MASSIVE MUSIC UPDATE

So, I got home from work last night and literally just slept until I woke up this morning. Boring life. But, when I woke up and began my trek through the snowy wastelands of New York, I was delighted to see so many new JAMS on my Soundcloud feed. Check these bad boys out...

MAJA LAZA! I love the middle-eastern type sound in this, and it reminded me of another jam from a while back, give it a listen... I fucking love BeatauCue. Always have. I would highly suggest checking out their soundcloud page, they have such an amazing range of tunes. They make everything from house to trap, dubstep and even some moombah, like the track above. I really love these guys!

Tomorrow is V-Day, and its about that time we get a new Luvstep mix from Dirty South Joe and Flufftronix! I think this will be Luvstep V, and these mixes are always FUCKING AMAZING! I feel like these two guys really were pioneers of making a genre of dubstep that isn't vicious and angry, more laid back and lovely. This seems to be a new remix and I'm positive they will drop it on Saturday night (2/15/14) on Diplo & Friends. With this giant snowstorm coming, I know I'll be relaxing with my girlfriend listening.

And then I went #OneDeeper


Here is a new track from this producer Kygo, who has such a different style. I read that he is doing his first tour in the US soon, and I took a minute to imagine what his set would be like. His music is very peaceful, almost sounding like some old school Japanese stuff that would be playing in a shogun temple. I would definitely like to check him out if he comes anywhere near NY.

WHAT DA HOOK GON BE?

I am feeling nostalgic today. So, this post will be dedicated to the jams from the early 2000's and even late 1990's. These tracks were fire then, and they still are damn good. It sucks that rap has been so shitty lately, and I don't care what anyone says. Kendrick Lamar sucks. I will never forget, like a year ago, reading some article about his debut being compared to Ready To Die or Illmatic...haha COME ON MAN! NO WAY! Anyways, check out these jams...throwback city biiiiiiatch!


This track was fire...what happened to the St. Lunatics?





I wish Kanye just stuck to making beats. I remember bumping this song in my moms mini-van like i was a BOSS.



I never meant to give you mushrooms girl...





Feel good music.



SOME PEOPLE ONLY SEE THAT IM WHITE IGNORIN SKILL, CAUSE I STAND OUT LIKE A GREEN HAT WITH A ORANGE BILL,BUT I DONT GET PISSED, Y'ALL DONT EVEN SEE THROUGH THE MIST, HOW CAN I BE WHITE? I DONT EVEN EXIST...



I play this for my mom on mothers day and she was like "I fucking hate rap Stephen."






Grab ya dicks...






Love this beat...







and this honestly might be my favorite track of all time... ALL PRAISE HOVA...

BUT FIRST...LEMME TAKE A #SELFIE. ENOUGH SAID.





JFK from MSTRKRFT is a living legend. I like Bird Peterson too, so now listen to some tracks from their new record label.

Speaking of Bird Peterson, here is a dope ass old school rap mix he made a few months ago, I think sometime last summer. Sippin on dat lean'


Sticking with the rap thing...this new track produced by A-Trak aka Trizzy Turnt Up with KILLA CAMERON GILES aka Camron on the vocals is HOT FIRE! Reminds me of the good ol days when I was bumpin Purple Haze with my boys in like 12th grade. Cheers.

~~ WiNtEr JaMzZzZ~~

Wassup baby? Its dat boy Ski Bird providin them infamous ~~ WiNtEr JaMzZzZ~~ to keep ya body warm through them cold months. Ya heard?

I have a huge crush on Alex Metric lately. This is a super sweet mix of tunes he has been listening to on the road as of late. I love these chill-out type mixes, and this one is great to kick back with. Hipsters love nu-disco.
Herro my name isa herry fong and i come from Florida. Yo, the original is a tight track but this Destructo remix is sick! My man takes this electro banger and remixes it into some tech house ear funk for your soul. Must listen, cannot wait for the full track to be released. Soul Food bro! Mr. Flash has been around FOREVER! I remember seeing his name on the Ed Banger Rec Vol. 1 album, and didn't really understand his style then. Last night I pulled up the album from 2007 and listened to the Mr. Flash track on it, and was like wow...this sound is fucking huge today! Fast forward to 2014...and you can hear the funk coming from all directions. There are tons of guys ruling the scene using the funky sample-driven, dubstep whomp formula such as Pretty Lights, Gramatik, Griz, ExMag, etc.
Check out the youtube video of this Mr. Flash track from 2007 while your here, you can see what I'm talking about.


