The official video for Beenie Man’s cut on the Loudspeaker Riddim landed today. ‘Hot Like Fire’ sees the King of the Dancehall go in for a fast-flowing ode to the female form. Shot in location in Jamaica, and directed by Dayo, this is the second in the official Loudspeaker videos; check out Popcaan’s ‘The System’ here.
Andy Petr’s second EP for Mixpak, Obsession, is out today. Get it from iTunes / Juno / Beatport now.
In the grand tradition of Mixpak Records’ unhinged eclecticism comes Obsession,the new EP from Milwaukee, Wisconsin producer Andy Petr. Petr is a musician with a scope and breadth that transcends easy classification. Connecting the dots between house music and J Dilla-esque beat construction with an HD scope, he unites the minute and the maximal without surrendering a certain melancholic emotional depth.
This EP sounds like an old-school NYC block party brought into the future, with the sounds of R&B, funk and electro-boogie refracted through the prism of garage, bass music and modern-day computer trickery. Title track “Obsession” is a widescreen, banging, dancefloor bomb sounding like classic French House captured with a slow-motion disco lens. “Ready” finds hard East Coast breaks colliding with cinematic sample chops reminiscent of DJ Premier or Pete Rock. At
less than two minutes, it’s an idiosyncratic inclusion to an EP that’s already hard- to-define. Yet other cuts blend tweaked-out acid techno with intricate production flips, full of left turns but with the DJ at heart. The final track, “Heaven’s Voyeur,” is a truly spellbinding piece of ambient piano music that’s wise beyond its years… Unexpected, yet it makes perfect sense.
Dre Skull’s second release of the summer, sandwiched between the Loudspeaker Riddim and the release of Kingston Story Deluxe Edition, will be out on July 24th. The Kling Klang Riddim features voicings from Beenie, Popcaan, Tifa, Suku and Deva Bratt. Watch out for previews and more coming soon.
Always repping for Miami and NYC alike, here Jubilee delivers an unofficial 2012 refix of Miami radio figurehead DJ Laz, complete with the NY touch. Download it for free here. Jubilee is also on tour in Europe right now, check out her dates here.
Instagram is quickly becoming the next big social media outlet and we’re, naturally, all over it. Check out the rundown of Mixpak artists and extended family you can follow as they upload pictures from their day-to-day grinds, video shoots, back stage ragers and what ever else they might think is interesting enough to snap a quick pic of.
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