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If you’re going to give your album a name that references Hendrix, you better bring some far-out shit on the first single. Janelle Monae delivers a worthy jam that Jimi would be proud of on “Q.U.E.E.N.,” the first single off her upcoming album, The Electric Lady. The tune starts with a serious swamp funk guitar riff that soon makes way for some Prince-approved Oberheim synth sounds, a marching army of Janelle-bot vocals and an Erykah Badu-rapped coda that leaves you dying for more.
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Decibel Festival wrapped up in Seattle last week, marking it’s biggest year to date. Part of that success came in no small part to Erykah Badu, who performed for two nights at the Paramount Theater with her new live electronic band, The Cannabinoids. In this exclusive clip, the band performs “Money Can’t Buy Me Love” on their innovative set-up of 8 laptops, 3 turntables, 6 keyboards, 4 drum machines, a Theremin, live onstage production.
Decibel Music Festival + Erykah Badu and The Cannabinoids from The Confluence on Vimeo.
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When the next chapter in the history of electronic music is written, look for Los Angeles producer Flying Lotus to be featured on the first page. His visionary take on instrumental hip-hop has taken the world by storm, while his Brainfeeder label has sustained an entire new generation of producers—from Gaslamp Killer to Tokimonsta—who together make up what is known as the LA Beat sound. FlyLo’s fourth album, Until The Quiet Comes, drops next week on Warp Records (a name already written in many chapters of electronic music’s grand history). The album features some of the most significant players in modern music, including Erykah Badu and Thom Yorke. Check out the stream via NPR, and be convinced that Flying …
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Flying Lotus has been teasing us with word of a new album for some time. Heck, he delivered an all new live set back in April at Coachella, making us wonder when the heck the new record would finally drop. The beloved producer is finally firming some things up, including the album title (Until The Quiet Comes), artwork, tracklist, and a list of special guest including Erykah Badu, Laura Marling, Niki Randa, Thundercat, and Thom Yorke. He’s also announced a tour to support the new record which will be coming on Warp Records on October 2nd.
Get the dates and details after the jump.
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Seattle’s Decibel Festival are about to announce the second wave of acts who will be appearing at the 2012 event and URB has the exclusive scoop. UK electronic legends Orbital, fast-rising techno star and Berghain resident DVS1 and Erykah Badu‘s new electronic project Cannabinoids have been added to the already impressive line-up, which includes Carl Craig as 69, Matthew Dear, Nina Kraviz, Ariel Pink, Actress and dozens more high-reputable artists from virtually all stripes of electronic music. See the full line-up thus far after the jump. …MORE
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