This one fucking bangs.
Jessie J – Do It Like a Dude (HyGrade Club Remix)Buy it like a dude / HyGrade on twitter
Rating: 8.3
This one fucking bangs.
Jessie J – Do It Like a Dude (HyGrade Club Remix)Buy it like a dude / HyGrade on twitter
Rating: 8.3
Scottish producer Blackmill on the track. Pretty sick shit. Check him here
Ellie Goulding – Your Song (Blackmill Dubstep Remix)
We got that hot shit. We got that Thug Life Pac shit, that B.I.G. Ready to Die shit.
Lil’ Flip – Game Over (Diplo Radiohead Remix)
Summer Fiction are one of our favorite surprises of 2010. b3sci recently had the chance to catch up with frontman, and singer/songwriter, Bill Ricchini to ask him a few questions about music and life. Check it out:
b3sci: Where can fans expect to see Summer Fiction perform in 2011?
Bill: We mostly play on the east coast, in NY and Philly, but yes, we’re coming to a town near you, hopefully. We’re planning some touring and speaking to some possible booking agents. We also just booked PopFest in NYC for the spring. Possibly SXSW…
b3sci: When people experience Summer Fiction for the first time, is there a particular message that you’re hoping translates?
Bill: I like to leave it pretty open ended and hope the audience or listener brings their own thing to the songs and performances. I will say the music is coming from a place of sincerity and hopefully that comes across on an emotional level.
b3sci: Just listening to the album, you can tell songwriting seems to just resonate in your bones. While your songs seem basic at the core they are complemented by fairly intricate arrangements and counter melodies. What has inspired you to be a songwriter, and what sort of education, experience, or vision leads you down your path of record production?
Bill: Thanks! I’m pretty obsessed with songwriting and arrangement. While I never studied music formally, I think I studied all of my favorite records growing up and somehow that is all in my DNA. I also enjoy producing, I feel it would be hard to give that up to someone, although maybe I will try it if Jon Brion calls.
b3sci: What’s your dream collaboration?
Bill: I’d love to write an album for a female singer and produce it. There are lots of gorgeous pop and torch songs I have ready to go but just need to find my muse… I’d also love to meet Brian Wilson. A while ago, one of the guys from Wondermints passed him one of my demos.. and I heard he liked it! That was kind of surreal… Music for film also excites me. I think Wes Anderson would like this record for some reason. Maybe it is the font choice.
b3sci: Is there a particular track from the album that you feel especially connected to or proud of?
Bill: I think “Kids in Catalina” has been really popping live. I like the construction of that song, the vocal choir and the vibraphone.
Summer Fiction – Kids in Catalinab3sci: How would you say the music scene in Philadelphia has or hasn’t helped Summer Fiction along?
Bill: Philly has been 100% supportive. Bands, journalists, fans all came out for this record and many good friends from other bands contributed.
b3sci: Here’s a question we love to ask people… hypothetical situation, you’re stranded on an island and you can chose between having with you either 30 songs OR 10 albums? Which take the space?
Bill: 10 albums; no question. I like the thematic element of my favorite records, call me old fashioned but I like the way songs brush up against one another and form a complete thought. That’s what I went for with Summer Fiction. One of my choices would be It’s a Shame About Ray which is a perfect record.
b3sci: What are five things you can’t live without?
Bill:
1) Guitar
2) Digital voice recorder
3) Marble notebook
4) Good food
5) Books
b3sci: What are five things that you could totally be cool living without?
Bill:
1) Rent
2) TV
3) East coast winters
4) Hangovers
5) Traffic
b3sci: Has the internet played a role in the development of you as an artist?
Bill: Uh not sure. I tend to focus more on the message than the media, but the fact that the web is a great tool to share my art is gratifying.
b3sci: How do you discover new music?
Bill: Online, jukeboxes, shows, SXSW, radio, my friend Mike…
b3sci: What are you listening to at the moment? Anything influential?
Bill: The last Beach House record kills me. Arcade Fire and Deerhunter are really on their game… Kurt Vile is great too.
b3sci:In your opinion, what are some of the popular misnomers about being an independent and emerging artist/songwriter in today’s music industry, and with the general, casual listening public?
Bill: Maybe just how much discipline and focus it takes to make a good record.
more Summer Fiction on b3science HERE
Summer Fiction – Throw Your Arms Around Me Summer Fiction – To: Alone
74 Miles Away is a collaboration between Brussels jazz pianist Pierre Anckaert and the production team of MonkeyRobot. Two b3sci fav’s Ahu and Miles Bonny add some smooth, melt in the mix vocals to the track. The tones on Anckaert’s Fender Rhodes are just beautiful. They frame the track, providing just the right bit of structure and compliment to the tune’s otherwise vast vocal and instrumental arrangements. Bonny really shines.
