Steve Aoki and Armand Van Helden- Brrrat! video
18 Oct
Chromeo- Don’t Turn the Lights On Video
29 Jul
After kicking off the U.S. leg of their “Business Casual” tour in Washington DC Monday night, Chromeo has released the video for their first single off the album, “Don’t Turn the Lights Out. As if “Business Casual” wasn’t already one of the most anticipated albums of the summer this video only builds more anticipation. Album drops August 17.
Source: Pitchfork
The Creators Project- Fool’s Gold
25 Jun
We recently posted a video on Diplo from Intel and Vice’s Creators Project. Well here is their latest mini-doc on Fool’s Gold and it’s founders, A-Trak, Nick Catchdubs and Dust La Rock. The video briefly chronicles Fool’s Gold from inception to it’s current success by sitting down with the guys in their Brooklyn offices. Their vision has parlayed into a roster of successful artists spanning various genres, a unique visual identity and a presence in the art world. Despite their success the Fool’s Gold guys are nothing if not more ambitious as they aspire to take things to the next level with “more ducks” – signing new artists, releasing new singles, booking more shows and designing more merchandise.
Source: Creators Project
Rusko- “Hold On” Video
24 Jun
Check out the video for Rusko’s first single off of his album O.M.G., “Hold On” featuring Amber Coffman. The video was shot over a 5 day span while Rusko performed 8 shows in the UK. It’s always great to be able to get a glimpse into the life on the road of a top DJ/producer.
Source: Mad Decent
TypeHype SOD
23 Jun
Songs of the Day
It’s been a while since any SOD have been posted, so to make up for it, here are a bunch of tracks. A wide variety of new and old music, check them out and enjoy.
Felix Cartal- World Class Driver
Dave Nada- Apocalypse Theme (12th Planet & Flinch Remix)
Diplo and Borgore- Sunsets (Original Mix)
Gyptian- Hold Yuh (Major Lazer Remix)
One Hand Loves the Other- Tortoise (Treasure Fingers Remix)
Treasure Fingers- Cross The Dancefloor (Designer Drugs Remix)
Afrojack and David Guetta- Louder Than Words (Original Mix)
Vampire Weekend- The Kids Don’t Stand a Chance (Chromeo Remix)
Two Door Cinema Club- What You Know (LightsoverLA remix)
Donae’o- Riot Music (Shy FX Radio Mix)
The Ed Banger 7 Trailer
21 Jun
Etnies and Ed Banger records have been working closely on a wide range of projects recently, including an Ed Banger shoe release. The most recent project, a web documentary celebrating the label’s 7th Anniversary will be released during the week of June 23rd-30th, with a new episode each day. The videos will give us a glimpse into the life of the Ed Banger crew as they host a weekend long celebration of their 7th Birthday featuring some of the biggest DJ names in the game. The likes of Justice, Busy P, DJ Medhi, Breakbot, Uffie, SoMe, and Feadz all played the event. Check out the trailer below and catch the videos at Konbini.
Source: Highsnobiety
The Creators Project- Diplo
1 Jun
A few weeks ago we talked about Major Lazor’s new EP that Diplo was working on while in Jamaica. As it turns out, that wasn’t the only project that the DJ/producer was working on while in the Caribbean. In the interview below from The Creators Project, we get an insight into just how hard of a worker Diplo really is. It’s inspirational to see Diplo’s view on music and just how powerful it is. From his production work, to the outreach that his label Mad Decent has, its obvious that Diplo very rarely takes time off from doing what he loves. His thoughts on the diversity of music and what he can accomplish working beyond any single genre or one form of media are a great examples of what inspired Type Hype Music. Check it out.
Source: The Creators Project
The Cool Kids- Tacklebox
1 Jun
In anticipation of their upcoming LP When Fish Ride Bicycles, Mike and Chuck have dropped a new mixtape, Tacklebox. The Chicago duo lives up to the hype of being one of the most underrated tandem lyricists out there. Check out a few tracks and DL the mixtape.
Source: LA Leakers
Chiddy Bang Freestyle
19 May
Check out this video of Chiddy freestyling in a recent meeting at Translation Marketing Agency, owned by Jay Z and Steve Stout. What was meant to just be a quick flow to show off his talent turned into a 7 min freestyle. Xaphoon dropped some insane beats, producing on the spot on his lap top and Chiddy killed it. It’s pretty amusing to see this go down in a board room full of “suits” pretending to appreciate hip hop. We’ve said it before and we’ll say it over and over again, watch out for this duo, Chiddy Bang will blow up. Check out a couple of tracks from past mixtapes.
Chiddy Bang- Truth (ft. Passion Pit)
Chiddy Bang- The Opposite Of Adults (KIDS)
Source: Ear Milk
Major Lazer- Lazers Never Die
17 May
Major Lazer will release an EP entitled Lazers Never Die July 20th. According to Diplo’s twitter page, he and long time collaborator Switch have been hard at work in the studio in Jamaica. The dancehall-electro duo will release a 5 track EP as a follow up to their 2009 album Guns Don’t Kill People…Lazers Do. The short EP is packed full of guests including M.I.A, Collie Buddz, and Radiohead’s Thom Yorke. Track list below.
1. Sound of Siren (featuring M.I.A. and Busy Signal)
2. Good Enough (featuring Collie Buddz and Lindi Ortega)
3. Bruk Out (Buraka Som Sistema Mix)
4. Can’t Stop Now (K.L.A.M. Remix, featuring Miss Banks)
5. Jump Up (Thom Yorke Remix)
Source: The Creators Project