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diSKOAver weekly: Week of June 24, 2020
Hello precious internet cuties! Hope y’all are staying safe. Here’s this week’s update. God there’s some cool shit in this one. I feel like I say that every week but this is also why I also laugh in people’s faces who are like, “Man remember when music was good? There's just nothing cool anymore.” If you hear anyone say that. You tell them to come find me. I’m happy to show them around.
DE’WAYNE - “National Anthem”
If you can’t feel the energy from this track in your veins the second the sounds hit your eardrums I’m not sure what to tell you.
binki - “Heybb!”
Everything binki has released so far is fucking great. My personal favorite is “Wiggle” but this one just fit the vibe I was going for this week.
TOKiMONSTA - “Get Me Some (feat. Drew Love & Dumbfounded)
My favorite cut from TOKiMONSTA’s latest, Oasis Nocturne. It’s just too hot for it’s own good.
Hermitude - “Let It Burn (World’s Gone Mad feat. Haiku Hands)”
Why yes the world has gone mad. (Mental note for me: spend more time with Pollyanarchy. You enjoyed that first spin)
The Knocks - “No Requests (The Knocks VIP Mix)”
I miss DJ booths and people with strong opinions about what the DJ should be playing 😞
TOBACCO - “Hungry Eyes”
We love a fun cover. Also there’s a pre-order for this on beige vinyl if that’s your kinda thing (for the record it’s def my kinda thing).
Blockhead - “The Music Scene”
You know when you fall in love with a song all over again? 10 years later this still hits.
Killer Bee - “Feel 4 U”
We love a local making moves. My brain wanders to far off places with this one. Just me?
Latir - “Wallflower”
Came in loving “Blue Roses”, fell for his new EP Until Forever. This one’s my favorite though.
Medasin - “Get By (feat. Cautious Clay)”
Part of my weekend homework is to spend more time with both Medasin and Cautious Clay. They always seem to be on my radar but somehow don’t make it into my ear holes enough.
OKENYO - “Buckle Up”
OKENYO, on the other hand. God I’ve been having so much fun getting to know her catalog. This one though. Gotta love, “by the way by the way by the way you’re cute as fuck”.
Brendan Maclean - “Easy Love”
All Aussies are perfect. The end. Also while checking in on what else Brendan had going on I noticed he got added to an official Spotify playlist called Search Engine Sex (but is clearly one of those algorithmic editorial playlists because it doesn’t come up for me🙄).
Slow Magic - “Home”
First taste from the upcoming album, it’s the end of the world but it’s ok. Just a little something to curl up with if you’re feeling a little down.
iZNiiK - “paradise”
You gotta check out the EP series from a few years ago that iZNiiK did. There’s some really cool stuff in those.
Berry Juice - “She Got The Moon (feat. Deidre)”
Forever a sucker for nu disco. Seems promising enough. Going to keep my eye on this one.
Sushi + Kash - “Shatter”
Feels kinda Daft Punk lite (and I mean this in the nicest way possible). Looks like dude is starting to really get his footing on his sound. We’ll see how this plays out.
Jarami - “Bahía”
Yes this is from 2018 but don’t worry they have new stuff too. PS guess who also did a track with Cautious Clay? This world gets smaller and smaller every fuckin day man.
Herzeloyde - “Disperse”
Herzeloyde is vibey af. You should check out his newest track too when you like this one.
Vandelux - “Live Forever”
From his Lost In Common EP. The build on this one eases you into the idea of immortality being possible so by the
Crowd Control - “My Special Girl (feat. Slug Father & Vantage)”
Happy house is my favorite house. You will enjoy Housy Love Songs Vol. 2, trust me.
Hervé - “Blow Your Mind”
Bless this man for keeping us dancing in quarantine. Oh how I love him so.
Mtbrd - “Damn Fine Coffee”
This cut from Damn Fine contains my advice to you if you’re choosing to continue to quarantine like me. It’s literally the only way I’ve been able to not lose my fucking mind.
Calica - “Bitch”
You have to check out her TikTok and see her remake loads of cool tracks. Fell for her when she covered BENEE’s “Supalonely”. Also how fun is it to sing, “Cause you’re a bitch and you know it”?
