I started the Mudd Up Book Clubb as a celebration of books, readers, libraries, IRL meetups, and all the hot people who love slow media. But the biggest thanks of all goes to the writers themselves. Keep us burning! We see you and salute your work. Furthering that end, here is a gift straight from my muddy heart –
Hand-drawn portraits of all the authors we’ve read so far by artist Rocio Rodriguez Salceda, fitted into digitals for maximum spreadability. Each drawing measures 600 x 800 pixels — formatted for Kindle screensavers, but they work well in a variety of situations: say, an iPhone background, a regular screensaver, or a razor & octopus ink tattoo.
I was orbiting in a space station above Las Vegas a few days ago, so I was unable to get on the mic during last Wednesday’s radio show. But fire is fire. And no voice means more music, which speaks for itself. You can stream it here. Highlights include an exclusive debut of the new Los Rakas single, ‘Pimpin Smokin Dro featuring E-40’. Cue airhorn:
& for next week’s show, January 18th 8-9pm, I’ll have Brian DeGraw from Gang Gang Dance on-air! We’ve successfully rescheduled and got him all the gear needed to do a DJ set live in-studio. Muddy gifts never stop.
The Embassy is the name of my weekly WFMU radio show. We broadcast at 91.1 FM in New York and 90.1 in the Hudson Valley, and of course we on the internets. You can stream last night’s show and check here for the playlist.
I was quiet for most of 2011 when it comes to releasing original music. To be honest, I was a bit hard on myself. I’m finally getting out of that muck, and feeling ready now. I’m planning to put out several releases this year, on Dutty Artz as well as branching out to other labels.
Please find details for my first release of 2012 below. Titled Dubious Prey, it comes out on limited vinyl January 30th, then a digital release with additional remixes shortly follows. London label Sticks N Stones is releasing it… SNS a small new label owned and operated by my friend Aramac, and distributed by ST Holdings. Artwork, tracklisting, YouTube and SoundCloud previews – all below.
artist: Lamin Fofana
title: Dubious Prey
label: Sticks N Stones Recordings (Distributed by S.T. Holdings, UK)
date: 30th January for vinyl / 27th February for digital
Vinyl
A – Brokedown City
A2 – Dubious Prey
B – Brokedown City (Aramac Remix)
Digital
1. Dubious Prey
2. Brokedown City
3. Brokedown City (Aramac Remix)
4. Brokedown City (Svpreme Fiend Mix)
5. Brokedown City (Mayster & Contakt Rebuild)
6. Brokedown City (La Ola Criminal Remix)
Yesterday, XLR8R premiered the first cut from Dubious Prey, “Brokedown City”
NYC-via-Sierra Leone DJ/producer and Dutty Artz affiliate Lamin Fofana is set to release a new EP, Dubious Prey, the follow-up to his 2010 debut EP, What Elijah Said. The new EP features two originals, including this one, “Brokedown City,” a dark but still active piece of techno with a steady four-on-the-floor. The song’s notably tropical percussion is buffeted by potent synth lines, which bleed in and out of the song, and a barely audible vocal sample that occasionally slips into the mix…
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Head over there for the DOWNLOAD.
My girl Juliana Huxtable LaDosha was one of the first people to hold it down for me when I started DJing on the east coast. Pure Genius. Check the rest of her Bcalla looks cover shoot.
A trio of visionary DJ/producers from Chicago graced Mudd Up radio on WFMU last night: we had DJ Rashad, DJ Manny, and OG Traxman. They did back-to-back mixing, everyone playing unreleased original productions — a true glimpse of what’s to come!
Footwork spread in 2011, speeding up and weirding out dancefloors in NYC and beyond, so it was a real treat to have these guys come through to share the new.
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Grab a 20th Anniversary copy of Dazed- there’s 20 different covers that all look kind of like ours with Pharrell.
Love to Tim Noakes for the editorial look and Terence Teh for the write up. It’s the little things like staying up until 3 in the morning packing a $1k box (and collaging the shit out of it) to a Japanese distro or finding your slothy flyers finally leave the internet that keep us moving. Always upward. Been strategizing tonight on new designs for the amazing Chants vinyl and some dope new apparel collabos with renegade atelier Hello Bad Mind. Can’t wait to share them all- but this year is all about less talk and more touch. If your in New York Friday (1/6/2012) come say what’s up at Cluster Mags new party. Brooklyn Fireproof Gallery///119 Ingraham Street (In the Alley)///Brooklyn, NY 11237
Realness seems to be making a come back in Brooklyn. Exhibit A: Troy Ave aka Harry Powder. There’s a few rappers popping up on my radar from NYC lately that are piquing my interest and Troy Ave is one of them. He’s coming with some hard non-retro BK drug dealer rap. I’m on board.
