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Apr28

Mary Anne Hobbs: Road Warrior Tour Diary for URB – Part Four

The final installment of a bass-fueled journey through the North American continent. 

 

Mary Anne Hobbs graces URB once again with the final entry to her incredible Road Warrior Tour Diary. It’s been a sleepless adventure across the US and beyond, but of course, when you’re playing gigs like Francois K’s Deep Space in New York City, or King Britt and Rucyl’s Saturn Never Sleeps, you tend to keep going no matter how much sleep you’ve lost. Along with those East Coast stops, Mary Anne hits up Canada with some hard-pressed Canadian customs drama. At least she played a great gig with the always-awesome XI. More info about all the highs, lows and in-betweens after the jump.

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Feb18

RYAT Premiere New Single (MP3)

Philly-based duo RYAT, comprised of vocalist Christina Ryat and composer multi-instrumentalist Tim Conley, are preparing for the March 8th release of LP “Avant Gold” by previewing a track for Urb entitled “Superficial Friction”. Now, lest you spent too much time trying to repeat that delightful jumble of syllables over and over, you should instead click below to check out to Christina’s highly sought-after vocal prowess, she is already featured on King Britt’s latest full-length “Intricate Beauty” and is a collaborator on Brainfeeder’s own Taylor McFerrin’s solo record.

RYAT – Superficial Friction

So overtaken is RYAT’s community of peers by the witchy, glitchy, orchestral charm of their sound that  there is …

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Dec22

A Decade of Mochilla (Part Two) Mixed by Coleman (Video & MP3)

Below are B+’s words regarding this mix.  This is definitely a great mix that helps showcase Mochilla’s deep body of work.  Music from DJ Shadow, Jackson Conti, Suite for Ma Dukes, King Britt, Quantic, J. Rocc, Nobody, DJ Nuts and more. Enjoy and Happy Holidays.

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The response to the first part of this mix has been incredible.   Thank you for all the support, retweeting, and reposting.  Mochilla loves the love.   Part two here today for download is stepping the game up and to quote Coleman, “I wanted this mix to slap everyone in the face and get them to pay attention.”   It is purely rhetorical of course, our version of a slap in the face is the caress of boss nova, the thump of cubia or the heat stopping wind sucking gaps of great syncopation.  This mix has all of that.

Remember of course these are 20 minute teasers for the full mixes coming in 2011.

Just a quick note on the photo that we used on the cover – I snapped this one at the great “La Marcha” way back in 2001.   It was taken in the Zocalo in Mexico City and Maldita Vecindad were performing in solidarity with the EZLN.   The kid on his friend’s shoulders with the El Che shirt embodies all that we wanted Mochilla to be way back in ‘01 – engaged, excited, energetic and happy. Our brother and design guru Keith Tamashiro flipped it into our first logo and Stephen Serato has reflipped it into our 10 year mix cover.

This will warm your ears, brighten your heart and remind you of the strength of good music.  Download, hit play and you know – turn it up…

Thanks for all your support and happy holidays,

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Jun30

Countdown to Camp Bisco IX: We Have A Remix Contest Winner!! (MP3)

We’re two weeks away from CB9 in New York (you can still score a few of the remaining 3-day passes for $155, up until 7/14, plus they’ve extended the 90-day interest-free bill me later option) and it’s time to announce the winner of URB.com’s & MixMatchMusic Remix Wizard’s remix contest, which was a massive, global beat-battle. This year saw more entrants then ever, all delivering wildly varied styles, from nearly every continent. Here are the sounds delivered by the winners. THANKS & RESPECT to everybody who entered — YOU make our global music community thrive and YOU keep it moving forward… …MORE

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Jun29

Quadron Live In SF Performing “Jeans” (Video)

Here is some nice footage of Quadron during their recent show at SOM in San Francisco, CA.  Their SF show is part of their nationwide tour ending Tuesday, June 29th in Philadelphia at Johnny Brendas, as part of King Britt’s Saturn Never Sleeps party.

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