Jean Raw

What a nice Saturday it is going to be today.  The sky looks clear and the temp is crisp 58 degrees, perfect for some jams by an old friend I met in Spain.  Going by the name of Jean Raw, this stud is a native of Los Angeles, but derives his sound from years of travel throughout the world. Since returning to this home town of LA in December of 2012, he has started releasing the many gems that he had been keeping for his DJ sets. Be on the look-out for a handful of remixes and an original EP in the first two quarters of 2013.  Below are a few of my favorite tracks that Jean Raw has produced thus far and might I say, I enjoy them quite a bit.  

Hit up his soundcloud page and like his facebook page.  Oh! don't forget to grab those tracks, they're free to download on soundcloud.  Paz.

gonz

Capital Cities

Safe and Sound (Cash Cash Remix)

Get your dancing shoes on everybody! Because we all know tonight is going to be a great night and what better way than to kick it off with some Capital Cities REMIX by Cash Cash. I get this Daft Punkish vibe from the drop, I don't know, that's just me. Repeat button OVERLOOAAAAD!!

     -mario

Air

So Light is Her Footfall (Breakbot Remix)

One of my two favorites mashed up into one. Air, always creating the most simple of sounds and managing for them to stick to your head. Add a little Breakbot into the equation and simple with synthesized upbeats gets you the best of both worlds! Just a nice song to listen to while you drive down the city late at night.


-mario

Gang Gang Dance

I'm an enormous fan of Gang Gang Dance and I get all riled up if I find out they have new stuff in the works.  Though I enjoy speculating as to whether they are producing a new album or not, I caught a glimpse of hopeful light at the end of the tunnel that took the form of the video below.  Band member Brian Degraw is the wizard behind the very, well, just read the description:

"'Psychic Data, Atmospheric Noise' is an audio/visual ode to the present state of the shift in Universal consciousness. It is a fragment of a life that has been pushed to the fringes of science.....the melding of man and nature in the theater of waking dreams. The images and sounds are inspired by Random Number Generators, Remote Healing techniques, theories of the Noosphere, 'JLG/JLG', and 'Timepiece' by Jim Henson.

The sound in the film does not focus on "song" in the musical sense, but rather on the juxtaposition of sound and image and the power of brevity, silence, and space. The sounds consist mainly of field recordings from the town of Woodstock along with sound effects and fragments of ambiance i recorded in my studio.

Directed, Filmed, and Edited by Brian DeGraw.
Starring Tony Cox, BDG ,and Fffffrog.
Assisted by Michael James Fox.
Made possible in part by GleamHouse."

Those who are not artistically inclined or on acid should note that there is a yummy morsel of sound that starts around 4:50.

Psychic Data, Atmospheric Noise

In doing a little research for this post I discovered that our heroes have come out with a remix of FaltyDL's 'She Sleeps.'  It gets cool for me about halfway. 

Cheers!

-gonz

The Prodigy

Smack My Bitch Up

Major Lazer Remix

and

Noisa Remix

The Noisa Remix would be fucking crazy live, holy shit!

-gonz

Beta Frontiers

Hondo (Lee Paradise of Phèdre Remix)

This was the song on the Tiff mix that I just couldn't get out of my head.  I had to find it, buy it, and play that shit on repeat.  I'll probably over listen to it and hate the song in a month, but for now it's my fix, son!  Anyhoo, it reminded me of futuristic/fantastical, Heavy Metal Magazine stuff (hence the art above).  If you like graphic novels and crazy sci-fi stories then you should definitely look into what Heavy Metal Mag is all about.  I'm out for Taco Tuesdayz.

-gonz

Matt Miller x Kilter

Gravel Pit (Flume Remix)

Bad ass beats yo.

-gonz

Satellite Stories

Sirens (Slow Magic Remix)

Slow magic coming through yet again.  Also, look at that dragon; he looks so damn sad. :'(

-gonz

Tame Impala

Elephant (Todd Rundgren Remix)

One listen to that song and I was hooked.  I guess I'm really diggin' the psychedelic vibes these days.  Also, golf clap for the Arts Library for really coming through with another clutch photo.  The above picture is of a hotel in Marbella, Spain, which I stumbled by with a few friends a couple years ago. I remember it looking as rad as it does in this picture.  Building boner.

-gonz

JJAMZ X Chrome Wolves

Heartbeat

the Artifact

Chrome Wolves bangin' out some good tunage. 

-gonz