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Jan23

Unsound Festival New York Announced for 2012

Third round of the festival to take place April 18th-22nd 

Last year’s New York edition of the Unsound Festival brought in such talent as Appleblim, Dorian Concept, Kode9, Lone, and more – so naturally we’re excited to reveal some early details of the third iteration of the festival, set to take place from Wednesday, April 18th to Sunday the 22nd. The festival, which also takes place in the fall in Krakow, Poland, works to connect lesser-known artists from Eastern Europe with their Western counterparts by working with partners including the Polish Cultural Institute New York and the Goethe-Institute New York.

Confirmed acts so far include Hype Williams, Demdlike Stare, Ital, Sun Araw, a special commissioned project by Biosphere and Lustmord, Baaba, and more – you can see the full details on the festival’s official site.

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Jan05

Cassia Coming Out With New Single (Video & MP3)

Cassia is a teenage pop princess who is the daughter of reggae royalty. The result of her influential, music-filled upbringing is a gorgeous fusion of rarely-combined genres, that will cause Rihanna to look over her shoulder. Her debut single, “Bipolar” is sure to strike a chord deep within many. She describes it as, “A song I wrote when I was caught at a fork in the road. Sometimes what you love to death is the cause of all your pain and misery.”

Cassia is currently in the studio mixing her second single entitled, “Just Like Pollution.”


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Nov05

Ducky releases 15 week mixtape, Boys Club EP, and Paris music video (Video & MP3)

In the coming weeks, the New York-based producer Ducky, AKA Morgan Neiman, will be releasing her upcoming EP Boys Club via the Ducky Bandcamp page. Ducky will unleash one track every week for 15 weeks, eventually culminating in the release of Boys Club as a fierce and cohesive mix on January 21st. She already has 2 tracks up there, so forgive us for being late. We’ll try to remind you weekly from now on. If you seen her name before here, you might’ve caught her on the 15 top acts from CMJ list.

With a combination of bad-girl wit and catchy pop sensibility, the NYU student and DJ has crafted a collection of eccentric beats punchy enough to break into the male-dominated beat scene. Hot on the heels …

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Oct20

Sepalcure To Debut Live A/V Show, Provide Exclusive URB Tour Diary + Free Download (MP3)

The New York/Berlin boys are busy with some good vibes. 

The cross-continental production duo of Travis Stewart and Praveen Sharma are once again heading off to another country to smash it, with love, of course. Fresh off a buzzed-about performance at Unsound Festival 2011 in Krakow, Poland, Sepalcure are ready to crush it south of the border this time around. The twosome will be performing at Mutek_MX (Mexico), an event coordinated by Sony as well as the organizers of Mutek Festival, held annually in Montreal. In addition to that, this will be the first time the duo will be doing a live A/V set, accompanied by the visuals of Sougwen Chung, who has done art for all the Sepalcure releases to date. The duo will check in with URB occasionally, as they’re providing us with an exclusive tour diary. The diary will ultimately lead to their live A/V set in New York (tickets can be bough here), accompanied by Warp’s Africa Hitech doing an exclusive and rare set in the States.

So to celebrate all these great things happening to one of our favorite acts at the moment, Sepalcure is giving everyone on the internet a free download. Check out the link to “I’m Alright” after the jump.

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Mar11

BURNIN’ UP: Svpreme Fiend (MP3)

Mystery in the mix. 

Welcome to BURNIN’ UP, URB’s foray into the producers surfacing from the underground, from wherever they may lie. As mysterious as that introductory statement sounds, it’s got nothing on our featured producer: Svpreme Fiend. Truly a mystery man, the producer is somewhere in New York trying to find his voice somewhere in the endless abyss between the sounds of broken-hearted vocal samples and percussive storytelling; inside his productions are undeniable journeys of self-realization and self-preservation, touching upon roots in hip-hop, house and dark UK Garage. Signed to the burgeoning Local Action Records label last year, he joined a roster that has now grown exponentially into something truly delving into the deepest and darkest parts of genres, whether it’s rooted in techno, funky, or any sort of enigmatic sound. The label …

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