Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs to Tour North America This March

For the first time ever in his brief but well-received musical career, Oxford’s tropically inclined electro-popper Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs will bring his brightly colored dance cuts stateside for a quick tour in March. The stint kicks off in LA at the HARD festival on March 12 and ends on March 26 in San Francisco, with stops in Texas, New York, and Canada tossed in between. You can check out the full list of TEED’s tour dates, along with one of the tunesmith’s music videos, below.

March 12 – HARD Festival at Club Nokia Los Angeles, CA
March 14 – Venue Vancouver, BC
March 15 – SXSW at British Music Embassy Austin, TX
March 16 – SXSW at Greco Roman Austin, TX
March 18 – Mod Club Toronto, ON
March 19 – Public Assembly Williamsburg, NY
March 26 – Rickshaw San Francisco, CA

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Bubblin’: Gatekeeper

Who:Gatekeeper
Where: New York, NY

Gatekeeper’s music has a decidedly spooky aesthetic, and it’s one that can be traced back to members Aaron David Ross’ and Matthew Arkell’s Chicago art-school days. The pair met in 2005, and found inspiration in a YouTube video of electronic music pioneer Mark Shreeve covering John Carpenter. After that, the duo set about combining techno, Chicago house, Italo, and a heavy dose of industrial into a dark-yet-dancefloor-friendly brew. Their debut single, “Optimus Maximus,” dropped in late 2009 and was followed last December by Giza, a new EP accompanied by a series of similarly dark-minded videos.

Watch: “Chains”

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Watch: “Serpent”

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Mr. Raoul K “The African Government”

When Mr. Raoul K left his Ivory Coast home for much colder territory (Germany to be precise), it appears he brought some West African warmth along with him and has been skillfully injecting it into his tracks ever since. “The African Government” is a perfect example of Mr. Raoul K’s familiarity with sun-soaked regions, one in which he manipulates traditional instruments of his former continent into a blissful deep house tune, building and looping layers of some far-off African stringed instrument into a hypnotic state of repetition. His German influences stay in the background, showing themselves less in the particular sounds utilized by the producer and more in the structure of the composition, a classic 7-plus minute techno movement full of the usual build-ups and breakdowns honed throughout the years by Europe’s techno pioneers. Mr. Raoul K has been running his own imprint, Baobab, for quite some time now, but “The African Government” will be found on his first release for the Mule Musiq imprint, Introducing My World (artwork above), when it’s released on May 16.

The African Government

Sumsun “Non-Menthol Dub”

This majestic Sumsun instrumental comes from the incredible Sample Based Life Vol.1 endeavor (artwork above), which has gathered over 30 tracks from a slew of collage/tape-music/lo-fi beat producers including the likes of Dog Bite, Ackryte, and Grass Mirror, among others. The concept for the release is the brainchild of Forrest Reiff (a.k.a. Off Balance Atlas), who had the idea to share his sample sources with fellow producers and see what they came up with. Looks like he had no trouble getting his cohorts to take part, and the results of the experiment appear to be just as diverse as the list of contributors. Sample Based Life Vol.1 is available as a “name your own price” download over at the project’s Bandcamp, and those who contribute $8-$10 to the cause will receive a hand-dubbed cassette of the album courtesy of Mr. Reiff himself. We suggest checking out Sumsun’s sole contribution to the compilation below before fully diving into the other 31 static-drenched, blissful beats that make up Sample Based Life.

Non-Menthol Dub

Watch an Interview With Onra

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The good people over at Scion A/V have passed along this interview with Parisian beatsmith Onra. You’ll find the producer discussing how he began making tracks, what his early inspirations were, and sharing some insights into the process behind his newest All-City LP, Long Distance. Onra also has some North American tour dates planned next month, which you can check out after the jump.

March 3 – Princeton, New Jersey – Terrace F Hall w/ Com Truise
March 4 – NYC, New York – Knitting Factory w/ DJ Spinna, Ge-Ology, DJ Amir, Com Truise & Sadat X
March 5 – Vail, Colorado – Snowball Festival w/ Pretty Lights, Bassnectar, Diplo
March 9 – Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania – The Shop
March 10 – Toronto, Ontario – The Drake Hotel w/ MyManHenri
Marcy 11 – Detroit, Michigan – Park Bar
March 12 – Calgary, Alberta – Local 522
March 14 – Seattle, Washington – Nectar Lounge
March 15 – Vancouver, BC – Lamplighter w/ Dam-Funk

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DJ T Readies Album, Releases New Single

Berlin’s veteran producer and co-founder of the Get Physical imprint, DJ T, has announced he will be releasing a new LP entitled Pleasure Principle next month. The forthcoming record finds DJ T crafting 11 tracks in which he delves “into electronic music’s legacy of authentic soul,” enlisting an impressive international list of collaborators along the way, including San Francisco’s Dave Aju, Toronto’s James Teej, and Paris’ Jaw & Ginger (Jaw being of the group dOP). In the meantime, he’ll be releasing a digital single of the album’s track “Burning” (which features vocals from former Greens Keepers member Nick Maurer) along with accompanying remixes from Redshape and Art Department. The single will be available on February 14, but we’ll have to wait until Pleasure Principle is released on March 14 to hear in its entirety. You can check the LP artwork and tracklist below.

