The homie Zak Downtown teams up with former tour-mate Hoodie Allen for this exquisitely fresh tune from the Manhattan native. Zak kicked off his 2011 by headlining the VTT Hip Hop and Electro show back in January and has been steady grinding since. We're looking forward to more to come. Rock The Show (feat. Hoodie Allen)
From mirrored propaganda art, vintage posters, and a grand chandelier seemingly lifted from the czar's private parlor, Bar Lubitsch exudes the nonchalant charm of turn-of-the-century Russia. Settle into an oversized booth and order from the Bolshevik propaganda pamphlet-come-bar menu that includes obvious classics like the Moscow Mule and the Molotov Cocktails along with inventive originals. Featuring an extensive collection of over 200 varieties of vodka from the homeland and around the world, Bar Lubitsch has enough spirit to keep babushka happy. Wednesday nights in November at Bar Lubitsch won't know what hit them. To kickoff our showcase series [...]
The definition for well-rounded is having desirably varied abilities or attainments. That's definitely Zak Waters and his band. Imagine if Daft Punk remixed a heart-broken Jamiroquai. I imagine it would sound similar to the track below. From the heartfelt vocals and playful lyrics, to the stomping beat and clean production – a perfect new blend of quality pop music. I've been eagerly awaiting Zak's first EP and to announce it's release as it's perfectly in tune with why I started Kick Kick Snare. It's feel good music with a [...]
MP3: Dream Love: "Love Juice (Feat. Raw Thrills)" Zak Mering is a busy guy. In between his work with Greatest Hits , his label Gunk TV Records and all the other collab's he's done with other awesome artists including Maria Minerva , he has managed to keep his solo project Raw Thrills alive with this brand new track entitled Love Juice. Look out for the Love Juice single on [...]
A couple of months ago we interviewed ZAK! after the release of his mixtape, Stuck to the Sidewalk . You can read the interview here . He recently has released a new track to kickstart the summer. "Toast" is a remix by ZAK! over the dubstep song, "Gold Dust" by DJ Fresh . You can listen to the track below and download if you like what you hear. [...]
Zak Downtown comes thru with a nice set of visuals for the track "For The Belt" of f of his Stuck To The Sidewalk mixtape, a highly underrated record loaded with top quality alt-hip hop. Enjoy the vid, checkout his latest track "Toast", and prepare for the his upcoming mixtape/EP dropping in the next few months. Checkout our post on Zak Stuck To The Sidewalk to get "For the Belt" and more Here's Zak's latest track, where he flows over DJ Fresh's Gold Dust [...]
Our peeps over at Red Bridge Productions recently churned our part three of our interview with Cal and Rob of Timeflies backstage at the VTT Presents show. The fast rising duo talks about their musical influences growing up and then spontaneously bust into a live freestyle. Here's another segment from the night we haven't shared with you all yet featuring Timeflies along with Zak! Downtown who also rocked the stage that night. TIMEFLIES | OFFICIAL SITE | FACEBOOK | YOUTUBE [...]
DVS1 aka Zak (prononcé "devious one") est sans conteste LA force tranquille de la techno contemporaine des Amériques. DJ depuis le début des années 90, il débute sa carrière à New York puis émigre à Minneapolis (MPLS pour les initiés), ce pôle de la techno du Mid-West qu'on oublie trop souvent en faveur de Chicago [...]
If you look at ZAK! as somebody in more hip-pop and party rap than as a rapper, you will enjoy his music more as he makes fun catchy hip-hop tracks. I would consider ZAK! chill electronica hip-hop. He has opened for Hoodi
Click here to view the embedded video. New internet collab from Zak Mering (Raw Thrills, Greates Hits) and Not Not Fun artist Maria Minerva .
The Knocks ' "Blackout" quickly became my summer anthem last year, which I guess tells you quite a bit about how my last summer went. In fact, I spelled out the exact experience when I shared said jam last May . While it's hard to top the original production put forth by B-Roc and J-Patt, DJ Fresh Direc t and rapper ZAK! did just that with their remix of the heavy drinking anthem. The chopped up retake keeps the catchy-as-all-hell chorus, then gets all sorts of fun during the verses. See for yourself, and grab the [...]
