Shutterbug / Big Boi

Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty is a great hip-hop album that came out in '10.  Man oh man I should have posted this when I first heard "Shutterbugg" back then, but I'm sticking to my motto that it's never too late to share great music!  I have no clue how this one slipped through the cracks.  It has remained in my top 150 most played of all time over these past years and for good reason.  This is a hip-hop song like no other with a brilliant video to match.  A great blend of electronic music and hip-hop by Big Boi.


Antwan André Patton (born February 1, 1975 in Savannah, Georgia), better known by his stage name Big Boi, is an American Grammy Award winning rapper, producer, actor and half of the critically and commercially successful hip hop duo OutKast.

Evil Dub / Trentemøller

Here is a great minimal track, especially if you ever find yourself having a summer night minimal listening session, highly reccomended!  If not, here is a good start to your new collection, but give it a listen here, first.  "Evil Dub" is off Trentemøller's incredible must-have '06 debut album, The Last Resort.

Anders Trentemøller is a Danish electronic musician from Copenhagen.



And here is the live version, mixed with "Moan".

Keys Open Doors / Salva

"Keys Open Doors" is a killer track with a crazy video to match from San Francisco-based producer, Salva.


Salva - Keys Open Doors from FoF Music on Vimeo.

Jamie Woon

Jamie Woon is a DIY based musician, and it shows.  After attending the BRIT School, Woon started out creating R&B vocal-led tunes backed by beat-box sampling and guitar.  Personally, I am in love with Woon's recent work because it reminds me of a combination of the dark elements and primal, catchy garage beats of Burial with an R&B/pop vibe similar to Justin Timberlake's work with Timbaland.  Finally! A great combination of R&B with dubstep!  I knew it could be done!  Luckily for us dubstep enthusiasts, Burial has already done a remix of Woon's "Wayfaring Stranger".  Equally brilliant is Woon's amazing brand new (20 days old) song, "Lady Luck".  I hope the two artists will continue to work together.


Also, there is a free download of his track "Blue Truth" if you Like his Facebook page!  


"Jamie Woon is a brilliant example of the Electroacoustic [Club] ethos; the 21-year-old talent splices rootsy styles and DIY sample culture, enriching that musical mix with his soulful vocals and poetic observations." [METRO] (excerpt)

Filastine live at The Cove Feb. 17th 2011

Yes, this is delayed.. But I've been busy with school and this is worth posting!  This was the most excellent electronic set I've seen live yet!  Really a bit of many genres spanning from hip-hop to ethnocore to dubstep to broken world beats and everywhere in between.  Combining live sample control through samplers and drum pads with live percussion including an amplified shopping cart, Filastine knows how to perform very, very well and creatively, while mixing some of the freshest beats you won't hear from any ordinary DJ.  Filastine has created a collage of musical flavors from all over the world.  His visuals were excellent as well; very near-apocalypse-esque!) I was able to pick up both his albums Dirty Bomb and Burn It (the recordings are equally amazing) and exchange a friendly thank you for the overall experience and a new official musical role model.


Filastine is comprised mostly of Grey Filastine, a Barcelona-based artist who can mostly be found traveling around the world and djing from a shopping cart in the hippest clubs in the country.

Dry Land / Bloodgroup

Dry Land, the newest album put out in 2009 by Icelandic band, Bloodgroup, is going to get you moving. The album breaks barriers with its choice of instruments and breaks for each song and it will definitely make you pay attention to what they're doing. And it rocks. Bloodgroup is right up there with fellow Icelanders FM Belfast, another group known for its accessible approach to making music. Both the groups prove that Iceland lives up to its unique rep in all aspects, especially live electronic performances by its amazing musical inhabitants. Something is definitely brewing over there and it reaches out in a way that is unparalleled by any other electronic music scene I've experienced..

Check out this live video Bloodgroup performing "Pro Choice" shot during Iceland's famous music festival Iceland Airwaves!

Ultre

Ultre is the stage name for English electronic musician and live visual artist, Finn McNicholas. He is putting out some of the most brilliant electronic music on the scene that I've ever heard recently. Guitar and string sounds entwine with beautiful, assertive beats in the album The Nest and The Skull, truly an audible handicraft of great artistry, each sound and click an individual thought and decoration. If you are a fan of glitch and are perhaps looking for something more, keep an ear on Ultre.

Check out the album teaser featuring sounds from The Nest and The Skull:


Here, Ultre has done some musical work for the animation/short film project Mirrorshade:

My Green Box from mirrorshade on Vimeo.