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Flying Lotus
Restless figure of light
Flying Lotus is, without a doubt, one of the most influential artists at the moment – as far as the advanced popular music scene is concerned. We were talking to him about Brainfeeder, the cooperation with Erykah Badu and the new Thundercat record.
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Paul White
It's a journey, it's an escape
His enormous output and his variety of productions have quickly catapulted Paul White into the top league of producers guild. We talked with him about producing beats with and without raps.
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Electric Wire Hustle
That certain Vibe
Electric Wire Hustle is the latest export product from Wellington, New Zealand. The band found each other through their mutual love for Soul, Hip Hop and the Dilla beat production.
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Anika
Not your everyday singer songwriter
Anika is not your everyday singer songwriter. After working as a political journalist and music promoter in Berlin she quitted her jobs and recorded an album for Stones Throw. We had the pleasure of talking to her.
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74 Miles Away
About finding and growing
The Belgian band 74 Miles Away is fusing classical Jazz elements with electronic, MPC-generated beats. Valentin Menedetter had the pleasure of talking to them.
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Beautiul Swimmers
Get symbolized, yo!
Auf ihrer Deutschlandvisite schnappten wir uns Ari und Andrew (alias Maxmillion Dunbar), die als Beautiful Swimmers eklektische Tanzmusik produzieren, sperrten sie zwei Stunden weg und spielten ihnen Platten vor. Get symbolized, yo!
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Eskmo
The Noise in the Woods
Nature is a big influence for Eskmo, known for his complex sound structure of slowness. We met the musician from San Francisco to talk about the sounds, big cities and the sampling of shrubs.
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Saul Williams
The mixing of ideas
Saul Williams is the intellectual counterpart, the poetic visionary, enthusiastic globetrotter of Hip hop. A conversation about feelings and music and how it come together…
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Lone
»Like a second pair of ears«
Matt Cutler from Nottingham fell in love with Jungle, Detroit Techno, Chicago House and Hip Hop. Under the name Lone he has been putting out albums and singles since 2007. Paying homage to his musical roots with his Echolations EP. He is currently working on a new album. Valentin Menedetter sat down with him before a show.
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Shigeto
A blessing in disguise
Early on it was already clear that the drums would be Zach Saginaw’s instrument. Shigeto now stands for his fragile sound which he pairs with his live drumming, creating clouds of sound, which are beautifully produced. Valentin Menedetter met him in Vienna.
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Dustin O'Halloran
»I really love to sculpt the notes«
The pianist and film composer Dustin O’Halloran just released Lumiere, a soundtrack without a film. We’ve talked to him about the power of the piano, the magic of improvisation and his colleague Hauschka.
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Gold Panda
Just to make it better
Last year’s Lucky Shiner was one of the records, where the Beat-enthusiasts, the Caribou-listener and the electronic nerd come together sharing the headphones. Valentin Menedetter met Gold Panda for an interview and explains the basics.
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Bright Eyes
The things you wouldn't have known
Since the release of his first studio album in 1998, Conor Oberst and his label Saddle Creek, founded by his brother and his producer, left there imprint of an entire generation. The folk-based introverted music of Bright Eyes that is influenced by many different styles from electro to post-punk also stands for the return of authentic lo-fi-productions in the Noughties. Before the release of his latest record, Conor Oberst announced it to be the last Bright Eyes album.
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John Maus
»Leaving the space open for imagination«
With We Must Become The Pitiless Censors Of Ourselves the experimental electronic musician John Maus just released his most uncompromising album. We’ve talked to him about the relation of lyrics and music and why it’s better to not follow the philosophy the title of the album suggests.
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Mount Kimbie
Unobtrusive to the front
Mount Kimbie have revolutionized Dubstep, given it a different spin and have set a milestone with their first album. Valentin Menedetter sat down with them after a show, rethinking the last couple of years.
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Gonjasufi
Word, Sound, Power
Gonjasufi is one of the less originals in music biz and has his won history with music. So here he is talking with Valentin Menedetter about music, friendship and the letting-go.
