Before the melding of organic hip hop with glitchy processing in Prefuse 73, Guillermo Scott Herren messed with ambient jazz and the chillest nooks of latin music. Many forget that Savath and Savalas brought Herren to Warp Records, leaving many…
Continue Reading →A lone singer/songwriter on a label that prides itself on producers, Fink landed with Ninja Tune in the late nineties with a pair of EPs, followed by 2001's downtempo mix Fresh Produce. It wasn't until five years later that he…
Continue Reading →Well, I'm impressed (and a little bit surprised) to see Tumi moving away from their core black and grey look towards a more youthful oriented and hipper design. In their own words: “The digital camouflage print is applied to ballistic…
Continue Reading →To most of us, DJ Shadow is a mind without a past. Everything he touched became a timeless piece, the demonstration of his powers beginning with 1996's Endtroducing, an album that quickly became the soundtrack to the lives of many.…
Continue Reading →Anyone who can turn that crappy dance jam 'What is Love' into an alluring tune of just voice and Wurlitzer is onto something. Diane Birch, an American singer/songwriter whose preacher dad led her around the world during her childhood, has…
Continue Reading →With an aggressive yet upbeat sound, Baltimore's Double Dagger assaulted our ears with unhinged drive through two albums and a slew of EP releases since the band's formation in 2002. A sound labeled 'post-punk' could mean almost anything, so rather…
Continue Reading →When Dub Side of the Moon came out, love for a classic album resurged at its makeover. A mash-up idea taken to the next level, the concept caught on quick and it was on for the Easy All-Stars and another…
Continue Reading →Recently launched Causecast "brings together nonprofits, community leaders, activists, celebrities and brands, with the goal of making a positive impact on the world." Working with hand-selected charities and non-profits, Causecast is giving some much-deserved internet exposure to organizations who may…
Continue Reading →There's this little on-demand design outfit called Ponoko, who've been generating some serious buzz in the last year (from the Wired to our mates over at Core77). As a designer you can upload an EPS file to their website, and…
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