This song equals HAPPINESS! One of my Favorite tracks off the EP Oliver put out in early 2013, this remix is PERFECT! I love the funky bassline and the high pitched synths, which goes together perfectly with the voice samples they used in the remix. Gimme some more of dat!

Ok, here is a Thursday Throwback track...my all time favorite DJ Avicii and my 2nd all time favorite song behind Levels. Enjoy.

LATHER!

 

Läther
 

Läther - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
So, last weekend was an interesting musical journey for me. I had a very late night Saturday, and spent a lot of time exploring some new tunes. That's when I came across this gem. Lather is a 1996 album by Frank Zappa, the fucking original bad boy of classic rock. If you never gave him a listen, and you like humorous lyrics accompanied with insane instrumental classical rock, check this dude out! This is his sixty fifth studio album! 65 fucking albums! That's insane! This album touches on a bunch of songs that I really like, especially Re-gyptian Strut, Broken Hearts are for Assholes and RDNZL. Check it out if your a fan of Zappa, or if your are just trying to find something different. Here is a link to a YouTube of the whole album.

FRANK ZAPPA - LATHER (ENTIRE ALBUM)

Before I forget...

So, I just wanted to share this DJ mix by Alex Metric that he did for OWSLA, and a remix by the allmighty Jonas Rathsman that I heard first in this set. Alex opens with the beautiful track Panama-Always (Classixx remix) and just gets better as it goes on. The whole vibe of the mix really makes you want to relax on a beach somewhere, or atleast be somewhere warm. Since I am NY, this isn't a reality for me, but whatever! Really one of my favorite mixes so far in 2014, and the Rathsman remix is a MUST LISTEN. skibird, paz.

UPDATE

I am sitting at my desk at work staring out onto the barren wasteland that is Albany, New York. I am pretty sure its fucking -2 outside. I forgot I started this stupid little blog! Summer nights are much better than fucking winter days! Anyways, I wanted to use this post as a little update to whats going on in my life. I am moving into a new place hopefully around March 1st with my lovely lady @Natashakrolo_ ! We are looking to move into a nicer part of Albany, either uptown or downtown in the Center Square neighborhood. We are trying to get a dope 2 BR spot, and the second bedroom is gonna be MY COMPUTER LAIR  (hopefully). With that being said, I've kinda gotten obsessed with gaming again. I've always been obsessed, but during the winter months my playing time reaches an all time peak. I mean, what the fuck else is there to do? So, lately I've been playing tons of different games. Almost too many, but thats not a bad thing. I also have set up my streaming account, with Twitch.TV. For anyone who doesn't understand what streaming is, I'll explain. I run a program on my computer that records my actual computer monitor, showing whatever game I'm playing. I also have a mic and webcam set up, so you can hear my beautiful voice narrate and see my beautiful face gaze into the computer screen as I pwn n00bs.

www.dayzmod.com

DayZ has been my game of choice lately, and it is SO FUCKING FUN! It is the first survival FPS I've ever played, and its mad realistic. You gotta feed your dude so he isn't hungry, purify water you take out of streams so you don't get sick, and clean your weapons so they shoot straight. I really enjoy trekking through a HUGE map to get supplies, and in a half of a second have all of your work be worthless because you stepped into the line of sight of a bandit with a sniper rifle. Another great aspect of the game is the world chat, where you can just chat with random people while playing and hear what type of weird shit they have to say. Anyways, you can get to my stream at www.twitch.tv/backwoods518th !

 

 If I can work up a miracle and stream to thousands of viewers per night, maybe I can quit my day job and just be a full time video game player. I've been working hard to think of ideas to maybe generate a fanbase, but its not as easy as you think. I might try giveaways to lure people in and then charm them with my witty comments and amazingly good looks. There are so many "big time" streamers such as Toweliee and Summit, that literally stream themselves playing video games, accept Paypal donations the whole time, and also get paid by sponsors to run commercials during their streams. The only thing I don't have going for me, is some of the streamers are like "pro-gamers" and had a big following from YouTube or some other shit before they even hit Twitch TV. There some, like SodaPoppin, who just blew up randomly though, and thats what I gotta hope happens. Ok, I gotta get back to work. Thanks for reading!
PS:
Also, heres a link to a new JAM from Sluggers. They did a remix for the Diplo track Revolution. I love where the song is headed in the first 1:30 ish, and kinda wish the drop followed that dark, robot like beat rather than the chopped vocals drop with limited bass. Either way, I dig the song ! Check out the other remixes while you are at it. Make sure to check out Sluggers new EP as well, the originals are remixes are fucking dirty tech house nastiness!

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