I never enjoy writing posts like this, but I feel that the hip-hop world has lost an amazing and under-appreciated artist… Nate Dogg was very influential in popular music. It can be argued that he is one of the most important hip-hop singers and collaborators in history. I am lucky that I can say I saw him live in concert twice: Once at the grand opening of Experience Music Project in 2000 and then a couple months later in the Tacoma Dome for the Dr. Dre – Up In Smoke Tour. Read More
What a dope freestyle by the Beatbox Kings, Blake Lewis and Rahzel.
This is another example of how powerful the music software is becoming. Now you can have a professional rhythm guitarist, using the best guitar, recorded through vintage gear, playing exactly what you want. Incredible.
Scarbee Funk Guitar
We at the Fuzzy Lounge are huge fans of the Scarbee Instruments. In fact, they are so good that they are featured in 90% of the Sandman Theory Tracks!
A little about Thomas Skarbye:
“Armed with a vision and the newest technology to help him realize his dream, Thomas Skarbye started out on a path to create some of the most realistic sounding sample libraries in the world and founded SCARBEE June 1, 2000 together with his wife Anne Skarbye. Read More
The Hood Internet x Mishka – TRILLWAVE by hoodinternet
So it has been awhile since I have heard some good mash-ups. Usually you could maybe find one decently made track out of a dozen… The other day, I heard It Was A Rainy Day (Ice Cube vs CFCF) on another blog and had to check out who made the track because it was the best mash-up tune that I have listened to recently! Well it turns out the artists were The Hood Internet. This Chicago-based production duo are mash-up kings who create blends and remixes of hip-hop (from the mainstream to the underground) with indie rock.
Check these guys out and download their mixtape!
http://www.thehoodinternet.com/2010/07/hood-x-mishka-trillwave.html
I just watched the film – The Beach (2000) again last night. It had been some years since I last saw it, but remembered I really liked it when it was originally released. This movie still has some great cinematography and perhaps is one of director Danny Boyle’s most underrated films. The thing that I found the most interesting of course was the movie’s soundtrack. A great collection of tunes from 1999 and 2000 from such electronic artists as Moby, Unkle, and Underworld. One of my most favorite Orbital songs was created specifically for this project. They took Angelo Badalamenti’s cinematic orchestral arrangements and Leonardo DiCaprio’s movie dialog quotes and made an incredible electronic, progressive trance tune. In fact this piece of vinyl still remains in my stack of most favorite records. So without further ado…
Orbital & Angelo Badalamenti – Beached
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And since we couldn’t listen to just one Orbital song… Here is an awesome 2009 remix of one of their most popular tunes by one of the legendary Jedi Knights himself – Tom Middleton:
Orbital – Halcyon (Tom Middleton Re-Model)
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