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Kper – Valentine’s Day mix ‘09

Last year was the second year in a long time I spent the corporate smorgasbord of cheese that is Valentine’s Day by myself. Beyond all the bullshit that surrounds what is really just another day, I’m a sentimental man at heart and so I decided to mark it by making a mix for the person I wish I was spending the day with.

I gave it to her and left it at that. And then this weekend as I was putting ideas together for another valentine’s mix, I decided to dig out last year’s one and give it another listen. Turns out I quite like it and I think it came out nicely, especially considering it was put together rather hastily and because of some emotional turmoil.

The new mix I’m working on is a bit different, it’s themed around melancholy instead of lost/unobtainable love. That one should be done in a week or so and will be featured on another blog, though I’m not sure yet but will update when I do.

So anyways here goes. Valentine’s mix 2009 for those who want something to get close to the one they love but more realistically, considering the films I sampled for it, it’s probably more for those who haven’t got someone to celebrate it with or can’t be with the one they would like to be with. In which case I’m not responsible for any slightly depressing feelings the mix might bring up.

No tracklist, instead I’ll run down some of the featured artists: Mala (DMZ), The Roots, Sa-Ra, Cannibal Ox, J Dilla, Spacek, Slum Village, Pharcyde, Illa J, Erykah Badu, William Bell and a few others. Includes samples from the following movies: Chasing Amy, Clerks 2 and Mallrats. Dedicated to the person it was originally made for, I still think of you every day.

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By Laurent – January 31, 2010

Saturday morning winter sunshine

Brockwell gardens, south London

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By Laurent – January 30, 2010

New Music Weekly – Jan ‘10

So as I mentioned a few days ago I’m planning on doing a more regular round up of audio and visual bits from around the webanets and further. I was doing something similar-ish for the last few months of 2009, but I’d rather do it well than half-arsed so I’ve taken a little bit of inspiration (and a Flash player plugin) from the rather excellent ISO50 blog and Jakub’s (from Ghostly Int) great posts about new music he’s coming across/liking. If you haven’t yet, check them.

Instead of just rounding up a bunch of free music and other embeds from around the web I’ll be selecting new, and not so new, music I get sent for writing/radio purposes and which isn’t always available online for you to check out alongside freebies from around the web. A bit more focus then. Anyways let’s do this, first one of the year and hopefully will be happening every 2 weeks or so.

Playlist of the week

This first playlist features 6 tracks from a selection of worldwide artists. We got L.A, Spain, Japan, London, Washington DC and wherever in the UK Lone is from (I’ve forgotten).

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North London rooftops

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By Laurent – January 29, 2010

New Visual Weekly – Jan ‘10

So I’ve decided to start a new series of weekly-ish posts rounding up cool things I come across online – visual things (like videos, photos etc…) and musical things. We’ll see how it goes but ideally I’ll be posting at least twice a month, and this way people might come across some cool stuff they’ve missed. God knows I stumble across some incredible, and not so incredible, stuff via twitter, facebook, email and the rest so rounding it all up should help me keep track of it all a bit more easily. Let’s start with the visual end of tings…

First up is this insane video the homie Lobo sent me on gmail, featuring some very funky Iranian dudes popping and locking at a wedding in Tehran in 1991! I’ll let the video speak for itself, and as Joe Muggs pointed out ‘does it count as American cultural imperialism if it’s DAMN FUNKY?’

I came across this video on twitter earlier today, and it made me smile just like the people in it. Someone put a video camera on a kaitenzushi (sushi restaurants with automated belts to serve the food) and this is the result… pretty impressive considering how timid Japanese can sometimes be in public settings.

This video meanwhile shows the hand-printing technique used by Stones Throw for their recent Madlib release. Impressive to witness and a great way to make the music just that more valuable to people.

Mush Records artist Deru has a great animated video of his song Peanut Butter & Patience

As does Japanese artist Eccy, this time it’s not animated but I’m loving the vibe and editing work by DBKN, someone I got to meet back when I was DJing at Back To Chill in Tokyo a few years back.

And I’m gonna round up this first NVW with some amazing shots of life on the Tokyo streets which I found via Andrew Houston on Twitter. The photographer goes by Genmegane and his site can be found here – http://genmegane.com/. Below are some favourites among the many fascinating shots… the way he manages to capture what makes living in Tokyo so fascinating is incredible. And it’s not just the people too but also the spaces.