Sam Ray sent over this compilation for the week of 4/25, he sent it ahead of time and this is how i repay him : / . No but Sam is the nicest fucking guy yo, sending me the bandcamp link before it even exists. I'm still playing catch up it's like finals week for everyone. At least it feels that way, like something is completely taking over your life -whether it is or it isn't doesn't really matter because it feels that way. This is a really wonderful compilation here with so much variety. It's the first [...]
Sam of Ricky Eat Acid , and his dear friend ("wife") Jasmine started a one of the cutest, most without guile labels earlier this month. They are called Unlimited Free Milkshakes , and their first release, cute boy kissing booth set the standard for the kind of heartfelt lo-fi gems they mean to release. And now with the turning of time, and Sam turning the big 2-1, Unlimited Free Milkshakes released a free compilation of music from friends, label affiliates, past lovers, present lovers, and sexy all-stars [...]
really cool ricky eat acid post from portals http://www.portalsmusic.com/20 12/02/sounds/introducing-silk- screens/ meek mill - flexin on em [p4k premiere] kevin abstract n easy dropped the follow up tape http://insteadofdreaming.bandc amp.com/album/insteadofdreamin g uno hype x dj black diamond - fxck the hype http://www.djbooth.net/index/m ixtapes/entry/uno-hype-fxck-hy pe/ dances premiere "223 (4/11) http://goldsweatshirt.com/2012 /04/10/mp3-premiere-dances-22/ mystery bill ding youtube clip http://www.youtube.com/watch?v =AAwAPm1ig4I another mystery mp3 with a bon iver sample - michican cisco adler f/ yelawolf n johnny p -lemonade [...]
Sam Ray didn't care to go very far in promoting his latest release.. Here's what he worked on over spring break: " the original idea for the project was to set every project and obligation i had aside and just write and record music constantly .." He came up with this really awesome, honest, chill, little collection of sounds, some songs, maybe some poetry in there somewhere, some spoken word, all kinds of weird lo-fi bits thrown together. The kid really diverse, really out there but down to earth, he's nice. His friend Jasmine sounds really nice, too. [...]
Gremlins by Gremlins An odd collaboration between Mat Cothran (Coma Cinema), Patrick Jeffords (Toro Y Moi), Katie Lee (Braids), and Sam Ray (Ricky Eat Acid) has released a five-track EP. It's backed by a lot of dark, sleazy synthesizers that produce some really appealing jams. Vocals are primarily performed by Cothran, and the lyrics seem to be very much like his other projects as well. The bass and drums create some pretty compelling head bobbing grooves as well. As gloomy and dark as the humming synthesizers can be there is still a lighter [...]
I can't say I expected this one, as members of Braids, Coma Cinema, Ricky Eat Acid, and Toro Y Moi team up to form Gremlins. And just to clarify, the members of the band include: Patrick Jeffords of Toro y Moi, Katie Lee of Braids, Mat Cothran of Coma Cinema and Sam Ray of Ricky Eat Acid. Apologies to anyone out there that thought Chaz of Toro Y Moi was going to be involved. But with or without him, this is a tasty little five-track treat. The synthesizer appears to be the driving force behind this quartet, and I have to [...]
It's time to check out a bunch of the tracks I have not posted recently. These are just a few of the songs that would get their own individual posts here on GIMME TINNITUS if I only had the time. Here is the next NOT POSTED mix. Listen. Downloadables: When I Saw Myself Sleeping (mp3) by ZEPHYRS [d/l BYE SUN @ zephyrsband.bandcamp.com ] flat city (mp3) by Daylight Robbery [d/l Ladyfest [...]
Teen Suicide // DC Snuff Film It's pretty much a given that if you are reading this blog then you are aware of ambient slacker poster child Ricky Eat Acid . I think out of all the artists I've covered, I've given the most amount of time to Sam Ray's music. Now that he is devoting much of his time to his band Teen Suicide (now a full band with his friend Eric Livingston) those numbers are only going to increase all the more. I wasn't even planning on blogging this [...]
As well as being one of our favorite producers in his own right, Jamie xx is also rather good at sharing the music of others with us, too. So for today's Friday 5, we've picked five of our favorite songs or artists that we've heard about via The xx's beatmaker. If you're interested in finding more tunes courtesy of Jamie xx, we'd recommend his Fact Mix or Essential Mix as the best place to start. 1. Original post: Friday 5: Discoveries [...]
