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Another far out release from the RICHMOND “choco-milk gang,” COUCH is filled to the brim with possible scores to future “mushroom westerns,” spaced out head bangers as well as crazy intricate sound collage pieces. An eclectic mix of ideas and heady flavors from Ahnnu.
Cognitive Reframing: is a powerful psychological tool that helps us change the meaning we ascribe to a particular event or situation. The “REFRAMING” project from Stainless Steele features remixes from: Ackryte, Lapalux, Infinite Potentials, Swarvy, Zenios, Nigel One, Josh Hey and Mefaun.
As 2011 rolls over to 2012 you would expect to see lists of top music releases of the past year. As the lists start to spread so does opinions on whether the listeners agree or disagree according to their taste and personal favorites. Soundcloud, one of the most popular online sites for independent musicians, bloggers, podcasters and listeners to socialize on the web, released their 1,000 Most Influential Tracks of 2011. You may notice some familiar names that Extra Lovely has posted in the past months including: Prof.Logik, Akryte, Infinite Potentials, Knxwledge, Mndsgn, Stainless Steele, Lapalux etc.
An Extra Lovely favorite from the list:
Via – back2pluto
The illustrious worldwide art collective Midnight Kids Academy unites once again to kick off the new year with Class of MMXII; a compilation album featuring some of the best music created by the MDNK camp in 2011. Exclusives present in this project include contributions from ROZEAUDIO, Stainless Steele, Asonic Garcia, CPT, and TEK.LUN and returning prime singles by rMell, Jowin, FTRSND, N.O.M.A.D, SiR E.U, Dexter Fizz, AbJo and more. Expect much more activity coming from MDNK’s music labelKC.93 Records & Radio this year.
Yo beat heads!! First album under JUNKHOUSE available for download. The culmination of a year of experimentation. 22 tracks feature 8-bit hits dug up from some of my favorite games while mixing in some 80′s sytle Synthwave pads. BREAK YO NECKS TO THIS!
– 3LLL – Galaxy Zero X Junkhouse
Multitalented producer/rapper Moka Only delivers his yearly “Martian Xmas” treat. As always, it includes exclusive tracks only crafted specifically for this project, and IT’S FREE! Ho ho ho..
“Martian Xmas 2011” features 16 brand new tracks cooked up especially for this project, a real christmas treat for the listener! Expect the usual doses of ever-smoothly delivered witty raps, lo-fi samples, clever productions and other odd beats all tied together like only Moka can.
Stainless Steele was live again recently on RWD.FM internet radio. The set features live vocals over tracks from Lapalux, VLooper, Ichiro, Prof.Logik & Ackryte along with some original production. /// Check it out…
This is the fifth EP from artist N.O.M.A.D. Like all of his EP’s, this EP was designed with the lucid dreamer in mind to aid in one’s travels through the subconscious.
I made this album about during one of those deep, dark, cold Pennsylvania winters. My homie Jim Agguzi played the drums, of all sorts, and went on these wild percussion trips, drumming all over the walls and metal pipes sticking out of the walls in the basement we were recording in.
We recorded about 3 hours of straight up drum tracks, all in short segments, nothing in song structure. After I chopped some of the drums up, made some loops out of them, I arranged them he Jim laid the Wurlitzer on top.
After that was done, I went back out to Humboldt County, CA, did my business, and came up with the tracks. Don’t really remember where all the samples came from, or which filters or EQs I use, which I get asked all the time, but that’s what I came up with out of it.
My friend way up there, Valerio, played metal/FX guitar, so he added the guitar over tracks, and it was born; TRON VOYAGE.
The track listing is in the story of some alien robot, going thru life, getting pissed his job is wack, quitting, setting off for greener planets, finding one, enjoying the pece it thinks found, reality setting in & life getting hectic again, and then his realization that life is life, wherever you go. You can’t escape it.
Prof.Logik and Ackryte team up for a lovely collaborative EP filled with dirty drums, lush melodies, spacey and environmental samples and dope synth work.
Stainless Steele recently did a live set on RWD.FM internet radio /// The set features live vocals over tracks from Markus Swarvy, Josh Hey, Knxwledge, and AbJo along with some orignal tracks, remixes and unreleased material, check it out…
The Footclan Beat Collective (AL_PD, Dan Matic, Bmoody, jSchlock) presents Dusty But Digital: Beats Vol. 2.
Welcome to Obrigado!: a brazilian inspired beat “mixtape”, full of released and unreleased beats of mine that fit in the category of beats coming from minha alma (my soul, for the natively english speaking folks).
This mixtape is my prequel to a long awaited, much anticipated, thoroughly contemplated KC.93/Midnight Kids released beat tape, which, still untitled, should be released early spring next year. Until then, take your soul (alma) on a ride and let this be your early reminder that another summer soon comes, and that this is one of many soundtracks to that summer madness…
– the midnight kid.
Swarvy, a beat producer out of the Philadelphia area releases the Remixes of the Shadows vol. 1 and vol. 2 EPs. This project includes remixes from; Mndsgn, Akryte, DTCPU, JoshHey, Sir Froderick, CHits, AshTreJenkins, Ichiro and more.
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