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Chilly Gonzales
»Hip-hop's piano player«
The piano might be the greatest of all instruments, one which is able to contain all voices like no other, an instrument which leads us to the very core of music and its composition. That this also counts in the world of pop music is going to be shown in a series of interviews. This time: Gonzales.
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Hudson Mohawke
In the beginning was the playstation
Hudson Mohawke caters to the taste of many crowds. Heavy beats and dope production have become a constant part of his signature sound. Valentin Menedetter seized the opportunity to talk to him.
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Jeremiah Jay
Beyond the beats
Jeremiah Jae is the one of the youngest artists under the wings of Flying Lotus and his Brainfeeder label. After a couple of tracks you realize that this cat follows a different track.
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19 years old, a student of naval architecture, living in Glasgow. This is Koreless in a nutshell. You really have to listen to this young guy. Valerie Menedetter met him for talks.
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Pariah
To Put the Test to the Rule
Arthur Cayzer just started messing around with his computer 2 years ago. Even with his first single Detroit Falls he got massive attention and Pariah became another wunderkind in the electronic music scene, only being 20 years old.
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Mary Anne Hobbs, the popular DJ of BBC Radio 1, has anointed Young Montana? as her »Favourite Unsigned Artist of 2010«. For us the 20 years-old has picked out ten of his current favorite records and comments.
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Machine Drum
Virtuoso in many areas
Machine Drum is no stranger to the profession of electronic beat makers. Since 1999, he released music. Least his collaboration with Praveen Sharma has caused a stir as Sepalcure. We met him for an interview.
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Teebs is someone not to be left out. After releasing his first album on Brainfeeder he has been traveling the world, playing shows, making music and painting. The Californian has his own place in the beat scene….
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Atmosphere
Chose to get real
Atmosphere are more serious and less playful than ever. With The Family Sign the band from Minneapolis wrote a kind of concept album about family issues.
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CunninLynguists
Dream interpretation in rhymes
Step by step the CunninLynguists have evolved since its inception ten years ago. Oneirology, the fifth album by the rap group from Kentucky is now a concept album about the dreams.
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Knxwledge
Beats and Soul as a Mind Set
The beat scene knows a broad variety of names, producers and people who are pushing the game to the next level constantly. One of the names you should definitely be familiar with is Knxwledge.
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Panda Bear
Systematised change in style
Panda Bear has found his niche in the broad space of pop music by turning complex music into radio-compatible sound. Also, his roaring Tomboy maintains the splits between popularity and vanguard change in style.
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Daedelus
Constancy and Progress
Being a part of the critically acclaimed L.A. beat scene and one of the people that surround Flying Lotus under his Brainfeeder imprint Daedelus still manages to come up with something new and fresh. Valentin Menedetter met him in Vienna.
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Blueprint
As if he were exchanged
Blueprint’s first solo album in six years, shows the way of the freestyle champion becoming a serious storyteller. And even musically there’s something new on Adventures in Counter-Culture.
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Still Stephen Wilkinson’s approach to electronic music remains inimitably deep. Philipp Kunze met the introverted English to talk about his music and its backgrounds.
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Soundway Records
The truffle pigs discover the caribbean coast of Columbia
Californian-born Roberto Gyement is a truffle pig for long lost sound jewels in the latin Caribbean. He just recently released the compilation CARTAGENA! for Soundway Records, a piece of colombian music history.
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Big Strick
Strickly analogue, Baby!
Being known as an enigma to the international techno and house scene – releasing two outstanding EPs on his cousin’s Omar-S FXHE label – Big Strick is going to drop his trailblazing debut album Detroit Heat.
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The Weeknd
Dazed rhythm, deep blues
The Weeknd have created a niche for R&B. The two canadians have copied modern musical phenomenons of artists like james Blake and turned them into a genre that used to be degenerated as super-nightclub-sound.
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The two Chicago natives Eric Lewis and Merwyn Sanders are set to make Chicago House enthusiasts go apeshit again in 2011 with a huge collection of unreleased tracks, mostly recorded prior to their classic debut. Merwyn Sanders sat down with us to talk.
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Black Milk
Waiting for the big strike
Doubtless, Black Milk could have chosen a more modest title than Album of the Year for his new album. So what?