Tracklist:
01. Same Plane feat. Jaw & Ginger
02. Opera Buffa
03. Unconditional Love
04. Burning feat. Nick Maurer
05. Yesterday, Tomorrow feat. Dave Aju
06. Nothing Even Comes Close
07. City Life feat. Cari Golden
08. Sense feat. James Teej
09. Pattern Exit Drama
10. Leavin Me feat. Khan
11. Remember The Future feat. Jaw

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Eddie C “Dub Me Gwen”

The Endless Flight imprint (one of three labels that make up the Mule Musiq family) is set to release Unknown Parts, the debut LP from burgeoning nu-disco producer Eddie C, and has passed along this cosmic disco number to introduce us to the stylings of the Canadian producer. “Dub Me Gwen” is a deep disco edit, one with a somewhat sluggish step that twists and turns as the track goes through its various movements. Eddie C kindly invites you to drift away as shuffling percussions and space-age synths are joined by chopped and dubbed disco vocals and lush horn samples, all the while keeping the consistent, thumping bass as an anchor to your galactic voyage. A trip to the stars and back indeed, and one we’re hoping to do more of when Unknown Parts drops on March 28.

Dub Me Gwen

Casual Fridays: Clog Boots, and Outfitting Your MacBook in Pendleton.

Our resident stylist Andrew Porter waxes casual on men’s and women’s must-haves.

Pendleton Wool Macbook Case
Pendleton blanket wool saw a lot of use last year, and for good reason: It looks really amazing. That said, I’ve seen enough of it in the outerwear department. Whenever I see somebody in a Pendleton blanket coat, I immediately think of Dumb & Dumber when Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels get all Aspen’d out—not the best look. For those like me, who love the fabric but don’t need to make a statement, I direct you to Etsy. Sellers like Ginny Vyvan are making some amazing accessories at great prices. I think these MacBook cases look fantastic, but don’t forget to check out the other stuff as well. There’s something for everyone.

Stewart & Strauss Varsity Jackets
I’m a huge fan of varsity jackets. Unfortunately, it’s often difficult to find one that fits. More often than not, they are wide, boxy, and built for the biceps of Dwight Howard. Stuart & Strauss have been making top-shelf varsity jackets since 1977. The best part is that they actually fit. They are fully customizable and come in every color of the rainbow. Want text? They can do that as well—from script to varsity letters. Stuart & Strauss “use only the finest ‘felt’ lettering.” I’m quite stoked that after 12 years, I’ve finally found a home for my sophomore-year varsity tennis letter. Game, set, match.

Epaulet Stella Clog Boot
I’ve seen the clog boot kicking around New York on the feet of this city’s very lovely ladies for some time now. There’s never an overwhelming amount of these on the block, but a few pairs usually make a cameo on the daily. I really love them. Some might argue that the clog boot is a little on the “I’m a cool mom who runs her own independent business” side of things, but those naysayers don’t sway me. I think they are perfect for ladies of all sorts. I picked this particular pair because I always see them in the store window next door to my apartment. Each pair of these is handcrafted in Sweden’s Ugglebo Toffeln factory specifically for Epaulet.

Mi Ami “Hard Up”

So, San Francisco’s post-noise-punk outfit Mi Ami is a duo now, and Daniel Martin-McCormick and Damon Palermo have also shed their guitars and drum kits, wielding synths, sequencers, and drum machines in their stead. The band’s first release with its new format is the forthcoming Dolphins EP, which will drop on March 15 via Thrill Jockey. The first sounds offered from that new record come in the form of “Hard Up.” On that opening cut, Mi Ami’s TR-909 and Juno-106 work out a psychedelic underground dance anthem with sporadic, Devo-esque vocal bits resonating over the top of it. And on the music video (check it out after the jump), directors Amanda Brown and Ben Shearn splice together fuzzy VHS footage of a lovely ’80s babe traipsing around what looks like Miami Beach and scenes of Martin-McCormick and Palermo rocking a house party with their pulsing jam. We don’t know about you, but we’re kind of falling in love with Mi Ami all over again.

Hard Up

Hard Up

Hard Up

Sinden and SBTRKT to Release Single on Grizzly

Early last year, the collaborative effort of Londoners Sinden (pictured above) and SBTRKT kicked off Sinden’s own Grizzly imprint with the “Midnight Marauder” b/w “Kind of Familiar” single, and now the two are set to release another joint 12″, the “Seekwal” b/w “Grazed” single. Both producers have been busy in the time since their last release together, with Sinden touring and running his Grizzly label (which has seen releases from Bassanovva, Brodinski, and WAFA) and SBTRKT touring and releasing new music including his latest EP for the Young Turks label, Step In Shadows. Somewhere along the way, the two managed to find time to put together another 12″ single, one on which we’re told you’ll find two a-side, peak-hour tracks, the first comprised of big synths and sub bass, and the other full of horn breakdowns. “Seekwal” b/w “Grazed” will drop on February 21, but in the meantime you can stream the a-side of their first effort together, “Midnight Marauder,” below.

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