For over a decade the Red Bull Music Academy has given young, upcoming artists a place to develop themselves. Not only do they learn, but a very important part of the RBMA is creating and exposing! What better way to do this than to record a compilation album together with fellow participants as well as more established musicians and sometimes even legends.
Under the name ‘Various Assets’ this has been done several times. These CD’s were never released to the general public and contain unreleased material as well as music that has been released like Flying Lotus his “Tea Leaf Dancers” featuring Andreya Triana. These compilation CD’s were recorded all over the world from Melbourne to Seattle and from Toronto to Barcelona.
We from Moovmnt had never actually heard all of this material and thought it would be a good idea to select our favourites and release it as a mix. Some music you might have heard on our website already, but I can assure you that some of this material has been waiting, hidden in the dust, to come out of your speakers and give you a taste of the wonderful things that are going on at the Red Bull Music Academy.
We tried to keep the mix close to our personal taste and yet it contains a divers array of different kinds of music. Enjoy some tasteful hip hop, nu-soul, future funk, soulful house, electronic music with a dash of dubstep to go out with a bang. Now we’re off to London to soak up some of that RBMA energy, so enjoy this one. We’ll be keeping you updated about what goes on behind the scenes at the Academy, so tune in for some exclusive footage, music, etc.
Recently Damon aka Dam-Funk aka the ‘Ambassador of Boogie Funk’ was in London and visited the Red Bull Music Academy to do a lecture. I must say I found it very intriging and too bad we had to miss this one. Hopefully next week we’ll have the honor of seeing Muhsinah, J.Rocc or even Flying Lotus on that couch. Really feeling D-F on never giving up on your dreams and letting nobody hold you back. Check out what else he had to say and get out the popcorn for this…enjoy!
The first unofficial leak of the highly anticipated album “Cosmogramma” is a fact. Gilles Peterson premiered Flying Lotus‘s “Computer Face/Pure Being” on his radioshow recently and here you have a it…a sneak peak. The album is due May 4th on Warp and I hope it’s not going to be too wonky or experimental, because we kinda miss the ‘old’ FlyLo sometimes.
Flying Lotus – Computer Face/Pure Being (Radio Rip)
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NewJose James video dropped yesterday via Brownswood. “Code” was produced by Flying Lotus and taken from Jose’s “Blackmagic” album. Video is directed by Mike Vargas and Moni Pineda. I case you hadn’t noticed the album is out now via Rushhour!
We told you about Jose James‘ “Blackmagic” album and yes it’s almost out! It has productions on it by Taylor McFerrin, DJ Mitsu the Beats and of course Flying Lotus. Go check out the album for yourself and pay extra attention to tracks like “Code” and “Made For Love” (both produced by FlyLo) and “Electromagnetic” (Japan only!) featuring Ben Westbeech + TK Wonder. Pre-order now through our friends at Rushhour.
Jose James – Made For Love (Prod. Flying Lotus)
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Jose James – Electromagnetic Feat. Ben Westbeech & TK Wonder
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Jose James recently released “Love Conversation” which was produced by Taylor McFerrin and boy is this a beauty. The lovely vocals of Jordana de Lovely make it twice as sweat so sit back and enjoy. Now the “Blackmagic” remixes have been out for a bit, but the original Flying Lotus version is the baddest. Take a look at the tracklist after the jump to see what 2010 has in store…
Jose James – Love conversation Feat Jordana de Lovely (Prod. Taylor McFerrin)
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Jose James – Blackmagic (Prod. Flying Lotus)
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We met with miss Muhsinah earlier this year in Rotterdam and shot some footage at her hotel. When we picked her up from the airport I asked her about her “The Oscillations: Triangle” album. We decided to get the forgotten footage out and piece together a short video especially for our Moovmnt visitors. Hope ya’ll like it and appreciate the effort we put into this.
Camera and editing by Joao Costa, to whom goes massive respect! We recently got together with Ty in Amsterdam and shot a very interesting interview. If everything goes according to plan this video will be online before the holidays. Shout out to RBMA for picking this up!
There has been heavily blogged about “The Oscillations: Triangle” on all the blogs lately, but we did not want to withhold one of the best songs from the album from you.
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This Friday Mixing Monthly presents: Andreya Trianaat the Paradiso in Amsterdam. If you haven’t heard her soothing vocals on the classic “Tea Leaf Dancers” by Flying Lotus, you must have been living under a rock or something. We also recently posted Bonobo’s “The Keeper”so peep that to get in the mood. Andreya will be doing a live acoustic set, so to get you in the mood here is “Shine”
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Well here it is. Flying Lotus is back with the third installment of the “L.A.” series. We posted the TAKE remix of “Parisian Goldfish” as a Moovmnt exclusive months ago and sadly that is the dopest joint on the whole EP. From the six remaining tracks we had to share this “Infinitum” remix Dimlite did. The digital bonus remix from TAKE is also very nice, so congrats Mr. Klank! As a little bonus Warp wanted you to have this free bonus track “Auntie’s Lock” (with The Life Force Trio). If you like what you hear just go to iTunes and buy!
Flying Lotus – Infinitum (Dimlite’s Re-finitum)
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TAKE (aka Sweatson Klank) continues to push the boundaries of the experimental beat music in new directions. Building on a multitude of successful EP and full-length releases, TAKE has unleashed a slew of new works, DJ mixes and remixes in 2009 and we’re not even half-way through the year yet! Co-founder of the legendary beat showcase night “Sketchbook”, he has been an influential figure in the LA beat scene since day one. 2009 is the year he steps out from the shadows clutching fresh material for the All City, Poobah and Dublab labels and shiny new remixes for the likes of Warp’s Flying Lotus. His music is an epic journey, leading the listener down dust covered roads of bit-crushed melodies and molested jazz samples, all hemmed in by walls of bass. Make sure you check out TAKE on his extensive European tour. More info on that after the jump.
Now TAKE was kind enough to offer y’all a first listen of the Flying Lotus – Parisian Goldfish (TAKE Remix) which will be on Flying Lotus’ L.A Ep3, and a Remix of Architeq – Sleeping bEAR of the Marry Anne Hobbs compilation for Planet Mu..remember you heard it first on MOOVMNT .
Flying Lotus – Parisian Goldfish (TAKE Remix)
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Architeq – Sleeping bEAR (TAKE Remix)
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