Paper Tiger claims to be a collective aiming for "tension between high-art and popular culture." However, Illuminated EP overflows with generic electronic sounds and zero direction, suggesting overly complicated efforts while evoking listeners' confusion. Luckily, the album contains a couple of grooving remixes to soothe our ears. Music Player (reviews): [...]
While in Toronto for their No Kings tour, We've Got The Jazz was able to sit down with Paper Tiger for a few minutes for their Behind The Boards interview series. He goes over creating to beat for "Game Over," from the crew's self-titled debut.
Blacksmif is an artist we came across last year and duly featured him in our Electronic Artist of The Week series. For anyone who has visited Blacksmif's Soundcloud page since will know that he is a prolific studio dweller who's music flirts on the edge of known wisdom, taking flamboyant percussive and melodic risks within a bass driven jazz tinged environment. Previously we commented "that once the right people find out about him he will become a much more recognisable figure in electronic music". It would appear that 2012 will be the start of [...]
Blacksmif is an artist we came across last year and duly featured him in our Electronic Artist of The Week series. For anyone who has visited Blacksmif's Soundcloud page since will know that he is a prolific studio dweller who's music flirts on the edge of known wisdom, taking flamboyant percussive and melodic risks within a bass driven jazz tinged environment. Previously we commented "that once the right people find out about him he will become a much more recognisable figure in electronic music". It would appear that 2012 will be the start of that [...]
It's a little more than an honor to have Gavin Handley from Jus Like Music contribute to our Substitute Teachers series. The label started out as a blog, and eventually blossomed into a roster of forward thinking artists who are currently pushing the boundaries of what electronic music can be. He also co-hosts a fantastic radio show on NTS that showcases his phenomenal taste in music. This mix consists entirely of Jus Like Music releases, and all of these artists have material that you must [...]
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Tweet [In the first half of 2011 we ran a few "Flashback" posts giving a little hindsight loving to great/underrated/forgotten albums from 10 years ago. We didn't really have a plan or timetable for those posts, but we loved writing them, and from our ongoing photo series of great albums on Facebook it's clear that you guys like a little reminisce about old greats too, so for 2012 the "Flashback" is being resurrected as a fully fledged feature. We'll be [...]
Paper Tiger recently released another one of his consistently excellent 20 Minute Mixes. The theme for this one stays in the crew, as it's a continuous, career-spanning mix of fellow Doomtree producer Lazerbeak's patented Lava Bangers. Hit the link to stream the mix, or right click + 'Save As' to download it. And remember that you can preorder Lazerbeak's upcoming instrumental album right now at Doomtree's website . Paper Tiger: 20 Minute Mix - Lazerbeak
Photos by Nick WosikaDoomtree Blowout VII: Night SixDecember 9, 2011First Avenue, Minneapolis After five consecutive late-night, high-energy individual performances in the Entry this week, you
Who is Doomtree? The simplest answer – that it's currently P.O.S., Sims, Dessa, Mike Mictlan, Cecil Otter, Paper Tiger, and Lazerbeak all brought together – isn't the best answer. Certainly each of them, after a few years of producing some excellent solo work (P.O.S.'s Never Better was a particular highlight), has brought ideas to No Kings , and that makes No Kings an album by Doomtree. But if Doomtree is a collective of personalities who are forging careers in their own right, then how should we characterize their music as a whole? [...]
In support of their upcoming new single, Send Me , the incredible Paper Tiger are playing a launch party at Floripa (formerly Favela Chic) in London on Thursday 1 December , hosted by Wah Wah 45s . Support comes from the Wah Wah 45 main guys themselves; Dom Servini and Scrimshire . Doors open at 8pm and tickets are just £4 . More info can be found over at Facebook . As we mentioned last week, Send Me is out on our... [...]
New video off Doomtree's No Kings , "Bolt Cutter". Directed by Isaac Gale and Maria Juranic. iTunes: No Kings - Doomtree
AltPress debuts the first video from Midwest Hip Hop Collective Doomtree's sophomore album No Kings (which I have thoroghly bumping all weekend). Check the awesome video for the lava banger "Bolt Cutter" directed by Marijuana Deathsquads' Issac Gale. No Kings drops tomorrow. Do yourselves a favor and pick this one up. We'll have a review of the album for you up later this week.
Download: Doomtree "The Grand Experiment" It's officially time. No Kings, the brand new collaborative album from all seven members of the Doomtree collective, will be released into the world on November 22nd. We've been grinding nonstop over the last six months to create this beast, and we could not be more excited to share the news with you. Our good friends over at Wired are premiering the first single off of the record as we speak, so be one of the first to check out "The Grand Experiment" [...]
Minneapolis juggarnaut Doomtree unleashes the first track "The Grand Experiment" from upcoming posse jump No Kings . via Wired Doomtree - "The Grand Experiment" -mp3
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This is a wonderful surprise! The Doomtree crew, P.O.S, Sims, Cecil Otter, Dessa, Mike Mictlan, Lazerbeak and Paper Tiger are back with their upcoming sophomore crew album No Kings, being dropped on Nofucksgiven day, November 22nd. Preorders for the new album have begun, which include both CDs and a double-vinyl standard and deluxe package. Included with the packages is a chance to win a pair of tickets to all seven nights of this year's Blowout at First Avenue in Minneapolis. WHAT!? Thats right, peep the dates for DOOMTREE BLOWOUT VII after the jump and check out the full [...]
CANT By Stef Siepel The weekly froth! A weekly take on six tracks, most of which have recently popped up somewhere in the blogosphere. Bit of a mixed bag with a slight leaning towards house, disco, and remixes, but generally just anything that for some reason tickled the writer's fancy. Track of the week: 'The Edge' by CANT I love the start of this. I mean, if you don't think (relative) silence can work for you, take a look at the very [...]
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The first lady of Doomtree returns with a new brand new album titled Castor, The Twin . The album is features 11 songs, ten of which have been previously released on previous Doomtree releases including Dessa's last record, A Badly Broken Code . However, this isn't a greatest hits album. For this project, Dessa rallied up an ensemble of "really effing talented" live players who have reshaped her former material with a combination of live instruments (Stand-up bass, viola, grand piano, vibraphone, mandolin, and timpani) for a more classical and organic sound. Unlike the [...]
B.Lewis - Cancel That B.Lewis - Les Saisons After spending the past three years honing his craft through prolific self-released projects, B.Lewis presents his Plug EP, out on Jus Like Music Records - home to the likes of BUG, Jesse Futerman and Paper Tiger. PLUG infuses soulful hip-hop elements with glitched out, heavy beats. But don't be fooled - this is a lot deeper than your average contemporary 'beats' release. B.Lewis, for such a young man, has an old head on his shoulders. Whether uptempo and hectic, [...]
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According to various Retweets on twitter, it looks like MPLS hip hop super group, Doomtree are back in the studio working on the follow up to their 2008 self titled album . According to Sims , if everything goes smooth we should have it late fall, hopefully, alongside the new P.O.S. album and Astronautalis and P.O.S. Four Fists album. Looks like its gonna be a Doomtree holiday season. But that's not all the Doom crew's been up to. Sims, Lazerbeak and Cecil Otter are about to hit the road on the Good Time [...]
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