2012 is here.  While we’re all waiting for the mayan clock to tick over and usher in either the apocalypse or the dawn of a wonderful new era I suggest you get your mind right with the spirit world.  The spirits in question here are those concerned with getting drunk, dancing your ass off and sweating out a year worth of ghouls and goblins. ˙∆ INFOS ∆˙ DUTTY ARTZ SWEAT LODGE DJs: Geko Jones Matt Shadetek Atropolis Lamin Fofana Taliesin   Friday Jan 6th 10PM-4AM $$ FREE $$ ADMISSION at The Cove, 108 N. 6th St, Brooklyn NY.  Take the L train to Bedford or G to Lorimer and walk.  >> RSVP ON FACEBOOK <<
Our friend Daniel Perlin (a.k.a. N-Ron, but you’ll soon know him as Merlin) is throwing a crazy end of year houseparty at a space in downtown Brooklyn – Please join us in celebrating the amazing year that was 2011 and the arrival of 2012! Help us push away the spirit of apocalypse… He’s gone and invited the incredibleRipley, yrs truly, and some special guests. MORE details after Saul Williams, c. the year two thousand:
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Saul Williams – Penny For A Thought
2012
APOCALYPSEÂ LATER
DECEMBER 31, 10 PM
170 TILLARY ST. BKLYN
LOADING DOCK
Join Hosts dp, kwonix, Ezio and Danielle in celebrating the time-shift from 2011 to the year 2012
with DJ’s Merlin, Ripley, Lamin Fofana, + Special Guests.
1 night only, we are taking over The Loading Dock at 170 Tillary Street. This is a sacred space, to be treated with a proper party! To scare away the oncoming doom, we have everything, well, almost everything we need:
MUSIC– Be prepared to dance. Sounds from everywhere to make you move. LIGHTS– The most fabulous light system ever. It moves to the beat. It has switches for on and off! FOG– Yes. Fog. Even Kurtz could hide in our fog! DRINK– We have some. Bring more! BUBBLE MACHINE– 2012 in with style. Bubble style. HOT TUB– What more do we have to say. We have a brand spankin new hot tub in the and indoor/outdoor space. Never leave the boat. But you should know how to swim.
What we need: YOU! and a guest.
Please RSVP. We want to make sure we have all the necessary powers in order for an amazing time.
Radio last night was lively, with large exclusives from Traxman and DJ Matabaya, upcoming soca power from Poirier, the overlooked Luciano remix of a Salif Keita & Cesaria Evora song, and an overall energized future lean like Jay Electronica’s crushingly expansive Eternal Sunshine (The Pledge). Lets’s get open! Here’s lookin’ at you, two thousand one two! Streaming:
Peace good peoples. I’m new around here, so thanks firstly to Jace for having me. This here is a mix from my group Old Money for the good folks at VANE. Less a compilation of “the new hot shit” and more so genuine touchstones of influence for us. A cpl unreleased jawns on there from us, as well as one from Boima’s forthcoming African In New York. I’m really and truly still amazed that Boima managed to make me like that Usher song. Vanity Jukebox Vol. 13 Pretty Danger Mixed by Old Money by sotrvanenyc Playlist 1. Mad One – House Girls 7 – No War Inside 2. Old Money – [untitled] 3. DJ Mujava – Mugwanti / Sgwejegweje 4. DJ Tira – I Wont Let You Go 5. Old Money – Mothership [unreleased] 6. Nina Simone – See-Line Woman 7. Rebirth Brass Band – Feel Like Funkin’ It Up 8. Outkast – Spottieottiedopalicious (Nacey Remix) 9. Isa GT – Funketa 10. Kes The Band – Wotless 11. Crystal Waters – What I Need (Club Mix) 12. Maluca + The Party Squad – Lola (Ging Danga) 13. Usher – DJ Got Us Fallin’ In Love (Chief Boima Remix) 14. Lil Silva feat. Sampha – On Your Own 15. Gelú-Six – In The Building 16. Baobinga & I.D. – Man Down 17. Jhene Aiko – Club Stranger (Nguzunguzu Remix)
S/o the OG “urban” brands in the vid. Mecca USA, Walker Wear and the like. And RIP Freaky Tah. If you’ve been living this long w/o Legal Drug Money you’ve been living foul!
Steve CHLLNGR showed me this way back when we were in Tejas for some music festival. He was excited about it. Even then the animated sci-fi music video in its embyonic stage looked like an incredible visual story. SKIP TO THE NOW >> Last week, the video was premiered in Wired, and right NOW it’s all up on Vimeo HD Channel. Oh, by the way… if you still like music, Steve’s debut album Haven is out as well.
