Brooklyn-based denitia and sene have mastered the fine art of soulful sensuality with their luscious, smooth-as-silk sound. The duo’s intoxicating music effortlessly melds elements of electronic, hip hop, R&B & soul in equal doses- a reflection of Denitia Odigie & Sene’s respectively diverse musical backgrounds. In addition to a Red Bullsingle & video collaboration on the horizon, denitia and sene have just announced the release of their his and hers LP on vinyl, out February 11!
his and hers LP cut “Casanova,” is a deliciously addictive number that features the intertwining silky vocals of the duo in a “his-and-hers” battle of the hearts. Another stellar LP single, “trip. fall.”was transformed into an evocative live video with the help of Brooklyn collective BKLYN1834, as part of their hand-curated BKLYN AIR series. Matching the sultry dynamic of the song, the video portrays the pair in an intimate hotel room – Denitia’s stirring vocals stripped down as she sings from the shower, and Sene providing the instrumentation.
“A delightful shock from China ….. a sly variant on Seventies New Wave: a dynamic singer, Helen Feng, who bears a strong vocal resemblance to Blondie’s Debbie Harry, fronting a White Stripes-style rhythm section – male guitarist, wicked female drummer – that threaded loops and programming through heavy blues and dance floor rhythms….. – at once rough and digital… my first best of the fest.” – ROLLING STONE (David Fricke, Senior Editor)
If the music planet these days is inhabited by candy colored pop munchkins, ruby red dance floors, and twerking teddy bears, here comes the Wicked Witch of the East. Staunchly opposed to the oh so technicolored predictable dance tracks that have goo’d and gaga’d the world, a band out of China, yes you heard me, China, has produced an electronic EP finally with a nasty, nasty side to drive fear into the all the denizens of OZ.
This is not for the club, but for the lonely, lonely walk home after a night at the club. It’s music for walking through streetsfilled with tranny prostitutes (Beautiful Boys) and coming down from lord knows what (My Song 9). As if emerging from the polluted fog of Beijing, Nova Heart gives you garbled transmissions from an enemy satellite, telling you that for every up there is a down, for every pleasure there is a price.
And this message, like an ominous counterpoint, is filled with sex unfulfilled and builds that lead to a slide into oblivion. Dark analog scenes created by Italian cowboy Rodion are filled to the brim with the siren’s call of lead singer Helen Feng that promises both sex and mortality – all at the same time. Deceptive pop melodies that lead you down the road as if setting you up for the kill before they diverge and you drop down that endless well.
Live, Nova Heart is like watching a gathering at a religious service gone dangerously wrong. The world’s most amazing female drummer, ATOM, the size of a munchkin herself, powers through a show that feels like a voodoo ceremony while Helen holds the pulpit like an evangelical preacher shaking and panting as if she´s feeling some spirit possessing her body and asking for your souls. The guitarist (LOOP), sends only the dirtiest warbliest Floyd-like hooks out in crashing waves as the bassist plays distorted grooves that seems some strange baby called industrial funk.
And from the music and the sound they tease at past hours on that ruby dance floor, dancing around aged genres but never landing flat footed in anything predictable. Perhaps only a group coming out of China can dare to make such predictions, the exuberance of the never ending 80’s finally in coda, and all we are left with is an illusion, the afterglow of the ecstasy, and the fear of facing the consequences of our excess. Perhaps it takes a band that lives in a place where the foibles of a self-obsessed world are exaggerated to 1.6 billion degrees to create the come down album of their generation. This is not a political statement as it is more of a moment of contemplation on just how it feels when the party is over. And if you’re lucky, these are the tracks for the after-after party in purgatory.
After a successful run in March, Dutch electro trio NOBODY BEATS THE DRUM prepares to once again invade the US for the summer festival circuit and select headline shows. Vice/HP’s Creators Project reported “The lively electronic trio garnered tremendous reception from fresh crowds at both SXSW and Ultra Music Festival”, claiming them to be, “Amsterdam’s most mind-altering export.”
