Mar 7, 2012, 1:20am
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I am Genko - The Right Path I Am Genko - It's All Yours (Yohuna cover) There's no one in the world like Ricardo Gutierrez, his spirit drips in monome sequence with blinks I'm sure must cue up some incomprehensible beat patterns. For Ricardo's alter ego, and Lima, Peru's resident sonic-magician I Am Genko 2012 is a new year with new gear. Last time we checked in with Ricardo we were devastated to hear that his home had been broken into and instruments stolen, he had launched an [...]
Mar 6, 2012, 1:02am
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Magical Mistakes - Don't Need Much Magical Mistakes is everything I have ever wanted from the combination of acoustic and electronic. His recent release Special Friends EP was such an inspiration for what collaborations gone mind blowing and put can do. The themes of his songs resonate with the way I aim to live life and the steady flows keep you in a beautiful natural groove. Maybe we all need to spend a little bit more time in remote forests... His new single "I Don't Need Much" is somewhere between the Versus Kings [...]
Mar 5, 2012, 4:00pm
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Hundred Waters - Me & Anodyne Levek - Geographic John Emily Reo - On The Beach (Neil Young cover) Spirit Tramp - Ghost Wave philip seymour hoffman - tulips for my buds Gainesville, Florida is servin' up sun rays in Brooklyn this week bringing not only the return of Florida's bad boy, Levek , but the New York debut of Hundred Waters . Hundred Waters, comprised of Levek's former supporting band, shared their first record last week via [...]
Feb 29, 2012, 1:00pm
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Deathbomb Arc Singles by Moses Campbell Sean from Moses Campbell just sent this over to share. The video is for two singles of theirs that are out today via Deathbomb Arc Records Singles Club . The video features pizza, skating, super smash bros, and hating on Moses Campbell. Needless to say, it's very entertaining.
Feb 28, 2012, 5:15pm
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by Louise Chen a message from Rabbi Jack need to relate to a higher power? welcome to the church of FUN . chances are that if you ride a bike, you're already a member. if you refuse to take life so seriously, you're already a member. introducing THE GOSPEL OF THE CHURCH OF FUN. gathered by Jack Rabbi, featuring the holy works of many midnight/LA ridazz. if you've got some wisdom to spout or some art you [...]
Feb 27, 2012, 5:09pm
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The Range of Light from ∞∞∞ on Vimeo . ( via Tiny Waves ) words by: Steve Head Creating a visual component that accurately captures the interior vistas that the Inner Islands crew summon is a magical feat and Lawrence Martinez succeeds effortlessly. Martinez compiled the film All Fire // Alight Light from a mixture of animation, expired film, and even super 8 shots from Kyle Wyss (Blind Man's Colour, Chromatic Flights ). Evocative images serve as [...]
Feb 12, 2012, 2:41pm
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Set FMLY Fest on Random from Mick LeGrande on Vimeo . Over the past 8 months a beautiful man named Mick LeGrande has been documenting FMLY in Los Angeles with the intention of producing a full length called We Are FMLY . We have talked for a while about the importance of seeing what FMLY looks like across the world since it just wouldn't feel right unless you were in this too. So Mick has thought of a solution. We are going to open source the doc. If [...]
Feb 10, 2012, 1:29pm
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Midnight Ridazz founder Roadblock has started writing very informative and somewhat cheeky articles for KCET's online blog. He recently posted this one to help cyclist and motorist understand how eachother work and can co-exist more safely. Los Angeles is a bike town in waiting. All the elements are there: year-round fair weather, relative flatness, big wide streets, insane traffic delays, the need for exercise in a city that lacks public parks and spaces. Studies show that 50% of trips made by car are less than a very bike-able 3 miles in [...]
Feb 6, 2012, 2:34pm
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We thought it would be sweet to hold out a week before posting any of our own words regarding this stellar video that our buds at Tiny Waves put together, and that sweetness has totally settled like a blanket and touched all of our hearts. Just before parting ways in early January a few of us met at Centinela Park in Inglewood, Los Angeles, just a few blocks from the second day location of the fest, and began our New Year with this memorable conversation. Steve Head [aka Dark Sea of Awareness ] has described the context [...]
Jan 31, 2012, 4:36pm
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Two of my best friends in the world mailed me a handmade tape from across the continent and it has seriously added to my long term happiness. Posted it here on bandcamp for them. Now it is possible to share it with people without having to force them to listen to my walkman(although I'll still definitely do that if I see you). Gresham Transit Center - Goodnight Gresham Transit Center - Inky Colored Jar
Jan 31, 2012, 1:18pm
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[via tiny waves] words by Steve Head Magical Mistakes - Running Water Special Friends EP by Magical Mistakes I was lucky enough to catch Magical Mistakes a few weeks back in the chillout tent at FMLY FEST. I had been frantically running around Chuco's trying to catch all the performances I could, but Magical Mistakes' music commanded my attention with its celestial atmosphere and meditative beats. Erik Luebs deftly mixes woozy acoustic and [...]
