this shit live with Gil. “The Bottle” has such a great groove to begin with but damn what a nice match. Good on Shaolin Jazz. Get familiar below.
Shaolin Jazz – Gil’s Pinky Ring (Wu-Tang Clan x Gil Scott-Heron)DJ 2-Tone Jones (Shaolin Jazz) (Facebook) (Myspace)
Rating 8.5
b3sci fav Kaskade just dropped this first look at an upcoming track he recently cut with QUADRON!!! Yeah! This is what dance music should sound like! Get with it!
Rating 8.5