NOBODY BEATS THE DRUM is production duo Sjam Sjamsoedin, Jori Collignon, and visual artist/video director Rogier van der Zwaag. Starting May 12, they embark on an 8 week tour that will stretch 12,000 miles of the US and Canadian landscape, with few cities missing out on the group’s mix of hypnotic beats and multi-genre blending live sets. This tour will also see the US debut of the group’s nine screen live projection system known as the Telenovem Automaton 333″, aptly named for its captivating visual experience spanning 333 inches in diameter.
Along the tour at festivals like The Hangout, Sasquatch, Wakarusa, Spring Awakening, Governors Ball, Electric Forest, Montreal International Jazz Fest, Quebec City Summer Fest, and Camp Bisco, NOBODY BEATS THE DRUM will perform along with electro heavyweights like Skrillex, A-Trak, Diplo, Afrojack, Steve Aoki, Thievery Corporation and more. Additional shows of note include headliners at LA’s Dim Mak Live, Belly Up Aspen, and Bassmentality Toronto, with supporting slots to Skrillex and Wolfgang Gartner in Canada. Come out to a show and find out why Consequence of Sound calls the band “The future of Dutch dance music”.
2012 Upcoming Dates
* May 12th – Theatre of Living Arts, Philadelphia PA (Loaded Festival official after party)
* May 17th – The Hangout Festival, Gulf Shores AL
* May 22nd – Cinespace, Los Angeles CA (Dim Mak Weekly)
* May 23rd – Vessel, San Francisco CA (Dim Mak Weekly)
* May 25th – Celebrities, Vancouver BC (w/ Wolfgang Gartner)
* May 26th – Sasquatch Music Festival, Quincy WA
* May 29th – Belly Up, Aspen CO * June 1st – Wakarusa Music Festival, Ozark AR
* June 2nd – Wakarusa Music Festival, Ozark AR
* June 15th – Majestic Theatre, Madison WI
* June 16th – Spring Awakening Festival, Chicago IL
* June 21st – U Street Music Hall, Washington DC
* June 23rd – Governors Ball Music Festival, New York NY
* June 23rd – Brooklyn Bowl, Brooklyn NY (Governors Ball official after party)
* June 30th – Electric Forest Festival, Rothbury MI
* July 1st – Electric Forest Festival, Rothbury MI
* July 4th – Wrong Bar, Toronto ON (Bassmentality Weekly)
* July 5th – Montreal International Jazz Festival, Montreal QC (Les Nuits Heineken)
* July 11th – Quebec City Summer Fest, Quebec City QC (w/ Skrillex)
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Milkman’s new single “Aeroplane”premiered exclusively on Earmilk “…a warp of powerful fist pumping tunes. The electronic dimensions in “Aeroplane” is milk served in a crunk cup.”
Milkman wanted to serve another club banger in anticipation of his DOING BODIES GOOD TOURwhich starts next week. Theprogressive house and mash-up artist Milkman released his other single “Tiger Lily” two weeks ago, fresh on the heels of his highly acclaimed remix of Carly Rae Jepsen’s “Call Me Maybe.” Emerging from the mashup scene as one of the premiere up and coming electro/progressive house artists, Milkman is set to embark on a four-city east coast spring tour in support of his most recent EP, Fragments, which reached #2 on the iTunes electronic chart in it’s first week of release. Joining Milkman on all dates are XXXChange (Spank Rock / Win-Win) and Billy Van (billyvandubstep.com) rounding out what will no doubt be one of the best Spring dance parties. Tickets are on sale now.
Milkman is the stage alias of artist and producer Gregg Luskin from San Diego, CA. His debut album Lactose and THC was voted the “#2 Mashup Album of All Time” by DJ Forum and after touring extensively around the country is now regarded as one of the most innovative DJs around the country.