Jan 29, 2012, 3:49pm
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It's obvious that more is better than less in some cases. Sometimes all it takes is one person or entity to make something amazing and it always makes me ecstatic to just talk about out of "the norm" ideas. My friend Geoff Morgan used to fling his paint brush at a blank piece of sheet music and speckle the thing with water color. He would then proceed to write that music into an electronic music program on his computer as if he were that up and comer shredder Jason Becker, who lost feeling in his lower limbs only to lose [...]
Jan 26, 2012, 3:06pm
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Whether you have been to LA or not, we are all affected by the idea and preconceptions of Los Angeles that are perpetuated by popular culture. LA is arguably the most popular character in Hollywood movies and has been portrayed in almost every way possible. Thom Anderson's documentary "Los Angeles Plays Itself" covers a lot of these identities of the city in an amazingly captivating three and a half hours. The movie was never released officially since it's made completely out of pieces of other movies, but thanks to the power of a free and open internet, we are able [...]
Jan 26, 2012, 2:27pm
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Evan Voytas - You Don't Even Know Where It's At Evan Voytas - Feel Me by Dovecote Records Our boy Evan Voytas has been busy living it up touring the world with prolific soulster beat heads Gonjasufi and Flying Lotus , but he has never stopped creating weirdo dance classics in a high pitched climaxing manner. His early shows are still clear in my mind - watching him switch out tapes and dance from side to side with nothing but [...]
Jan 25, 2012, 2:19pm
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dear summer of 2k12, on june 22 & 23 we invite you to participate in our open gathering: a two day celebration of fmly and frnds representing a global community of makers, prosumers, visual/auditory/spatial artists, activists/hacktivists, theorists, writers, cyclists, environmentally conscious foodies, and like minded social do-gooders. over the last three years our festival has carried on a winter fling with california, but as saucy as the relationship is going you can't imagine how excited we are to spend some quality time with you heartthrobs on the east coast. fmly fest is a d.i.t. (do it [...]
Jan 20, 2012, 3:40pm
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I Am Genko - It's All Yours (Yohuna cover) One year ago, Lima Peru's sweetheart and beatsoulmachine i am genko was working on his first LP when he was robbed blind. Everything was stolen. Now he is trying to recover all of his gear so he can give us an amazing new LP but he needs our help! We all know times are tough but even $5 will help him get back on his feet. He may or may not be making the trip out to FMLY FEST Brooklyn this Summer but that [...]
Jan 15, 2012, 10:57pm
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dustin wong - sweetest pleasures while we live Back in April of last year I posted about the Do Lectures that take place annually in Wales, and recently I became pretty infatuated with one of their talks from photographer, musician, surfer Mickey Smith . With great humility Mickey presents his zest for life that too often goes unacknowledged, and around 10:40 he shows his short film, Dark Side of the Lens . I hesitate to tell ya any more because his words are too precious to summarize - carrying these [...]
Jan 14, 2012, 4:32pm
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Magical Mistakes - Fetishization Jacob Holdt externalizes a bold gift of sincerity, and his approach to photography offers the most genuine and diverse portrayal of American life that I have ever witnessed. Beginning in Denmark in 1970, Holdt - 23 years old, fueled by idealism, and fed up with Danish support for US foreign policy in Southeast Asia - "immigrated" to Canada after receiving an invitation to work on a farm. His intent was to hitchhike from Canada, through America and Mexico, in order to arrive in Chile to support Marxist [...]
Jan 3, 2012, 4:27pm
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Oh Fortuna - Might Mountain Emily Reo - I'll Never Live By the Coast Yohuna - It's All Yours Michael Parallax - Growing Splendid Before our buds take off back to their respective homes we believe it would be best to nurture this spiritual hangover with a fine mix of sensual aromas. Tonight - rsvp here - Caleb Johannes of Truman Peyote is on hand to tackle some vegan tastables while aural delicacies will be handled by [...]
Dec 26, 2011, 1:17pm
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VerBS - Feelings Getting in The Way VerBS is the Homie. I wish that James Brown was still alive, because I'd love to set up a challenge between the two of them to find the true "hardest working man in show business." The last time I saw VerBS was at Home Room. He was closing out my video release party, but he had to jet over from a photo gig in some far-off part of town. He showed up without a set, slapped one together on his laptop in just a couple of minutes right as [...]