Friday 26 September 2014

Kaytranada

Kaytranada is a prolific DJ and producer from Canada who mixes catchy R'n'B, electronic & hip hop beats with heavy basslines and drums samples for various DJs and musicians. Behind the decks, this 22 years old man has got an impressive ability to turn each song into something very sleek and special. I selected few ones that may tickle your feet and tempt you to go to his exclusive show at Village Underground, London, on the 28th of October:

REMIX - "Feel of love" - Tensnake:


PRODUCTION - "A wrote a song about you" - MNEK


PRODUCTION - "Wimme Nah" - Vic Mensa


PRODUCTION - "Charles Barkley" - The Celestics

Saturday 20 September 2014

Late night tales

Discover Ben's mysterious, trippy world.


Ben Khan is a musician, songwriter and producer based in London. He launched his first EP "1992" where hip hop and electronic beats meet some bluesy guitar riffs. Listen to "Savage" below.


In his videos, he creates a new storyline with existing images, scenes from various movies and ads that have been carefully selected in the aim to communicate a very specific moment in a song. The videos are striking, sometimes disturbing. They are evocative and at the same time ambiguous. They intrigue our mind and lead our imagination to something new which I find quite original and refreshing.

Smoothie

I discovered Nick Monaco through the DJ duo Soul Clap. Listening to Nick Monaco is like tasting a strange looking smoothie, something that would contains both spinach and strawberry. His music is a mix of genre, hard to summarize, from r'n'b to dub, from disco to funk, all under the vast universe of dance music. The way he uses his voice is interesting, experimenting with different tones.
Here's a wonderful acoustic version of the track "Private Practice" from his debut album "Mating Call":


Behind the album artwork, the talented illustrator Lynnie Zulu.


I like how this song slowly builds up with the raggae rythm accompanied with a sensual voice that somehow reminds me of Prince. To listen while smoking a joint:


If you enjoyed listening to these, watch this funny video for "The Stalker":