LA hip-hop fashionista’s U-N-I are the latest too cool act to drop a free single on Green Label Sound, the digital label powered by a certain green and sticky substance (no, not the green and sticky). “Land of the Kings” is built on an unusually high-tempo beat—all quarter note snares and zero groove. That is until the Casio-esque breakdown. U-N-I do a great job riding the beat that would throw off most MCs of an older era.
GLS also announced their release schedule for the rest of 2009, which include high-profile acts like Chromeo as well as fast rising stars Amazing Baby, Holy Ghost! and Solid Gold.
As opposed to Juan Maclean, The Juan Maclean is the proper name of the unit that features Nancy Whang (LCD Soundsystem) and Nick Millhiser (Holy Ghost!), making this a it of a DFA
For those of you needing a little disco (or a lot of disco) in your afternoon, MoMa has four hours of DJ sets from the recent DFA party held at the NYC museum. DFA figurehead James Murphy stays off the decks, but the rest of the DFA clan mix it up right with T&T (Tims Goldsworthy and Sweeny), Justin Miller & Jacques Renault, Holy Ghost! and Juan Maclean all offering hour long sessions.
Moby has announced a November 25th release date for Last Night Remixed. But for this album he’s recruited some of the hottest up and coming names in electronica to remix his music. Call it a variety of interpretations, or a straight up competition, but you’ll find multiple spins on Moby hits like “I Love to Move in Here” and “Disco Lies.” A heavyweight in the remix world himself, Moby was likely inspired by his experiences, inviting others to do so for him: “One of the best things about producing and remixing other artists is to deconstruct their master tapes and see how they’ve put their songs together…almost like going back to school. Remixes in 2008 are more important than they’ve ever been…” Read more for the full track list, and check URB’s Moby feature and …
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