TAG: Switch

Mar09

Exclusive: The Electro Wars Trailer (Video)

Steve Aoki, A-Trak, DJ Premier and more appear in upcoming documentary 

People taking the initiative is always welcome in a time where being bland leads to being cool. So, when someone puts out a product on a culture that’s in a creative limbo, we get to see its ups, downs, and all-arounds. With The Electro Wars, director and creatvor Stephen Vasquez wanted to capture the essence that is electro culture–from the skimpy skirts to the tightest jeans and the most distorted sounds humanly possible to manipulate. With an upcoming screening during the 2010 Winter Music Conference in Miami, Stephen took time to elaborate on his film and his origins of being a electro “warrior.”

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Feb10

New Major Lazer Featuring M.I.A. (MP3)

Major Lazer “Sound of Siren (feat. Busy Signal x M.I.A.)”

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From Pitchfork:

UPDATE: Turns out this is actually a new Major Lazer track! According to Diplo, it’s from a new EP.

M.I.A. is a woman without a genre, but her global polyglot pop style has always drawn a lot of inspiration from Jamaican dancehall reggae.

[Confirmed via Mad Decent]

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Feb01

Diplo Covers Beyonce “Halo” (MP3)

Lat year, we eagerly watch to see if Diplo would take home a Grammy with M.I.A. and Switch for “Paper Planes (they didn’t). This year, we didn’t really have a horse in the Grammy race (David Guetta’s co-writing credit on “I’ve Got A Feelings” not withstanding). But Diplo had his own particularly skewed take, releasing a Major Lazer cover of Beyoncé’s “Halo” with Elephant Man on vocals, just as the pop starlet won Best Female Pop Vocal Performance.

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Major Lazer ft. Elephant Man “Halo” (Beyonce cover)

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Jan14

That New M.I.A. Vid is from Upcoming Album (Video)

When M.I.A. dropped “Theres Space For Ol Dat I See” on Tuesday, the blogosphere did what it loves to do… now that the smoke cleared, we know that the video is for the song “Space Odyssey” and M.I.A. recorded it Monday with Rusko when she was very vocal and said on Twitter “F— the New York Times” because of a travel piece the newspaper wrote on her home country. It’s a hot track and, if nothing else, we’ll have lots of drama and teasers in the upcoming months. Her album is slated for a summer release.

[Pitchfork, Sounds of the City]

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Jan08

CHICAGO! Win Switch tickets!

ENTER TO WIN! Read more after the jump!
*You must be 21 years of age or older & in the Chicago area to qualify to win.
Winner will be chosen at random and announced on Friday January 15th at 5pm Central Time.
GOOD LUCK URB READERS!

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Dec22

Major Lazer ft. Mr. Lexx & Santigold “Hold The Line (Frikstailers Rmx)” (Video)

It’s awesome how a good cumbia remix can make your favorite track seem like it’s wading through a shallow river of Robitussin. File under iTunes category, Drunk Ankles. bootlegumachine

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