Big Boi - Shutterbug

So finally Shutterbug gets a release, hinting that maybe the legal battle with his record company has come to an end, meaning we should get the album soon? Until then enjoy the video.

Mount Wittenberg Orca *UPDATE*

So yesterday we were treated with a brief and mysterious teaser trailer for the impending new Dirty Projectors EP featuring Bjork. Today we not only get two more teasers but also tantalising new info and a tracklist.

01 Ocean
02 On and Ever Onward
02 When the World Comes to an End
04 Beautiful Mother
05 Sharing Orb
06 No Embrace
07 All We Are

The E.P. will be released on June 30th and can pre-ordered now for a minimum donation of $7, all the proceeds from which will be donated to The National Geographic Society.

This is the best news I have had all week!

Here follows a letter from David Longstreth of DP from Stereogum.com

In April 2009, Brandon Stosuy from Stereogum.com asked me if we wanted to play a benefit concert at a bookstore in New York. I said yes. He asked Björk the same thing, and she said yes. Then he asked us if we wanted to collaborate, and we said yes. Björk asked me what we should do, and I said, “I don’t know, I guess I’d really love to write a bunch of new songs for us to sing together?” And she said Yes.

That same month, Amber from Dirty Projectors was walking along a ridge on Mount Wittenberg, north of San Francisco. She was looking out at the ocean and saw a little family of whales, as you sometimes do in April on the Northern California coast. I wrote some songs about it and sent them to Björk, who agreed to sing the part of the mom whale. The songs became Mount Wittenberg Orca. Amber and Angel and Haley sang the part of the kid whales, and I sang the part of Amber. We sang all week long and learned the music just in time to perform it at the bookstore on May 8th.

Then our album Bitte Orca came out and we went on tour forever. We finally got a chance to record Wittenberg last month, almost exactly a year after we first sang it. We went into the Rare Book Room in Brooklyn and rehearsed it for three days, then we recorded it as quickly and as live as possible. We only overdubbed lead vocals and a guitar solo.

Now we’re making a website for it, which will be the only place you can buy it. It’s going be up June 30th (we are playing in Utrecht that day!) The music is going to be $7, because there are seven songs. You can preorder now if you click here.

We’ve decided to give away all the money that Wittenberg generates to the project of creating international marine protected areas. Only 1% of the oceans are protected in any way and this is a huge problem. We’re working with the National Geographic Society to create areas of sustainability, so the oceans don’t end up like a giant poisonous corpse hugging the continents. You can learn more about this project here and here and here and here.

We’re so psyched about how this recording came out and hope you are too. Don’t listen on those tinny computer speakers — put in on the stereo and blast dat shiiiiiiiiii!!

Enjoy.

–David

Check out the new teasers...

Bjork & Dirty Projectors! Teaser Trailer!

After their much talked about and exclusive live collaboration in a bookstore in Brooklyn last year, it now seems that the rumored and mysterious studio recordings will now see the light of day, as early as June 30th if the following youtube teaser trailer is to believed ... Very exciting times indeed!

Mana Wasa - Nic Sarno

Enchufada have just release the second volume of their Hard Ass Shaking series of Kuduro inspired EPs. Vol. 2 features tracks by Douster, BokBok, Zombies for Money and Nic Sarno, who has also made an awesome video for his contribution.



Fans of African house music or tropical club in general will love this, myself included!

My Radio Tracklist!

Day-Glow-Radio Peterborough FM Sunday June 13th 2010

Keep 'em peeled for a full download of the show! And don't forget I am on air again at 8pm this sunday June 20th! 87.7 Peterborough FM or www.pborofm.com!

1. Oh Yeh Soweto ~ Teaspoon & The Waves
2. Giving Up The Gun ~ Vampire Weekend
3. Gypsy ~ Oi Va Voi (Featuring Earl Zinger)
4. Outerspace ~ David Harks
5. '81 ~ Joanna Newsom
6. Aicha ~ Khaled
7. Golden Phone ~ Micachu
8. Go Do ~ Jonsi
9. Apply ~ Glasser
10. Warm Heart of Africa ~ The Very Best (Featuring Ezra Konig)
11. Elengwen ~ Emmanuel Jal
12. The Woods ~ Cartridge
13. Lauch Yourself (Tomas Erikson Mix) ~ Adem
14. Somlandela ~ Mariyube
15. Sihambile ~ Mahlathini
16. Bouger Bouger ~ Magic System
17. Eres Para Mi (Sonidera Nacional Remix) ~ Julieta Venegas Featuring Anita Tijoux
18. Rap De Felicidade ~ Cidinho & Doca
19. Dazeitlak Dezzelli ~ Omar Souleyman
20. Klara ~ Olof Arnalds
21. Paris ~ Patrick Wolf
22. Triangle Walks ~ Fever Ray
23. Cassandra ~ Joe Driscoll
24. It's Not Up To You ~ Bjork

HOME

Just sat in silence for 90 minutes watching this amazing film and strongly urge you to do the same. Thought I'd just watch the beginning to see what it was like then go about my day and watch the rest later as have loads I need to do but was totally unable to look away from the screen and hey presto, an hour and half had gone by!
Mind-blowing, jaw-dropping, brow-furrowing stuff!

WATCH IT FREE ON YOUTUBE, CLICK HERE NOW!

We are living in exceptional times. Scientists tell us that we have 10 years to change the way we live, avert the depletion of natural resources and the catastrophic evolution of the Earth's climate.

The stakes are high for us and our children. Everyone should take part in the effort, and HOME has been conceived to take a message of mobilization out to every human being.

For this purpose, HOME needs to be free. A patron, the PPR Group, made this possible. EuropaCorp, the distributor, also pledged not to make any profit because Home is a non-profit film.

HOME has been made for you : share it! And act for the planet.


Yann Arthus-Bertrand

HOME official website
http://www.home-2009.com

PPR is proud to support HOME
http://www.ppr.com

HOME is a carbon offset movie
http://www.actioncarbone.org

More information about the Planet
http://www.goodplanet.info

David Harks ~ Outerspace

New music alert!
Hot off the press (not that videos are made in a press but yeah...) comes the debut video from David Harks, an up and coming singer songwriter with a soulful voice and an intergalactic groove!



Download the single over at iTunes or sit tight and wait for the album...

Directed & Produced by Emma Swinton { velvetswag.wordpress.com } See http://www.velvetswag.wordpress.com/ for full credits
http://www.myspace.com/davidharks
http://www.DRMRLLPLS.com/

Day-Glow-Radio finally on the actual Radio!

Thanks to the amazing people at 87.7 Peterborough FM, a new Grassroots community project here in Ptown, I will be taking to the airwaves on Sunday the 13th and 20th of June at 9pm and 10pm respectively. This is very exciting. I am currently in a training programme here at the station which is on a trial run at the moment with official launching on the 13th. A lot of my friends are also involved with their shows covering everything from Poerty, hip-hop, Techno and Drum and Bass so tune in or log on to www.pborofm.com to hear what's happening!
My show will obviously be of similar fare to the content of this blog; i.e. eclectic music from around the world, from vintage bollywood swing to thundering baile funk, contemporary alternative pop to retro afrobeat. I am thrilled!

The project is a really amazing thing for peterborough and has already brought an amazingly broad range of people and communities together from school children to pensioners.
This is just what the city needs... Please support us!

If you are on Facebook please join the group where you can find out all about what is coming up