Tonight is the night, Check Yo Ponytail is back!!! Joining us this week will be MPC master and producer Araabmuzik accompanied by NastyNasty, Clicks & Whistles, and Djemba Djemba. Don’t miss your opportunity to catch these incredible producers performing live. A well balanced producer based lineup like this is a rare instance, so don’t miss out on what is sure to be a hard hitting, memorable night.
Tickets are available HERE.
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There is no mistaking producer and expert beatsmith, Araabmuzik is beyond talented behind the MPC. Every performance is a lightning quick flurry of live chops and precisely cued samples that go on to create a hyped out audio battleground with his audience clamoring to get to the frontline. While his performance chops are unsurpassed, his role as a producer is commonly overlooked, despite the creation of his beats and sounds being just as important (if not more so). At an early age, Araabmuzik began creating beats on cassette tapes and sampling techno records before graduating to computer based productions. While the medium may have changed, the spirit remained the same; with production slowly turning into an obsession. His make-a-beat-out-of-anything mentality alludes to a greater goal, a desire to produce outside his realm and be known for more than just MPC wizardry. While I patiently look forward to his evolution, I have no problem staying mesmerized in the meantime.
Araabmuzik will be performing tomorrow night at CYP2. Joining him will be NastyNasty, Clicks & Whistles, and Djemba Djemba. In the meantime, check out this mini documentary on Araabmuzik that features a pretty cool studio light installation.
Tickets are available HERE.
P.S. Here is another cool and slightly quirky light installation connected to Araabmuzik’s MPC.
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With the weather starting to feel like it’s supposed to out here on the West Coast, it’s only a matter of time before we get our summer groove on. Thankfully, our good friends and L.A. locals, Classixx, are one step ahead of the game with the release of their latest single, All You’re Waiting For. Recorded in Nick from Holy Ghost!’s home studio, All You’re Waiting For has a warm, crisp disco mentality regulated by a sonically perfect tone structure that the two producers have perfected over the past few years. Guest vocalist, Nancy Whang (LCD Soundsystem), is paired exquisitely well as her longing melodies drive the track straight into nostalgic summer bliss. All we’re waiting for now is the changing season.
All You’re Waiting For, will be featured on Classixx’s upcoming debut album, Hanging Gardens, out May 14th on Innovative Leisure.
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Io Echo are seemingly unstoppable these days. Already this year, they have toured with Garbage, taken over SXSW with stunning performances at SUPER PARTY and the Pitchfork Showcase, and effectively kicked off Coachella to a packed crowd at 12:15pm both weekends, setting the tone for all the excitement at the festival. While most of us are just barely getting back to the office, Io Echo has beat us to the punch releasing this highly inventive interactive video for, Ministry of Love, today on Noisey.
Upon initial play, Ministry of Love takes you into a spherical realm that contains each of the several interactive elements that you will be able to pull, twist, move , and effect in real time as the song plays out. The only thing more mesmerizing is the song itself. Be sure to head down to your local record store and pick up a copy of, Ministry of Love out now on IAMSOUND.
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The great thing about Rube Goldberg machines is that it’s a precedented concept that can be applied in a myriad of ways, the latest which comes by way of our good friend A-Trak and Tommy Trash for Tuna Melt. For those that do not know, a Rube Goldberg Machine is a deliberately elaborate contraption designed to perform a simple task. This video is a prime example of that concept in motion, all decked out with that midas Fool’s Gold touch from start to finish. Take a look.
P.S. Check out the behind the scenes video capturing the meticulous nature of the setup by Kinetic King, as well as a glimpse at the impressively swift steadycam operator.
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