MTV Iggy report on Dre Skull making videos for Beenie Man and Popcaan for the Loudspeaker Riddim.
Check the full gallery here. Watch out for the videos dropping soon.
A roundup of this week’s choice twitter posts from Mixpak artists, remixers and extended family.
Mixpak: Famous Eno’s All Good FM is out today on Mixpak! feat. DJ Sliink and Arveene & Misk on the remix: http://bit.ly/KpM6Ap
famouseno: Free remix of my new single via @XLR8Rmag http://www.xlr8r.com/mp3/2012/06/all-good-fm-famous-eno-remix
ukmele: http://soundcloud.com/ukmele/mel-gold-casio
dubbeldutch: The re-released vinyl version of @NGUZUNGUZU – Mirage EP is now available feat. an unreleased RMX from me – http://www.kompakt.fm/releases/mirage
PoirierSound: Alert Riddim EP to be released on @manrecordings June 22nd w/ @NatalieStorm @MCZulu @IamFaceT http://www.xlr8r.com/news/2012/06/poirier-preps-new-ep-man-recordi
Altered_Natives: Free Download – BEGGARS, BLAGGERS & GYPO’S by @Altered_Natives http://soundcloud.com/altered-natives/beggars-blaggers-gypos
DjSliink: new grimes >>>>>>>>>> http://soundcloud.com/djsliinkbbc/grimes-oblivion-sliink-remix
dreskull: Check out a piece I wrote for @VICE about recording in Kingston, Jamaica with @PopcaanMusic + @KingBeenieMan http://www.vice.com/read/dre-skull-in-kingston
Dre Skull wrote a report for Vice about his recent trip to Kingston:
I gave Beenie Man two riddims to choose from and we loaded them up for him to listen. One was the track Popcaan recorded for “Get Gyal Easy” and the other was the minimal 99 bpm track that both Popcaan and Suku had recorded on. Unexpectedly, Beenie told me he didn’t want to choose and that I should make the decision. He had not yet listened to either one and he left the room for a bit. While he was gone both riddims were played loudly for everyone in the control room, and everyone weighed in. People liked both of the tracks, but after some back and forth the minimal 99bpm riddim won out as the one he should voice. Beenie came back in and, hearing the track, started getting more animated. I had kind of wanted him on this one, ’cause it has a bit of a throwback feel, and I thought it might bring out some classic Beenie Man. It did.
Tommy Lee keeps it gutter on “Psycho,” and this new video that dropped last week just reinforces the menacing vibe. Possessed by auto tune demons, he scrapes high threats and drops low for sullen denouncements. The Gaza affiliate’s lyrics are as dark as the imagery, beats, and vocal effects. He airs out murder threats in front of crowds, priests, and schools and calls for demons to take his victim’s soul. (Although the young deejay doesn’t single anybody out in particular, Blak Ryno responded to it with a dis track called “Geico“.) The video was directed by Omar Celebrity Aldana for Heavy Films. The tune was produced by Anju Blaxxx and released on his label UIM Records. Check Tommy’s most recent mixtape Gaza Man Crazy, but watch for a new one this summer.
Last year saw many a talented young vocalist coming up through the ranks, Jessie Ware to Sampha, and of course Javeon McCarthy, who you may recognize from his appearance on L-Vis 1990’s ‘Lost In Love’. Now his latest solo single, ‘Precious’, has been handed to Brenmar for the remix, letting him do what he does best, giving the silky vocal a synthed-up club-ready rework…
Javeon McCarthy – Precious (Brenmar Remix) new!! for DL! by BRENMAR
