Touch the Magic Now- The Trackademicks Process

I had a chance to sit down with the homie Dave the Dopeman from touchthemagicnow.com
, a fresh new site highlighting the efforts of all the dopest producers.

I love the concept of the site because it highlights the efforts of the dopest producers.

Specifically, it shows their process and approach to music making.

Glad I got a chance to do this... I totally forgot about this beat. I just might use it...

Dub Frequency CMJ Showcase tonight @ BLVD!!!

TONIGHT!!! NY!!! HNRL!!! Fool's Gold!!!

BackTRACKin': Prefab Sprout- "Appetite"

Prefab Sprout- "Appetite"

I wasn't up on Prefab Sprout until a couple months ago. I got interested after hearing about Thomas Dolby's involvement in this project. After hearing the album, Steve McQueen, I was thoroughly satisfied. There's a very contemporary feel to the music. It almost sounds as if it could have been made today. Real Breezy. Real Clean. Real Sophisticated.

There are a few gems on the album... I'll let you find them if you're so inclined. It's okay to work for it. 

Work hard. Play hard...

Oh Yeah. Tell if I'm trippin', but isn't that Luther Vandross at the 3:28 mark?!?!? Hmmm...

Gold Fever??? Hmmmm.

Ummmmmm... Yeah.

I don't feel I have to say anymore about this one... EXCEPT that you should come out and see what actually happens...

I don't have the answer to that one yet...

I just hope I get to see Jill Masterton there...

Somewhere in Mexico...

Ummm... Yeah.

This is amazing.

Happy Monday.

Trackademicks x Zero 7!!!

I've come to learn that it's extremely funny how things work out. The universe tends to foreshadow happenings in ways that you may just miss them if you're not paying attention.

Back in '05, Tap and went to London and got a chance to kick it out there for a brief stint. During that time, we got a chance to connect with Eska . At the time she was really making a lot of noise in London. Just in case you're unfamilar, her voice is the $h!t. Since that time, she's gone on to work with one of my favorites, Matthew Herbert . Wow.

When I got commissioned to remix Zero 7's upcoming single, I was speechless. I've been a fan for a minute. I remember hearing Bugz in the Attic flip "Distractions"... Sia's voice was amazing. I had the pleasure of catching them at the Hollywood Bowl along with Matthew Herbert and Gotan Project. That show was off the hook.

So when I got the parts for "Medicine Man", I heard a familiar voice on the track. It turned out that Eska was the featured vocalist. It also turns out that she is on more that a few songs on the album. After meeting her, we never got the chance to do any music, so this remix kind of brings everything full circle.

Enjoy!

Available NOW in the UK Exclusively!!!
Zero 7 "Medicine Man" (Remixes) - EP
iTunes UK

Josie Stingray x Everlasting Bass this Saturday!!!

For those who have been under a rock for the last few years, let me get you up to date.

Josie Stingray is a MC of the highest degree.
Josie Stingray is also in the Honor Roll.
And this Saturday,
Josie Stingray has a show with the ladies of B.A.S.S. (Bay Area Sistah Sound) at Poleng in SF.

Just in case you forgot, we do this.

In the Bay We Pop Our [Shawl] Collars.

And apparently, so do the people over at GQ Magazine.

Lambo is the Man.

... And I'm not jokin'.
Just ask Stones Throw.
Listen to that Breeze.

Shout out to my LA patna. Oh yeah, shout out to Freddie Gibbs too.

Yeee!