74 Miles Away – Same Dream Again feat. AHU & Miles Bonny
via laid-back BE
Rating: 8.5
Yeah, we know “Ready for the World” is played out to hell; but it’s still a fucking beautiful mega tune. And we b3sci’ers are major league crushing on it at the moment, so love it.
How to Dress Well – Ready for the World via Sunset in the RearviewHow To Dress Well – “Ready for the World” from Jamie Harley on Vimeo.
Rating: 8.5
Prague-based electronic artist Tvyks comes at us crazy with this new track for “Mitte Riddim”. Tvyks lays down a kinetic beat, sounds coming through your speakers at all angles, spirited claps, tom shuffles, subtle synth counter rhythms. But at the tune’s core, there is a soulfulness and a humanness, something that draws you in, something in the tune that communicates at a more visceral level. UK rapper C. Monts drops a few choice bars into the mix, legging up the track’s possible crossover relevance. Get it girl!
Tvyks – Mitte Riddim (Feat. C. Monts) via XLR8RRating: 8.0
You know what it is. Wiz on a Jamie Foxx track? Looks like our man is moving on up. Pretty solid return here from the Booty Call co-star. Feeling the string hooks and the laidback ’06-esque “Buy You a Drank” beat. Shawty Snappin. Lets get it.
Jamie Foxx – Best Night Of My Life (feat. Wiz Khalifa)Buy Jamie Foxx Music HERE / Info
rating: 8.3
For every situation, every instance, there’s a John Lennon quote which sums up nearly the whole gamut of human existence. Catharsis after hubris: “I was feeling insecure; you might not love me anymore.” Dissatisfaction, apathy, and ambivalence: “Living is easy with eyes closed.” The optimism, sometimes blind, which drives dreams: “Imagine all the people, living life in peace…”
What can be written about Lennon which hasn’t been written already? Let us grieve Lennon’s death in equal parts for his family’s loss and the cultural significance. Mired in the wake of JFK’s assassination, The Beatles on Ed Sullivan helped a nation move forward and be happy again. And throughout the political tragedy of the 60’s, The Beatles spearheaded a musical revolution which, in retrospect, is the saving grace of that particular decade.
For as long as I can remember, my dad has told me the mythic story about when he was nineteen and driving around late at night in his ’66 GTO when he heard Strawberry Fields Forever on the radio for the first time. I think everyone who loves Lennon’s music can remember a similar consciousness-expanding moment. For myself, it was Sophomore year of college and my friend James came over to my dorm with his newly purchased vinyl of Plastic Ono Band, and laying across my floor pillows absolutely slayed by the prophetic nature of the album. “Working Class Hero” precipitated Bruce Springsteen’s entire career! The emotional nakedness of “Well Well Well,” the Neitszchean declaration of “God,” the simple plea of “Look At Me,” Lennon’s music teaches us to look into our own souls and uncover the art and the beauty which lies within.
We miss you, John.
Contributed by Chris Gedos
The Clock Opera kids flip this new Drums single. This remix comes to us as one in a series of four new remixes released to accompany the new “Me & the Moon” release. Have to say, Clock Opera pretty much nails this, putting the original tune on top a smooth synth glide and jangly repeating arpeggios, and their remix is the true standout of the four. (Matthew Dear, Moonlight Matters & Twin Shadow also contribute). Get into it below.
The Drums- Me & the Moon (Clock Opera remix)
Rating: 8.2
New heaters from Redman, Mean Doe Green, Kida, J. Cole, and the LA Leakers.
Redman – Reggie (Intro) Mean Doe Green – Blue Ribbon Rap (Feat. Planet Asia & Raekwon) (Prod. Chase Moore & So Crates) via Fader Kida – Git It (Feat. Chaundon) (Prod. Focus) via 2dopeboyz J. Cole – Leave Me Alone (Feat. Kevin Cossum) via illRoots The Los Angeles Leakers – Purp & Yellow (Feat. Wiz Khalifa, Kendrick Lamar, The Game, Thurzday, Snoop Dogg, YG & Joe Moses) via nahright
Pop mix! This set includes some fresh Chase and State-us, a sick laidback La Roux remix, and something new from Bjork in the form of a tribute to the late Alexander McQueen.
Chase & Status – Blind Faith (Feat. Liam Bailey) via the dz