Body Language - “Let’s Try”
These Brooklyn babies are back from their break for some more retro dance vibes. Hope this means there’s more in the pipeline.
FVLCRVM - “Bad Blood”
Other half of this double A-side single officially drops on July 14th, but you can sneak over to Soundcloud and hear “Hate List” now if you want.
La Femme - “Mycose”
I always say there’s a song for everything and in the case of La Femme’s “Mycose” this is a track about….a yeast infection. Took me too long to put this all together. I need to stop blowing off Duolingo if I’m gonna keep falling in love with French artists.
Tim Ayre - “Laxx”
This lil Sydney sweetie tho. Everything of his I’ve put on is just so dreamy. 😍
daste. - “Telephone (What’s Your Name?)”
From their latest EP Same As it Ever Was. Whole EP is so damn SMOOOOOOVE. You will like.
Geowulf - “Lonely”
A cut from last year’s LP My Resignation. I don’t know about you, but quarantine has made me really examine and reprioritize all of my relationships. Here for it.
The Districts - “Cheap Regrets”
I need to play You Know I’m Not Going Anywhere more often. This is by far my favorite off the record.
Deeper - “This Heat”
From their latest, Auto-Pain, that dropped in March. I love that all my brain can think to say about them is they sound very Alphaville/Union Pool. Ugh I miss shows so fuckin much. 😑
Oxymorrons - “Justice”
Did you know: all the proceeds from this track are being donated to community non-profits and projects. Yep! That means all your future obsessive streaming on this one will be for a good cause! Feels good, huh? This is the band’s first drop on 333 Wreckords Crew.
[SKOA Presents] Beats For Daze #1
Sup everyone! Your friendly neighborhood Rocko here bringing you a new project that I've been working on for the past week or so while I was gearing up to head to the bay area this week. So lemme give you a little back story, as i've been working on the Some Kind of Mixtape series with the rest of the awesome crew here at SKoA and getting super obsessed with compiling artist/producer playlist on Spotify (username: somekindofrocko. I know cheap plug.) I wanted to do something of the sort for the readers of SKoA that wasn't just contributing a few new tracks every month. So I hit up The Kibbs aka Kibbe and said, "YO I GOT DIS PROJEKT I WANT TO DROP FOR ALL THE FLY HUNNIES OUT DER" cuz I talk like that and she was like "That sounds like a super awesome idea", in her best Rock Mama voice. Note: this was all done over AIM so i'm just making shit up. But anyways after a few days of tinkering, coming up with art designs and shit, the series Beats For Daze was born.
Much like the fashion of the SKoA monthly mixture, I (and hopefully some awesome guests) will be dropping a mixtape roughly around the middle of each month of some of my favorite headnodding tracks, some classic, some freshly off the grill. So without further ado, hear is the first installment in the Beats For Daze series. I originally tried mixing the tracks together like an actual DJ session but didn't hit the expectation I was looking for. See: FAILURE. But I hope you guys enjoy listening to it as much as I enjoyed compiling it together and I hope you also discover some new artists that you haven't heard before and go out and support their shit. Because without support, how are they supposed to make more dope shit? Sell drugs? Maybe.
So on this month's installment we got classic tracks from The Budos Band, Dan The Automator's Lovage, RJD2 and pre rave/mainstream Calvin Harris and for the new shit we got tracks from recently released albums by Blockhead, Flea, Alchemist, Jeremiah Jae produced by Flying Lotus, Vacationer (thanks whoever put me on to them in a Turntable.fm session) Dark Time Sunshine and more with the addition of some unreleased tracks. So click on the artwork above to kick this session off. BTW keep a close eye on the artwork as it will change monthly and has some nice little easter egg type shit in it for video game/comics/entertainment and music lovers alike. Enjoy!
[Listen] Blockhead - "Never Forget Your Token"
Although he may not be featured as a producer on Aesop Rock's upcoming album Skelethon, long time Aesop Rock producer Blockhead is back with a new LP of his own titled Interludes After Midnight. The follow up from 2010's instrumental album, The Music Scene is set to be released on April 30th in Europe and May 1st in the US via Ninja Tune Records. Check out the album's tracklist below as well as the lead cut "Never Forget Your Token" from the upcoming album, which provides that wonderful downtempo sound that Blockhead is well known and loved for.
