Since BBBD's founding in 2004, we've debuted a number of new "columns," "features," podcasts, and the like ... none of which really seemed to work. (Yeah, believe it or not, there was a BBBD "radio program"; likewise, we attempted a myriad weekly round-ups and plenty of other nice-try-maybe-next-time regulars.)
We're practically guaranteeing that our Muxtape series will remain constant, though.
Check it out! We've just put together BBBD Muxtape No. 4! The eight-track mix features Zongamin, Annie, new Munk, Human Highway, Golden Bug, and all the other greats you've been itching to tune into! Enjoy, loyal readers.
In an attempt to monopolize Muxtape, BBBD has uploaded yet another killer mix that features primarily stuff you won't hear on this blog. (While we like to support the unsigned and under-appreciated, there's absolutely nothing wrong with, you know, rockin' out to some Vines every once in a while.)
Stereolab, the Vines, Pete & the Pirates, Littl'ans, Late of the Pier, Santogold ... they're all up there. It's 1 PM PST/4 PM EST -- there's plenty of time to chill before the work week hits again. Listen.
As a perpetual trend-setter (ahem), BBBD has decided to put together a Muxtape. Please enjoy it! The tunes included are favorites that won't be found on the blog itself as they're too "mainstream" or overly covered elsewhere.
And yes, Phantom Planet is on the list, and yes, the California pop band was my favorite artist of the week at forty-six listens. Geez. I swear this is a phase. I hope.
One of NYC's best independent record labels, Music Related, has been offering some fantastic mixes through Mr. No Music since March of this year, and judging by the series' third installment, they'll only get better!
April's eleven-track episode was mixed live by Pandatone (AKA Music Related's dedicated founder) and it shines through. The thing's fifty-minutes long and has a smooth, organic quality to it that you can't get without (a) being pretty damn talented and (b) using good DJ equipment. This is no hack job!
Featured artists include the Glimmers, Glass Candy, Lindstrøm, OOIOO (the BBBD favorites), and a few others. Overall, this is a great mix and most definitely worth listening to. Get it! Get it!
Max Barbaria & DJ Vibe, "Love Your Family" Mixtape
BBBD isn't the place for mixtapes, so consider this a bizarre exception to that unofficial rule.
Max Barbaria is one cool dude. As one of the members of the LOLA New York fashion label collective, he dabbles in his fair share of that world while also working with DJ Vibe on a series of mixtapes that they distribute and sell to various boutiques in and around New York City. The latest mixtape, Love Your Family, is ... eighty minutes of blissed-out glitchy funk, bass-heavy ghetto-tech, Italo-disco, space electro (God, I could bullshit genres all day long), and everything else under the sun. It's a jammer, it's a rager, it's one hell of a ride. I wish I wasn't confined to this stupid work chair, as I would be boogieing all up and down the street. Or something. I'll save it for tonight; this is as good as reason as any to rock out on a Tuesday!
The mix is unique in that it incorporates a whole bunch of original material that Max and DJ Vibe produced on their own. Below is one of those tunes hoested by me and a few zShare lines (my favorite!) Don't kill my bandwidth folks ... only one download per person (grin).
The mixtape is being offered as a super cool package, too ... if you're sick of 256 kbps encoded audio, pick up the special box-set containing the disc, a LOLA T-shirt, and Max & DJ Vibe Wayfayer shades at the LOLA shop (?) -- good deal!
While it's generally agreed that Dim Mak founder, Steve Aoki (MySpace) ain't the best DJ out there, it's hard to argue his pop cultural importance and visionary status. Aoki's been one of the emergent voices of L.A. with his record endeavors, attempts at fashion (hmmm), and notrious club nights ... as well as just being a heavy-hitting DJ, on every guest list within a fifty mile radius, and a pop icon that few will ever parallel.
By now it's pretty much common knowledge that he's got a mix tape LP, Pillow Face & His Airplane Chronicles, in January, but we've not heard a whole lot of anything from it, and we've certainly not been given many MP3s to download and enjoy during the massive hype build-up over the past month or so. While I've a bit of a personal disdain (sorry -- that's too harsh a word) for Aoki, I am envious of his networking skills and all around good ear, because wow, this album's got some good songs on it, many of which have not been released, and several of which have been reworked by an Aoki-assembled all-star crew (from Spank Rock to Uffie to the Faint to Hot Hot Heat to Santo Gold to ... ach, why even try to name all the names on this thing!?
Anyway, I got four snippets off the new album today -- the first four tracks to be precise -- and thought I would share them with you all! I merged the files into one "sampler" MP3 for your listening pleasure (and since who really wants to just hear 30 seconds of any one song?), so download the thing below and be severely teased! The four tracks are listed after the jump!
Steve Aoki - Pillowface & His Airplane Chronicles (BBBD Sampler) 1) Refused - New Noise 2) Justice - Waters of Nazereth (Erol Alkan's Durr Durrrrrr Re-Edit) w/ Pase Rock's Guest Drop 3) Does It Offend You, Yeah? - We Are Rockstars w/ Spank Rock & Amanda Blank's Guest Drop 4) Services - Element of Danger (MSTRKRFT Remix) w/ Har Mar Superstar's Guest Drop
It's that time for a new Fuzz.com-generated mixtape, folks! Hope you enjoy this week's selection of tunes ... you've heard them all if you've been reading along, but if you've not, I present a sort of musical summary ...
Alright, so I'm going to diligently try to post a new mixtape here every week, hopefully every Monday, but you never know ... maybe Tuesday will prove more opportune at some point in future.
Also, we're playing around with the style, placement, and all that fun aesthetic stuff for this mixtape thing, so bear with us as we figure all that out. Regardless, you all should enjoy the thing for the uh ... rad music!
