• Tchami, AC Slater, Kaleem Taylor Share "Missing You" From 'After Life' EP

    Tchami has been pretty quiet over the past six months, but the French producer, DJ is starting to unveil some new music. The "Untrue" producer unveiled his first single of 2015, "After Life" in April and with that shared the news that the track would be the title track from a forthcoming After Life EP. No further details were revealed about how many more songs would be on the EP, when it would be released or if there were any collaborators, but yesterday Tchami shared one more detail to clue us in on what the future holds. The "future house" house pioneer shared a video for packed with footage taken from various recent festival gigs for his new collaboration with Los Angeles-based US bass (think more house, but a heavier brand of house) producer, DJ AC Slater and UK vocalist Kaleem Taylor, who sang on "Promesses."

  • Foo Fighters Front Man Dave Grohl Pens Open Letter on Broken Leg, Five Canceled Shows

    After taking a nasty tumble off stage in Gothenburg, Sweden, Foo Fighters front man Dave Grohl suffered a broken leg, yet decided to carry out the show through his damages. Four days after the fall, Grohl has penned an open letter describing the extent of his injuries and to his dismay, the cancellation of five European shows-doctors order.

  • deadmau5 Threatens Lawsuit Against Parody Play 'Deadmouse The Musical'

    This week, news spread about a parody play loosed based around a Canadian producer, DJ deadmau5, real name Joel Zimmerman, titled Deadmouse The Musical. Zimmerman has decided to call upon his team of Hollywood lawyers to threaten a lawsuit to stop the musical from going forward less than a month from curtains opening.

  • Google Play's 'Classical Live' Gives Orchestras New Outlet for Live Records

    Perhaps the largest effort to bring classical into the digital age, Google's upcoming music platform, dubbed 'Classical Live' aims to bring together audiences of all stripes. The idea is to provide listeners with exactly what the namesake denotes: exclusive live recordings of the world's most well-known orchestras.

  • Colleen on 'Captain of None' Thrill Jockey Records Release, Working with Naoko Tanaka and Christopher Thockler and African Music Influences

    Much like myself, french multi-instrumentalist Colleen aka Cécile Schott takes sonic influence from Terry Riley, Arthur Russell, traditional African and Jamaican music and, naturally, the Wu Tang Clan. All of which she delved into on her edition of VF Mix 14, a vinyl-only mix series hosted by The Vinyl Factory, quoting “Bells of War” as her choice Wu cut. These influences trace back to Cecille’s childhood obsession with her parents cassette tape “The Kings of Reggae”, mostly consisting of Lee “Scratch” Perry tracks from 1976 to 1979.In her own work, she uses her voice and the baroque instrument treble viola da gamba to recite intricate tales of the human mind and heart. Her latest release, Captain of None on Thrill Jockey Records is possibly the most experimental album in her repertoire featuring tracks heavily influenced by her Jamaican and African music obsession, embossed bass lines and, new to her, percussive effects.Recorded, mixed and produced entirely by Cecille in her San Sebastian, Spain music studio, Cecille imparted dub production techniques, a melodica, a Moogerfooger and delay pedal and echo effects. Another intricacy of Captain of None: rather than bowing the instrument in a traditional manner, Cecille tunes the viola da gamba like a guitar and plucks it for a fresh perspective on what a string instrument is and can be. I had an e-conversation with Colleen on her Thrill Jockey release, where her love of the viola da gamba came from and the very real struggle for non-American artists to tour in the States.

  • III Points Festival 2015 Lineup: Nicolas Jaar, Run The Jewels

    Ultra Music Festival and Art Basel are the most widely known festivals that occur place in Miami each year, but they are is not the only multi-day music event happening in the Southern tip of Florida. Since it is warm nearly year-round in Miami, organizers can take advantage of the climate and schedule events beyond the traditional summer months. This fall III Points Festival will return to the SOHO Studios in Miami's artsy Wynwood neighborhood. The lineup exudes a coolness with its bookings, including names like Run The Jewels, Panda Bear, Ghostface Killah, Nicolas Jaar and many more.
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