Gremlins , a new project consisting of Mat Cothran ( Coma Cinema , Elvis Depressedly ), Sam Ray ( Ricky Eat Acid ), Patrick Jeffords ( Toro Y Moi ) and Katie Lee ( Braids ) just released a song called "Maim My Bitch" from their upcoming February 29th release. For this project, Mat Cothran provides most of the vocals alongside Katie Lee, who also plays the keyboard. Cothran further contributes with guitar, keyboard and drums. [...]
A classically trained, eccentrically expressive musician, visualist, and producer; Ari Bazoulian joins the Rebel catalog with an exquisitely cut, four-piece EP. LA-based Cliff Dweller , a sonic and visual project by Ari Bazoulian and friends, announces the release of their Perch Verdad EP on Rebel. Combining analog and digital, art and music, and organic and electronic, the five-track EP-including a remix from hotly tipped Baltimore beatmaker Ricky Eat Acid -truly fuses the best of both creative worlds for the aesthetically-minded listener. A classically trained violist, multi instrumentalist and music producer, Bazoulian isn't [...]
Sam Ray under the moniker of Ricky Eat Acid produces breathtaking ambient melodies. His most recent release called "so i will not fall deep into the earth" is part of the growing movement of the genre "space punk." In his own words he describes the genre as "there is no point to spacepunk. it's anti-trendy. there are no driving electronic rhythms - it lacks any post-rave, post-internet, future-pop beats. there's nothing really. that's it. there's nothing. it's music that evokes the feeling of floating endlessly and eternally through darkness. it's inspired as much [...]
So I am by no means a cinematographer, but the other day I stumbled upon some old family videos of a trip to the Oregon coast. Among the videos were some beautiful night shots on the beach where the... [go to the website to read the rest of the article, download mp3s and more]
This Music Wins Review Of The Year 2011 on Resonance FM After writing an albums of the year list longer than probably all my posts across the entire year put together, putting together a 90 minute radio show for Resonance FM seemed like a breeze. So, here it is: 15 or so of my favourite songs of the year in Radio Show format. View the written list here . DOWNLOAD : This Music Wins Review Of The Year 2011 ( MP3 ) To [...]
Welcome to FWBA's best-of 2011. This has been such a meaningful year in music to me that it's tough to represent in one post. I'm going to be honest, this took me quite a long time. I wanted to do this year justice because personally, it was a total dream: living in San Diego working with some of my favorite artists, going to SXSW and Lollapalooza, seeing Dave Bazan in stranger's living rooms, Feist play a hometown show, saw tune-yards electrified show at Soda Bar clocking in as one of my favorite performances, watching Zach Rogue and my boyfriend playing [...]
Perfume Genius - All Waters Michael Hadreas (aka Perfume Genius) has surely been inspired by Ricky Eat Acid and How To Dress Well 's RnB-tinged 2011 delvings in to the ballad on this icy soft-synth infused track 'All Waters'. The three taken together all resemble shades of 80s and 90s heartfelt, idyllic pop music in a kind of morbid, yet ruggedly uplifting way - Perfume Genius offering his song in support of his second album " Put Your Back N 2 It ". If its as cold and keyboard [...]
By now, many of the regular readers of Rebel should be familiar with the prolific Baltimore-native Sam Ray's work under the name Ricky Eat Acid . Over the past year, through several different genre-spanning releases, his work has been steadily turning up in corners all over the internet, even with his interpretation of Rihanna's track 'Only Girl in The World' being included on a mixtape curated by Jamie XX for Fact Magazine and coverage by Fader Magazine . With roughly twelve releases name since he first began releasing music online [...]
By now, many of the regular readers of Rebel should be familiar with the prolific Baltimore-native Sam Ray's work under the name Ricky Eat Acid . Over the past year, through several different genre-spanning releases, his work has been steadily turning up in corners all over the internet, even with his interpretation of Rihanna's track 'Only Girl in The World' being included on a mixtape curated by Jamie XX for Fact Magazine and coverage by Fader Magazine . With roughly twelve releases name since he first began releasing music online [...]
I know it's Monday morning and you're looking for the right tunes to put that pep in your step. Sorry. Not right now. Right now I'm completed engrossed in the hypnotic mellows of... [go to the website to read the rest of the article, download mp3s and more]
Rebel Podcast: Ricky Eat Acid Baltimore-based experimentalist Ricky Eat Acid (birthed Sam Ray) has quickly become a common name around the Rebel office. This may be in-part due to the young producer's metamorphosis of genres, keen interpretation of pop music, unorthodox method of production, or merely the fact that he's only 20 years of age. Whatever it may be, we don't want "it" to leave anytime soon, so we've brought Sam into the Rebel family and have inaugurated him with his very own podcast - just 20 tracks short. Tracklisting 01. Heroes of the Microphone - Blanche Blanche Blanche: [...]
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