You can also head over to Blockhead's blog to hear more music from the upcoming album. Pre-order your copy of the album digitally (iTunes, Amazon) or pre-order the vinyl and bonus 7” here.
01 – Never Forget Your Token
02 – Creeps Crouchin’
03 – Panic In Funkytown
04 – Hungover Like Whoa
05 – Meet You At Tower Records
06 – Escape The Meadow
07 – Smoke Signals
08 – Tools Of The Industry
09 – Midnight Blue
10 – Snapping Point
11 – Beyond Reach Feat. Baby Dayliner
12 – The Robin Byrd Era
Aesop Rock Announces LP #6 'Skelethon" To Release This July On Rhymesayers
Acerizzle aka Aesop Rock (not to be confused with A$AP Rocky) announced today that his 6th solo album Skelethon will be released on July 10th via indie hip hop giant, Rhymesayers. Skelethon marks the first solo LP in five years since Aesop's last album None Shall Pass was released in 07. The album features guest spots from Ace's Hail Mary Mallon Co-horts Rob Sonic & DJ Big Wiz, as well as wifey Allyson Baker of Dirty Ghosts, Hanni El Khatib, Grimace Federation, Nicky Fleming-Yaryan and his Uncluded partner in crime Kimya Dawson. The new album is 100% produced by Aesop Rock which is awesome as Aesop is coming into his own as a producer, but at the same time sad as we won't hear Aesop spit over any El-P or Blockhead beats this time around. Check out the album's full tracklist below.
1. Leisureforce
2. ZZZ Top
3. Cycles To Gehenna
4. Zero Dark Thirty
5. Fryerstarter
6. Ruby '81
7. Crows 1
8. Crows 2
9. Racing Stripes
10. 1,000 O'Clock
11. Homemade Mummy
12. Grace
13. Saturn Missiles
14. Tetra
15. Gopher Guts
It may be a minute before we get our first taste of Skelethon but this April we will get our first taste of Aesop's upcoming collaboration with singer/songwriter Kimya Dawson, The Uncluded, with Rhymesayers upcoming Record Store Day 2012 Picture Disc. The split 10"vinyl will feature brand new, exclusive and unreleased tracks from Atmosphere called "Someday Soon" and The Uncluded (Aesop Rock x Kimya Dawson) titled "Bats". This release RSD release is a limited run with only 2000 copies, so make sure you get your hands on one. Check out more music from Aesop Rock and Kimya Dawson from last year's Daytrotter Session.
[Download] Hail Mary Mallon - "Meter Feeder" (Blockhead Remix)
Aesop Rock producer/Ninja Tune artist drops some Robin Hood Hip Hop with his remix of Hail Mary Mallon's "Meter Feeder" from their debut Are You Gonna Eat That? Grab a free download of the remix below.
Hail Mary Mallon - Meter Feeder (Blockhead Remix) by rhymesayers
[Listen] Rival Schools - "69 Guns" (Blockhead Remix)
More remixes are starting to trickle in after Ad Rock of the Beasties laid down this dancetastic little re-working. Now it's L.E.S. beatmaker extraordinaire Blockhead's turn to give us a different spin on Rival Schools' hit track, "69 Guns".
Fun fact, Rival Schools' drummer Sammy Siegler and Blockhead went to the same grade school and have been playing basketball together for quite awhile now. It was there that the idea for a remix was born. Interestingly enough, that's how the Ad Rock remix came to pass as well.
As of today, there will be a remix EP featuring this remix, Ad Rock's and one from Daryl Palumbo of Glassjaw.
[Download] Despot - "Look Alive" (Blockhead Remix)
900 Bats let loose the Blockhead remix for Despot x RATATAT collab "Look Alive." Peep game below!
[Listen] Blockhead - "The Music Scene" (EL-P Remix)
El-Producto takes Blockhead's single "The Music Scene" and puts it through a slow roaster filled with space age funky synths and jazzy guitars for Ninja Tunes latest release Ninja Tune XX. Check it out below and make sure you cop this awesome 6 disc collection of unreleased Ninja Tune material and remixes here.
Blockhead - "The Music Scene" (EL-P Remix) by Some Kind of Awesome