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Oh hai, ZAK! I think Leisha's bit of white boy rap continues on; I present to you, ZAK! Downtown. Repping the East Coast scene hard with a serious New York swag, ZAK! may be a Manhattanite white boy but he's got some pull to his music. Homie sent us an email because he just got off a mini-tour with the previously blogged about, Hoodie Allen . I would love to see this, they both capture a side of hip hop that's something you could put on at a party and everyone bobs their head to. Our boy [...]
ZAK! , a student at NYU and a NYC native, recently sent his mixtape titled Stuck to the Sidewalk my way. After only a couple of minutes listening to it, I was in love with his style. The mixtape dropped a couple of months ago, and is sponsered by Reason Clothing and Joakim Noah of the Chicago Bulls (oddly enough). As well, ZAK! just finished up a mini-tour with none other than one of our favorites, Hoodie Allen . As many of you who regularly read this blog know, I [...]
Hosted by: DJ Fresh Direct ZAK! "Blackout (Remix)" f/ Fresh Direct This NYC-native had been building his popularity locally before going global online with the release of his debut mixtape, "Stuck To The Sidewalk." The record is unfiltered fire from top to bottom, and you can sample it all through this link , but available right here are a few of my favourites. ZAK! "Take Over Control (Remix)" f/ Afrojack [...]
Hosted by: DJ Fresh Direct ZAK! "Blackout (Remix)" f/ Fresh Direct This NYC-native had been building his popularity locally before going global online with the release of his debut mixtape, "Stuck To The Sidewalk." The record is unfiltered fire from top to bottom, and you can sample it all through this link , but available right here are a few of my favourites. ZAK! "Take Over Control (Remix)" f/ Afrojack [...]
Last week we gave you a glimpse of the glory that was VTT Presents @ Starboard Hudson in NYC last week with the Timeflies Backstage Freestyle Video and some User-Submitted Footage . Today we hit you with some more professional documentation of this spectacle of liveness. Shaq-Daddy-sized shoutout to Chris O'Konski & Team for shooting and cutting this amazing highlight reel. With this video, they impressively captures the energy and vibe of the night in one 45-second montage. You can see more of CO's work here. [...]
Hello Vacay Nation. I hope you've all had a great start to your new decade. I'm here to make sure that you all start off the year with a large and fresh dose of delicious vitamins to keep Vacayin. I'm very happy with the submissions that I have received over the last few weeks and I hope that you all take this dose as prescribed. I have some vitamins that you will hopefully recognize and others that may be news to even our most devout fans. To start off I want to recognize the 8 days I just spent lounging [...]
An End to 2010 Mix (Mixed by Etch) So this is my first post on the new site and I am using it as a sort of introduction as well as a my fav's of 2010 sort of thing, as well as giving people an idea of what to expect from me in the future (in terms of the sort of music I'll be reviewing and writing about). I have prepared a mix for you guys, clocking in at around an hour featuring my favorite tracks I have heard throughout 2010, you can download the mix [...]
Discovering new unheard of talent through hours of Soundcloud browsing has become an extremely fun pass-time of mine, however finding something genuinely good and fresh is quite difficult (no disrespect to the people I follow on Soundcloud keep producing, you're all sick), but it's just finding that special something that leaves me dumbfounded almost like the first time I listened to Burial's Untrue that I really strive to find. And I have found that person. Gantz , quite a mysterious producer, he does not cover his page in promotions or have any external links, he [...]
There are a selection of dubstep artists hailing across the UK at the moment, producing an extremely synth heavy, dancefloor oriented style of what is originally a deep dark sound. Notably the Blunted Robots crew ( Mickey Pearce , Martin Kemp , Shortstuff & Brackles ) and of course the Purple trinity hailing from Bristol headed by Joker , Gemmy and Guido . But the artist I am focusing on is Hyetal who has come forth with this superbly executed remix of of NYC electronic duo Ratatat's [...]
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