MILKMAN – DOING BODIES GOOD TOUR with special guests XXXChange and Billy Van
Today Noisey premieres Brooklyn-based electronic/dream pop duo Blue Foundation’s new short documentary “Broken Life.” The film follows Pepper, a charismatic homeless man living on the streets of California for the last 30 years, and is soundtracked by the band’s music. This past Monday, Blue Foundation and Noisey also premiered the music video for “Just a Hand” featuring a cameo from Pepper. The track is from their forthcoming album, In My Mind I Am Free, out May 22nd through their own imprint, Dead People’s Choice Records. The video is an excursion through the streets of Los Angeles and New York on skateboard. Best known for their songs “Eyes on Fire” (certified double platinum in the US) from the “Twilight Saga” and “Sweep” from Michael Mann’s “Miami Vice,” the band released their first 7″ via Moshi Moshi Records and their first, self-titled debut album was released shortly thereafter. Their songs have also appeared on the TV series “The O.C.,” “So You Think You Can Dance,” “CSI:Miami,” and “The Cleveland Show.”
T.T.L.’s “Deep Shadow” has been transfixing the public ever since the trailer for the eagerly anticipated film “The Hunger Games,” started airing. The trailer uses the instrumental version of the song, which quickly became a sensation in the film’s fan community.
T.T.L. is a duo formed by new-wave princess Tying Tiffany and Italian electronic producer and composer Lorenzo Montanà. Tiffany’s latest single “Drownin’” from the upcoming album Dark Days White Nightsis featured on FIFA 12, and her songs have also been used on CSI. Lorenzo Montanà has recently collaborated with Pete Namlook working on an ambient music series called Labyrinth. They have partnered with the innovative label ZerOKilled Music.
ZerOKilled Music – founded by artist/producer Costanza Francavilla – is an NYC-based record label, publishing company, music production and licensing agency representing cutting-edge artists and composers for Film, TV, Advertising, and Video Games. It’s a collective of music lovers based on a DIY with a taste for the evocative and experimental sounds. Their catalog features electronic artists from all over the globe – especially from the European underground scene – rangingfrom ambient to industrial, from forward-thinking pop to avant-garde music. ZerOkilled Music’s aim is to put the far-out sounds of tomorrow within reach and to help create projects that are unmistakably memorable, effective and unique. ZerOKilled artists have their music featured in cult TV shows such as CSI, The L Word, TV ad campaigns such as Cadillac, and movie trailers including Coriolanus, Battleship and The Hunger Games.
“This Brit beatmaker’s productions helped define early subwoofer-punishing dubstep.”-Rolling Stone
Rusko’s new album has quickly overtaken the charts, firmly at #1 on the iTunes Electronic chart in the USA, UK, Canada, France, Ireland and Holland!
SONGS is a collection of masterful pop songs that will reach far beyond the dance floors. Rusko has created a body of work that encapsulates all the best elements of bass heavy music and infuses them with sublime melodies and a euphoric spirit.
Few have had a bigger 2011 than Skrillex. Replete with 2 EPs, the cover of SPIN Magazine, and over 300 performances on several sold-out world tours, Sonny Moore capstones an incredible year with five Grammy nominations, more than almost any other artist. The Atlantic/Big Beat artist has been exceptionally active throughout the last 12 months while simultaneously launching his own record label, OWSLA, as well. These are the 23 year-old’s first Grammy nominations, and honors include Best New Artist (a first for an electronic musician!), Best Dance Recording and Best Dance/Electronica Album for Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites, Best Remixed Recording for his remix of Benny Benassi’s “Cinema” and Best Music Video for “First of the Year (Equinox)” which has garnered over 20 million views on Youtube.
Just one month after the curtain fell on the 7th and biggest edition of Tomorrowland yet, festival organisers ID&T have unveiled what is, without doubt, the most extraordinary, mind-blowing and evocative piece of after movie footage you’re likely to have set your eyes on.
Featuring the very best moments of what surely is now a contender for ‘greatest festival on earth’, and capturing so perfectly what the 3-day electronic extravaganza is all about, this 14 minute audio-visual masterpiece reveals the ‘essence of Tomorrowland’ in all its glory and is an assault on the senses like no other.
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